2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

1. THERE WERE NO CLEAR INDICATIONS OF THE EVENT OR NO WARNINGS OR INDICATOR LIGHTS. 2. THE 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 84K MILES LOSES ALL POWER AND ACCELERATION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. I FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY IN MAKING A LEFT TURN AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND THEN TURNED IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC THAT WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO MAKE THE TURN. HOWEVER SINCE THE CAR WOULD ONLY MOVE AT NO RECORDABLE VELOCITY I WAS A SITTING DUCK FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 3. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS AND COULDN'T FIX IT. THEY THEN TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER WHO SAID THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 1800$ PLUS LABOR. THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND THEY CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THIS PART WITHOUT ME SIGNING A WAIVER WASHING THERE HANDS IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR AGAIN. BASICALLY NOT WARRANTING THEIR WORK OR THE PART. THEY ALSO COULD NOT GUARANTEE THE NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD HAPPEN TO GO OUT AGAIN AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILES. SO AT THE DEALER THE CAR SITS. 4. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR AND PUT MYSELF, MY FAMILY OR OTHER MOTORISTS AT RISK. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE ARE ALOT OF THESE CARS ON THE ROAD. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 70K MILES. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BEGUN TO ROCK SIDE TO SIDE AND EVEN ROLLS FORWARD AND BACK (ON IT'S OWN) SLIGHTLY WHEN I STOP AND START. THIS IS QUOTED AS ABOUT $1200 TO FIX. SEEING THE LIST OF ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, AND GETTING NO HELP FROM NISSAN, I FEEL A RECALL NEEDS TO ORDERED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

THIS NISSAN IS NOT FIT FOR THE ROAD IT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF THE RECALLS LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURERS WILL NOT FIX THE DEFECTS. THIS VEHICLE WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY AND IT LUNGES FORWARD AND COULD BE SERIOUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO AROUND A LEFT TURN, THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY LIFTED UP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. IT FELT AS IF THE SEAT HAD BECOME UNBOLTED FROM THE CAR. I WAS OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT AT THE TIME AND THERE WERE NO OUT OF THE ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, THERE IS A METAL BAR ACROSS THE BACK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT THAT HAS BROKEN. I CONSIDER THE SEAT TO NOW BE UNSAFE AND I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED DURING AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS PART DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THERE IS ALREADY A AN NHTSA INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY. CASE ID PE08065 . PLEASE ADD MY COMPLAINT, DAVID KERR *TR

THE POWER ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO PERIODICALLY CUTS OUT DURING STOP AND START TRAFFIC, OR HOT CONDITIONS. NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARDS SUDDENLY. THIS HAPPENED TWICE LAST YEAR (AROUND 100K MILES), AND HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH (116K MILES). THIS LACK OF POWER HAS LED TO NUMEROUS DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHERE I HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC, OR SLIPPING DOWN A HILL, AND THE UNPREDICTABLE SURGE OF ACCELERATION IS ALSO A MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR SUDDENLY FALLS OUT OF POSITION. THIS IS BOTH STARTLING TO THE DRIVER AND BLOCKS HIS/HER VIEW OF THE ROAD. *TR

WHEN CAR IS DRIVEN IN STOP&GO TRAFFIC ON A 70F WARM DAY THE ACCELERATION STOPS WORKING. THE ACCELERATION BECOMES DELAYED AND THEN THE CAR SURGES FORWARD AFTER A 3 SECOND DELAY. VERY DANGEROUS. VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR & YEAR. NISSAN RECOMMENDS AN EXPENSIVE TRANSMISSION REPAIR - $5K. *TR

THE DRIVER SEAT HAS BECOME LOOSE AND "ROCKS" FORWARD AND BACK. THE DRIVER SEAT "ROCKS" ON THE PIVOT OF THE FRONT-LEFT AND REAR-RIGHT. THE ROCKING MOTION OCCURS DURING VEHICLE ACCELERATION AND BRAKING. THE SEAT FAILED ABOUT 1 MONTH AFTER EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED. I CANNOT AFFORD THE $1200 REPAIR AT THIS TIME. THE UNSECURED SEAT IS DANGEROUS AND THE OPERATOR IS SUBJECT TO INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE SEAT IS ALSO A DISTRACTION WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, AS AN AUDIBLE SNAP IS HEARD ALONG WITH A JOLTING FORCE CAUSING A SLIGHT REPOSITION OF MY BODY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. ON APRIL 15, 2009, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE PAST 65 MPH, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE ANY FASTER. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO IDLE AND SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN, AS IF IT SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN AND THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

NISSAN MURANO 2003 STALLS PERIODICALLY DURING STOP AND GO IN TRAFFIC. STOPPED ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALERSHIP INSISTED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND KEPT MAKING REPAIRS TO OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE CAR. HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY AND NOW THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $6,000.00. VEHICLE HAS CVT TRANSMISSION AND HAS 94,000 MILES ON IT.