2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THEN THE VEHICLE STALLS. THE FAILURE OCCURS PRIMARILY IN THE MORNING WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); THEREFORE, THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY APPROXIMATELY $400 FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66,250.

IN STOP-N-GO TRAFFIC, NO INITIAL ACCELERATION WHEN PEDAL PRESSED TO FLOOR. THEN CAR WOULD SUDDENLY JUMP FORWARD. CAUSED MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF NEARLY CRASHING INTO CARS IN FRONT OF ME OR NOT MAKING IT THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. BROUGHT TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOTHING WAS DONE. FINALLY, NO ACCELERATION AT ALL AND CAR NOW WON'T MOVE FORWARD. WAS TOLD ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING FOR $6500...... AT ONLY 100,000 MILES! A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN THAT AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED WHEN I FIRST STARTED COMPLAINING AND SEEING SYMPTOMS. *TR

AFTER BEING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO SE 2WD DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. ONCE THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED, THE CAR BARELY STARTS TO MOVE, BUT THE TACHOMETER CONTINUES TO INCREASE. AT ABOUT 3000 RPM, OR ROUGHLY 1-2 SECONDS UNDER NORMAL ACCELERATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE MURANO THEN LURCHES FORWARD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR HAS EXPERIENCED LONG PERIODS OF STOP AND GO TRAFFIC OR BEING IDLE. I TOOK IT TO NISSAN AND THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE THROTTLE BODY CHAMBER. THE MURANO DID NOT HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS UNTIL ABOUT 4 MONTHS AFTER THE REPAIR. SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN ACTING UP AS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WARRANT. I CAN "RESET" OR STOP THE LURCHING FROM OCCURRING BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN TURNING IT BACK ON. THE PROBLEM IS, I'M USUALLY IN TRAFFIC WHEN I DO THIS, AND THE PROBLEM RESUMES ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES LATER. IF I GET AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC, STOP AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A BIT, THEN TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON AND DRIVE IN NORMAL TRAFFIC, THEN THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR. *TR

FUEL TANK FILLER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DEALER REPLACED RELAY FOR $209.46 ON 7/8/2008. FUEL TANK FILLER DOOR BECAME STUCK CLOSED AGAIN ON 9/23/2008. DEALER RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL PARTS/LABOR (OPENER MECHANISM) FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE DOLLARS. I HAD THE MECHANIC ADJUST THE LATCH. AS OF 2/14/2009 THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECURRENCE. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEAR OF OWNERSHIP THE DRIVERS SEAT HAS BROKEN WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. I'VE OWNED THE CAR NOW FOR 5 YEARS HAVE 52K MILES ON IT AND THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS FIXED ANDUNDER WARRANTY THE SECOND TIME IT WAS FIXED BUT I WAS CHARGED AND THE THIRD TIME JUST HAPPENED ON FEB 7 2009 THE SECOND FIX LAST EDONLY 1 WEEK OVER 1 YEAR. WHICH NEGATES THE REPAIR WARRANTY. I AM UNSURE HOW THIS WILL BE FIXED BUT A DRIVER CAN AND I HAVE LOST CONTROL F THE VEHICLE AS THE SEAT DROPS BACK AND YOU FALL BACKWARD. THIS COUL;D CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND A POTENTIAL FATAL SITUATION. A SEAT IN A CAR SHOULD NOT REEK ONCE A YEAR. *TR

I HAVE A NISSAN 2003 MURANO, WHEN IN A STOPPED POSITION, THE CAR WILL FAIL TO ACCELERATE UNTIL A FEW SECONDS LATER, WHICH CAN CAUSE A SAFETY HAZARD WHEN IN TRAFFIC. I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT HAS THIS ISSUE, THERE ARE MANY OF US. I HAD IT CHECK AND TOLD I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CVT REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2003 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD. THE FUEL TANK SHROUD WAS INSTALLED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECALL CAMPAIGN 06V003000. THE SHROUD IS OF SUCH A BAD DESIGN THAT IT HAS BROKEN IN NORMAL WINTER DRIVING. THE MATERIALS USED ARE TOO WEAK AND THE DESIGN DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PROTECTION FOR THE TANK. OVERALL, THIS DESIGN IS TERRIBLE, AND DOES NOT SOLVE THE REQUIREMENT OF PROTECTING THE FUEL TANK. NISSAN NEED TO COME UP WITH A BETTER DESIGN THAT BETTER CONFORMS TO THE PROFILE OF THE FUEL TANK--THE CURRENT DESIGN PROTRUDES DOWN TOO FAR AND IS TOO EASILY DAMAGED. *TR

SEAT RAIL BROKE WHILE GETTING INTO VEHICLE. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED FIRST TIME WAS REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP 15 MONTHS EARLIER. SEAT IS NOW LOOSE AND CAN BE MOVED UP AND DOWN. *TR

AT 61000 MILES MY MURANO RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT IT STARTED TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION AT STOP-N-GO TRAFFIC. ALSO IT HAS A BURNING RUBBER SMELL. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION IS VERY EXPENSIVE. PLUS THE CAR ONLY HAS 61,000 MILES. *TR

1.I WAS STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC 2. IT OCCURS WHEN I'M IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC 3. DEAL SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION I FEEL THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS EXP. MODEL I HAVE READ OTHER MURANO OWNER (SAME PROBLEM). *TR