2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

NISSAN MURANO 2003 AWD, HESITATE IN TRAFFIC, AFTER ENGINE GETS HOT, CAR DOES NOT WANT GO FORWARD AT RED LIGHTS, ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BECAUSE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, TOOK TO THE DEALER, SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR. *TR

WE DRIVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO AWD. AFTER STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE WILL "STALL" IN TRAFFIC (RPMS DROP TO IDLE, AND THE CAR STOPS MOVING) WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS PRESSED. WITHIN 2-5 SECONDS THE ENGINE WILL REV UP (PRESUMABLE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT WE TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL BY THEN), AND THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD AND DRIVE NORMALLY UNTIL WE STOP AGAIN. BY THE NATURE OF CITY DRIVING THIS OFTEN HAPPENS IN INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER LIKE DANGEROUS PLACES. I'VE ASKED MY WIFE NOT TO DRIVE IT IN TRAFFIC ANYMORE AS I THINK THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY NOW AT 66K MILES. WE'VE TAKEN THIS TO TWO DEALERS WHO HAVE RECOMMENDED EVERYTHING FROM REPLACING THE VALVE BODY TO REPLACING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SEAT BRACKET BROKE AT 42,000, REPAIRED BY DEALER FOR $850, " NOT COVERED" THEY CLAIMED. BROKE AGAIN AT 105,000, BUT I SUSPECT IT BROKE AROUND 90,000, NOT SURE SINCE I'M ONLY REGULAR DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. SAME PROBLEM WITH THE IDENTICAL LOCATION ON BRACKET DEALER DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM WITH DESIGN OF PART. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC FROM DAY ONE. I HAVE KEPT UP REGULAR SERVICE AT IT HAS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. IT IS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 109K MILES ON IT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT IN MARCH OF 2004. AFTER THE PURCHASED I TOOK IT TO A DEALER FOR THE 100 POINT INSPECTION AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BY THE END OF THAT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME MY CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT SINCE IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE AND WENT AND GOT THE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED. NEXT BY THE SUMMER OF 2005 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID YOU NEED YOUR FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED. I GOT THEM CLEANED AND IT WENT AWAY AGAIN BUT EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE IT WOULD SLOW DOWN DURING ACCELERATION. I MADE IT TO 2006 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER SAID I NEED TO CHANGE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER BANK 1. HE SHOWED ME WHICH ONE AND REPLACE IT. A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN(CHECK ENGINE LIGHT). I WAS TOLD THE WRONG CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE OTHER ONE AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR A WHILE. THEN THE SLOW ACCELERATION GOT EVEN WORSE. THE DEALER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT WASN'T A DEALER AND HE SHOWED ME A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ABOUT SLOW ACCELERATION. I BROUGHT IT TO NISSAN'S ATTENTION AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. THE TOLD ME I NEED TO REPLACED THE VALVE BODY. I BOUGHT IT AND THEY PUT IT ON WITH EVEN WORSE RESULTS. NOW THEY SAID I NEED A TRANSMISSION. I ASKED HOW COME THEY DIDN'T CHECK THIS OUT IF IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEMS. THEY SAID WE NEED THE LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE BULLETIN BUT SINCE ITS NOT A RECALL THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHECK FOR IT. WHY ISN'T THIS PROBLEMS A RECALL IF ITS KNOWN. ARE THEY WAITING FOR YOUR CAR TO COME OFF WARRANTY TO CHECK. NOW I HAVE TO LOOK FOR A TRANSMISSION BUT I'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM EVENTUALLY. PLEASE STOP THIS CORRUPTION. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO 80,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REPAIR BILL OF $4,000. *TR

NISSAN MURANO 2003 AWD AUTOMOBILE HAS A FAULTY TRANSFER CASE. THE MILEAGE IS 95,000. NOTHING LED TO FAILURE. THE PARTS ARE NOT YET REPAIRED BECAUSE THE ESTIMATE IS VERY HIGH $3000. THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE IS VERY GOOD. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH (NORMAL SPEED FOR INTERSTATE TRAVEL IN MONTANA) WHEN OUR MURANO STARTED RUN AT 4000 RPM ABNORMALLY. IT RAN AT THIS RATE FOR AWHILE THEN IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOOSING POWER AND I HAD TO TAKE IT OFF CRUISE CONTROL BECAUSE IT COULDN'T KEEP UP AND MAINTAIN CONSTANT SPEED. VEHICLE START TO JUMP IN SPEED AND THEN LOOSE POWER AND CONTINUED TO DO THIS UNTIL I PULLED THE VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I HAD STOPPED I TRIED ACCELERATING TO GET BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO SUCCESS. I HAD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND HAD NO POWER. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF/ON AND HAD SLIGHT ACCELERATION ENOUGH TO PULL BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY BUT ALMOST GOT HIT BECAUSE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND FAST ENOUGH. TOOK MURANO BACK TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT ENGINE/TRANSMISSION AND THEY SAID AFTER CONDUCTING DIAGNOSTIC IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I SAID THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS AROUND 65,000 MILES I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A 5 YEAR OLD CAR NEEDING A NEW TRANSMISSION. WHAT'S WORSE THEY SAID IS THE TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM NISSAN AND COST $4200! TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR WOULD BE $5600!!! THIS IS NO SMALL REPAIR PROBLEM! A 2003 VEHICLE WITH ONLY 65K MILES ON IT SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION!!! NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SUCH A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO KILL MY FAMILY ON THAT HIGHWAY IF ALL POWER HAD BEEN LOST SUDDENLY CRUISING AT 75MPH IN TRAFFIC!!!!! *TR

THE METAL FRAME UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE IN TWO PLACES ALLOWING THE SEAT TO ROCK SIDE TO SIDE. ITS THE FRAME DIRECTLY UNDER THE SEAT AND NOT THE ASSEMBLY BOLTED TO FLOOR. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY DEFECT BECAUSE THE CAR HAS NOT HAD ANY ROUGH USE AND HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO, POWER DRIVER'S SEAT FAILURE, UNABLE TO ADJUST, BROKEN DRIVE GEAR, HAPPENED AS SEAT AUTOMATICALLY MOVED TO PRESET DRIVING POSITION WHEN KEY WAS INSERTED INTO IGNITION SWITCH, UNABLE TO ADJUST SEAT TO SAFE DRIVING POSITION. *TR