2005 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THE AIR INTAKE HOSE FELL OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION CAUSING THE ENGINE TO INSTANTLY STALL LEAVING THE CAR DISABLED WITH NO STEERING CONTROL. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WERE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THE THIRD TIME WAS ON A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD AT NIGHT CAUSING A SERIOUS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CAR WAS ALMOST STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I WAS REMOVING MY TODDLER FROM THE BACKSEAT OF THE DISABLED CAR. EACH OF THE THREE TIMES THE CAR HAS STALLED I BROUGHT THE CAR TO NISSAN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID THEY PREVIOUSLY REPLACED A DIFFERENT RECALL PART IN THE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM, BUT THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED MADE THE OTHER END OF THE AIR INTAKE HOSE LIKELY TO FALL OFF DUE TO VIBRATION. THEY SHOWED ME HOW REMOVING THE AIR FILTER DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CAN LOOSEN THE AIR INTAKE HOSE, EVEN WHEN THE CLAMP IS TIGHTENED. I ASKED THEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE HOSE WAS DESIGNED. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD TAKEN THE HIGHWAY HOME AND THE CAR HAD STALLED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE SUGGESTED FIX FROM NISSAN WAS TO TIGHTEN THE HOSE CLAMPS EACH TIME THE CAR IS USED, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW SUPPOSEDLY AFTER THE CLAMPS WERE TIGHTENED BY NISSAN SERVICE MECHANICS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS DEFECT AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT NOBODY HIT US WHILE THE CAR WAS STALLED. AFTER THREE TIMES, I AM TOO SCARED TO EVER DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN.

WHILE TEMPORARILY STOPPED, THERE WAS A LOUD POP FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT DROPPED WITH THE DRIVER STILL SEATED IN IT. THE SEAT IS NOW LOOSE AND ROCKS BACK A FORTH AS THE SEAT SUPPORT FRAME ATTACHING THE SEAT TO THE FLOOR HAS BROKEN. WE ARE 1,700 MILES FROM HOME AND ARE FACED WITH A LONG DRIVE HOME WITH A DANGEROUSLY LOOSE AND PARTIALLY DETACHED SEAT. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING ON VERY SMOOTH ROADS IN A NORMAL MANNER AND NOTHING HAS OCCURRED THAT MIGHT CAUSE THE FAILURE OF A SEAT SUPPORT SYSTEM. IN SEVERAL MILLION MILES OF DRIVING, THIS IS THE FIRST SEAT SUPPORT FAILURE I'VE EVER WITNESSED, BUT A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES THIS IS AN ALL TOO COMMON FAILURE FOR THIS PARTICULAR MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR CAR.

MAKE - 2005 NISSAN MODEL MURANO COMPONENT * DOOR LOCK * COMPONENT -- PART OR SYSTEM OF CONCERN - STOPPED WORKING ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO. *TR

2005 NISSAN MURANO. FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITH KEYLESS ENTRY, OUTSIDE ELECTRONIC DOOR BUTTON, OR MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE MANUAL LOCK INSIDE THE CAR. ONLY WAY TO LOCK DOOR IS WITH KEY. SO TO LOCK DOOR ONCE IN CAR, MUST OPEN WINDOW, AWKWARDLY INSERT KEY INTO OUTSIDE DOOR KEYHOLE WHILE INSIDE CAR, AND THEN TWIST KEY. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT OR EMERGENCY, CANNOT UNLOCK THE FRONT DOOR DRIVER SIDE WITHOUT USING KEY FROM THE INSIDE, WHICH MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS OF EMERGENCY OR ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO MANY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET, DEALERS WANT FROM $500 TO $600 TO REPAIR EVEN TO FIX THE MANUAL LOCKING PROCESS FOR THE DOOR. THIS AMOUNT IS PROHIBITIVE FORM MANY PEOPLE FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE FIX OF LESS THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR AT LEAST THE MANUAL LOCKING PROCESS. THE ELECTRONIC LOCKING SYSTEM IS A LUXURY ITEM, BUT THE MANUAL LOCKING SYSTEM IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY THE DEALERS AND IN MY OPINION, PRESENTS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

MY VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE SEAT FRAME BROKE ON 11/9/2010 APPROXIMATELY AROUND 6:00 PM. AS I WAS DRIVING MY MURANO NISSAN ON THE EXPRESSWAY TO GO HOME AFTER WORK, I HEARD A HARD SNAP AND FELT A LITTLE JERK TOWARDS MY LEFT SIDE. UNSURE OF WHAT IT WAS, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD. AS I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE, I FELT A ROUGH THUMPING UNDERNEATH MY SEAT. I THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THAT MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS GOING FLAT OR HAD SOME KIND OF PROBLEM. AS I DROVE FURTHER, I FELT MY FRONT SEAT SWAY BACK AND FORTH, AS I ACCELERATED AND AS I WAS BRAKING. I ACCELERATED AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SWAYING MOTION WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AGAIN, THE SWAYING MOTION (BACK AND FORTH) OF THE FRONT SEAT OCCURRED. WHEN I GOT HOME, I CHECKED THE SEAT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT IS BROKEN COMPLETELY LOOSE FROM THE TRACK AND MOVES FREELY. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN TULSA TO HAVE IT CHECKED TODAY, AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEED A NEW FRAME FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT, AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME APPROXIMATELY $1275.00 INSTALLED. I HAVE DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH ONLINE TO DISCOVER THAT THIS IS A DEFECT FOR THE NISSAN MURANO FOR THE YEARS THAT INCLUDE THE 2005. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE RODE WITH THE SEAT ABLE TO MOVE SO FREELY. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE AT WELL, AND THEN I'LL END UP LAYING ON MY BACK IN THE BACK SEAT WHILE I'M TRYING TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD.

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. MY DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR IS BROKEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WILL NOT STAY UP. IT RANDOMLY FALLS DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. I DRIVE OVER 120 MILES A DAY, AND AM SCARED THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THIS PART IS ALSO $300 + TO REPLACE!! *TR

DRIVER'S SUN VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. WILL DROP DOWN AND OBSCURE VISION AT ANY MOMENT. PASSENGER SUN VISOR IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING. WILL NOT STAY UP, DROPS DOWN WITHOUT NOTICE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT HAD SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LEAN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 51000.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO WHEN WE HIT A BUMP AND MY DRIVERS SEAT DROPPED, AFTER I GOT HOME I CHECKED AND THE METAL SEAT FRAME HAD CRACKED ON THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. I WORRY BECAUSE IF THIS HAPPENED DURING AN ACCIDENT THE SEAT WOULD OFFER NO SUPPORT TO THE DRIVER AND COULD EVEN HURT THE PASSENGER BEHIND THE DRIVER. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN USA AND TOLD ME TO GET A REPORT FROM DEALERSHIP AND THERE WAS NO RECALL

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. RECENTLY, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE, CAUSING IT TO ROCK DURING REGULAR DRIVING AND TIP OVER WHEN GOING AROUND TURNS. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND THE DEALER REFUSE TO REPAIR THE SEAT UNDER WARRANTY, STATING THAT IT IS A RESULT OF "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR". I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND LEARNED THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE THE PART MYSELF AND LEARNED THAT NISSAN HAS CHANGED THE PART NUMBER SEVEN TIMES, IN ATTEMPTS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PART AS IT IS IN HIGH DEMAND. THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN NOT ONLY DUE TO THE BOUNCING AND ROCKING BUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WILL DISCONNECT COMPLETELY. I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM HOW THIS SEAT WOULD HOLD UP DURING AN ACCIDENT. LAST WEEK, WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, A TRACTOR-TRAILER ENTERED MY LANE OF TRAVEL. I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING IT BUT, DUE TO THE BROKEN SEAT, MY BODY FLEW TOWARD THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, NEARLY CAUSING ME TO TOTALLY LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR IN THE PROCESS. MY CAR RAN OFF THE ROAD BUT, LUCKILY, I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. *TR