2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

2003 NISSAN MURANO-STALLING OUT AND BARELY GOING-TOOK TO LOCAL MEC. AND HE REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR @ APPROXIMATE 83,227MILES. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AFTER THE MURANO WAS IN THE GRAY DANIELS NISSAN SHOP HERE IN JACKSON,MS FOR AIR FILTER AND BRAKE WORK. NO HELP FROM THEM ; JUST MY PROBLEM. WELL I WILL VOICE MY THOUGHTS TO EVERYONE ON NOT BUYING A NISSAN. EDMONDS HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM . JUST ANOTHER TAKE YOUR MONEY WITH NO SERVICE. WKP *TR

DURING ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND THE MOTOR WILL REV TO AROUND 3 TO 4000 RPM. THEN INSTANTLY GRAB AND JUMP DOWN THE ROAD. IT DOES THIS EVERY FEW WEEKS FOR A EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME... RECENTLY TOOK A 100 MILE TRIP, HALF WAY THROUGH THE TRIP THE PROBLEM STARTED AND CONTINUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. ON THE WAY BACK THE SAME DAY IT NO LONGER HAD THE PROBLEM. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO IS FAILING AT 70,000 MILES. THE CAR IS JOLTING WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS APPARENTLY IS HAPPENING TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MURANO OWNERS AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE. IT IS A WONDER THAT NISSAN ENDS THE WARRANTY AT 60,000 MILES. THEY ARE NEGLECTING THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLING THEIR PRODUCT! *TR

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 30 MIN. EVERYTIME I STEP ON THE GAS THERE IS A 4 TO 6 SECOND DELAY ON ACCELERATION. I HAVE TALKED WITH THE DEALER AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO THEIR REPAIR SHOP AND AT 1ST IT GOES AWAY ( AFTER I GET THE CAR BACK) ONLY TO COME BACK. I HAVE STOPPED TRYING TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS, JUST CAUSE IT IS SO DANGEROUS. THE SHOP THAT I WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE THE CAR TO( BY THE DEALERSHIP) FROM TIME TO TIME WOULD TELL ME THAT HE WOULD NOT FIX THE CAR OR THAT I NEEDED TO GET A DIFFERENT CAR. HE WOULD SAY THAT THE CAR IS A PIECE OF JUNK OR THAT HE WOULD NOT FIX IT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER ONE YEAR. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR WILL FALL (VISOR GOES TO DOWN POSITION) UNEXPECTEDLY AND SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL SOMETIMES WILL STAY UP WHEN PUSHED BACK UP. HOWEVER, IT WILL NOT STAY IN ANY POSITION BETWEEN UP AND DOWN NOW. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE VISOR BAR CLIP. IT APPEARS TO BE WITHIN THE VISOR INTERNALS. *TR

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT, KEPT WELL MAINTAINED, DROVE 90% HIGHWAY MILES MOSTLY COMMUTING TO CARE FOR ELDERLY PERSON. FRONT STRUTS LEAKED AND FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AT APPROX 60,000 MILES, THEN HAD LOSS OF POWER, TRANSMISSION/DRIVESHAFT BEGAN "HOWLING NOISE" AND WE COULD SMELL FAINT OIL SMELL, TOOK TO DEALER WERE TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY WHICH THEY FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, THAT THEY COULD DETECT NO OIL SMELL OR SOURCE FOR SAME, AND THAT CVT HOWL WAS JUST THE NORMAL SOUNDS OF THAT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION. WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED WHETHER THERE ARE ANY KNOWN PROBLEMS OR FAILURES WITH DRIVETRAIN ASSEMBLE COMPONENTS, BECAUSE WE HEARD OF MANY OTHER STRUT FAILURES BY MURANO OWNERS AFTER OUR STRUTS FAILED PREMATURELY. WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY TROUBLE, NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THE HOWL NEVER WENT AWAY, AND THE OIL SMELL CAME AND WENT. SEPT. 4, WE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY DROVE ABOUT 50 YARDS DOWN THE STREET AND HEAR A HORRIBLE THUMPING NOISE, LIKE A FLAT DRIVE, WE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY AND CHECKED, NO FLAT TIRE. WE STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND DROVE A FEW FEET, SAME NOISE. WE PARKED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. WE ARE TOLD THE TRANSFER CASE "GRENADED" THAT WE MUST HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT HARD (WE WERE GOING ABOUT 10 MPH), THAT IT WOULD BE $4000 TO REPAIR! THE TECH ASKED IF WE HAD BEEN HEARING ANY UNUSUAL NOISES BEFORE THE FAILURE, WE TOLD HIM WE HAD, AND WE HAD REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THEY REFUSED TO HELP WITH THE REPAIR COSTS. I CHECKED ON THE INTERNET AND SPENT 6 HOURS READING THOUSANDS OF SIMILAR TRANSFER CASE FAILURE STORIES ON MURANOS WITH ALL LEVELS OF MILEAGE ON THEM, MANY HAD BEEN TOLD, LIKE WE WERE, THAT WARNING SIGNS WERE NOTHING WHEN THEIR VEHICLES WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER ALSO TRIED TO CHARGE US $2800.00 FOR THE PART, WHICH WE FOUND FOR $1518.00 FROM ANOTHER NISSAN DEALER. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, HAS CAUSED VEHICLES TO STOP IN TRAFFIC AND SHOULD BE A RECALL DEFECT. THANK YOU *TR

MY MURANO HAS A LOSS OF POWER AFTER SITTING IN TRAFFIC. AFTER STOPPED IN TRAFFIC, I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE FOR ABOUT 6 OR 7 SECONDS. THEN IT TAKES OFF QUICKLY. THIS DANGEROUS BECAUSE SOMEONE MAY HIT ME FROM BEHIND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND THE MURANO DOESN'T GO. NISSAN DEALER SAYS THE CAR DOESN'T SHOW ANY FAILURE CODES, BUT THINKS THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. 84,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A VAPOR LEAK AND A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,000.

FAILURE INVOLVES LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS AFTER CAR IS WARMED UP AND THEN PUT IN A STOP AND GO DRIVING ENVIRONMENT (HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC). CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD, BUT ONLY AFTER PEDAL IS DEPRESSED CLOSE TO THE HALF WAY POINT. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I HAVE SO FAR AVOIDED ACCIDENT BY ALLOWING DISTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE CAR IN FRONT. PROBLEM OCCURS 70-80% OF TIME AFOREMENTIONED CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PRESENT. NISSAN DEALER SAYS PROBLEM WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE BECAUSE NO WARNING LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY ROAD, BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAR LOST POWER (THOUGH IT DID NOT STALL). WHEN GIVING IT THROTTLE, THE ENGINE REFUSED TO SPEED UP. IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A "FAIL SAFE" MODE, LIKE WHEN SPEED SENSORS GO OUT. COULD NOT SAFELY PULL OVER OR DRIVE...MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CALL FOR A TOW. NISSAN DEALER SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR UNDER A RECALL. *TR