2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

FRONT DRIVERS SEAT WAS LOSE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, DEALER LOOKED AT IT AND TOLD ME THAT THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR $1100. I CALLED NISSAN AS THE CAR WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND NISSAN WOULD NOT COVERED SEAT REPLACEMENT. RECENTLY THE ENTIRE SEAT FRAME IS DAMAGED/CRACKED. THUS CAUSING THE SEAT TO SIT INCORRECTLY. THIS FINALLY CRACKED FULLY WHILE DRIVING. WHICH STARTLED ME INITIALLY AS THE CAR WAS MOVING AND IT FELT AS IF I FELL OUT OF MY SEAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. HE WAITED 30 MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. HE DROVE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. PREVIOUSLY, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CVT VALVE DUE TO THE STALLING FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 69,000 MILES ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO. FORTUNATELY FAILURE OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT. *TR

AT ABOUT 61,000 MILES, MY 2003 MURANO (BOUGHT NEW IN 2004) BEGAN HESITATING WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP IN TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURS EVERYTIME I'M IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS, THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE AND THEN A FEW SECONDS LATER SURGES. IT'S VERY SCARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO TURN LEFT IN TRAFFIC. VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE SEEN MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I HAVE NOT YET BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

ENGINE PERIODICALLY HESITATES, SOMETIMES SEVERELY, UPON ACCELERATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP. USUALLY WHEN ENGINE IS WARM, AFTER STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. HAD IT INTO DEALER WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY, PROBLEM IS WORSE. NOW THEY SAY IT IS VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY OF NISSAN CVT TRANSMISSION. COST IS $2100 FOR REPAIR. *TR

THE FAILURE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT FRAME ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO. ALTHOUGH THIS FAILURE DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD CERTAINLY COULD HAVE CAUSED ONE. THE LEFT REAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE ON THE LOWER SEAT FRAME GAVE WAY SUDDENLY CAUSING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT TO DROP ABOUT 8 INCHES. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE SUDDEN SHIFT IN POSITION AND LOSS OF BALANCE COULD HAVE LED TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2003 MURANO HAS BEEN SLOWING TO 35 - 40 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $5,500. MY CAR HAS 61,000 MILES ON IT. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS VEHICLE. RATHER THAN PAY THIS, I AM FORCED TO TRADE IT IN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH WILL PUT ME UPSIDE DOWN. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS WHEN TURNING, BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. THE SEAT WAS CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE SEAT ROD IS CRACKED FROM METAL FATIGUE. I AM READING THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THE 2003 MURANO. *TR

WHEN DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, CAR WILL HESITATE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATE SLOWLY FORWARD. THIS INCREASE THE RISK OF GETTING HIT FROM THE VEHICLE BEHIND BECAUSE THE MURANO SIMPLY WOULD STAND STILL FOR A FEW SECONDS WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNS GREEN AND DRIVER BEHIND ME EXPECT THE CAR TO BE MOVING. CAR HAS ONLY 95K MILES, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES OTHER DRIVERS HAVE THAT NISSAN WOULDN'T ADDRESS OR RECALL. I HOPE NISSAN WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND ADDRESS THIS. *TR

THE PROBLEM IM HAVING WITH MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO IS WHEN EVER IM IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, I'LL STEP ON THE GAS AND THE MURANO GOES NOWHERE, THE RPMS DON'T GO UP EITHER AND ABOUT AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS THE VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD VIOLENTLY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE YOU RUN THE RISK OF SMASHING THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. PLEASE HELP. *TR