2006 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SEAT JAMMED IN ONE POSITION AND WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WELD ON THE FRAME BROKE AND BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT WARRANT WELDING IT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRAME, WHICH INCLUDED ALL MOTORS AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND THE COST WOULD BE $1,400. I THOUGHT THE COST WAS ASTRONOMICAL FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED, BUT NOW OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN IS THAT THE SEAT MAY BREAK AWAY FROM THE FRAME COMPLETELY AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AFTER MY WIFE AND I WENT ONLINE AND VIEWED SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, I FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS FOR THIS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY DEFAULT!

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED, BUT AFTER CHECKING THE INTERNET FOUND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE MY FIANCE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS "WIGGLING" AND DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. WE BROUGHT IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE RAIL THAT HOLDS THE SEAT IN PLACE HAD BROKE. THEY WELDED IT BUT STATED IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC I HEARD A SLIGHT "POP" SOUND AT WHICH POINT THE POWER DRIVER'S SEAT DROPPED TOWARDS THE DOOR. I TRIED READJUSTING THE SEAT BUT AS I TRIED TO RAISE THE SEAT THE LEFT SIDE WOULD NOT COME BACK TO LEVEL. AFTER PARKING THE CAR, I LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT TO FIND THE SEAT BRACKET WAS BROKEN. I WAS SURPRISED HOW LONG IT HAD LASTED WITHOUT BRAKING AFTER OBSERVING HOW SMALL GAUGE OF METAL USED. HAD THIS HAPPENED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO WITH APPROXIMATELY 76,000 MILES ON IT. POWER STEERING LEAKAGE IDENTIFIED BY STAIN ON DRIVEWAY, AS WELL AS NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER DETERMINED THAT CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS A FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP. DEALER CHARGED $750 TO INSTALL A NEW HOSE. THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOSE ON ANY CAR. CONCERN IS THAT TOTAL FAILURE CAN CAUSE A SURPRISE LOSS OF STEERING RESULTING IN A CRASH. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR DROPS DOWN ABRUPTLY AND OBSTRUCTS THE DRIVERS VIEW. THIS STARTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO ON MY VEHICLE. OUT OF THE BLUE, THE VISOR WILL FLOP DOWN EVEN THOUGH IT IS SECURELY IN THE CLIP. THE PROBLEM LIES WITHIN THE VISOR ITSELF AS I HAVE REMOVED THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY FOR INSPECTION. THE LOCAL DEALER WANTS OVER $400 TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT IS SAFETY ORIENTED. NISSAN CORPORATE IS OF NO HELP. THEIR "FIX" IS TO APPLY VELCRO TO HOLD THE VISOR IN PLACE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT WAS FRACTURED ON THE LEFT SIDE NEAR THE BRACKETS AND THE SEAT WAS LEANING TO ONE SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE THE PROCEDURE FOR REPAIRING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000. UPDATED 01/13/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. UPDATED 01/31/11

2006 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SIDE VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. THE SPRING THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND MADE IT SAFETY ISSUE AS I CANNOT SEE THE STREET LIGHTS IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT. IF I PUT IT TO THE SIDE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY IT IS IN THE WAY OF MY SIDE VISION. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO WITH APPROXIMATELY 66,000 MILES ON IT. POWER STEERING LEAKAGE IDENTIFIED BY STAIN ON DRIVEWAY, AS WELL AS NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WITH LOW FLUID, STEERING IS SLUGGISH AT ALL SPEEDS. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS A FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP. CURRENT REMEDY IS TO ADD ROUGHLY A HALF PINT OF POWER STEERING FLUID EVERY FEW DAYS, AND AVOIDING DRIVING THE VEHICLE. NUMEROUS FAILURES OF THIS PART ARE DOCUMENTED ON WEB FORUMS, NHTSA SITE, AS WELL AS BEING COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE MECHANICS NETWORK. CONCERN IS THAT TOTAL FAILURE CAN CAUSE A SURPRISE LOSS OF STEERING RESULTING IN A CRASH. *TR

2006 MURANO SE ISSUE- DRIVER SEAT ROCKS AND WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE SEAT TILTS FORWARD AND WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS THE SEAT TILTS TO THE SIDE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND ALMOST CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT. *TR

THE GAS GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS LESS THAT HALF TANK LEFT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR THE FUEL SENSOR. *TR