2006 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE VISOR ON MY 2006 MURANO IS BROKEN AND FLIPS DOWN, WILL NOT STAY UP. DEFECTIVE PART! I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ON MURANOS. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO; DRIVER'S SEAT FELL DOWN AT THE REAR OF THE SEAT. DEALER STATES THAT IT IS A COMMONLY KNOWN FAILURE OF THE SEAT'S "LIFT ASSEMBLY". THANKFULLY, I WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE NEARBY WHEN IT HAPPENED. I SWERVED AT THE TIME AND STRAINED TO PULL OVER SAFELY B/C I COULDN'T REACH THE PEDALS VERY WELL WITH THE SEAT IN THE AWKWARD POSITION IT WAS IN. FOR SURE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER, AND IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN ON MANY VEHICLES. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT POOR MANUFACTURING IS TO BLAME. REALLY, THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED. WHAT A DANGER! *TR

TURNED ON MY CAR AND FOUND A LOUD RACKETING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. KEPT DRIVING CAR UNTIL MY STEERING WHEEL BECAME COMPLETELY LOCKED, LUCKILY I WAS NEAR A SEARS AND HAD IT LOOKED AT. DIAGNOSED IT AS A LEAK IN MY POWER STEERING HOSE. THEY ADDED POWER STEERING FLUID AND TOLD ME IT WOULD BE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX. AFTER 24 HOURS, THE STEERING FLUID THEY HAD ADDED HAD COMPLETELY LEAKED TO A PUDDLE UNDER MY CAR AND MY WHEEL WAS LOCKED AGAIN. I HAVE HAD 2 OTHER FRIENDS WITH THE EXACT SAME CAR AND THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2006 MURANO HAVING POWER STEERING ISSUES, THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE IT IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS NEAR A PARKING LOT AND NOT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN MY WHEEL BECAME COMPLETELY LOCKED! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM, THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF! *TR

BRACKET ON FRONT DRIVERS SEAT BROKEN AND SEAT FALLS TO THE LEFT, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN THE "UP" POSITION. IT CONSTANTLY FALLS DOWN, BLOCKING ANY VIEW OF THE ROAD. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FALLS DOWN AND BLOCKS DRIVER VIEW. WILL NOT REMAIN IN UP POSITION. *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT REAR TUBE IS BROKEN ON LEFT SIDE AFTER 82 KMILES OF NORMAL DRIVING ON PAVED ROADS ONLY, MOSTLY HIGHWAY. BOTH DRIVERS WEIGH LESS THAN 190 LBS. MATERIAL STRENGTH / THICKNESS IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE LOADS THE TUBE NEEDS TO CARRY AT THAT LOCATION. THE WHOLE SEAT (CUSHION AND BACKREST) ROTATES UP/DOWN ABOUT THE FRONT AND TO THE LEFT APPROX. 4-5 INCHES WHEN THE BACKREST IS PUSHED LIGHTLY TOWARD MID CAR DIRECTION. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S SURPRISING THAT THE SEAT PASSED FMVSS 208/301 (DYNAMIC FRONT AND REAR CRASH TESTS) DURING DV AND PV. OK SO NEW CAREFULLY ASSEMBLED SEAT FRAMES MUST HAVE PASSED THOSE TESTS, BUT ISN'T NISSAN ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE THE BUILT-IN SEAT SAFETY FACTOR IS HIGH ENOUGH TO OVERCOME MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES AND FATIGUE ISSUES FROM NORMAL DRIVING FOR PRODUCTION SEAT FRAMES SUCH THAT UNDER A FRONT OR A REAR CRASH EVENT THE SEATS ACTUALLY DO PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION AND AT LEAST DO NOT INCREASE THE DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGERS? THIS IS FAULTY ENGINEERING. THERE ARE MANY CASES FOR PRE-2008 MODEL MURANO WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND, I ASSUME, IN YOUR DATABASE. TO ENSURE NISSAN AND OTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS DESIGN FOR FATIGUE, MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES AND/OR QUALITY, NHTSA SHOULD PROMPT A SAFETY RECALL. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY >$1000 TO FIX A SEAT THAT NISSAN PAYS LESS THAN $150 TO ASSEMBLE IN THE VEHICLE, AS THIS WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO REWARDING AND SUPPORTING FAULTY ENGINEERING. *TR

GOT IN 2006 NISSAN MURANO AND SAT ON DRIVER'S SEAT WHEN THE SEAT COLLAPSED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND REAR OF THE SEAT. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY STARTLING AND CAUSE A COLLISION. I TOOK IT IN TO NISSAN DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN AND REPAIRED SEVERAL OTHERS. THEY INDICATED ON THE RECEIPT THAT "FOUND THAT THE SEAT FRAME HAD BROKEN ON THE WELD ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE SEAT. REMOVED AND REPAIRED SEAT AND WELDED THE FRAME BACK TOGETHER". *TR

BROKEN SEAT TRACK 2006 NISSAN MURANO S MODEL AWD. VERY COMMON ISSUE APPARENTLY. DRIVER SIDE SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY BROKE AND CAUSES THE SEAT TO WOBBLE IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT WOULD ROCK BACK AND FORTH ABNORMALLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEAT HAD FRACTURED FROM THE FRAME AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE SEAT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VISOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS ALSO FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,127 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.