2009 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO AND I WAS NOTIFIED OF THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKING AND WAS QUOTED AT LEAST $3,000 TO FIX IT. I WAS TOLD IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO AND WILL AFFECT MY TRANSMISSION BUT TO STAY ON TOP OF MY OIL CHANGES AND FLUIDS TO HELP PREVENT THE SYSTEM FROM FAILING. AT MY NEXT OIL CHANGE I ASKED IF THE SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND I WAS TOLD "EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD." ABOUT A WEEK AGO (WAS NOT DUE YET FOR A OIL CHANGE) MY CAR WOULD JOLT INTO REVERSE AND WOULD BE HESITANT TO GO AND SAME THING WITH DRIVING FORWARD. THE CAR IS STUCK IN AWD, TRANSMISSION CLICKS WHEN DRIVING, AND JOLTING OCCURS DRIVING FORWARD AND REVERSING. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSFER CASE FAILING IN THIS TYPE OF CAR. *TR

THE PASSENGER DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVERS DOOR LOCK DOES NOT LOCK/UNLOCK WITH USING EITHER THE FOB OR WHEN THE CAR STARTS MOVING AND ALL THE DOOR LOCKS SHOULD LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE, EITHER THE DOOR IS NOT LOCKED AND SOMEONE CAN CARJACK IT OR IF WE HAD TO EVACUATE THE CAR AND WE HAD MANUALLY LOCKED THIS DOOR, ANYONE SITTING IN THAT SEAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT UNLESS THEY CAN UNLOCK IT MANUALLY THEMSELVES, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO TRY AND GET THEM OUT EXTERNALLY, NOT GO TO HAPPEN! GO ON ANY NISSAN MURANO FORUM AND THIS IS A LONG TERM INHERENT PROBLEM WITH NISSAN DOOR LOCKS., WHY IS THIS NOT GETTING ADDRESSED??? *TR

I PUT THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR DOWN TO GET THE SUN OUT OF MY EYES, WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT BACK UP, I HEARD A POP AND IT JUST HUNG THERE--- NOW THE SUN VISOR WILL NOT GO BACK UP AND IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT IS BLOCKING MY REAR VIEW MIRROR BUT ALSO ANNOYING. NISSAN WILL NOT FIX IT AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE IT AS IT COSTS APPROXIMATELY $400 AND I JUST LOST MY JOB ON FRIDAY. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 55-60 MPH WITH NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME, AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED OUTWARD. SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT GOING OFF INSIDE THE CAR. GLASS SLID OF THE BACK OF THE CAR AND I SLIGHTLY OPENED THE SUN SHADE AND WHERE THE GLASS IS THERE WAS A BIG HOLE WHERE IT HAD BLOWN OUT. *TR

THE STEERING COLUMN IS STUCK AND THE MOTOR AND GEARS FAILED. THIS HAS BEEN LISTED MORE THAN 100 TIMES ON THE INTERNET IN VARIOUS BLOGS. TURNS OUT THE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT EACH TIME YOU GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR KILLS THE MOTOR AND GEARS AND IS ACTUALLY ADDRESSED IN A SERVICE BULLETIN NTB-09-073 HAVING THIS HAPPEN ALSO AFFECTED THE AIR BAG AND THE WARNING LIGHT IS NOW ON. *TR

WHEN VEHICLE IS ACCELERATED FROM A STOP, LOUD THUMP IS FELT AND HEARD FROM FLOORBOARD. NISSAN DEALER REFUSED TO COVER REPLACEMENT OF CRACKED FRONT END MOTOR MOUNTS. OTHER MURANO OWNERS REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR UN-LOCK USING THE KEY FOB. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER WILL LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. *TR

LIFTGATE WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE, REGARDLESS OF METHOD USED. THE DRIVER'S BUTTON, THE FOB, AND THE BUTTON ON THE LIFTGATE DO NOTHING. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, THE LIFTGATE CANNOT BE USED AS A MEANS OF ENTRY OR EXIT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND HEARD A NOISE WITH MY MURANO. I NOTICED I HAD A LOSS IN POWER (MOVING FORWARD). IT FELT LIKE IT I HAD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL - NO POWER AT ALL. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 7 LANE HIGHWAY IN RUSH HOUR. I MANAGED TO GET IT INTO THE TURNING LANE. I POWERED OFF THE VEHICLE. I WAITED A LITTLE WHILE AND POWERED IT BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO GO A LITTLE FARTHER AND THEN ONCE AGAIN HAD NO POWER. I CONTINUED THIS PROCESS UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE MAIN ROAD. I HAVE HEARD FROM A MECHANIC THAT IT IS MY TRANSMISSION. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. IF THERE IS ACTION WE CAN TAKE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. *TR

AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR QUIT WORKING. ALL 4 DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ACTUATORS QUIT WORKING SHORTLY AFTER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE MY CHILD'S DOOR COULD BE OPENED NOW SINCE THEY NO LONGER WILL LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. I AM AFRAID TO MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS IN THE CASE OF AN CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH WE WERE INCAPABLE OF GETTING OUT OF THE CAR TO SAVE HIM, THEN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL COULD EASILY OPEN DOORS IF ACTUATORS WORKED. THE UNLOCK BUTTONS WILL NOT WORK. ALSO, MY WIFE TRAVELS THROUGH DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOCK ALL DOORS WITHOUT PULLING OFF THE ROAD. THE LOCK BUTTONS WILL NOT WORK. PLEASE HELP! *TR