2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. AFTER THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOWLY MOVE, IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE VALVE BODY OF THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 08/24/06. *JB

2003 MURANO HIT ROAD DEBRIS PUNCTURING THE GAS TANK CAUSING IT TO LEAK. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL TANK. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES HE IS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

2003 NISSAN MURANO AWD WOULD ACCELERATE AND SKIP GEARS. IF YOU ARE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD AND TRY TO GO INTO A HIGHER GEAR THEN FIRST. THIS STARTED HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY THEN IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY 2006. ON SATURDAY WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR IT MADE A HORRIBLE CLUNKING NOISE. WE DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND SEVERAL DAYS LATER WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD NEED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $4000. THE CAR HAS 78,000 MILES AND IS 32 MONTHS OLD. ALL THE MILES ARE HIGHWAY MILES. WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS OWNED NISSAN CARS AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. I HAVE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND FOUND SEVERAL CONSUMERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT VARIOUS LIFE CYCLES OF THE VEHICLE. SOME HAD PROBLEMS WITH IN THE FIRST THOUSAND MILES. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY THE NEW CVT TECHNOLOGY THAT NISSAN FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE NISSAN MURANO IN 2003. I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *NM

2003 MURANO WAS STOPPED. DRIVER HAD FOOT ON BRAKE. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN REAR. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE ROLLED THROUGH INTERSECTION. HAD TO PUMP BRAKE PEDAL TWICE BEFORE BRAKES WOULD HOLD AGAIN. EVER SINCE, VEHICLE LABORS AS IF PULLING A HEAVY LOAD OR AS IF PARKING BRAKE WAS PARTIALLY ENGAGED. NISSAN DEALER STATES THAT BRAKES SEEM TO WORK, THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO FIND CAUSE OF PEDAL-TO-THE FLOOR INCIDENT OR CAUSE OF VEHICLE "LABORING". *JB

AFTER DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC (ENGINE COMPARTMENT VERY HOT) CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUT. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENTLY PROBLEM. WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND OR IS VERY DELAYED, AND THEN A COUPLE OF SECONDS LATER IT TRIES TO CATCH UP AND THE ENGINE SURGES TO HIGH RPM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC DUE TO THE LACK OF THROTTLE RESPONSE. IT IS ALSO VERY DANGEROUS IF THERE'S A PERSON OR OBJECT IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IT SURGES AND TAKES OFF VERY FAST. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHILE IT WAS ACTING UP AND THERE WEREN'T ANY CODES IN THE ECU, BUT THE MECHANIC PUT IT ON A METER AND READ THE VOLTAGES OF THE PEDAL VS. THROTTLE BODY AND DETERMINED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS NOT RESPONDING CORRECTLY AND IT WAS THE FAULTY COMPONENT. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THOSE THROTTLE BODIES BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON THE PART. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT IS SHAKING LOSE FROM THE FRAME DUE TO A FRACTURE IN THE FRAME. THE SEAT MOVES FORWARD WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS APPLIED AND BACKWARD WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK UPDATED 5/16/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. A NHTSA RECALL, #05V319000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE ALTERNATOR; HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP.

AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THEN STUCK IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC, CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES, AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. IT TAKES AT LEAST 10 SECONDS FOR THE CAR THE ACCELERATE. WAS TOLD CAN'T BE FIXED UNLESS PROBLEM CAN BE RECREATED. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY FOR POLICE WHEN THIS LAST HAPPENED. *NM

APPARENTLY A SMALL PIECE OF METAL IN THE FREEWAY WAS PICKED UP BY THE FRONT TIRES AND PUNCTURED THE FUEL TANK ON THE NISSAN MURANO. UNKNOWN BY THE DRIVER, ALL OF THE FUEL LEAKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE BEING DRIVEN. ALTHOUGH THE RECALL NOTICE HAS BEEN EXTENDED, NISSAN REFUSES TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TANK. NISSAN'S STAND IS THAT THE "SHIELD" THAT IS THE "FIX" TO THE PUNCTURE PROBLEM WOULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED THE TANK IN OUR CAR FROM BEING PUNCTURED BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE FRONT HALF OF THE TANK AND OUR PUNCTURE WAS ON THE BACK HALF OF THE TANK. NHTSA SHOULD TAKE NOTE AS IT APPEARS THAT THE SHIELD IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IF ITEMS PICKED UP BY THE FRONT TIRES CAN STILL ALLOW A PUNCTURE TO REAR OF THE TANK. *JB

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES WHEN CAR IS SHUT OFF, UNATTENDED, AND LOCKED. *JB