2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHTS LIT UP AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER TO ACCELERATE/KEEP UP WITH 65 MPH TRAFFIC ON I-50 EAST HIGHWAY. NEED TO CRAWL BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND DRIVE UNDER 40 MPH SPEED, VERY DANGEROUS! EVERY CARS BEHIND ME LITERALLY NEED TO SLAM THEIR BRAKES AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN THE TRAFFIC ON THE LEFT LANE. DEALER'S DIAGNOSTIC WAS: THE INFAMOUS ALTERNATOR FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE MODEL.

THE BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON IN MY MURANO, BUT THE CAR APPEARED TO STILL BE DRIVING AND STARTING JUST FINE, SO I ASSUMED IT WAS MERELY A SHORT AND DECIDED TO WAIT UNTIL MY NEXT SERVICE. 2 DAYS LATER, THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RESPOND AND EVENTUALLY STALLED, DESPITE BEING ABLE TO TURN OVER AGAIN AFTER STOPPING. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THA THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG MURANO OWNERS RELATED TO ALTERNATORS.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING BY HERSELF AT NIGHT APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES FROM OUR HOME. AS SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE BRAKE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. THE DASH BECAME DIM AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A NEARBY GAS STATION. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND IS NOW AT A DEALER WAITING TO BE SERVICED.

AS I PULLED INTO MY GARAGE, I NOTICED THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT WERE ON ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO. BECAUSE I HAVE READ ON NISSANMURANO.ORG THAT IS AN INDICATION OF A FAILING ALTERNATOR AND THAT AFTER SEEING THE WARNING LIGHTS MY MURANO WOULD SOON BECOME TOTALLY DISABLED, I CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED IN FOR A NEW ALTERNATOR. ALTHOUGH IN MY CASE I WAS IN MY GARAGE, THE ALTERNATOR IS A KNOWN ISSSUE ON MURANOS, AND IF THE VEHICLE STOPS ON THE HIGHWAY, THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOME MURANOS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE A FAILURE OF THE REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR, SO I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED YET, AND I FEAR I MAY STILL BE AT RISK.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS 2003, NISSAN MURANO HAD JUST COMPLETED THE 30,000 MILE CHECK UP 6 DAYS BEFORE. SUDDENLY, THE CAR POWER STEERING FAILED, THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WENT HAYWIRE AND THE CAR SEIZED UP. I WAS FORCED TO SLOWLY SLIDE OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY, WHERE I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED.

NISSAN MURANO - ALTERNATOR FAILURE CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME SUDDENLY INOPERABLE. (NOTE - I WAS AWARE THAT THE COMBINATION OF "BRAKE" AND "BATTERY" WARNING LIGHTS INDICATED THE FAILURE, SO TOOK THE CAR IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER BEFORE IT HAD A CHANCE TO DIE ON THE ROAD.)

I HAVE HAD MY MURANO 1 YEAR AND HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW. IT IS A 2003 AND HAS 22,000 MILES ON IT. WE WERE ON VACATION ABOUT 350 MILES FROM HOME AND I NOTICED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE TRANSMISSION ACTING UP. IT JUST CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. I WOULD STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND DEPRESS THE ACCELATOR AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL ABOUT 1 MINUTE LATER. LUCKILY WE MADE IT IN TO A NISSAN DEALER AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND GOT WITH NISSAN TECH SUPPORT. THEY VERIFIED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WITH A NEW ONE. THANK GOODNESS IT IS UNDER WARRANTY! THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP RENTED ME A CAR TO GET BACK HOME FROM VACATION AND WE WILL HAVE TO DRIVE 350 MILES BACK TO PICK UP MY MURANO IN ABOUT 3 TO 4 DAYS.

BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHT LIT ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS IS A KNOWN FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATOR ON THIS VEHICLE. THE ALTERNATOR WILL BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY TUESDAY JULY 5TH.

ALTERNATOR HAS DIED TWICE WITHIN A YEAR ON A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. DRIVERS DOOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS - NOT SUPPOSE TO. WINDOWS GO DOWN AFTER PARKING AND LEFT ALONE SHUT OFF.

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MORANO. THE VEHICLE INTERMEDIATLEY WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ITS LIKE YOU HAVE TO PUMP THE GAS PEDAL TO GET IT TO GO. TOOK TO DEALER 5 OR 6 TIMES. THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND MOVED TIME TO THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER THAT THEY KEEP SAYING IT WAS FIXED.