2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

FRONT BRAKES ARE FAILING IN AN UNSAFE MANNER. PROBLEM HAS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF APPROXIMATELY 25 % OF TOTAL BRAKING SURFACE ON THE FRONT ROTORS. DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR AND CLAIMS PROBLEM RESULTED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (RUST).

NISSAN MURANO 2003 - 26000 MILES - BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER WITHIN 50 MILES OF THE LIGHTS COMMING ON. THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN AND START AFTER IT WAS TURNED OFF AT THE DEALER BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHTS REMAINED ON. THE REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTEE, BUT I DID HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR DUE THE TIME IT TAKES TO REPLACE IT. THEY HAD THE ALTERNATOR IN STOCK,

BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. I KNEW FROM READING POSTS ON A "MURANO" FORUM THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBLE SYMPTOM OF IMMINENT ALTERNATOR FAILURE. I WAS ONLY A MILE FROM HOME WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON, SO I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY. I DO, HOWEVER, RESIDE OVER 20 MILES FROM THE NEAREST DEALER. IN ORDER TO GET IT TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE, I DROVE MY OTHER CAR TO THE STORE AND PURCHASED A BATTERY TESTER/CHARGER. I KNEW FROM THE FORUM THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER IN THIS STATE IF THE BATTERY HAD A FULL CHARGE. WHEN I TESTED IT, IT WAS ONLY OPERATING @ 60%. I CHARGED IT FULLY, THEN DROVE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT. I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS NO FUN DRIVING TO THE DEALER (ON THE HIGHWAY) KNOWING THAT AT ANY TIME I COULD LOSE ALL POWER. I STAYED IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE ALL THE WAY SO THAT I COULD PULL OVER IN A HURRY IF NEEDED. TURNS OUT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. THE OLD PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO INSTALL A REMANUFACTURED PART, AND SEND THE FAILED PART TO NISSAN. I DON'T EVEN HAVE 19,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ON A $30,000 CAR! I FEEL LUCKY THAT I KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH MY CAR, AND WAS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE LIGHTS. IF I HAD BEEN UNAWARE, AS MOST ARE, THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WHO KNOWS WHEN I WOULD HAVE NOTICED THESE LIGHTS? THE CAR COULD HAVE LOST ALL POWER AT NIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY THAT I TRAVEL EVERY DAY!

BOUGHT CAR IN 2003, BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN A WEEK OF PURCHASE. A YEAR LATER, THE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. LAST WEEK, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STOPPED WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT AT INTERSECTION. COULD NOT PUT CAR INTO PARK, TURN ON HAZARD LIGHT, OR PULL CAR KEYS OUT. TOWED TO DEALER BY TRIPLE AAA. DEALER CLAIMS THAT BATTERY CABLE WAS LOOSE. I DO NOT WORK ON MY CAR OR OPEN THE HOOD OTHER WHEN THE DEALER DOES THE MAINTENANCE.

OWN A NISSAN MURANO. IT HAS 25000K ON IT. THIS A.M. THE BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHTS WENT ON AS THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. APPARENTLY THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT WITH MURANOS' ALTERNATOR; FOUND THIS INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE CURRENTLY REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR.

THE ALTERNATOR ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO FAILED. THERE WERE 22,450 MILES ON THE CAR. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER THE 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I BARELY EXITED THE FREEWAY AND FOUND A GAS STATION BEFORE THE CAR DIED. THERE ARE 36,400 MILES ON MY CAR AND FOOTHILL NISSAN TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY COVERED ONLY UNTIL 36,000. THEY WON'T REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR SINCE I AM 400 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY LIMIT. THEN I REALIZED THAT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO WAS GOING THROUGH THIS. THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME. I WAS LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND THERE WASN'T AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS THERE USUALLY IS ON THE FREEWAY THAT DAY AND I WAS ABLE TO HURRY OFF WITHOUT THE CAR STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER LOSING POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE CONTACT COULD NOT ACCELERATE TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MAIN SERVICE CENTER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE IT WILL START, THEN STALL. AFTER THE 2ND OR 3RD TIME IT WILL START. SERVICE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE STALLING WAS NOT FROM THE ALTERNATOR.*AK

MY MOM WAS LEAVING THE GROCERY STORE AND THE CAR CUT OFF WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. IT SLOWED DOWN BEFORE IT CUT OFF. WHILE WAITING FOR AAA SOMEONE OFFERED TO JUMP THE CAR. IT STARTED, BUT THE BRAKE AND LIGHTS CAME ON. SHE DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, ABOUT 3 MILES AWAY. THE CAR CUT OFF IN THE PARKING LOT. IT REMAINS AT THE DEALER, AWAITING REPAIR.

THE FIRST TIME OCCURED IN OCT. OF 2004, WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN, THANKFULLY, AND LOST ALL OF MY POWER. I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. THEN, ON JUNE10, 2005, I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, AT NIGHT ABOUT 55 MPH, AND AGAIN LOST ALL POWER. I AGAIN HAD TO BE TOWED, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME, MY BATTERY ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WE HAD TO PAY HALF THE PRICE. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD AND HAS HAD 2 ALTERNATORS, AND NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA SAYS THERE IS ' NO PROBLEM' WITH THIS CAR OR MODEL. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM, IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN BEHIND ME, OR IF I COULD NOT HAVE STEERED OFF THE ROAD.