2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

AT 22,695 MILES. LOSS OF POWER, DECREASED GAS MILEAGE, BATTERY AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS DRIVABLE TO DEALER. NISSAN REPLACED WITH REBUILT ALTERNATOR.

DT: WHEN DRIVING 2 HOURS OR MORE ON HIGHWAY AND WHEN ENTERING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC , ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL FOR 3-5 SECONDS AND THEN IT DARTS FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED 20 OR MORE TIMES IN ONE OCCURRENCE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER A SECOND TIME, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM . DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AK

1) MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK AND THE BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOLD HER THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO LOW BRAKE FLUID AND THAT I'D CHECK IT WHEN SHE GOT HOME IN THE EVENING. 2) ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK, THE CAR SUDDENLY DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE (I495) DURING RUSH HOUR. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME ON THE INTERSTATE DUE TO THE GREAT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT VERY HIGH SPEED. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING REAR ENDED. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO OUR HOUSE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND CAME ACROSS A NISSAN MURANO FORUM WHICH HAD A DETAIL DESCIPTION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. IF I HAD RECEIVED SOME TYPE ON NOTIFICATION ON THIS PROBLEM, I WOULD NOT HAVE PUT MY WIFE LIFE IN JEOPARDY BY ADVISING HER TO TAKE THE CAR HOME. 3) I WILL BE CONTACTING THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

ALTERNATOR IN 2003 NISSAN MURANO FAILED AFTER 23,237 MILES. LOSS OF POWER IN THE VEHICLE.

THE ALTERNATOR WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ALIT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS 7 MILES FROM HOME. I TRAVELED HOME AND THE CHECKED TO SEE IF THE ALTERNATOR WAS WORKING PROPERLY AND IT WAS NOT. I CHARGED THE BATTERY AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND AND WILL REPLACE WHEN THE BACK ORDERED PART IS IN STOCK. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE PART MY BE DELIVERED.

SUV PULLS TO THE SIDE WHEN STEERING WHEEL LIGHTLY RELEASED. BROUGHT TO DEALER 3X BUT CANNOT FIX, SAYS RUN FOR !K MILES AND SEE BUT STILL RECURS. DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MAKES SQUEAKY NOISE WHEN OPEN, DEALER CHANGED WINDOW RUNNER BUT STILL NOISY. ENGINE SEEMS TO CHOKE WHEN DRIVEN AFTER PARKING UPHILL, DEALER SAID REMOVED SOME AIR BUBBLES IN GAS TANK BUT STILL RECURS. RIGHT FRONT SHOCK FEELS DRIBBLING WHEN DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DEALER CANT FIND ANY PROBLEM.

RECURRING ALTERNATOR FAILURE. VEHICLE WILL LOOSE POWER AND STOP. PUT IN 3RD ALTERNATOR IN LAST 1.5 YEARS. AFTER SOME RESEARCH PROBLEM UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT NOT RESOLVED. CONCERNED SINCE IT LEAVES US IN A PRECARIOUS SITUTATION EVERY TIME. VEHICLE GREAT OTHERWISE.

WITH NO WARNING ON A CROWDED INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO THE DRIVETRAIN. VEHICLE WOULD REV IN PARK BUT WOULD DO NOTHING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. VERY BUSY INTERESTATE AND ALMOST HIT IN REAR AS CAR COULD NOT MOE OUT OF TRAFFIC. DEALER SAYS CVT TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEALER CAN NOT TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CVT AND JUST SAYS IT NEEDS REPLACED.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH, THE ALTERNATOR ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO SE (20,500 MILES) FAILED. THE ENGINE STALLED, AND ALL POWER STEERING/BRAKES/ETC. FAILED AS WELL. AFTER PULLING THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE (BECAUSE THE BATTERY HAD BEEN DRAINED AS A RESULT OF THE ALTERNATOR FAILURE). THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR (UNDER WARRANTY).

PARKING BRAKE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT LIT DURING DRIVING. DRIVING THE VERY NEXT DAY THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION BUT CAR REMAINED RUNNING. WITHIN 10 MINUTES THE CAR FAILED COMPLETELY. BOTH TIMES THE CAR WAS IN AN INTERSECTION AND NEARLY STRUCK BY OTHER TRAFFIC.