2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

ON A SATURDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE BRAKE AND CHARGE LIGHTS CAME ON, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN FINE. WE CHECKED THE OBVIOUS THINGS - BRAKE FLUID, ALTERNATOR BELT - ALL LOOKED FINE. I KEPT THE DRIVING TO A MINIMUM AND PLANNED TO HEAD TO THE DEALER FIRST THING MONDAY. ON MY WAY THERE, BARELY A MILE FROM MY HOUSE, THE CAR LOST POWER. THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING, BUT NO ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO COAT INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY AND OUT OF A TWO LANE BACK ROAD BEFORE I LOST MOMENTUM. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY HAD A TRUCK COME AND PICK ME AND THE CAR UP. ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. HIS IS A 2003 SE AWD AND HAD 23500 MILES WHEN THE ALTERNATOR FAILED.*AK

BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY, INDICATING INCIPIENT ALTERNATOR FAILURE. NISSAN MURANO (2003) TAKEN TO DEALER FOR ALTERNATOR REPLACEMENT.*AK

ALTERNATOR FOR 2003 NISSAN MURANO FAILED AT 12000 MILES. THERE ARE MANY MORE COMPLAINTS AT NISSANMURANO.ORG SOME REPORT ALTERNATOR FAILURE AS EARLY AS 3500 MILES.*AK

CAR HAD LOST POWER ON A FEW OCCASSIONS A YEAR AGO, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO NISSANS ATTENTION. THEY PERFORMED DIAGNOSTICS AND SAID THERE WERE NO CODES. SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE VEHICLES BATTERY WENT DEAD. TOOK IT TO NISSAN, THEY REPLACED IT, AND CHARGED US FOR THE BATTERY. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS LATER WE GOT LOSS OF POWER AGAIN FOLLOWED BY BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON THEN CAR DIED. AFTER RESEARCH I SEE THERE WAS A TSB BUT NO ONE AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME ABOUT IT EVEN AFTER I HAD ASKED THEM IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY TSBS ISSUED SINCE THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE VEHICLES EXSISTANCE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED AND THANK GOD SHE WAS NOT HIT!!!!! *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED IN 2003 NISSAN MURANO LEADING TO UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER ACCESSORIES (BREAKS, STEERING, LIGHTS ETC). THE ENGINE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE INPUT. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THE BATTERY AND BRAKE SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON. I DROVE IT TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I NEW PART IS BEING ORDERED AND THE PART WILL BE REPLACED.*AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 32000. SEEMS THIS IS CHRONIC WITH NISSAN MURANO'S AND I FEAR THAT MY REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR WILL BE AS BAD AND ALSO FAIL AT 60000 -- FALLING BEYOND MY WARRANTY AND COSTING MUCH TO REPLACE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. AFTERWARDS THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. ALSO, DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND REPLACEMENT OF THE ALTERNATOR, BUT PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

REPEATING ALTERNATOR FAILURE, FIRST FAILURE AROUND LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD (AROUND 18,000 MILES) REPEATED FAILURE AROUND 40,000 MILES. CAR IS CURRENTLY TWO YEAR OLD. REPLACED ALTERNATOR AFTER FIRST FAILURE, BUT CONTINUED TO HAVE REPEATED FAILURES. OLD ALTERNATOR IS AVAILABLE. *JB

AT 38K MY BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT DAY I WAS DRIVING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. ALTERNATOR COSTING ME $580+$115 FOR THE BATTERY+$100 FOR TOWING. *JB