2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

ALTERNATOR FAILED AFTER 36,000 MILES WITH LITTLE WARNING. STRANDED LATE AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY. BACKORDER OF NISSAN REPLACEMENT ALTERNATORS. MANY REPORTS OF ALTERNATOR FAILURES IN NEW NISSANS AT WWW.FRESHALLOY.COM AND WWW.NISSANMURANO.ORG. PLEASE SEE: HTTP://FORUMS.FRESHALLOY.COM/UBBTHREADS/SHOWFLAT.PHP?CAT=&BOARD=MURANO&NUMBER=67828742&PAGE=0 AND FORUM POLL AT HTTP://WWW.NISSANMURANO.ORG/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=2113&PERPAGE=15&PAGENUMBER=1. *NM PE04077_CAT

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ENGINE QUITS. THIS HAS HAPPEND FOUR TIMES THE FRIST TIME IT STOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF I95 AFTERNOON RUSH. IT HAS HAPPEND THREE OYHER TIMES.*AK PE04077_CAT

I HAVE A NISSAN MURANO 2003 & HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH IT. I WAS ON AN ONLINE FORUM & THERE WAS A LINK TO THIS SITE TO LIST THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS PURCHASED IN JAN. 2003. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR DEFECTIVE BOSE CD PLAYER DEFECTIVE BATTERY DEFECTIVE CUPHOLDER ALL THE ITEMS WERE FIXED OR REPLACED BY NISSAN UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER I HAVE READ THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ALTERNATORS BUT HAVE NOT REPORTED TO A GOVERNENT AGENCY.*AK

CRACKED TRANSFER CASE OCCURRED TWICE ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO; AUG 27, 2004 & SEP 24 2003. CONCERN IS FUTURE INCIDENTS MAY OCCUR WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS CAUSING ACCIDENTS. OTHER INTERNET SITE FORUMS INDICATED FAILURES BUT DID NOT SUBMIT COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TC *JB PE04077_CAT

WHEN STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AS A RESULT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *JB THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. RECALL #10072202 & 10072201. *SC

WHEN EVER THE CAR IS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IT BEGINS TO HESITATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AND THEN LURCHES FORWARD. THE EFFECT IS LIKE A RUBBER BAND STRETCHING AND THEN RELEASING QUICKLY. NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS HAVE OCCURRED BASED ON OTHER VEHICLES ASSUMING THAT WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO ENTER THE ROAD AHEAD OF US ONLY TO SEE THE CAR LURCH AND THE BRAKES APPLIED HEAVILY.AFTER EACH OF THESE OCCURENCES SPEED CONTROL BEGINS TO SURGE AND DECLINE WHEN ENGAGED. FOUR VISITS JANUARY 14 2004 SERVICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. MAY, 26,2004 DEALER FOUND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR COULD BE PROBLEM JUNE 3,2004 DEALER REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. JUNE 4 2004 RETURNED TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR SAME PROBLEM DEALER SERVICE CANNOT REPLICATE. SEPT 14004 SAME PROBLEM DEALER CLAIMS DROVE CAR 160 MILES NOT IN STOP AND GO FOPR MORE THAN A SHORT PERIOD AND CANNOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO AT 11,000 MILES I MISSED WORKED STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 5 HOURS REPLACED ALTERNATOR.... TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE ONA NEWS GROUP AND AND 47 OUT OF 118 HAD A BAD ALTERNATOR . *AK PE04077_CAT

DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT 300 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE "BATTERY" AND BRAKE TROUBLE LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER SUDDENLY AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE ROAD SHOULDER. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER AND HAD TO RENT A CAR HOME AND RENT A CAR TO COME BACK FOR MY VEHICLE. ALTERNATOR WAS DIAGNOSED AS FAILED. NISSAN DEALER COULD NOT OBTAIN PART FOR 7 DAYS. NO EXPLAINATION.*AK PE04077_CAT

DRIVER SEAT TRACK HAS BEEN REPLACED 2XS AND STILL HAS ROCKING MOTION PROBLEM, VERY ANNOYING NISSAN MIGHT AS WELL PUT THUMB TACS ON THE STEERING WHEELS OF THEIR CARS IF THEY FIND THIS PROBLEM ACCEPTABLE. *JB