2003 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

ALTERNATOR FAILED WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY. NO PRIOR WARNING. HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY TO GET CAR HOME. PARTS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT IN MY 2003 MURANO HAD AN EXCESSIVE ROCKING PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASED NEW AND PROCEEDED TO GET WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL I COULD NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE.WELL NISSAN REPLACED THE WHOLE TRACK ASSEMBLY ON JULY 20, 2004. TO MY SURPRISE THE NEW ONE, ONLY BEING 3 WEEKS OLD IS ALREADY AS BAD AS THE ORIGINAL ONE BUT NOW IT MAKES AN EXCESSIVE CREEKING NOISE.MAYBE THE 3RD ONE WILL BE THE CHARM ?????*AK

(1) VEHICHLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, THEN THE BATTERY AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. 2) WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE LOOKING FOR A DEALERSHIP, THE ENTIRE CAR SHUT DOWN, INCLUDING THE ENGINE AND BRAKING. I HAD TO CROSS 2 LANES OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT POWER OR ADEQUATE BRAKING. AT THE TIME, I WAS TRAVELLING OUT OF TOWN AND WAS STRANDED IN A CITY WHERE I KNEW NO ONE. (3) AFTER BEING TOWED TO A DEALER, THE DAY AFTER I WAS TOLD THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WERE BOTH BAD. A NEW ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE ORDERED BUT THERE WERE NONE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND DIDN'T KNOW WHEN ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WERE EVENTUALLY REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME, 3 WORKING DAYS AFTER ARRIVING. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK PE04077_CAT

MY ALTINATOR BROKE ON MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO WITH ABOUT 8500 MILES ON THE WHOLE CAR.*AK

2003 NISSAN MURANO SE AWD. ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 13,000 MILES. NO PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MURANOS AND SHOULD BE A SUBJECT FOR A RECALL BY NISSAN.*AK

I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A 4 LANE ROAD WITH A CENTER TURN LANE IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. I HIT THE BRAKES AND SWERVED INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELING APROX. 25 TO 30 MPH. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE CAR WAS CROSSING THROUGH THE TURN LANE HEADING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I JERKED THE WHEEL HARD TO THE RIGHT AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK AT THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT NARROWLY AVOIDING A HEAD ON COLLISION.*AK

FOLLOWING 15000 MILE ROUTINE SERVICE AND WHILE RETURNING TO MY HOME FROM THE NISSAN DEALER, MY NISSAN MURANO SE AWD'S BRAKE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT WENT ON. I LOST COMPLETE POWER (VOLTAGE) WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN TO A MAJOR INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT OPERATE. NEARLY LOST MY LIFE WITH AN APPROACHING SAND TRUCK AND VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND ME. THE PROBLEM/DEFECT IDENTIFIED BY THE DEALER WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED UNDER CAR WARRANTY. PE04077_CAT

VERY POOR RADIO RECEPTION FROM DAY ONE ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO. CANOT RECEIVE LOW POWER FM STATIONS. THIS VERY ANNOYING AFTER REPEATED COMPLAINTS, NO ONE HAS A FIX.I CANNOT EVEN GET AN ANTENNA BOOSTER.*AK

CLOTH SEATS GENERATE STATIC SHOCK AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE ALMOST EVERY TIME. FEAR A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF IGNITIION WHEN FUELING.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY NISSAN MURANO FAILED ON APRIL 25 2004. THE DEALERSHIP AND NISSAN, TO THIS POINT ,HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNCOOPERATIVE. THE CAR AS OF THIS DATE MAY 25 2004 IS STILL SITTING ON THEIR LOT UNTOUCHED. *NM