2005 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

EXITING PARKING LOT ONTO ROADWAY, ENGINE HESITATION WITH LITTLE ACCELERATION, AWD LOCK COMES ON, SERVICE ENGINE SOON COMES ON. TURN OFF ROADWAY, SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART, NO ACCELERATION POWER, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHTS STILL ON - CANNOT DRIVE VEHICLE. NEXT MORNING TOWED TO DEALERSHIP; REPORT IS A CODE U1000 - ELECTRICAL AND GROUND WIRE PROBLEM. TSB PROCEDURE FOLLOWED BASED ON THE CODE. HOWEVER, TSB SAYS IT APPLIES TO THE CODE ONLY WHEN NO MALFUNCTION INDICATORS LIGHTS ARE ON. THEREFORE, I DO NOT BELIEVE PROBLEM IS FIXED. ALSO, SINCE THEN A VIBRATION IS DETECTED THROUGH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN ACCELERATING. SERVICE MANAGER AND TECH TEST DROVE AND STATED THERE WAS SOMETHING DETECTED BUT NO FIX SINCE THERE IS NO TSB FOR THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER'S 2005 NISSAN MURANO CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE, THROTTLE CHAMBER AND/OR ACCELERATOR. *KB *NM

ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT RUN PROPERLY. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THROTTLE CHAMBER WAS REPLACED, BUT NOW (8/26) THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE SIGNIFYING A MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE 5 ESSENTIAL PARTS TO THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND THEY WOULD ONLY REPLACE 1 PART. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE AIR BAG SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED ALL 5 PARTS OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM REPLACED HOWEVER, ONLY 1 PART COULD BE REPLACED PER VISIT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO CONCURRED WITH THE DEALER FOR THE VEHICLE REPAIR REMEDY. UPDATED 11/21/2006 - *NM

2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BOTH CRACKED IN LESS THAN 15,000 MILES. NISSAN SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPLACE DUE TO THE BRAKE WARRANTY BEING 12,500 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABUSED OR DRIVEN HARSHLY. THIS IS MY FAMILY CAR, IT IS TREATED WITH MUCH RESPECT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALTHOUGH NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE, BUT RESET THE COMPUTER. AFTERWARDS THE COMPUTER WAS RESET THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK UPDATED 6/16/2006 - *NM

BOTH FAILURES 4/8/06 AND 5/1/06 - PAUSE IN STARTING, ENGINE HESITATIONS WHEN RUNNING,AWD LOCK COMES ON, SERVICE ENGINE SOON COMES ON, NO ACCELERATION POWER - CANNOT DRIVE VEHICLE. BOTH TIMES SAME CODE U1000 - ELECTRICAL AND GROUND WIRE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN LEFT STRANDED TWICE IN THIS VEHICLE AND FEEL VERY UNSAFE! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK LEAKS. THE CONTACT CAN STILL SMELL GAS FUMES VERY STRONGLY. AN NHTSA RECALL, # 06V054000 AND 06V003000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING INSPECTION.

WHILE ON A MAJOR ROAD WITH FOR OUR FAMILY VACATION, OUR MURANO EXPERIENCED A COMPONENT FAILURE. SPECIFICALLY, OUR ROAD TRIP ORIGINATED FROM CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WITH SEVERAL DESTINATIONS SCHEDULED FOR SEVERAL CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA LOCATIONS. ALL WAS NORMAL UNTIL OUR JOURNEY FROM MIAMI TO DEBARY, FL WHERE SLIGHT INDICATORS OF A MALFUNCTION BEGAN TO MANIFEST ITSELF. WHILE CRUISING ON INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN WEST PALM BEACH AND TITUSVILLE, THE CRUISE CONTROL SPONTANEOUSLY DISENGAGED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RE-ENGAGE THE SYSTEM YIELDED THE SAME RESULTS, I INITIALLY DETERMINED THAT THERE MAY BE AN INHERENT DIFFERENCE IN THE MURANO'S CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM VERSUS OTHER CARS I'VE DRIVEN/OWNED AND DECIDED THAT I WOULD LOOK INTO IT AT A LATER TIME. LATER IN THIS SAME TRIP (SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN TITUSVILLE AND SANFORD FLORIDA), I WAS ON A DESOLATE ROAD (ROUTE 46) WHEN THE MURANO'S 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND IT SEEM TO BE STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. NOTE: THE MURANO HAS A BELT DRIVEN CVT AND NOT A CONVENTIONAL GEAR BOX; NEVERTHELESS, THIS WAS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROBLEM CAN BE CHARACTERIZED. MAKING MATTERS WORST WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS 12:30AM AND ROUTE 46 IS SPARSELY TRAVELED, WITH NO SIGNS OF "CIVILIZATION". (NOT MEANT TO MELODRAMATIC.) FORTUNATELY, I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE MURANO (AT NO GREATER THAN 40MPH @ 4,000RPM) TO OUR INTENDED DESTINATION. ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I BROUGHT MY MURANO TO DELAND NISSAN WHERE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ACCORDINGLY. FORTUNATELY, THE PART WAS IN STOCK AND REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. (NOTE: THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DELAND NISSAN WAS SIMPLY THE BEST SERVICE DEPARTMENT I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED, IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME, PROFESSIONALISM AND CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION; I WISH MY HOME DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS LIKEWISE.) THE REMAINDER OF OUR VACATION AND RETURN TRIP OCCURRED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *NM

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO SL [XXX] AND DUE TO RECALL NUMBER 06V048000, I TOOK IN MY VEHICLE TO HAVE THE GAS TANK SHIELD AND SAFETY BELT WEBBING INSTALLED TO ST CHARLES NISSAN INC, ST PETERS, MO (NISSAN DEALER NO. SCN). UPON MY VEHICLE'S RETURN, I FIND THERE IS NO 2ND ROW LH SEAT BELT CLIP FOR ME TO INSERT EITHER THE 2ND ROW LH SEAT BELT OR MY CHILD SEAT SECURING HARNESS INTO. THERE WERE 3 CLIPS PRIOR TO MY TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP - ONE FOR 2ND ROW RH, ONE IN THE MIDDLE AND ONE FOR 2ND ROW LH. NOW THERE ARE ONLY 2 AND I CAN SEE VISIBLE SIGNS OF THE LH SEAT BELT CLIP HAVING BEING CUT OFF FROM THE SEAT. THIS PREVENTS ME FROM ATTACHING MY CHILD SEAT FOR LH REAR PASSENGER TO USE A SEAT BELT. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE DEALERSHIPS FAULT OR NISSAN'S DIRECTION TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REMOVE THE SEAT BELT CLIP, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO WAY I CAN USE A CHILD SEAT AS THERE IS NO PLACE TO SECURE THE HARNESS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)