2005 NISSAN MURANO Complaints

CONSUMER DISSATISFIED WITH THE SAFETY OF THE NISSAN MURANO. *TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 06V054000 WHICH REFERENCED THE FUEL TANK. THE RECALL INDICATED THAT A FITTING FOR VAPOR RECIRCULATION, WHICH IS WELDED ON THE FUEL TANK, MAY COME OFF THE FUEL TANK BECAUSE INCORRECT MATERIAL WAS USED. THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT 20MPH OR LESS, THERE WAS INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHERE PERFORMED. THERE WHERE NO FAILURE CODES DETECTED. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO, TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

TODAY WHILE OUT OF TOWN WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO REFILL OUR 2005 NISSAN MURANO. AFTER I HAD GOT BEYOND THE HALF FULL POINT SOMEONE AT THE GAS STATION POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING LEAKING FROM OUR VEHICLE. AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION BY MYSELF AND THEN A MECHANIC AT THE SERVICE STATION IT WAS NOTED TO HAVE A HOLE IN THE GAS TANK. I AM UNSURE WHAT CAUSED THIS HOLE TO OCCUR BEING THAT WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ACTUALLY HIT THE VEHICLE. NOT ONLY DID THIS PUT A DAMPER ON OUR WEEKEND GETAWAY BUT WE ALSO FOUND OUT HOW LITTLE COVERAGE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROVIDED TO US, WHICH WAS A SHOCK SINCE WE WERE VERY PRESSURED INTO BUYING THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WERE TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED AND ALSO THAT WE WOULD HAVE 24 HOUR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. AFTER CONTACTING THE NISSAN 24HR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WE LEARNED THAT WE HAD NO COVERAGE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IDLED, IT STALLED. AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND OTHER INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATE. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR. THE PROBLEM RETURNED LESS THAN A MONTH LATER. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP.

43 DEGREES, 5 PM, 1561 MILES, 2005 NISSAN MURANO SL I START VEHICLE, BACK UP, PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. MAX SPEED OBTAINABLE 20 MPH, VERY, VERY SLOW TO GET ANY SPEED. ENGINE WILL REV TO 2500 RPM, WHEN FLOORED, NO ACCELERATION, RETURN HOME. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON SLIP OFF LIGHT ON VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL LIGHT ON PARK VEHICLE AND AND TRY RESTARTING SEVERAL TIMES, CAR STARTS OK, ABOVE THREE LIGHTS COME ON EACH TIME. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE AGAIN THAT DAY. SAT. EVENING, NO DEALER OPEN. TRY AGAIN SUNDAY, 55 DEGREES, STARTS OK AND ONLY SES LIGHT COMES ON, DRIVES, OK CALL JEFF SMITH NISSAN WARNER ROBINS GA ON MONDAY. SAYS BRING CAR IN. DEALER STATES CAR IS IN "LIMP MODE". THEY KEEP A WEEK. FINDINGS: DTC CODE U1000 CAN COMM CIRCUIT, C1132 ABS CHECK ABS-OK TECHLINE REF #755136 APPLY TSB NTB06-009 DATED FEB 8, 2006 SEEMS OK, NOW. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IF I HAD BEEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC. *NM

2005 NISSAN MURANO PURCHASED MAY 2005~ 13,000 MILES: I WAS IN PROCESS OF A Y TURN. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK UP, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IN MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE FORWARD. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. THINKING MAYBE I MIGHT BE ON SOMETHING, I PUT CAR IN PARK, GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDERNEATH MY WHEELS. NOTHING. GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND TRIED TO BACK UP AGAIN. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I GOT OUT, STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED AT IT. I COULD READILY SEE THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS TURNED IN THE DIRECTION THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SINCE I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A Y TURN. HOWEVER, THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I KNEW THIS CAR WASN'T GOING NO WHERE. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME I DID NOT GET HOW THAT COULD SUDDENLY BE. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. THE PAVEMENT WAS FLAT. NO CURBS, NO NOTHING IN THE WAY! I WAS STUCK BLOCKING MY CUL DU SAC. I CALLED THE DEALER. I TALKED TO A GUY IN SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I TOLD HIM WHAT THE SITUATION WAS. HE SAID, "IT SOUNDS LIKE TIE RODS ARE SHOT." I SAID, "ON A NEW CAR?" HE SAID, I WILL CALL THE TOW DRIVER. THERE IS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE UNDERNEATH OR ANYWHERE ON THE VEHICLE TO INDICATE I HIT ANYTHING OR THAT ANYTHING HIT ME. I DID NOT RUN OVER OR HIT ANYTHING. I WAS JUST IN THE PROCESS OF A Y TURN. THE TOW DRIVER ARRIVED. HE WALKED AROUND THE VEHICLE AS I TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED. HE SAID, "THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM!" AS THE CAR WAS BEING PULLED ONTO THE FLATBED TRAILER TOW, I CRINGED, COVERING MY FACE FROM THE NOISE OF METAL CRUSHING AND BENDING. I KNEW WHATEVER WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR WAS NOW ENHANCED BY THE TOW. IT IS DEFINITELY THE TIE ROD. THE DAMAGE IS $5,000.00. THE RESULT, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID I HIT SOMETHING AND NISSAN WON'T PAY. I KNOW IT IS A PARTS FAILURE OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. MY CAR IS ON RACK AT DEALER NOW SO ANY ASAP INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *NM

I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE WINDSHIELD WASHER SPRAY NOZZLE DOES NOT DIRECT THE FLUID PROPERLY ON THE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN SPRAYING THE WASHER FLUID IT HITS VERY LOW ON THE WINDSHIELD AND DOES NOT ALLOW ANY FLUID TO THE UPPER HALF THE GLASS. IN FACT IT WILL HIT THE WIPER ARM FIRST AND THIS THEN BLOCKS ANY ADDITIONAL FLUID TO HIT DURING THE FIRST PASS. ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS. THAT WHEN YOU DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE AIR FLOW OVER THE HOOD DIRECTS THE FLUID TO THE LOWER HALF ON BOTH SIDES. THIS IS DANGEROUS DURING WINTER DRIVING WITH SNOW AND ICE FALLING AND ON THE ROAD. PLACEMENT OF THE NOZZLES ARE IN THE WRONG LOCATION. THEY GET BLOCKED BY SNOW AND ICE. THIS ALSO BECOMES A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN AND THEY SAID NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. ''THE NOZZLES CAN NOT BE ADJUSTED''. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT THIS SITUATION BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON VARIOUS WEB FORUMS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS THEIR A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM?*JB

THE CURRENT DESCRIPTION HAS TO DO WITH MECHANICAL DEFECTS: I LEASED A BRAND NEW 2005 NISSAN MURANO IN APRIL 2005, AND IN AUGUST OF THAT YEAR THE CAR HAD MAJOR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS THAT INCLUDED: ABS LIGHT CAME ON , INTERNAL FAILURE OF ABS ACTUATOR, AND RIGHT FRONT ABS SENSOR, ENGINE PROBELMS WITH LOSS OF POWER, AND ACCELERATION . NONO CURRENT THROUGH PIN CONNECTORS. HAD TO REPLACE ECM. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON , INTERNAL FAILURE TO THROTTLE BODY, ALL WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON. THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, I ALSO HAD INTERNAL FAILURE OF A/C AMPLIFIER. MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FROM 8/5/05 - 9/13/05 A TOTAL OF 39 DAYS! I CALLED NISSAN ABOUT COMPLYING WITH THE LEMON LAW AND TO NOW THEY HAVE DECLINED TO COOPERATE. I AM CURRENTLY SEEKING LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THIS MATTER.*AK

DT: CONTACTS STATED WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WILL GO TO THE RIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL ITSELF IS 15 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE VEHICLES REAR WHEEL ON DRIVER'S SIDE WILL POINT TOWARD THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE ROADS CONDITIONS ARE WITH SNOW OR ICE. THERE IS NO PRIOR WARNING. THERE IS A NOISE WHEN APPLYING THE FRONT BRAKES. HE CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THEY OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. *AK

I BOUGHT A NEW 2005 NISSAN MURANO ON 8/8/05. ON 10/31/05, I HIT DEBRIS ON I-95. IT PUNCTURED MY FUEL TANK AND GASOLINE LEAKED FROM IT. I HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DISPOSE THE GASOLINE. I FILED A COMPLAIN WITH NISSAN CORPORATION. THEY REFUSED TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THE DAMAGE. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A NEW FUEL TANK MYSELF. *NM