2003 Nissan Murano

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF THE BRAKE LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CRANK SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A SIMILAR RECALL ON OTHER NISSAN MODELS REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING (CRANK SHAFT SENSOR) BUT THE 2003 MURANO WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK SINCE THERE WAS NO RELATED RECALL FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2003 MURANO IN JANUARY OF 2008. EVERY TIME I HAD AN OIL CHANGE DONE I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A VERY LOW AMOUNT. THE LOW AMOUNT WAS NEVER LOOKED AT AS A PROBLEM. WHEN I WAS GETTING A RECALL COMPLETED I WAS TELLING THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE ABOUT MY LOW OIL LEVEL WHEN I TOOK MY CAR EVERY 3,000 MILES. HE ASKED IF I HAD ANY OIL LEAKS THAT WERE LEFT ON THE GROUND WHEN I MOVED MY CAR. I LET HIM KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN OIL ON THE GROUND. I ALSO LET HIM KNOW THAT I HEAR A RATTLING NOISE SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND SOMETIMES MY CAR GETS STUCK WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WILL ZOOM FORWARD. I HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED AROUND 6 CARS. I TRY TO LET CARS GET A LITTLE WAYS IN FRONT OF ME IF IT GETS STUCK SO I DO NOT REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS. HE SAID THAT THE RECALL OF THE ALTERNATOR WOULD FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE CAR GETTING STUCK AND THEY WOULD CHECK THE ENGINE. I STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM TODAY WITH THE CAR GETTING STUCK. I HAD AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST DONE EVERY 1,000 MILES AND BY TIME I MADE IT TO THE 2,000 MILES MY OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. SO THEY NEVER DID A THIRD OIL CONSUMPTION TEST LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THE ENGINES THAT WERE PLACED IN THE 2003 NISSAN MURANOS WERE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND I HAVE A 14 MONTH OLD SON IN MY CAR WITH ME 90% OF THE TIME. THEREFORE NOT ONLY IS MY LIFE AND OTHERS IN CARS AROUND ME IN JEOPARDY SO IS MY SON'S LIFE. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. THERE IS ONE OTHER ISSUE I HAD WHERE I HAD UNLOCKED MY DOORS AND PUT MY CHILD IN THE CAR. WHEN I WENT TO GET IN THE CAR HAD LOCKED ON IT'S OWN. LUCKILY WE WERE AT THE HOUSE AND HAD A SPARE KEY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS ISSUE COMMON. *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL, AND THE LIGHTS WOULD FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL NUMBER 03V45500 ( ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS MISSING AS IT WAS DRIVEN. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE #1 CYLINDER HAD NO COMPRESSION. THIS IS WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON IT. IT ENDED UP NEEDED A VALVE JOB - $3,200. WHEN THEY TOOK OFF THAT PART OF THE ENGINE TO HAVE IT MACHINED, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED AND THE FRONT ONE WAS ABOUT TO FAIL. IN THE CASE OF THE CYLINDER ISSUE AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ISSUE I WAS ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE AND CONFIRM WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEY SAID THAT THE PIECES OF THE FAILED REAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER MORE THAN LIKELY GOT SUCKED BACK INTO THE CYLINDER, SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF IT AND CAUSING THE COMPRESSION LOSS. SINCE THERE WAS A FAILURE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND IT WAS UNDER THE 8YEAR/80,000 LIMIT I CALLED NISSAN LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON AT LEAST THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS COST. THEY SAID THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 2011, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS, BUT THAT IT WASN'T COVERED BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY BE COVERED IF THERE WAS A RECALL. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE EPA FACT SHEET EPA420-F-96-020 SAYS. I WILL TRY TO CONTACT ANOTHER NISAN LOCATION ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME OR TRANSFER ME TO ANYONE ELSE. SO I NEEDED A VALVE JOB AND TWO NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BECAUSE OF THIS. AT THIS POINT, THE OLD CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

DURING A ROUTINE SERVICE OF MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO, WHICH HAS 33,293 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID LEAKING FROM A HOSE THAT IS LOCATED BEHIND A FAN-BELT TENSION PULLEY. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRACKET ON WHICH THE PULLEY IS MOUNTED HAD FAILED CAUSING THE PULLEY TO BE PUSHED OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGING THE HOSE AND BELT, RESULTING IN A REPAIR COST OF $450.27. THE REPAIR CONSISTED OF REPLACING ALL THE EFFECTED COMPONENTS AT MY EXPENSE. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE "DEFECTIVE BRACKET" WAS REPLACED WITH AN IDENTICAL ITEM SHARING THE SAME DEFECTIVE QUALITIES. NISSAN WILL NOT DIVULGE THE REASON FOR THE BRACKETS FAILURE. MY CONCERN IS: IF THIS "PULLEY DEVISE" HAD BROKEN OFF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE BRACKET WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT SPEED, IT WOULD HAVE DONE INCALCULABLE DAMAGE ,POSSIBLY CAUSING ME TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, PROBABLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. WHEN I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER WHAT CAUSED THE BRACKET TO FAIL, HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THAT I SHOULD CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE THAT HE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WHEN HE DID. APPARENTLY, OTHER OWNERS WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE, THEIR CARS HAD TO BE TOWED AND THE DAMAGE WAS MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED I ASKED TO BE GIVEN THE DEFECTIVE AND DAMAGED PARTS AND NOW HAVE THEM IN MY POSSESSION. *TR

I OWN A 2003 NISSAN MURANO, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME I BROUGHT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WAS WRONG. ON SATURDAY SEPT 26, 2009 AT 4:00 PM I WAS DRIVING MY NISSAN MURANO AND WITHOUT WARNING OR ANYTHING THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY, EVERYTHING STOPPED WORKING INCLUDING THE BREAKS. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS CAR HAS SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. I CHECKED FOR RECALLS APPEARS SOME 2003 NISSAN MURANO'S WERE RECALLED BY NHTSA, BUT WHEN I WENT TO NISSAN THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL? I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL ( 03V455000) IS INDICATING. I DON'T BELIEVE NISSAN RECALLED ALL THE CARS THEY SHOULD HAVE WITH THIS PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY SINCE I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN NEED TO RECALL MY 2003 NISSAN AND ALL OTHERS ITS FAILED TO INCLUDE EITHER BY ERROR OR ON PURPOSE? I TRIED TO WORK WITH NISSAN NORTH AMERICA NO HELP AT ALL. I NEED SOMEONE TO REVIEW THIS CASE AND HOPEFULLY SAVE LIVES BY HAVING NISSAN DO A COMPLETE RECALL ON THE CARS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR

I HAVE HAD TO TOW MY VEHICLE 2003 NISSAN MURANO 3-4 TIMES VIA ACSC AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIF AND PHYSICALLY TOOK IT TO THE SAME COMPANY TWICE. PAID OVER $2900.00 OUT OF MY POCKET IN WHICH I AM DISABLED PERMANENTLY DUE TO HEART DISEASE AND COLLECT SOCIAL SECURITY,AND AT ONE OF MY STALES IN THE MIDDLE OF LAURAL CANYON AND ROSCOE BLVD WHEN I AM NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO PICK UP THINGS UNDER 5 POUNDS NO PUSHING,PULLING,KNEELING,BENDING AVOID WETNESS,FUMES,GASES,HEIGHTS,HUMIDITY,DUST YOU GET THE PICTURE I AM ONLY 40 AND I HAVE THE HEART OF AN 75 YR OLD WOMEN ANYWAYS I HADE TO PUSH MY CAR ALL BY MYSELF FOR OVER 50 FT BEFORE SOMEONE HELPED ME GOD WAS DEFINETELY WATCHING OVER ME!!!! NOW LETS GT DOWN TO BUSINESS LIKE I SAID EARLIER I TOOK MY MURANO TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP THEY NEVER COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG I KEPT TELLING THEM ABOUT THE CAR PROBLEM THEY NEVER TOOK ME SERIOUSLY. AV NISSAN WAS THE SAME STUPID DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME THOUSANDS AND FINALLY NOW THE RECALL. I WANT MY MONEY BACK NOT ALL BUT THEY LET ME DRIVE OFF NEVER FIXED THE SAME COMPLAINT. AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER ABOUT THE STALL IN THE INTERSECTION I HAVE BROKEN DOWN 4 OR 5 TIMES AND IT WAS VERY PHYISICALLY HARD ON MY WHOLE BODY LET ALONE MY HEART AND THAT WAS JUST WRONG!!!!!! *TR

START HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO AROUND 80,000 MILES. THE CAR STARTED TO SKIP WHILE RUNNING AND SOON AFTER, THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE NO POWER. SOMETIME AFTER DRIVING IT FOR 20 MINS OR MORE MOSTLY COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD EXPERIENCE NO POWER WHEN ACCELERATE". AFTER TURNING, THE CAR OFF AND ALLOW IT TO SIT FOR 10 MINS. THE PROBLEM DID NOT REPEAT UNTIL AGAIN DRIVING OVER 20 MINS AND REPEAT AS ABOVE. MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. I HAD MY LOCAL AUTOZONE TO RUN A DIAGS TEST AND TWO CODES CAME UP P0011"CAMSHAFT POSITION BANK 1 & P0021 CAMSHAFT POSITION BANK 2. I TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOO RAN A DIAGS TEST AND BOTH CODES WERE PRESENT FOR FAILED INTAKE TIMING SENSORS. THEY SAID THE CARS OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND RECOMMENDED A CHANGE. NISSAN REPLACED BOTH CAMSHAFT CENSORS ON 1/08/09. TOTAL REPAIRS & LABOR WAS $430.00 ON 06/01/09 AGAIN THE CAR WAS REPEATING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE SAME NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY RAN ANOTHER DIAGS TEST. AGAIN, CODES P0011 & P0021 WERE PRESENT. THE SERVICE TECH EXPLAINS THE REASON FOR THE CODE WAS DUE TO INSUFFICIENT OIL CHANGES. ALSO, EXPLAIN THE CAR NEEDS THE 90000 MILE SERVICE TREATMENTS. THEY PERFORMED THE 27-POINT INSPECTION "ALL" CHANGED AIR FILTER, BATTERY SERVICE LUBE LOCKS, OIL & FILTER CHANGE ROTATE TIRES. TOTAL REPAIRS AND LABOR $334.99. WHEN I PICK THE CAR UP, THE CAR STILL DID NOT HAVE THE POWER IT NORMALLY HAD BEFORE ALL THE PROBLEMS, HOWEVER THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE TECH TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT AND BRING IT BACK IF PROBLEM OCCUR. MY TOTAL REPAIRS THIS TIME $334.99. THE CAR CONTINUE TO MISS & SKIP AND WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOSS OF POWER AND WOULD DELAY WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER DRIVING MORE THAN 20 MINS IN 80 DEGREE TEMP. I AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS; MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE PART OF THE 03V455000 RECALL CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE CRANK POSITION SENSORS. *TR

REGARDING THE RECENT RECALL ON NISSAN MURANO'S.... I HAVE/HAD THE PROBLEMS INDICATED IN THE RECALL SINCE I PURCHASE THE 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHEN I WOULD GO INTO THE DEALER OR IF I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS MY BATTERY. MY BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACE 3 TIMES. I HAVE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING, STALLING WHEN STARTING, THE ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, I HAD MY HEADLIGHTS/TURN SIGNALS FLASHING WITHOUT ANYONE IN THE CAR AND AS I ATTEMPTED TO START THE ENGINE IT WOULD NOT TURN. EACH TIME I WOULD COMPLAIN TO THE DEALER ( ED MARTIN NISSAN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF THIS RECENT RECALL I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY BATTERY. *TR

I HAVE A NISSAN MURANO 2003, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE CAR STALLS WHEN I PRESS ON GAS IT TAKES ABOUT 5 SECONDS OR SO TO ACCELERATE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, ONE TIME EARLIER THE CAR STALLED STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED PERHAPS A DEADLY ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN TO NISSAN DEALER SEVERAL TIMES MORE THEN 4 WITH THE SAME ISSUE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE ISSUES. THE LATEST TIME I WENT TO NISSAN THEY SAID IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION PERHAPS, THIS IS A FAULTY CAR AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR