2003 Nissan Murano

CVT TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ACCELERATE AFTER DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS...IE LIKE THRU A PARKING AREA OR WHILE IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THAN WHILE PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC WILL NOT NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL WHILE PRESSING DOWN THAN IT WILL SUDDENLY SURGE AND RAPIDLY ACCELERATE. I CAN NOT SAFELY SEND MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER OUT IN THIS CAR. HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER MANY TIMES THE TRANSFER CASE FOR THE AWD WAS REPLACED SOME TIME BACK WHEN IT CRACKED. BUT THE CVT ACTED UP OCCASIONALLY LONG BEFORE THAT.!! THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL TO REPAIR THESE TRANSMISSIONS.

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO SE. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY HOUSE AND WHILE STILL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CAR CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT (LOUD NOISE). I WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TRIED PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN AND THE CAR REFUSED TO MOVE BUT MADE ANOTHER VERY LOUD SOUND. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN THAT WERE FORTUNATELY NOT IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. ALSO FORTUNATE WAS THAT I HAD NOT TURNED INTO A HIGH SPEED MAIN ROAD THAT WAS JUST COMING UP. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED IT AS A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM AND QUOTED $3300 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PART. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, MY HUSBAND AND I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A STANDARD PROBLEM IN THE EARLIER NISSAN MURANO MODELS - HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ONLINE AND IT HAPPENS AT ROUGHLY THE SAME MILEAGE IN THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON NISSAN'S PART AS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. WE CONTACTED NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AFTER WAITING 10 DAYS, WE WERE BASICALLY TOLD THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT GIVEN HOW OLD THE VEHICLE WAS AND THAT THEY DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, EVEN AFTER I EXPLAINED THE RESULTS OF MY RESEARCH. I TOLD THEM THAT EVEN IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, A TRANSFER CASE SHOULD NOT GIVE WAY BETWEEN 80-90,000 MILES - IT IS SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE. I AM EXTREMELY IRRITATED AT HOW NISSAN HANDLED THIS PROBLEM AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OTHERS WHO MAY END UP IN THE SAME SITUATION BUT NOT BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ESCAPE BODILY HARM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

MY NISSAN MURANO WAS A BRAND NEW 2003 IT IS NOW 8 YEARS OLD WITH 46015 MILES. THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN NH CARED FOR MY VEHICLE REGULARLY; MY FIRST PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED SENDING OUT BLACK SMOKE, I FOUGHT FOR NISSAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE, THEY DID; IT TOOK SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO GET THE OIL SMELL FLUSHED OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER. I UNDERSTAND WEAR AND TEAR BUT, MAJOR ENGINE FAULTS HAPPENING SO SOON; NISSAN CLAIMS BEING THE TOP VEHICLE MANUFACTURES. ONE OF THE MANY REASONS I BOUGHT THEIR BRAND. I DID EVERYTHING THEY SAID TO KEEP MY VEHICLE FUNCTIONING; THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN; THE REAR POWERTRAIN REACHED ITS END, AND OIL LEAKING IN THE ENGINE, THE PISTON BALL BEARINGS IS BROKEN; AND NOW THE OIL IS LEAKING OUT. THE AVERAGE MILES DRIVEN PER YEAR IS 12000; MY VEHICLE AVERAGE 1500-MILES YEARLY. I CANNOT NOR WILL I BATTLE OVER THE 60 MONTHS/100,000 MILES WARRANTY CONTRACT; I AM APPEALING TO NISSAN CORPORATION SAYING, LOOK AND SEE IN MY CASE MY VEHICLES? PROBLEMS ARE UNIQUE; SEE THE ODDNESS OF AN ENGINE WITH ONLY 46015 MILES HAVING SUCH MAJOR PROBLEMS. SEE MY MAINTENANCE RECORDS, IT WAS NOT DUE TO NEGLECT, LOOK AT THE FIRST TIME I HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE VERY EARLY IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNING IT. THE ENGINE AND COMPONENTS ARE FAULTY; I JUST GOT A BAD MAKE. A FEEDBACK CARD CAME IN MY MAIL IT SAYS, ?AS A VALUED NISSAN CUSTOMER, YOUR SATISFACTION THROUGHOUT YOUR OWNERSHIP EXPERIENCE IS OUR COMPANY?S HIGHEST PRIORITY?? SO, THEN WHY HIDE BEHIND THE EXPIRED WARRANTY? I WAS TOLD, EVEN IF THE NHTSA FORCE A RECALL AND NISSAN FOUND I AM THE CAUSE, THE NISSAN BOARD WOULD WILLFULLY RECALL VEHICLES FROM 2004 UP, TO SPITE ME OR, SINGLE OUT THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS I NOW HAVE REPAIR THEM IGNORING THE VEHICLE?S YOUNG ENGINE IS COMPLETELY FAULTY. *TR

THE VEHICLES DRIVE TRAIN FAILED AND WAS TOWED TO LIA NISSAN IN ENFIELD CT. WAS TOLD THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND WAS COVERED UNDER THE 10 YR /120,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS DAMAGED BUT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE TRANSFER CASE IS PART OF THE CVT AND SHOULD BE COVERED. I HAD TO PURCHASE THE PART FOR 2,100 TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THEY MAY CHARGE FOR THE PART TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE CVT WHICH COSTS AROUND 5,000. NISSAN HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THEIR DRIVE TRAIN AND SHOULD BE COVERED OR RECALLED. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO AT 65,000 MILES THE CVT TRANSMISSION CASE CRACKED IN HALF. THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE AND LEFT ME STRANDED. AFTER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPLACING THE CVT TRANSMISSION THE TRANSFER CASE HAS CRACKED AGAIN AT 120,000 MILES. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN USA AND THEY HAVE PERSUADED ME TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTIC WORK (ALTHOUGH A LARGE VISIBLE CRACK IN THE TRANSFER CASE IS QUITE OBVIOUS) AND THEN PROCEEDED TO DENY ALL REIMBURSEMENTS. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH HUNDREDS ON COMPLAINTS ONLINE, AN OFFICIAL NISSAN TSB, YET NO RECALL FROM NISSAN OR NHTSA. *TR

LEAKING TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS THE TC CAN FAIL AT ANY TIME. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. NISSAN NA HAS GIVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON CVT TRANSMISSION, BUT THE TC IS MOST LIKELY TO FAIL DUE TO LEAKS AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED CVT WARRANTY NISSAN JUST CAME OUT WITH. MANY MANY POSTS ON INTERNET BASED ON THIS ISSUE. NNA WILL NOT CORRECT THIS DESIGN DEFECT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS PART OF THE TRANSMISSION. NNA WILL NOT HONOR THE TRANSMISSION EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION, AS THEY SAY THE TC IS NOT PART OF THE TRANSMISSION. REPLACEMENT COST FOR TC IS $3500-$4000 AND IF IT'S LEAKING IT WILL FAIL. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF VEHICLE IS MOVING, CAUSING POTENTIALLY BODILY INJURY IN A CRASH, OR BODILY INJURY WHILE ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THIS OBVIOUS ENGINEERING DEFECT. NISSAN SHOULD BE MADE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT. THE TC PART IS NOT DESIGNED TO SURVIVE THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PART FAIL. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF THE VEHICLE FAILED AND OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS WORN. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE OIL LEAK CAUSED THE PISTONS TO BECOME DRY, WHICH WERE DESTROYED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PISTONS AND THE DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,015.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ALTERNATOR BECAME INOPERABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V123000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION -PRNDL) BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V319000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR BOTH FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

MY NISSAN MURANO 2003 HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM 3 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I WAS ON A HILL IN SAN FRANCISCO AND CAME TO A STOP SIGN. ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR; INSTEAD IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. IT WAS VERY SCARY. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED AND THE CAR RESPONDED FINE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE. THEN 5 MONTHS LATER, I WAS IN A STOP AND OF TRAFFIC ON I80 ON MY WAY TO LAKE TAHOE. THE CAR REFUSE TO MOVE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN. I STARTED PRESSING HARDER AND IT LURCHED FORWARD. IT DID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I FINALLY PULLED OVER AND CUT OFF THE ENGINE AND STARTED BACK UP; THE CAR RESPONDED FINE THEREAFTER. HOWEVER, IT KEPT REPEATING THE SAME PROBLEM; EACH TIME I WILL RESOLVE IT BY RESTARTING THE CAR. LUCKILY, IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO IT WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME. THE CAR PERFORMED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM UNTIL 2006. THE PROBLEM REARED ITS UGLY HEAD. I TOOK IT BACK IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD BATTERY. SO WE HAD THAT CHANGED, BUT THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. THE MECHANIC RESET THE CAR COMPUTER AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. AGAIN, IT DIDN'T REALLY COST ME MUCH OTHER THAN THE BATTERY. THEN IN 2009, THE CAR AGAIN STARTED DOING THE LURCHING THING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. IT'S ALWAYS IN THE SAME SITUATION. I KNEW I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY THEN AND IT WOULD COST ME AN ARM AND A LEG SO I JUST DEALT WITH IT BY RESTARTING THE CAR EACH TIME AND PRAY THE TRAFFIC WILL MOVE FASTER SOON. IT'S NOW 2011 AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM PAST NISSAN MURANO OWNERS, I REALLY THINK NISSAN OWES US SOME MONEY. IT SHOULD'VE BEEN A RECALL SINCE MOST OF US PAID $35K+ FOR THIS CAR. MY CAR NOW HAS 145K MILES. I AM IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW CAR. I LIKE THE CVT. MAYBE WILL TRY A SUBARU INSTEAD. *TR