2003 Nissan Murano

I JUST PURCHASED A NISSAN MURANO YESTERDAY AND AFTER JUST 10 MINUTES OR SO OF DRIVING I NOTICED THAT THE ACCELERATION IS NOT EXACTLY IN SYNC WITH MY PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL. THE PREVIOUS OWNER ALSO COMPLAINED OF THIS TO THE NISSAN DEALER HE BOUGHT IT FROM. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE AIR INTAKE AND REPLACED IT AT NO CHARGE. SHORTLY AFTER MY INITIAL DRIVE IT DID NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR. TODAY I ENTERED A BUSY INTERSECTION TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND AFTER THE ON COMING TRAFFIC I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT NO RESPONSE RPMS WERE STUDY BELOW 1000 LIKE IT WAS STILL IDLING. AFTER SEVERAL FUTILE ATTEMPTS PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL I PUT THE CAR IN PARK THEN BACK TO DRIVE HIT THE GAS BUT AGAIN NO ACCELERATION. AT THIS TIME I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION UNDER THE RED LIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER CAR BEHIND ME THAT IS STUCK IN THE INTERSECTION AS WELL WHICH MAKES A HARD LEFT TO GET AROUND AND BARELY AVOIDS AN ACCIDENT. NOW WITH CARS ALL AROUND ME I BECOME ALMOST FRANTIC AND I AM A 52 YEAR OLD MAN WITH PLENTY OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND RARELY PANIC. I DECIDED TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT (YES IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION UNDER A RED LIGHT BLOCKING TRAFFIC I TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT). IT TOOK OFF IMMEDIATELY. TONIGHT I READ A NISSAN FORUM WITH MANY OTHER NISSAN MURANO OWNERS DESCRIBING SIMILAR INCIDENTS. THIS IS A VERY VERY SERIOUS FLAW IN THE ENGINEERING UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD AN AUTOMOBILE NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE PEDAL IS PRESSED WITHOUT SOME PRECURSOR EVENT TO WARN THE OPERATOR. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WILL CONTACT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND ISSUE A COMPLAINT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD, DRAGGING METAL NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE AGE AND MILEAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

I OWN A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. LAST AUGUST IT BEGAN LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. IT IS LIKE THE CAR IS BEING THROWN INTO 1ST GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED 12-18 TIMES OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS. THE CRAZY THING ABOUT THESE INCIDENTS IS THAT NO WARNING LIGHTS SHOW UP ON THE DASH NOR DOES THE CAR GIVE YOU ANY CODES INDICATING THAT ANYTHING WENT WRONG. TWO MONTHS AGO I TOOK IT TO RICK HILL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING. HE HAD THE CAR A WEEK AND DROVE IT 66 MILES AND COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO DUPLICATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WONT WORK ON THE CAR UNLESS IS HAS A CODE SHOWING UP TELLING THEM WHAT IS WRONG. THIS PAST WEEK, I ALMOST RAN OVER MY FAMILY AS I WAS WAITING ON THEM TO COME OUT OF A STORE. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE UP TO THE STORE TO PICK THEM UP WHEN THE CAR SURGED AND THE ENGINE STARTED RACING. I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND THROW THE CAR IN PARK TO GET IT TO STOP. THE ENGINE AND RPM'S WERE STILL RACING AND 4,000 RPMS. NO CODES WERE THROWN AND NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH AGAIN. 20 MINUTES LATER AS WE WERE COMING HOME, THE CAR LOST POWER AS IF THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO FIRST GEAR AND WE CREEPED ALL THE HOME AT 5 MPH, WITH ME HAVING THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THIS TIME THERE WERE CODES, BUT WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE IPDM. 825 DOLLARS FOR THE FIX. 51 MILES LATER THE CAR SLIPS AGAIN AND ACTS LIKE IT IS THROWN INTO FIRST GEAR. NO LIGHTS, NO CODES. AFTER READING MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THE 2003 MURANO I HAVE NO DOUBT THIS IS THE PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT HAS PUT MY FAMILY IN MANY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN THE PAST YEAR. NISSAN INCREASED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS TRANSMISSION TO 120,000 MILES. THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I TOOK MINE IN WITH 118,500 BUT THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG,BECAUSE THEY HAD NO CODES SHOWING A PROBLEM. NOW WITH 128,000 I AM SCREWED. THIS NEEDS TO BE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT OR A RECALL ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION. *TR

FEBRUARY 2010 I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 MURANO DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN AS I WAS PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WASN'T RESPONDING PROPERLY BEGAN TO HESITATE BUT I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER FOR REPAIR AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A SENSOR MALFUNCTION SO IT WAS REPLACED (AT MY EXPENSE $1100). THEN IN APRIL 2010 DRIVING DOWN THE STREET I HEARD A THUMP AND AS I PUSHED THE GAS AND THEN THE CAR BEGAN TO DRAG AND HESITATE. I MADE IT SAFELY TO A BANK PARKING LOT WHERE I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TOW IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAY IT WAS SOME SENSOR THAT DEALT WITH THE THROTTLE AND A CASE. AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE ($3200). SO IN 2 MONTHS I SPENT $4500 AND AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD I SHOULD BE OK. WELL IT IS NOW APRIL 2011 AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT STOPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. NOW I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE WHICH ISS WERE IT SITS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD SINE I WENT MORE THAN 12K MILES IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. SO I NOW HAVE A CAR THAT IS USELESS UNLESS I SPEND ANOTHER $4500 TO FIX IT. UNEXCEPTABLE!!!!!!! I AM LUCKY I WAS NOT INJURED BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT SOON OR SOMEONE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE YEARS LATER AND THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR WHILE IN GEAR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP. ENGINE WOULD NOT REV, BUT WAS RUNNING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER ADVISED CVT TRANSMISSION COMPONENT CALLED VALVE BODY HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE AND TCM WOULD NEED REPROGRAMMING. VEHICLE HAS 126700 MILES, PURCHASED NEW. CVT WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED BY NISSAN FROM ORIGINAL 5 YEARS 60000 TO 10 YEARS 120000. THIS VEHICLE'S MILEAGE IS BEYOND THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY PERIOD. HOWEVER, MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURE OF CVT IS RECOGNIZED BY NISSAN BY VIRTUE OF EXTENSION OF ORIGINAL WARRANTY. THE EXTENSION IS INADEQUATE AND NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO EXTEND FOR LONGER TIME AND MILEAGE. MECHANICS HAVE ADVISED THAT VALVE BODY FAILURES IN TRANSMISSIONS ARE VERY RARE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VENTS AND SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE CONTACT STATED SHE AUTHORIZED THE MECHANIC TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED BUT NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN PRESS THE ACCELERATOR DOWN THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE INITIALLY. IF YOU HOLD THE ACCELERATOR DOWN AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR WILL START TO MOVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 20-30 MINS. IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THE NEXT DAY EVERYTHING WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A NISSAN DEALER AND AT FIRST THEY COULD NOT EVEN FIND A PROBLEM SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE WHAT I DESCRIBED. THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT BACK THEY MANAGED TO GET A SERVICE CODE RELATED TO THE VALVE BODY ON THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED RELATED TO THIS SITUATION, WHICH INSTRUCTS THE VALVE BODY TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1700. SINCE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS DELAYED ACCELERATION WILL OCCUR IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ENTER OR CROSS TRAFFIC WHEN IT OCCURS. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. I HAVE 115K MILES AND FOR THE 5 MONTHS, I'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ALL OTHERS HAVE REPORTED, PRESS THE GAS AND THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN JERKS FORWARD. COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IN TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO CHANGE LANES. IN FACT, I ONLY DISCOVERED THIS PROBLEM WHEN I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC LATELY. I TOOK IT TO GOODYEAR COMPANY, THEY CHARGED ME $69 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME IT'S THE TRANSMISSION. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SINCE I AM 100% SURE NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT IS IGNORING IT. THANK YOU. *TR

2003 NISSAN MURANO. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER REQUESTS REPLACEMENT AT NO COST TO HIM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS ASSURED HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, WITHIN 21 MONTHS, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. *JB