2003 Nissan Murano

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

A 2003 NISSAN MURANO HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED A FLOPPY SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IS ABOUT TO ACQUIRE A FLOPPY VISOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO, THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE MAINLY DUE TO THE DISTRACTION. THE DEALERS WANT AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT FOR THIS PART (300-400DOLLAR RANGE) WHEN THE ONLY THING A CUSTOMER HAS DONE IS BUY THE CAR (25,000-30,000). *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 PURCHASED A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. SINCE PURCHASING IT, I'VE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN AT MULTIPLE SHOPS EVERY TWO MONTHS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. PROBLEM - DELAYED START AND HESITATION. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND THERE WERE NO CODES IN THE SYSTEM WHEN HE RAN THE DIAGNOSTIC. HE COULDN'T TELL EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. IN THE MORNINGS WHEN I DRIVE, IT STALLS. WHEN I'M IN TRAFFIC, THERE'S HESITATION. IT NORMALLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO KICK IN, AND THEN I TAKE THE RISK OF HITTING THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. IN REVIEWING WEBSITES REGARDING NISSAN MURANOS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE CVT, PRESSURE SENSORS, ETC. NISSAN DOESN'T WANT TO OWN UP TO THE DEFECT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS, BUT STILL NO RECALLS. THE ONLY WAY I CAN FIX THE PROBLEM IS BY RESTARTING MY CAR AND THEN SUDDENLY I'M FINE. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP. WHY IS IT NOT? THE PROBLEM DOESN'T OCCUR ON A DAILY BASIS SO WHEN I GET IT TO THE SHOP THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE IT. IT WON'T SHOW THEM THE SAME SYMPTOMS I DEAL WITH. MY CAR IS AT NISSAN NOW FOR THE AIR INTAKE RECALL. THEY JUST CALLED ME AND TOLD ME IT IS STILL ATTACHED WHICH TELLS THEM IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S CAUSING MY PROBLEMS. *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

2003 NISSAN MURANO PASSENGER SUN VISOR WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE UP POSITION--DROOPS WHICH RESULTS IN BLOCKED VISION. VERY UNSAFE. COMMENTS ON INTERNET INDICATE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH 2003 AND LATER MURANOS. SUGGEST YOU INVESTIGATE--DEALERS ARE APPARENTLY CHARGING $400 PLUS FOR REPAIR OF SHODDY CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR MICHAEL J. BUTTS ATTORNEY AT LAW

ON 14 SEP 09 TOOK CAR (03 NISSAN MURANO) INTO LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT WHY DRIVER SIDE SEAT WHEN SITTING ON THE SEAT WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THAT A SPRING IN THE SEAT HAD WORN OUT; BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE RAIL SYSTEM THAT THE SEAT WAS FIXED TO HAD CRACKED AND THE COST WOULD BE $800.00 TO REPAIR. HOW DOES A STEEL RAIL SYSTEM CRACK? I WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE NISSAN SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS WAS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE SEAT WAS NOT SECURELY FASTENED AND WOULD ROCK FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *TR

PREVIOUSLY IN LOVE WITH MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO, WITHIN THE LAST 4 MONTHS (100,000 MILES) I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. THROTTLE BODY, CV BOOTS, AXLE SEALS, FRONT AND BACK MOTOR MOUNTS, RADIATOR, AND MOST RECENTLY NEEDS A 4,000 TRANSMISSION REPAIR. JUST AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED, MY CAR GETS TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE, EVEN IF I PUSH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR, THEN IT SUDDENLY LUNGES FORWARD. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED AND REFUSE TO SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR ON THIS CAR, WHICH IS FALLING APART AT AN EXPONENTIAL SPEED. THIS IS ONLY A 6YEAR OLD CAR! *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