2004 Nissan Murano

COMPLETE TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. MECHANIC ADVISED DAMAGE MAY BE DUE TO OPERATING THE AWD FEATURE ON DRY PAVEMENT WHICH DID NOT AND HAS NOT OCCURRED. NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS INCLUDES THE TRANSFER CASE. ADDING TO THIS DOUBT, WHEN I GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS HUNDREDS OF MURANO OWNERS HAVE BEEN HAVING THE EXACT SAME DILEMMA WITH THEIR VEHICLES OF SIMILAR AGE/MILEAGE. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA THIS MORNING BUT THEIR COMPUTERS WERE DOWN AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME AT THAT TIME. EVEN SO, THE TRANSFER CASE SHOULD NOT FAIL SO CATASTROPHICALLY ON A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE/MILEAGE THAT HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND DRIVEN GENTLY. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A FAIRLY MAJOR COMPONENT TO JUST FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL NEED TO REPORT THIS BEFORE NISSAN WILL RECOGNIZE AND RESOLVE THIS SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

THE DIFFERENTIAL/CVT TRANSFER CASE IS DEFECTIVE. WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE AWD SYSTEM AT A COST OF $4-6000. IT ALSO CAUSE THE CAR TO HAVE STEERING PROBLEMS AS WELL. THIS ISSUE ALSO CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BURN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL WHICH REQUIRE PREMIUM GAS.I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING. THIS CAUSES UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AS MOST PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING A CAR LOAN ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PUSHING GAS PEDAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BUT IT OCCURS RANDOMLY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS, WELL-REPORTED AND WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM ABOUT WHICH MULTITUDES OF NISSAN OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED AND BLOGGED. APPARENTLY, NISSAN CORRECTED THE PROBLEM IN 2005. THEY WILL BACK UP THE TRANSMISSION UP TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES BUT ONLY IF IT FAILS COMPLETELY. OTHERWISE, AS IN MY CASE, THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRING TRANSMISSION PARTS, ALTHOUGH THE COST IS IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. *TR

MY 2004 NISSAN MURANO HAS BEEN LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID DUE TO A LEAK IN THE TRANSFER HOUSING CASE AND IS PUTTING OUT AN ERROR CODE P0868. IT NOW SPEEDS UP - SLOWS DOWN - REV'S UP OVER 5,000 RPMS WHILE NOT HAVING ANY POWER TO PULL. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NISSAN REPS AT 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND TOLD THEM I SMELL SMOKE/BURNING OIL COMING FROM THE ENGINE. NONE OF THEM WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE ANYTHING. I RECENTLY TOOK IT TO THE 4TH DEALERSHIP AND DECIDED TO SPEND THE $75 TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND THEY AGREED THAT IT WAS LEAKING AND HAS NO PRESSURE AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW BUT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOOK ME OVER AND SHOWED ME A BRAND NEW 2011 THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND THEY WERE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION DUE TO THE SAME ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY MY WARRANTY HAS NOW RUN OUT AND THEY WANT OVER $7000 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION - BUT THEY WON'T FIX THE LEAK UNLESS I REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AS THEY SAY THEY DON'T WANT ME TO COME BACK UPSET. WELL I'M UPSET BECAUSE I'VE READ OVER 100+ POST WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND I JUST KNOW THIS THING IS GONNA LOCK UP OR SPEED UP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND IT SHOULD BE NISSAN'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ADMIT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE '03 AND '04 TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER CASE AND STEP UP AND FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MURANO. I DID ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH BEFORE I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE I REALLY LIKED THE WAY THEY LOOKED AND DROVE. SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE, I BEGAN TO READ ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 100,000 KMS ON IT SO I WAS QUITE WORRIED AS I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION AT SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, ESPECIALLY ME. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, NISSAN CAME OUT WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE CVT'S BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH EVERY MURANO OWNER HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT SOONER OR LATER. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IM AT 160,000 KMS ON IT RIGHT NOW AND SURE ENOUGH, IM HAVING BIG PROBLEMS NOW. A HUGE KNOCKING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION THAT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A HELICOPTER TAKING OFF. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE FOR SOME TIME NOW, WHEN I'VE BEEN AT A STOP LIGHT, I CAN LITERALLY PUT THE GAS PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WILL BE NO RESPONSE FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS, THEN THE CAR WILL JOLT FORWARD. MY MURANO IS AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE TELLING ME THE PROBLEM IS COMING FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT THEY WON'T COVER IT UNDER THE NEW WARRANTY. THE DIFFERENTIAL IS INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND THEREFORE PART OF IT, YET THEY WON'T COVER IT. SO RIGHT NOW IM PRETTY MUCH AT THE POINT WHERE I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS THING ASAP AND GET SOMETHING ELSE. IF NISSAN REFUSES TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE WITH THIS WORLDWIDE PROBLEM, UNFORTUNATELY IM GOING TO HAVE TO TURN MY BACK ON NISSAN FROM HERE ON OUT WHICH IS REALLY TOO BAD, BECAUSE THIS IS THE 3RD NISSAN I'VE HAD WITH ONLY MINOR ISSUES UNTIL NOW. THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROBLEM IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME TO NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT NISSAN TEAMED UP WITH FISCHER PRICE TO BUILD THE MURANO. I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE! *KB

MY VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO DEPRESSION OF THE GAS PEDAL. IT DOES THIS SPONTANEOUSLY, WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK MY CAR TO A RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT AND WHEN WE LEFT TO COME HOME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRAVEL AT SPEEDS OVER 10MPH. WE HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AT ALL STOP SIGNS/LIGHTS IN ORDER FOR IT TO GO AT ALL AFTER MAKING A STOP. IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT HOME, AFTER RESEARCH FOUND OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR EARLY YEAR NISSAN MURANOS. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A MAJOR RECALL AND OWN UP TO THEIR MISTAKE BEFORE SOMEONE'S LIFE IS TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THEIR FAULTY MECHANICS. MY CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 155K MILES ON IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STOPPING AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION WAS DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING A CAR IN PASSING GEAR THE POWER OF THE CAR STOPPED. WE SLOWED DOWN AND AFTERTHAT EVERYTIME WE WOULD GIVE IT GAS IT WOULD POWER DOWN AGAIN. WE TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER SERVICE CENTER, THEY SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRONIC THROTLE. THEY REPLACED THAT THEN IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING, TOOK IT BACK TO NISSAN THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, THEY REPLACED THE VALVE COVERS, THEN IN FEBRUARY ON THE WAY TO TEXAS IT DID IT AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME IT WAS MUCH WORSE, IT WOULD POWER DOWN AND YOU COULD CREEEP TO THE EDGE ON THE HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS IN THAT THE POWER STOPS AS YOU ARE DRIVING IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AT THE SPEED OF 60-65. WE LEFT IT AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN GRAPEVINE TEXAS, THEY HAD IT FOR A MONTH AND GUARANTEED THAT THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM, THEY SAID IT WAS A FLOW VALVE. ON THE WAY BACK FROM TEXAS, (13 HOUR) DRIVE IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO SANTE FE, NM. WE HAVE SPENT $3,000 AT THIS POINT. NOW I HAVE CONTACTED CORPORATE NISSAN, THEY HAVE TOLD US TO GO GET THE CAR THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HOWEVER NISSAN KNOWS THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BAD ON THESE CARS FOR THEY HAVE EXTENDED THE TRANSMISSION WARRANTY TO 120,000. THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SAYING THAT THE COMPUTER WILL NOT JUSTIFY THE PROBLEM. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE ARE IN A CAR WRECK BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR ANYONE TO DO ANYTHNG? SOMONE NEEDS TO MAKE NISSAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS! I HAVE HAD MY MURANO IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 50 DAYS TOTAL. WE ARE TOLD THAT NOW NISSAN IS SENDING A TECH, THAT WAS LAST WEEK, HE STILL HAS NOT ARRIVED. WE ARE WANTING TO WARN PEOPLE WHO WON NISSAN TO BE AWARE.