2005 Nissan Murano

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. SINCE APRIL OF 2009, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THE SPEED HAS DECREASED TO 5 MPH ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM/ENGINE. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT A CRASH COULD OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

LIFTER LINK ASSEMBLY BROKE ON MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO. TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICING AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP THE SEAT WAS BROKEN. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED IT BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. STILL HAD TO PAY THE $50.00 DEDUCTIBLE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT IS FLASHING IN THE DASH AGAIN. I HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED ONCE BEFORE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE NORTH LITTLE ROCK DEALERSHIP. ON LEAVING THE GARAGE WITHIN JUST A MILE, I MADE A LEFT TURN AND HEARD A CRUNCHING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT CAME BACK ON. I WENT STRAIT BACK AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT BUT THE (SECOND REPLACEMENT PART) WOULDN'T BE IN TILL THE NEXT DAY SO I WAS GIVEN A LOANER FOR ONE DAY. NOW IT'S BACK ON AGAIN. ALSO NOTED SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THAT THE LUMBAR SUPPORT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE NO LONGER INFLATES/DEFLATES AND HASN'T WORKED SINCE. I HAVE HAD ALL RECALLS FIXED AND HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AT 37,000 MILES AT MY COST. ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP RESURFACE BOTH FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACE A REAR CALIPER UNDER WARRANTY THAT HAD LOCKED UP 1 & 1/2 YEARS AGO. I SEE THAT THE FRONT ROTORS ARE IN NEED OF RESURFACING AGAIN EVEN THOUGH THE BREAK PADS HAVE 1/2 OF THERE WEAR LEFT TO GO. DUE TO THE HIGHLY CHROMED /CURVED DIPSTICK, GETTING AN ACCURATE OIL LEVEL READING IS NOT POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME, SO THE DIPSTICK HAS ONLY BEEN REMOVED THREE TIME SINCE PURCHASING IT AS IT IS A POINTLESS ENDEAVOR. I OWN SIX AUTOS THAT RANGE IN AGE FROM 1972 THREW THIS 2005 MURANO AND OF ALL OF THEM, THE MURANO IS THE LEAST TRUSTED ONE. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER NISSAN. *TR

2005 NISSAN MURANO WITH 56,735 MILES BEGAN MAKING A NOISE AT ACCELERATION. BROUGHT CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT A NEW PULLEY ASM AND BRACKET-ID WAS NEEDED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRACKET FAILED CAUSING THE PULLEY ASM TO GO BAD. WHILE REPLACING THE PULLEY AND BRACKET, I REQUESTED THE FAN BELT BE CHANGED. I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT THE BRACKET AND PULLEY FAILED SO SOON ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE FIRST TIME IT THE ENGINE FAILED WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. I STARTED THE CAR AND IT SHUTTERED A LITTLE, THEN STOPPED. I RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER WAITING A FEW SECONDS AND IT KEPT RUNNING JUST FINE. ON MY WAY HOME, I STOPPED OFF AT A LOCAL STORE TO RUN AN ERRAND. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR AGAIN, IT SHUTTERED AND SHOOK, THEN SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED A SECOND TIME TO START THE CAR, BUT IT WOULDN'T "TURN OVER". THE CAR WAS TOWED TO BROWNS NISSAN OF ARLINGTON IN VIRGINIA, WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE 2 YEARS AGO. THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR STARTED EITHER, PROCEEDED TO PUSH THE CAR INTO THE GARAGE, AND THEN MIRACULOUSLY, IT STARTED UP AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG! THIS MORNING, MY HUSBAND WENT TO START THE CAR FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS COLD AND THE ENGINE FAILED AGAIN. WE PLAN TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP, AS THEY HAVE PROMISED TO INCUR ANY TOWING COSTS IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR INTO THE SHOP. REGARDLESS, WE ARE TAKING IT BACK, EVEN IF WE CAN GET IT TO START. *TR

SINCE LEASE OF VEHICLE IN JULY 2005, MANY PROBLEMS. MOST RECENT IS LACK OF ACCELERATION AT RANDOM TIMES. VEHICLE WAS FIXED AND IN LESS THAT A WEEK OF IT RETURNED TO ME, PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. I DO NOT HAVE ANY WARNING THAT THE CAR WILL CEASE TO ACCELERATE. IT IS NOT A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN OR OTHERS CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I AM AFRAID FOR MY CHILDREN'S LIVES AS WELL AS MY OWN WHEN I AM DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE REQUIRED A NEW ENGINE WHEN IT WAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN A YEAR OLD, IT HAS HAD MANY OTHER THINGS WRONG WITH IT, HOWEVER THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE FIVE TIMES AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE SENSOR, THROTTLE INTAKE HOSE, MOTOR MOUNTS, AND THE AIR FILTER. THE COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,378 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE STRONG GAS FUMES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE GAS FUMES WOULD FILL THE GARAGE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SMELL GAS FUMES CONTINUED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM IN APRIL 2006. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE DEALER ALSO ADDED FUEL TANK PROTECTORS. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO SMELL GAS FUMES. IN JANUARY 2007, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF THE GAS FUMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE EVAPORATOR CANISTER BECAUSE THEY FOUND GAS IN IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE GAS FUMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME SHE SAW SOME TYPE OF TAR SEALANT AROUND THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM HER OF THIS. THE CONTACT STATED THE GAS FUMES WERE NOW WORSE. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE NISSAN CORPORATE OFFICE. THE CONTACT STATED THE GAS FUMES WERE MAKING HER ILL. *AK

OUR 2005 NISSAN MURANO WHICH WAS UNDER ONE YEAR WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF ENGINE PROBLEM STARTED THE FAILURE BY EMITTING UNUSUAL SMOKE FROM THE MUFFLER AND UNEXPLAINED SUDDEN SHAKING OF THE ENGINE WHEN ENGINE IS ON WHILE THE CAR STANDING. WE DROVE OUR NISSAN MURANO TO THE DEALER WORKSHOP NEXT DAY. AT ARRIVAL OF THE WORKSHOP THE SERVICE MECHANIC BROUGHT HIS COMPUTERIZED HANDHELD INVESTIGATOR AND CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS LOCATED JUST UNDER THE STEERING AND STARTED THE ENGINE. SUDDENLY THERE WAS A HUGE PILE OF THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM THE BOTH MUFFLER OUTLETS. FROM THAT POINT OUR NISSAN MURANO WAS ADMITTED FOR INVESTIGATION ( SINCE END OF AUGUST 2006 ). THE DEALER REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE WARRANTY PERIOD AND INSISTED THAT ANY REPAIR TO BE MADE AT OUR EXPENSE. AFTER ALL POSSIBLE EFFORT TO CONVINCE THE NISSAN DEALER HERE IN DUBAI TO STICK WITH THE WARRANTY PERIOD, FINALLY WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO GO REPAIR OF OUR NISSAN MURANO AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. I INCLUDE HERE THE ESTIMATED COSTS AND DETAILS OF PARTS THAT NEEDED TO REPLACED. OUR NISSAN MURANO IS STILL IN THE DEALER WORKSHOP AND NO NEWS FROM THEM YET. *JB