2005 Nissan Murano

MY DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR WOULD NOT REMAIN IN THE UP POSITION. WHEN VEHICLE WENT IN @ 30 DAYS OR SO, I REPORTED THIS WITH SOME OTHER MINOR NEEDED REPAIRS. IT WAS THE DEALERSHIP ON PEARL RD., ROUTE 42 IN BRUNSWICK THAT ALSO HANDLED SUBARU'S. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A LEASED VEHICLE UNDER ALLIED LEASING. I REPORTED PROBLEM AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 24 MONTHS. THEN - I REPORTED IT AGAIN WHEN CAR WENT IN FOR SERVICE IN JANUARY OF 2011. VISOR NO LONGER ADJUSTABLE - WON'T REMAIN IN UP POSITION - FLOPS DOWN IN FRONT OF YOUR EYE BLOCKING VISION CONSTANTLY. REPLACEMENT ESTIMATE FROM DEALER $300-$400 FOR PART EVEN IF WE INSTALL OURSELVES! IMPORTANT - REPEATING PROBLEM BACK TO 1996 SENTRAS. MANY COMPLAINTS FOUND ON THE INTERNET! NISSAN REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY AS WELL AS POST WARRANTY! YOU ARE EITHER TRYING TO SEE UNDERNEATH IT...SWING IT TO THE SIDE OUT OF THE WAY - BUT THEN YOUR EYES HAVE NO PROTECTION AGAINST BLINDING SUNLIGHT! NOT ONLY DANGEROUS - BUT UNCOMFORTABLE AND INCONVENIENT. I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM PAYING IF VISOR WAS REASONABLY PRICED - BUT NISSAN PRICES IT OBSCENELY!

ON 08/10/2010 WE PAID OUR LOCAL NISSAN DEALER $470.93 TO REPAIR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK. BEFORE THE REPAIR THE DRIVER'S DOOR WE COULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB OR WITH THE INTERIOR MANUAL LOCK. WE HAD TO USE THE DOOR KEY. NOW ALL THE OTHER DOORS ARE ACTING THE SAME WAY. THEY DO NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK WITH THE KEY FOB OR INTERIOR MANUAL LOCK. NOTE: THERE IS ONLY ONE KEY HOLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. NUMEROUS TIMES WE HAVE HAD CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT THAT WE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR WITHOUT HAVING TO CLIMB OVER AND MANUALLY SWITCHING THE DOOR FROM LOCKED TO UNLOCKED. ALSO, WHEN WE THINK THE DOOR IS LOCKED IT SOMETIMES ISN'T, WHICH IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. NISSAN WANTS US TO PAY TO HAVE EACH DOOR FIXED. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT I COULDN'T GET IN OR COULDN'T GET OUT OF. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE A RECALL ON THIS CAR AND HAVE NISSAN REIMBURSE ME FOR THE DRIVER DOOR LOCK THAT I ALREADY PAID.

FAILURE OF DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM WAS FIRST NOTICED WHEN FUEL FILLER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN; REMOTE KEY RECYCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND FUEL-FILLER DOOR OPENED. NEXT TIME, SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN BY PASSENGER. AGAIN, REMOTE KEY RECYCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND DOOR OPENED. YESTERDAY, WHEN TRYING TO UNLOCK THE TRUNK LID THE DOOR-LOCK/UNLOCK MECHANISM FAILED AND TRUNK LID AND RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WERE BOTH IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS USING BOTH THE REMOTE KEYPAD AND USING THE MANUAL KEY METHOD THE DOORS WERE FINALLY UNLOCKED. TO TEST THE SYSTEM , THE DOORS WERE LOCKED USING THE MANUAL KEY AND BOTH THE TRUNK LID AND THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOORS REMAINED UNLOCKED. THE SYSTEM IS UNRELIABLE FOR SECURITY PURPOSES AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING IN CASE THE PASSENGERS NEEDED TO EGRESS THE VEHICLE QUICKLY IN CASE OF BEING STALLED ON RAILROAD TRACKS, FIRE OR IN A WATER SUBMERSION SITUATION.

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THE AIR INTAKE HOSE FELL OFF WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION CAUSING THE ENGINE TO INSTANTLY STALL LEAVING THE CAR DISABLED WITH NO STEERING CONTROL. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WERE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THE THIRD TIME WAS ON A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD AT NIGHT CAUSING A SERIOUS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CAR WAS ALMOST STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I WAS REMOVING MY TODDLER FROM THE BACKSEAT OF THE DISABLED CAR. EACH OF THE THREE TIMES THE CAR HAS STALLED I BROUGHT THE CAR TO NISSAN THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID THEY PREVIOUSLY REPLACED A DIFFERENT RECALL PART IN THE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM, BUT THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED MADE THE OTHER END OF THE AIR INTAKE HOSE LIKELY TO FALL OFF DUE TO VIBRATION. THEY SHOWED ME HOW REMOVING THE AIR FILTER DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CAN LOOSEN THE AIR INTAKE HOSE, EVEN WHEN THE CLAMP IS TIGHTENED. I ASKED THEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE HOSE WAS DESIGNED. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD TAKEN THE HIGHWAY HOME AND THE CAR HAD STALLED AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE SUGGESTED FIX FROM NISSAN WAS TO TIGHTEN THE HOSE CLAMPS EACH TIME THE CAR IS USED, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW SUPPOSEDLY AFTER THE CLAMPS WERE TIGHTENED BY NISSAN SERVICE MECHANICS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS DEFECT AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT NOBODY HIT US WHILE THE CAR WAS STALLED. AFTER THREE TIMES, I AM TOO SCARED TO EVER DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN.

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS "INCIDENTS" REGARDING A CONTINULING PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUN VISOR. THE MECHANISM THAT HOLDS THE VISOR UPRIGHT AND IN AN ANGLE POSITION TO BLOCK THE SUN IS NOT WORKING AND REPEATEDLY DROPS AND DROOPS RATHER UNEXPECTEDLY TO THE POINT OF HINDERING MY ABILITY OF DRIVING SAFELY. NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VISOR DROPS AND BLOCKS MY VIEW SEVERAL TIMES THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TALKED TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY SAY IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, THERE IS NO RECALL INFOMATION AND I MUST REPLACE ON MY OWN EXPENSE REGARDLESS IF I HAVE A WARRANTY. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY SOLUTIONS OTHER THAN TO PAY OVER $500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I FIND THIS OUTRAGEOUS AND DANDEROUS. AN ONLINE SEARCH YEILDS A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER MURANO OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

APPROX. 3 WEEKS AGO. WHILE TRAVELING HOME MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO WOULD JUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, WITHOUT WARNING. I WAIT ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND IT WOULD START UP AGAIN. THEN LAST WEEK 6/19 WHILE TRAVELING ON A HWY 9A SOUTH IT DID IT AGAIN WHILE GOING A SPEED OF 65, THEN ON 6/20. IT DID THE SAME EXACT THING 5 TIMES. I TOOK IT INTO THE COGGIN NISSAN THE SAME EXACT DAY. THEY HAVE PUT ON IT ON THERE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINED THE CAUSE, SO, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IT UNTIL THEY DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE STALLING. *TR