2005 Nissan Murano

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO. AROUND JUNE 1, 2010 I STARTED EXPERIENCING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE POWER DOOR LOCK ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. AT THIS TIME THE POWER LOCKING ACTUATOR HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND THE DOOR HAS TO BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED MANUALLY. FAILURE OF THE LOCKING MECHANISM CAN LEAD TO THE DOOR OPENING AT AN UNDESIRED TIME CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH TO PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE REASON FOR MY REPORT TO THE NHTSA. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. I FEEL, AS DO OTHER PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN TO REGARDING THIS PROBLEM THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR OF THE ISSUE IF IN FACT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO A PARTS DEFECT. I AM HAVING THE INOPERATIVE LOCK REPLACED BUT HAVE FOUND OUT IN MANY INSTANCES ALL THE DOORS AT ONE TIME EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

NISSAN MURANO VIN-[XXX] - DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT REAR FRAME DEFECT MY VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT FRAME BROKE ON 06/19/2010 APPROXIMATELY AROUND NOONTIME. AS I WAS DRIVING MY MURANO NISSAN AND CAME TO A STOP AT A STOPLIGHT, I HEARD A HARD SNAP AND FELT A LITTLE JERK TOWARDS MY LEFT SIDE. UNSURE OF WHAT IT WAS, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD. AS I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE, I FELT A ROUGH THUMPING UNDERNEATH MY SEAT. I THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE THAT MY FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS GOING FLAT OR HAD SOME KIND OF PROBLEM. AS I DROVE FURTHER TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER TO CHECK IT, I FELT MY FRONT SEAT SWAY BACK AND FORTH, AS I ACCELERATED AND AS I WAS BRAKING. I ACCELERATED AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SWAYING MOTION WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AGAIN, THE SWAYING MOTION (BACK AND FORTH) OF THE FRONT SEAT OCCURRED. I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT AND SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BLACK METAL TRACK FRAME SUPPORTING THE SEAT. IN THE AREA TOWARDS THE REAR LEFT SIDE OF THE FRAME WAS ONE OF FOUR METAL PRONGS THAT WERE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE METAL TRACK FRAME OF THE SEAT. KNOWING THAT THIS WAS A VERY UNSAFE ISSUE, I LOOKED FOR HELP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. USING THE INTERNET, I FOUND NUMEROUS SHOCKING COMPLAINTS SITES REGARDING NISSAN MURANOS' REAR SEAT BREAKAGE. I CONTACTED A LOCAL NEWS STATION (3ONYOURSIDE), WHO INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE AND FOUND IT TO BE LEGITIMATE AND TRUE. NOT ONLY WAS MY VEHICLE IN QUESTION ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE PART, SEVERAL HUNDRED COMPLAINTS WERE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2005 NISSAN MURANO - I WAS DRIVING AND LEFT SIDE OF DRIVERS SEAT ALL OF A SUDDEN POPPED & SAGGED & I FELT SEAT MOVE AROUND LIKE IT WASN'T ATTACHED TO BASE. IT WAS VERY SCARY TO DRIVE IT - I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALER & THEY SAID A NEW SEAT FRAME WOULD BE $1300 BUT THEY COULD WELD IT FOR $350. MY CAR ONLY HAS 29,800 MILES. LOOKING AT ALL THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, I 'M WONDERING WHY NISSAN HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS. *TR

THE LOCKS ON MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO HAVE STARTED TO NOT WORK UNLESS MANUALLY OPERATED. FIRST, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN OR CLOSE WITH EITHER THE BUTTON OR KEY FOB, ONLY MANUALLY, AND THEN IT WAS STIFF. THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ALSO BEGAN TO FAIL, ONLY OPERATING MANUALLY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE REAR HATCH/TRUNK DOOR ALSO INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO OPEN, THOUGH WITH THE REAR DOOR, THERE IS NO MANUAL OPEN. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP INSPECTED IT AND INSISTS THAT THE DOOR ACTUATORS NEED TO BE REPLACED ON ALL AFFECTED DOORS, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND UPON DOING ONLINE RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON MURANO'S AND OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES. THE LOCK PROBLEM PRESENTS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD OF NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN DOORS IN A TIMELY MANNER IN CASE OF FIRE, AND ALSO IN RETRIEVING INFANTS AND CHILDREN FROM THE CAR, WHICH I DO ON A DAILY BASIS. IN ADDITION, IF MORE DOOR LOCKS WERE TO FREEZE UP, THERE IS ONLY ONE MANUAL KEY ENTRY INTO THE CAR. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO SE AWD AND HAVE EXPERIENCED PROGRESSIVE PROBLEMS WITH MY DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS RESULTING IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE PRESUMED TO BE SECURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 50K MILES, THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK BECAME INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE WHEN USING EITHER THE INTERIOR DOOR LOCK SWITCH OR THE INTELLIGENT KEY FOB BUTTON. THEN, AT APPROXIMATELY 54K MILES, THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR LOCK ALSO BECAME INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE IN THE SAME MANNER. NOW, AT 59K MILES, ALL DOORS EXCEPT THE DRIVER'S DOOR DO NOT OPERATE WITH EITHER THE INTERIOR DOOR LOCK SWITCH OR THE INTELLIGENT KEY FOB BUTTON. RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. FURTHER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT RIGHT DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR IS A CONTROL POINT FOR ALL OTHER DOOR LOCKS. THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN AS I WAS ASSUMING, AS I'M SURE OTHERS HAVE, THAT I WAS DRIVING IN A SECURE VEHICLE WHEN IN FACT, I WAS UNSECURED FROM FOUR OTHER ENTRY POINTS TO MY VEHICLE. THIS POSES A THREAT TO MY AND ANY OF MY PASSENGERS' PRESUMED PERSONAL SAFETY FROM WOULD-BE ASSAILANTS GAINING ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE THROUGH LOCKS THOUGHT TO BE SECURE. THIS COULD ALSO HAVE SERIOUS - EVEN FATAL - RAMIFICATIONS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT IF THE DOORS OF THE VEHICLE ARE THOUGHT TO BE LOCKED (HAVING NO REASON TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE), BUT WERE NOT. THIS CREATES THE SERIOUS POTENTIAL OF OCCUPANTS TO BE THROWN FROM A VEHICLE DOOR THAT COULD OPEN DURING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO FAULTY DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS. EVEN IN MY SHORT SEARCH ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS CALLS FOR ACTION BY OTHER DRIVERS, PARTICULARLY OF THE 2004-2005 MODEL YEARS OF MY SAME VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED OCCURRENCE. IMMEDIATE CORRECTIVE REMEDIAL ACTION MUST BE TAKEN BY NISSAN USA TO RESOLVE THIS LIFE-THREATENING DEFECT. *TR