2005 Nissan Murano

NISSAN'S RECALL ON THE 2005 MURANO STATES THAT THE VEHICLE FALLS INTO A "FAILSAFE" CONDITION WHICH LIMITS VEHICLE SPEED. VERY SHORTLY AFTER THIS, THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING...COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. MY VEHICLE HAD DONE THAT 4 TIMES. TWO TIMES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. YOU HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE THE VEHICLE STOPS. IN THAT MINUTE, THE VEHICLE IS RAPIDLY DECELERATES TO A CRAWL. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY A TOYOTA SEQUOIA. DOMINION NISSAN "FIXED" MY VEHICLE AND ASSURED ME IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. A FEW MONTH LATER, AS I NEARED MY HOME, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED PURSUANT TO THE RECALL NOTICE. ON JANUARY 11, 2008 I LEFT WORK AND HEADED FOR THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED FROM 50MPH TO A CRAWL WITHIN ABOUT A MINUTE. DANGEROUSLY MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER. HAD THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL MOMENT LATER I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE, IN RUSH HOUR, IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN KILLED IN SUCH A CIRCUMSTANCE. NISSAN "FIXED" THE CAR AGAIN. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON JANUARY 19, 2008. THEY WANT TO "FIX" IT AGAIN. I SAID THAT THEY SHOULD REPLACE THE VEHICLE. I FILED A COMPLAINT ON JAN 21 BY PHONE, JAN 27 BY EMAIL AND JAN 28 BY LETTER. NISSAN AND THE DEALER HAVE NOT RESPONDED. *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

THE IRON BRACKET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE SEAT IF BROKEN. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THE VEHICLE (NISSAN MURANO 2005) SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND MORE THAT JUST 2 YEARS OF USE. I HAVE FURTHER PROOF WHERE OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I ALSO HAD PURCHASE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED I DIDN'T HAVE IT, AND IT IS NOT COVERED. I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE. I HAVE CONTACT AN ATTORNEY FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. *TR

MY CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I PUT ON THE GAS. IT STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC TODAY AND ALMOST GOT CLOBBERED BY ANOTHER CAR BECAUSE MY CAR WAS STALLING AND HESITATING 5 TO 10 SECONDS AT AT TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD! I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. I AM PARKING THE CAR UNTIL I CAN TRADE IT IN. I AM 1000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT FOR LESS THAN 6,000 DOLLARS! RIDICULOUS! *TR

I HEARD ABOUT THE BREAKING OF THE DRIVER SEAT, IT JUST HAPPENED TO ME ON MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO. FIRST THE SEAT WOULD BE LOSE LIKE EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT FOR SOME TIME, THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK. *TR I AM ABOUT 250 PONDS AND THAT DOSE NOT SEAM TO BE EXCESSIVE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE BACK BOTTOM CROSS BAR UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. (I'M SURE THIS IS A EXPENSIVE REPAIR) THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY FOR SOMEONE WHO IS UNSUSPECTING OF THIS ISSUE. THANKS FOR READING.

THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY BROKE, WHICH STARTLED ME AND CAUSED ME AND THE SEAT TO LEAN BACK AND TO THE LEFT. THE SEAT SEEMS TO BE ANCHORED ON THE RIGHT, BUT IS LOOSE ON THE BACK LEFT, SO IT NOW ROCKS BACK AND FORTH - ESPECIALLY WHEN CORNERING. I READ ONLINE OF MANY OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURRING WITH OTHER NISSAN MURANO OWNERS BUT THERE DOES NOT YET SEEM TO BE A RECALL. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A NISSAN TSB OUT ON THIS SUBJECT, #05-043C. *CN

TRANSMISSION SEIZED UP WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 81 AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I HAD NO POWER. ENGINE WAS WORKING FINE, BUT, AS I FOUND OUT LATER, MY CVT TRANSMISSION HAVE SELF DESTRUCT, DUE TO A CODE SENT FROM THE TCM MODULE. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ANY WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND NOT BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR