2005 Nissan Murano

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL TANK LEAKS. THE CONTACT CAN STILL SMELL GAS FUMES VERY STRONGLY. AN NHTSA RECALL, # 06V054000 AND 06V003000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING INSPECTION.

WHILE ON A MAJOR ROAD WITH FOR OUR FAMILY VACATION, OUR MURANO EXPERIENCED A COMPONENT FAILURE. SPECIFICALLY, OUR ROAD TRIP ORIGINATED FROM CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WITH SEVERAL DESTINATIONS SCHEDULED FOR SEVERAL CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA LOCATIONS. ALL WAS NORMAL UNTIL OUR JOURNEY FROM MIAMI TO DEBARY, FL WHERE SLIGHT INDICATORS OF A MALFUNCTION BEGAN TO MANIFEST ITSELF. WHILE CRUISING ON INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN WEST PALM BEACH AND TITUSVILLE, THE CRUISE CONTROL SPONTANEOUSLY DISENGAGED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RE-ENGAGE THE SYSTEM YIELDED THE SAME RESULTS, I INITIALLY DETERMINED THAT THERE MAY BE AN INHERENT DIFFERENCE IN THE MURANO'S CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM VERSUS OTHER CARS I'VE DRIVEN/OWNED AND DECIDED THAT I WOULD LOOK INTO IT AT A LATER TIME. LATER IN THIS SAME TRIP (SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN TITUSVILLE AND SANFORD FLORIDA), I WAS ON A DESOLATE ROAD (ROUTE 46) WHEN THE MURANO'S 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND IT SEEM TO BE STUCK IN 2ND GEAR. NOTE: THE MURANO HAS A BELT DRIVEN CVT AND NOT A CONVENTIONAL GEAR BOX; NEVERTHELESS, THIS WAS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROBLEM CAN BE CHARACTERIZED. MAKING MATTERS WORST WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS 12:30AM AND ROUTE 46 IS SPARSELY TRAVELED, WITH NO SIGNS OF "CIVILIZATION". (NOT MEANT TO MELODRAMATIC.) FORTUNATELY, I WAS STILL ABLE TO DRIVE THE MURANO (AT NO GREATER THAN 40MPH @ 4,000RPM) TO OUR INTENDED DESTINATION. ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I BROUGHT MY MURANO TO DELAND NISSAN WHERE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PROMPTLY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ACCORDINGLY. FORTUNATELY, THE PART WAS IN STOCK AND REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. (NOTE: THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DELAND NISSAN WAS SIMPLY THE BEST SERVICE DEPARTMENT I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED, IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIME, PROFESSIONALISM AND CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION; I WISH MY HOME DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS LIKEWISE.) THE REMAINDER OF OUR VACATION AND RETURN TRIP OCCURRED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *NM

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MURANO SL [XXX] AND DUE TO RECALL NUMBER 06V048000, I TOOK IN MY VEHICLE TO HAVE THE GAS TANK SHIELD AND SAFETY BELT WEBBING INSTALLED TO ST CHARLES NISSAN INC, ST PETERS, MO (NISSAN DEALER NO. SCN). UPON MY VEHICLE'S RETURN, I FIND THERE IS NO 2ND ROW LH SEAT BELT CLIP FOR ME TO INSERT EITHER THE 2ND ROW LH SEAT BELT OR MY CHILD SEAT SECURING HARNESS INTO. THERE WERE 3 CLIPS PRIOR TO MY TAKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP - ONE FOR 2ND ROW RH, ONE IN THE MIDDLE AND ONE FOR 2ND ROW LH. NOW THERE ARE ONLY 2 AND I CAN SEE VISIBLE SIGNS OF THE LH SEAT BELT CLIP HAVING BEING CUT OFF FROM THE SEAT. THIS PREVENTS ME FROM ATTACHING MY CHILD SEAT FOR LH REAR PASSENGER TO USE A SEAT BELT. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE DEALERSHIPS FAULT OR NISSAN'S DIRECTION TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REMOVE THE SEAT BELT CLIP, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO WAY I CAN USE A CHILD SEAT AS THERE IS NO PLACE TO SECURE THE HARNESS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. *NM UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CONSUMER DISSATISFIED WITH THE SAFETY OF THE NISSAN MURANO. *TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 06V054000 WHICH REFERENCED THE FUEL TANK. THE RECALL INDICATED THAT A FITTING FOR VAPOR RECIRCULATION, WHICH IS WELDED ON THE FUEL TANK, MAY COME OFF THE FUEL TANK BECAUSE INCORRECT MATERIAL WAS USED. THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PART TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. *NM

TODAY WHILE OUT OF TOWN WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO REFILL OUR 2005 NISSAN MURANO. AFTER I HAD GOT BEYOND THE HALF FULL POINT SOMEONE AT THE GAS STATION POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING LEAKING FROM OUR VEHICLE. AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION BY MYSELF AND THEN A MECHANIC AT THE SERVICE STATION IT WAS NOTED TO HAVE A HOLE IN THE GAS TANK. I AM UNSURE WHAT CAUSED THIS HOLE TO OCCUR BEING THAT WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ACTUALLY HIT THE VEHICLE. NOT ONLY DID THIS PUT A DAMPER ON OUR WEEKEND GETAWAY BUT WE ALSO FOUND OUT HOW LITTLE COVERAGE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROVIDED TO US, WHICH WAS A SHOCK SINCE WE WERE VERY PRESSURED INTO BUYING THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WERE TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COVERED AND ALSO THAT WE WOULD HAVE 24 HOUR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. AFTER CONTACTING THE NISSAN 24HR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WE LEARNED THAT WE HAD NO COVERAGE. *JB

43 DEGREES, 5 PM, 1561 MILES, 2005 NISSAN MURANO SL I START VEHICLE, BACK UP, PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. MAX SPEED OBTAINABLE 20 MPH, VERY, VERY SLOW TO GET ANY SPEED. ENGINE WILL REV TO 2500 RPM, WHEN FLOORED, NO ACCELERATION, RETURN HOME. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON SLIP OFF LIGHT ON VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL LIGHT ON PARK VEHICLE AND AND TRY RESTARTING SEVERAL TIMES, CAR STARTS OK, ABOVE THREE LIGHTS COME ON EACH TIME. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE AGAIN THAT DAY. SAT. EVENING, NO DEALER OPEN. TRY AGAIN SUNDAY, 55 DEGREES, STARTS OK AND ONLY SES LIGHT COMES ON, DRIVES, OK CALL JEFF SMITH NISSAN WARNER ROBINS GA ON MONDAY. SAYS BRING CAR IN. DEALER STATES CAR IS IN "LIMP MODE". THEY KEEP A WEEK. FINDINGS: DTC CODE U1000 CAN COMM CIRCUIT, C1132 ABS CHECK ABS-OK TECHLINE REF #755136 APPLY TSB NTB06-009 DATED FEB 8, 2006 SEEMS OK, NOW. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IF I HAD BEEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC. *NM

2005 NISSAN MURANO PURCHASED MAY 2005~ 13,000 MILES: I WAS IN PROCESS OF A Y TURN. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACK UP, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IN MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE FORWARD. THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. THINKING MAYBE I MIGHT BE ON SOMETHING, I PUT CAR IN PARK, GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDERNEATH MY WHEELS. NOTHING. GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND TRIED TO BACK UP AGAIN. CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I GOT OUT, STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED AT IT. I COULD READILY SEE THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS TURNED IN THE DIRECTION THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SINCE I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A Y TURN. HOWEVER, THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I KNEW THIS CAR WASN'T GOING NO WHERE. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME I DID NOT GET HOW THAT COULD SUDDENLY BE. I DID NOT HIT ANYTHING. THE PAVEMENT WAS FLAT. NO CURBS, NO NOTHING IN THE WAY! I WAS STUCK BLOCKING MY CUL DU SAC. I CALLED THE DEALER. I TALKED TO A GUY IN SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I TOLD HIM WHAT THE SITUATION WAS. HE SAID, "IT SOUNDS LIKE TIE RODS ARE SHOT." I SAID, "ON A NEW CAR?" HE SAID, I WILL CALL THE TOW DRIVER. THERE IS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE UNDERNEATH OR ANYWHERE ON THE VEHICLE TO INDICATE I HIT ANYTHING OR THAT ANYTHING HIT ME. I DID NOT RUN OVER OR HIT ANYTHING. I WAS JUST IN THE PROCESS OF A Y TURN. THE TOW DRIVER ARRIVED. HE WALKED AROUND THE VEHICLE AS I TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED. HE SAID, "THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM!" AS THE CAR WAS BEING PULLED ONTO THE FLATBED TRAILER TOW, I CRINGED, COVERING MY FACE FROM THE NOISE OF METAL CRUSHING AND BENDING. I KNEW WHATEVER WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR WAS NOW ENHANCED BY THE TOW. IT IS DEFINITELY THE TIE ROD. THE DAMAGE IS $5,000.00. THE RESULT, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID I HIT SOMETHING AND NISSAN WON'T PAY. I KNOW IT IS A PARTS FAILURE OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. MY CAR IS ON RACK AT DEALER NOW SO ANY ASAP INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *NM