2006 Nissan Murano

ON 12/28/10 I WAS RETURNING FROM A SKIING TRIP AND STOPPED WITH MY KIDS FOR SOME FAST FOOD. UPON RETURNING TO MY 2006 NISSAN MURANO, I OPENED THE DOOR AND AS SOON AS I SAT ON THE DRIVERS SEAT, I HEARD A "BANG" AND THE LEFT REAR SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT SANK. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE LEFT REAR MOUNTING BRACKET ON THE SEAT HAD SNAPPED. MY VEHICLE IS 5 YRS. OLD AND I JUST HIT 165,000 MILES. OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE OWNED 8 OTHER CARS PRIOR TO THIS MURANO AND HAVE PUT MILEAGE ON THEM RANGING FROM 157,000 (CHEVY MALIBU) TO 98,000 (DODGE SPIRIT) AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A PROBLEM. A SEAT BRACKET IS A NON-MOVING PART AND IS CRITICAL TO DRIVER/PASSENGER SAFETY IN THAT IT KEEPS THE OCCUPANT STABLE SO THAT THE SEAT BELTS CAN PROPERLY RESTRAIN IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. NOW WHEN I SIT IN THE SEAT I TIP TO THE LEFT (TOWARDS THE DOOR) AND THE SEAT MOVES UP/DOWN WHEN I MAKE TURNS. THIS IS NOT A SAFE CONDITION. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN INTERNET FORUMS AND IT JUST SEEMS RIDICULOUS TO ME THAT A METAL, NON-MOVING PART SITUATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE (AND NOT SUBJECT TO RUST OR WHETHER) THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO SAFETY SHOULD JUST SPONTANEOUSLY FAIL. IF I WERE A LARGER PERSON, I COULD POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER, AT 200LBS. I AM NOT MUCH OUT OF THE RANGE OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MALE AND SUCH A PART SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO HANDLE SUCH STRESSES. GOD KNOWS HOW THIS BRACKET WOULD HAVE HANDLED A CRASH! THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED VIA A RECALL AS IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN DEALERS ARE CHARGING FROM $500 TO $1,200 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A SAFETY RELATED COMPONENT!! *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO, BROKEN DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME. FAILED WHILE DRIVING, TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION. TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST HIT AN ONCOMING CAR. THE SEAT FRAME REPAIR COST AT THE DEALER IS NEARLY $1,400. NISSAN HAS REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIR CITING IT NOT BEING THE SAFETY HAZARD AND THAT THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER BREAK ON A VEHICLE, LET ALONE A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE SEAT TO MAINTAIN ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DUE TO THE SAFETY CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH THIS SEAT AND WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN IN AN ACCIDENT, I WILL BE SELLING IT WHEN I HAVE IT PAID FOR IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS AND WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE. NISSAN'S HANDLING OF THIS ISSUE HAS COST THEM MY FUTURE BUSINESS. I DID SOME INTERNET RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE WHICH LED ME TO THIS SITE AS WELL AS UNCOVERED A HOST OF THE VERY SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER MURANOS. IT APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM WITH MURANOS OF THIS VINTAGE. NISSAN DOES NOT AGREE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I DISAGREE WITH THEIR ASSESSMENT AS A SEAT COMING UNATTACHED FROM THE VEHICLE'S FRAME HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS INJURY. VIN NUMBER AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.* TR

THE MOUNT UNDER THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY BROKE AND DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE/OPERATE THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS LEANING SEVERLY TO THE LEFT AND MOVING AROUND. IF THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT, THE SEAT WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY BECOME COMPLETELY SEPERATED FROM THE CAR SINCE THERE WAS ONLY 1 BRACKET HOLDING IT ON INSTEAD OF 2.

DRIVERS SEAT OF 2006 NISSAN MURANO SL STARTED TO COME LOOSE TO THE POINT OF NOT BEING SAFE IN A 2 DAY PERIOD WHILE COMING HOME FROM VACATION. THIS IS ON A VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 36000 MILES ON IT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, I FIND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS BEING WRITTEN ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE 2006 AND SOME OF THE NEARLY CAUSING SEVERE INJURY. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT OF MY 2006 NISSAN MURANO CRACKED AT THE WELD IN THE FRAME CAUSING THE SEAT TO DROP AT A STEEP ANGLE IN THE BACK. FORTUNATELY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I WAS GETTING IN THE VEHICLE RATHER THAN WHEN I WAS DRIVING AS IT SURELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND UNDRIVEABLE SITUATION. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER CONCURRED THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN MY VEHICLE, HOWEVER NISSAN WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR, NOR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT TRANSPORTATION WHILE THE APPROPRIATE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND INSTALLED WHICH SPANNED SEVERAL DAYS. I AM EXTREMELY DISPLEASED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, MY DRIVERS SEAT MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE (LEFT REAR BRACKET MOUNT WELD). THIS CAUSED ME TO CROSS THE LANE AND ALMOST SIDE SWIPE ANOTHER VEHICLE. NISSAN WILL NOT COVER AND HAS NO RECALL FOR THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I AM NOW FORCED TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WHICH ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHILE OPERATING IT. THIS IS AN IDENTIFIED MANUFACTURING FLAW AND SHOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL, BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS!!!

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 28 MPH THE DRIVERS SEAT STARTED SQUEAKING FOLLOWED BY A LOUD POPPING SOUND. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CHECKED UNDERNEATH THE SEAT AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS BROKEN. THE SEAT LEANED TOWARDS THE DRIVERS DOOR AND THERE WAS NO SUPPORT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WELDING ON THE BASE OF THE SEAT WAS BROKEN AND QUOTED HER THE REPAIR COST. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED NISSAN AND SHE WAS EXPECTING A RETURN CALL FROM THEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.