2006 Nissan Murano

2006 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SEAT AND SUN VISOR. MY 2006 NISSAN MURANO HAS HAD TWO PARTS FAIL THAT I BELIEVE ARE A SAFETY CONCERN AND WARRANT A RECALL. THE 1ST PART IS THE DRIVERS SEAT. I'M NOT A LARGE PERSON BUT THE LEFT SIDE SEAT BRACKET BROKE AND NOW MY SEAT ROCKS LEFT AND RIGHT. I CAN'T RAISE THE SEAT UP AND DOWN BECAUSE ONLY THE RIGHT SIDE WORKS. THE SEAT ALSO BOUNCES UP AND DOWN. APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MURANO AND NISSAN'S EXCUSE IS "WEAR AND TEAR." SERIOUSLY??? NISSAN OFFERED TO REPLACE THE DRIVER'S SEAT FOR $1000 +. THE SECOND PART THAT HAS FAILED IS THE DRIVER'S SUN VISOR. WHENEVER I HIT A BUMP, THE SUN VISOR SWIVELS DOWN AND TOTALLY BLOCKS THE DRIVERS VIEW OUT THE WINDOW. THIS IS NOT SAFE. NISSAN OFFERED TO REPLACE THE SUN-VISOR FOR $350. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN MURANO WITH 29K MILES. WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS I FELT A POP IN MY DRIVER'S SEAT AND HEARD A METALLIC SOUND FROM UNDER THE SEAT. FROM THAT POINT FORWARD THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS FELT UNSTABLE AND WOULD MOVE FREELY DURING TURNS AND NORMAL ACCELERATION/BRAKING. THIS INCIDENT SEEMS COMMON BASED ON AN INTERNET SEARCH AND IS REFERRED TO AS A BACK-LEFT LEANING PROBLEM. A TECHNICAL BULLETIN WAS ISSUED BUT NO RECALL. THIS SEEMS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS A MANUFACTURING DESIGN DEFECT. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR ON OUR 2005 NISSAN MURANO NO LONGER STAYS IN POSITION. THE VISOR WILL JUST 'FLOP' DOWN WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR ANY OTHER ABRUPT MANEUVER. WHEN THE VISOR FLOPS DOWN THE VISION OF THE DRIVER BECOMES IMPAIRED. THE DRIVER CAN PUSH THE VISOR BACK UP INTO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION BUT THE VISOR WILL THEN JUST FLOP DOWN AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THE VISOR UNDER ANY WARRANTY. THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS EXPECTED TO PAY BETWEEN $400-$460 FOR A NEW VISOR REPLACEMENT. *TR

THE PROBLEM IS TRYING TO PUT GAS INTO MY VEHICLE THE NOZZLE ON THE GAS PUMP WILL SHUT OF AND SPIT GAS BACK TODAY I HAD A PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE GROUND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY HUSBAND REPEATEDLY HAVE REGISTERED A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEALER AND WITH THE NISSAN COMPANY DIRECTLY. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR, MODEL AND THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THEM TOO. YOU HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE NOZZLE ON AND MOVING IT AROUND IN THE GAS TANK TRYING TO FIND A POSITION WHERE THE NOZZLE WON'T SHUT OFF OR SPIT THE GAS BACK AT YOU. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME WHERE I HAD TO COME HOME AND CHANGE MY CLOTHES, GAS ON MY SHOES, AND PANTS, HANDS, ARMS I CONSIDER THIS TO BE VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE A CIGARETTE LIT AT THE PUMPS AS ILLEGAL AS IT MAY BE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT VARIOUS GAS STATIONS SO IS NOT THE PUMP AT ONE CERTAIN STATION. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO, AFTER DRIVING 85 MILES CONTINUOUSLY ON THE INTERSTATE, WHEN I SLOWED TO MERGE TO ANOTHER INTERSTATE LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I WAS STOPPED WITH NO EMERGENCY LANE IN A CONSTRUCTION AREA AND WAS LUCKY TO HAVE AVOIDED THE OTHERS MERGING AND TRAVELING BY AT 70 M.P.H.! IT EVENTUALLY GAVE ME SOME POWER WHICH I USED TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE AND CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER IN DES MOINES. I WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" THE CAR THE 20 MINUTE DRIVE ON BACK ROADS IN DES MOINES WHERE WITHIN AN HOUR, THE DEALER TOLD ME I WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER NISSAN EXTENDS THE WARRANTY ON THIS TRANSMISSION AND I HAVE A FAILED ONE, IT STRIKES ME THAT A REPAIR/RECALL SHOULD BE DONE ON THESE BEFORE AN INCIDENT LIKE MINE OCCURS. I HAD THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR, WITH OTHER CARS RACING BY ME AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT WAS DAYLIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR..BUT OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE AS LUCKY! *TR

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MURANO AND IN THE FALL OF 2009, STARTED EXPERIENCING AN ISSUE WITH MY SUNVISOR. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST MINE, BUT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING, THE SUNVISOR RANDOMLY FALLS DOWN, SOMETIMES HITTING ME (OR MY FAMILY) IN THE HEAD. IT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. IT ALWAYS OCCURS ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES BUT ALSO HAPPENS ON SMOOTH HIGHWAYS, AND AT RANDOM TIMES, OFTEN STARTLING ME OR WHOEVER IS DRIVING MY CAR. WE HAVE PURCHASED & REPLACED THE CLIPS THAT HOLDS THE VISOR BUT THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM. THE VISOR JUST DOES NOT LOCK IN THE "UP" POSITION. WE HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND IS A $350-400 REPLACEMENT PART. OTHER OWNERS HAVE INDICATED THEY WILL NOT COVER IS UNDER THEIR "GOODWILL PROGRAM" EITHER.