2010 Nissan Murano

MY MURANO WAS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN SUDDENLY THE SUV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE THE STREET BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON BOTH SIDES. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF SEVERAL TIMES AND RESTARTED BEFORE ABLE TO ACCELERATE. I HAD SUV TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CVT TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED. I HAS SERVICED TRANSMISSION FLUID 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE WITH 139,800 MILES. AFTER RESEARCHING THE NISSAN CVT{CONSTANT VARIABLE TRANSMISSION}, WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE PROBLEMS. I MAY BE THE FIRST WITH A 2010 MURANO. I AM FEARFUL OF THIS VEHICLE AFTER IT $5000 REPAIR{OUT OF POCKET}, ESPECIALLY IF ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IN CHICAGO AREA DUE TO SUDDEN LOSE OF ACCELERATION.

CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WITH NO ERROR CODE, COULD NOT TELL WHAT THE ISSUE WAS UNTIL AT A POINT OF FAILURE CAUSING HIGH RPM CAR SLOWED DOWN IN TRAFFIC. JUST MADE IT HOME. WAITED UNTIL NEXT DAY TO GET IT TO THE DEALER, HAVE OWNED LOTS OF NISSANS IN THE PAST BUT NEVER ONE WITH A CVT TRANSMISSION EVEN ONE AT 400,000 MILES ON IT. TALKED TO DEALER MECHANIC AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH ALL NISSAN VEHICLES. $5,000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION! WHERE'S THE RECALL?

MULTIPLE TIMES, OVER PAST FEW YEARS, AFTER 1 0R MORE HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED ( 70 - 80 MPH ) VEHICLE LOSES ALL ACCELERATION. OCCURS WITH CRUISE ON OR OFF. WILL MAINTAIN SPEED ON LEVEL ROAD. WILL LOSE SPEED ON ANY INCLINE.AFTER PULLING OFF HIGHWAY, TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING HAS ALWAYS SOLVED PROBLEM; UNTIL TODAY ON I85 WHEN PROBLEM REOCCURRED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. FLOORING ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NO AFFECT. I WOULD THINK LACK OF ACCELERATION COULD BE A PROBLEM IF TRYING A AVOID A CRASH

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO GO FORWARD, THE VEHICLE WOULD GO IN REVERSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CDT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

LEAKING TRANSFER CASE. ON MARCH 15, 2016, AT 72,549 MILES, THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON MY 2010 NISSAN MURANO LE FAILED AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A LOWE'S PARKING LOT. NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES SO THEY REPLACED THE CVT TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO ME ON MARCH 22, 2016. ON MARCH 29, 2016 I NOTICED A BROWN OILY FLUID LEAKING ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME NISSAN DEALERERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS FINE BUT NOW I HAD A LEAKING TRANSFER CASE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRANSFER CASE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND I PAID OVER $1300 OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR IT.

ON 11/08/2014 WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE WENT SUDDENLY FROM 65 MPH TO 40 MPH WITH NO WARNING. I COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER. IT WAS MAKING A RATTLING NOISE AS IF THERE WERE LOOSE NUTS AND BOLTS BEING GROUNDED UP. THE SHORT OF THE LONG IS THAT THE NISSAN DEALER THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE WITH A USED ONE. $1950.00+10% TAX. WE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE ON11/19/2014. ON 11/25/2014 THE SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURRED. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT" IT WAS RUNNING OK BUT THE COMPUTER READ OUT WAS OFF". REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND RESET IDLE SPEED. PICKED UP VEHICLE ON 11/25/2014 TOTAL COST, $318.78. +TOW. ON 11/26/2014, MY WIFE WENT TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AFTER THEY JUST CHANGED THE AIR FLOW CENSOR WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BIND UP AND THEN WOULD CLUNK WHEN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD . THE SERVICE MANAGER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE WITH THE MECHANIC FOR A GUICK RIDE AND FOUND THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WAS DAMAGED. TOTAL COST $552.06.

AS I WAS RETURNING HOME NOTICED A STRANGE DRIVETRAIN NOISE. I AVOIDED USING THE INTERSTATE AND STAYED ON THE CITY STREETS SO THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED IT WOULD BE AT A SLOWER SPEED. IN JUST A COUPLE MILES A CLATTERING CAME FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN AND HAD NO FURTHER ABILITY TO DRIVE. AFTER TOWING THE MURANO TO NISSAN A DEALER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE HAD FAILED. THE CASE WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AS CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL GEAR FAILURE. THIS HAPPENED ON MAY 14, 2015. COST TO REPAIR WAS $3800. COMMENTS ONLINE INDICATE THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE THAT NISSAN FAILS TO ADMIT OR WARRANTY. THEY HAVE INCREASED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY TO $120K BUT NOT THE TRANSFER CASE. COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF IT HAD FAILED WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH.

VEHICLE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE AFTER WE CAME TO A STOP AT A LIGHT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE TOOK TO BURDICK NISSAN FOR SERVICE. THEY SAID THEY HAD CLEARED THE CODES BY ADDING SOME FLUID TO THE TRANNY. WIFE AND I DROVE TO LUNCH { LOW SPEED} LIGHT CAME BACK ON RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION IT IS BEING WORKED ON. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE NISSAN CVT TRANNY. *TR

WHILE TAKING MY CAR IN FOR THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED 60,000 MILE MAINTENANCE, THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THE TRANSFER CASE REQUIRES REPLACEMENT (CAR WAS AT 66,785 MILES). THEY ESTIMATED THE COST AT ABOUT $3,800, BUT ENDED UP COMING DOWN TO $1,800 ESTIMATED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO SIMPLY SEIZE UP. WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO PUT OFF. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING SEEING THIS COME UP JUST AS MY FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRED. I CALLED NISSAN AMERICA SEEKING ASSISTANCE, AND NONE WAS PROVIDED. IN MY CASE IT IS OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY, BUT IT'S A SERIOUS KNOWN ISSUE. I FEEL SOMEWHAT CHEATED. *TR

PURCHASED CAR FEB. 11, 2014 AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE AND PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. ON OR ABOUT JUNE 24, 2014 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON, CALLED DEALER AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR JUNE 25, 2014. TOOK CAR IN AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE GEARS IN THE TRANSFER CASE WERE DAMAGED AND HAD SLUDGE BUILD UP. WAS TOLD THIS WAS COVERED UNDER NISSAN'S ORIGINAL DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY (5 YEAR/50K MILES), OR THE CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WARRANTY (7 YEAR/100K MILES) OR THE (THIRD-PARTY) EXTENDED WARRANTY (5 YEAR/50K MILES) WHICH STARTED ON 2/11/14. THE DEALER NEEDED NISSAN'S APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR UNDER THE WARRANTY. TWO WEEKS (JULY 11, 2014) LATER I WAS TOLD NISSAN DENIED THE CLAIM BECAUSE OF SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. WHICH WAS NEWS TO ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS A TRANSFER CASE ISSUE - ALSO ON JULY 11, 2014, I WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE TRANSFER CASE BUT A BAD SEAL ON THE TIMING COVER WHICH CAUSE THE ENGINE OIL NOT TO CIRCULATE PROPERLY WHICH CAUSED THE SLUDGE BUILD-UP IN THE ENGINE. NISSAN BLAMES PREVIOUS OWNER?S NEGLECT IN THEIR DENIAL OF MY WARRANTY CLAIM. EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER THE ORIGINAL POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR