2011 Nissan Murano

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE DROVE OVER A BIG DIP IN THE ROAD. AS WE CAME UPON A STOP SIGN JUST PAST THE DIP, THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE BRAKES CONTINUED TO PUSH TO THE FLOOR FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTERWARDS BEFORE FINALLY GOING BACK TO NORMAL. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AFTER GOING OVER A BUMP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. HOWEVER, THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, THE BRAKES NEVER GOT BETTER. I TOOK MY MURANO TO A BRAKE MECHANIC. THEY DID DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHICH SHOWED THE LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR ARE NOT COMPRESSING. THEY BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS A FAULTY HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. THE 2009 MURANO WAS RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. THE 2011'S SHOULD BE ALSO. *TR

ON FEB. 6TH 2020 I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 NISSAN MURANO (62,000 MILES) AT 55 MPH WHEN I CAME UPON SOME TRAFFIC. WHEN I APPLIED THE BREAKS THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR & I HAD TO PULL ONTO THE GRASS & PUMP THE BRAKES TILL THE CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. I WAS 250 MILES FROM HOME SO I STOPPED AT A FIRESTONE STORE TO CHECK OUT MY BRAKES. 5 HOURS LATER, THE CAR WAS READY--THEY BLED THE AIR FROM THE BRAKE LINES & WHEN I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. ON MAY 29TH, 2020, I WAS DRIVING & COMING ON TO A ROAD CONSTRUCTION CREW. I WENT OVER 2 SETS OF SPEED BUMPS & WHEN I APPLIED THE BREAKS, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUMPED THE BRAKES & APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR BECAUSE THERE WAS TRAFFIC STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC & THEY INSTALLED A NEW MASTER CYLINDER & BLED THE BRAKE LINES 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY HAD THE CAR FOR 1 WEEK & THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP AT SLOW SPEEDS TILL THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. ON THE INTERNET, I CAN SEE THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRAKING ON THE 2011 MURANO. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2009 MODELS & I THINK THE 2015 MODELS. NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP & CORRECT THE PROBLEM ON THE 2011 MODELS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT REQUIRES A RECALL OF THE 2011 MODELS. RIGHT NOW THE VEHICLE IS SITTING IN THE GARAGE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IS 65 MILES AWAY & THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS EXTEND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, ABS MODULE AND MASTER CYLINDER BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER (UNKNOWN) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,800.

I WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY WHEN A CAR ABRUPTLY PULLED IN FRONT OF ME AND I HAD STEP ON THE BRAKES WITH GREAT FORCE TO STOP IN TIME WITHOUT CRASHING. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WHEN I HAD TO USE THE BRAKES AGAIN AT A RED LIGHT, I HAD TO PUSH DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE CAR. THE BRAKES FELT SPONGEY AND PROVIDED ALMOST NO RESISTANCE TO MY FOOT AS I PRESSED DOWN. THE ISSUE PERSISTED FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THEY TRIED SEVERAL OF THE STANDARD FIXES WHEN THIS TYPE OF BRAKE ISSUE ARISES, INCLUDING GOING AS FAR AS TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHICH DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE BRAKE ISSUE ONLY WAS RESOLVED ONCE THEY PUT THE CAR IN THE AIR, ACCELERATED, AND PUMPED THE BRAKES MULTIPLE TIMES WHICH EVENTUALLY, SOMEHOW BROUGHT THE BRAKES BACK TO NORMAL CAPACITY. THE MECHANIC SAYS HE HAS SEEN THIS ISSUE IN MANY NISSAN MURANOS AND HE SPECULATES THAT THE THESE MODELS HAVE A FAULTY ABS SENSOR MODULE WHICH CAUSES THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP IF USED TOO HARD. I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE BRAKES HAD STAYED UNUSABLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS, POSING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I'VE READ ONLINE ON MANY WEBSITES AND HAVE READ THIS SAME ISSUE BEING HAD BY OTHER 2011 NISSAN MURANO OWNERS. THE ABS SENSOR MODULE CAN COST UP TO $2,000 JUST FOR THE PART ITSELF. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS, NISSAN SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE'S BRAKES GO OUT ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSE A LOSS OF LIFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,499.

WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT LIGHT, WHEN I PUSHED ON THE BREAK TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND CAR WILL NOT STOP. AFTER PUMPING THE BREAK SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND OTHER CAR SHOPS AND THEY SEE NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL. I'M AT A LOSS AND MY WIFE AND MYSELF ARE TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE.

WITHOUT WARNING, BRAKES BEGIN TO FEEL SPONGY, HAVE TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST TO FLOOR BEFORE RESPONSE. SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS NOW AS A RESULT OF INTERMITTENT CHANGED BRAKING PERFORMANCE. AS A RESULT, HAD BRAKES CHECKED, FLUID DRAINED, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, BRAKE LINES DRAINED, NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE. NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING CAR, FEELS UNSAFE.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND PRODUCE VERY LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS EVASIVE ACTION HAD TO BE TAKEN TO AVOID COLLISION. HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AS WELL AS ON A HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO CORRECT ITS SELF AFTER VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR SERVICE INDICATOR LIGHTS/ CODES PRESENT. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SPORADICALLY ABSENT OF ANY FORE WARNING AND PRESENTS THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENTAL COLLISION. THIS SAME CONDITION HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SAME MODEL OVER SEVERAL MANUFACTURE YEARS AND ALTHOUGH INDICATIONS ARE THE THE SAME ABS CONTROL MODULE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE AT ISSUE ONLY THE 2009 YEAR WAS ISSUED A SERVICE RECALL.