2013 Nissan Murano

I HAD MY 2013 NISSAN MURANO REPAIRED FOLLOWING A RECALL INVOLVING THE POWER STEERING. THE WORK WAS COMPLETED ON 2/2/18. ON 4/11/2019 I COMPLETELY LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING HOME. THANKFULLY I WAS ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AND NOT THE INTERSTATE. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR AND THERE WERE TWO LARGE PUDDLES OF FLUID UNDER THE FRONT END. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED THE MECHANIC STATED THE CLAMP HAD APPARENTLY COME LOOSE AND RUBBED SEVERAL HOLES IN THE HOSE AND TUBE ASSEMBLY. IT WOULD SEEM THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM FOR WHICH THE ORIGINAL RECALL WAS ISSUED.

PAINT DEFECT. SEVERAL LARGE AREAS OF PAINT CHIPPING AND FLAKING ON DOORS AND HOOD WITHOUT ANY OTHER PHYSICAL DAMAGE CORRESPONDING. THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE AREAS WHERE THE PAINT JUST FALLS OFF WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH,, IT IS DEFINITELY COMPROMISING THE APPEARANCE OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS THE STABILITY OF THE UNDERLYING BODY ALLOWING ELEMENTS TO REACH THE BARE METAL.

ON 10/15/2018 MY WIFE HAD CALLED ME TO INFORM ME THAT HER 2013 MURANO WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON HER ENGINE CUT COMPLETELY OFF AT 60 -65 MPH WHILE MERGING INTO THE EXPRESSWAY HAD THERE BEEN OTHER CARS AROUND MY WIFE WOULD HAVE WOUND UP IN A COLLISION. HAD OTHER CARS BEEN AT SAME SPEED COMING BEHIND HER I'M AFRAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT, MY WIFE FEARS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS REASON NOW. IT WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO HER FOR OUR GREAT RUNNING VEHICLE TO JUST SHUT OFF OUT OF THE BLUE NO WARNING.

I DRIVE A 2013 NISSAN MURANO SV AWD WITH JUST OVER 72,000 MILES. BEFORE YESTERDAY, I NEVER HAD ONE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN VERY RELIABLE. WHILE DRIVING MURANO ON 8/22/18 IT SUDDENLY WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR ON A CITY STREET. THE MURANO WHO JERK AND THE SPEED WOULD ONLY INCREASE SLOWLY. THE RPM'S THOUGH WOULD JUMP OVER 6000. ONCE VEHICLE GOT UP TO SPEED IT WOULD STAY IF LEFT ON CRUISE CONTROL. IF I HAD TO STOP AT A LIGHT/SIGN PROBLEM WOULD START ALL OVER AGAIN. I WOULD NOT TAKE ON FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, SO I DROVE 32 MILES HOME ON SURFACE STREETS. IT TOOK ME 2 HOURS AND I IRRITATED MANY OTHER DRIVERS BECAUSE MY MURANO WAS BEING SO ERRATIC. IF I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AFTER IDLING AT A STOP IT WOULD JERK AND BARELY ACCELERATE. IF I STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AT A STOP AND THEN RESTART AND PUT IN A DRIVE ONCE LIGHT WAS GREEN, THEN THE CAR WOULD STILL ACCELERATE SLOWLY; HOWEVER, IT WAS STILL SLUGGISH, JERKING AND RPM'S WERE HIGH. THE DEALERSHIP SAID NISSAN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON CVT TRANSMISSIONS FROM 08-12 TO 10 YEAR/100,000 MILE. I CANNOT FIND ANYTHING THAT OFFICIALLY STATE MODELS LATER THAN '12 ARE UNDER THIS WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY CONSUMER REPORTS DETAILING THE SAME ISSUES IN VEHICLES AFTER '12. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE. SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

"POWER STEERING RECALL" WAS REPAIRED 2014, (2ND OR 3RD OWNER) AND RE-BROKE MAY 2018 WITH VEHICLE MILEAGE 60K MILES, NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, WHILE I WAS ON A DANGEROUS DOWNHILL CURVE HAVING NO POWER STEERING AT ALL AND 15 MINUTES FROM HOME IN A REMOTE LOCATION, STEERING BECAME VERY STIFF. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FOR REPAIRS AND BAD HISTORY WITH NISSAN DEALERSHIP-RHINELANDER WI SO TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER WHO FIXED IT AGAIN. PRETTY SURE IT WILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN NEXT 30K MILES AND REST OF ITS LIFETIME..