2016 Nissan Murano

WHILE DRIVING 4 LANE DEVIDED HIGHWAY AT NIGHT WITH NO TRAFFIC, LARGE PLASTIC TRIM PIECES STARTED FLYING OFF. I WAS ABLE TO STOP & WITH MY POLICE MAGLITE CONFIRMED I HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING. THE WHEEL TRIM PIECE PASSENGER FRONT CAME OFF & FLEW UP INTO THE REAR WHEEL WELL, KNOCKING IT LOSE AS WELL. ON THE SAME TRIP, A PIECE CAME LOSE ON I-95 AT NIGHT. I STOPPED & PULLED THE CLANGING PIECE THE REST OF THE WAY OFF TO AVOID DAMAGING THE PAINT. IT WASN'T WORTH RISKING MY LIFE. CHECKING LATER A BLACK VENT COVER ON THE FRONT BUMPER HAD COME OFF ALONG WITH AN ACCESS PANEL ON THE BUMPER. I DON'T RATTLE EASILY DRIVING BUT IT SHOOK ME UP A BIT, AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER WOULD HAVE A WRECK. BUDGET RENT A CAR HERNDON VA INSISTS I HAD AN ACCIDENT, I DID NOT. I HAVE PICS & BELIEVE THIS WAS ACTUALLY PRIOR DAMAGE THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY REPAIRED. IN SHORT I WAS RENTED A COSMETICLY REPAIRED DAMAGED CAR, PUTTING CUSTOMERS AT RISK. IN CASE IT'S A DESIGN FLAW, I THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE CALLED OUT. I DID NOTICE TWO DESIGN ISSUES I BELIEVE MAY CAUSE DRIVERS PROBLEMS. IN BOTH CASES THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY ON CLEAR OR MODERATE CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE PHOTOS SHOWS THE CLEAR TAPE CONSISTENT WITH A HEADLIGHT HAVING BEEN REPLACED.

UNDER CERTAIN LIGHTING CONDITIONS FROM THE SUN, A STRONG GLARE CAN APPEAR AND COME THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND INTO THE DRIVER'S AND/OR PASSENGER'S EYESIGHT. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE DESIGN OF THE HOOD AND WHERE IT DIPS DOWN NEAR THE FRONT EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE IS ABOUT A 5" WIDE AREA THAT SPANS THE WITH OF THE HOOD, AROUND THE LOWER SECTION OF THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE READ OF OTHERS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THE LIGHT CAN BE 'BLINDING' AT TIMES LIKE THE LIGHT REFLECTING OFF A MIRROR ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY. FOR SAFETY REASONS, I HAVE DECIDED TO COAT THIS AREA OF THE HOOD WITH EITHER A MATTE FINISHED VINYL OR A MATTE FINISHED PLASTI-DIP SPRAY. I AM HOPING THIS WILL ALLEVIATE/ELIMINATE THE DANGERS OF THIS GLARE THAT CAN HAPPEN. ** TO NOTE, I HAVE READ OF OTHERS EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS WITH THIS ISSUE ON AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS SO I KNOW IT IS MORE COMMON THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM MODERN NISSAN OF CONCORD ON JAN 11 2017 BUT DID NOT HAVE THE CAR IN MY POSSESSION UNTIL JAN 20. I HAD TO TRAVEL TO UVA HOSPITAL WITH MY MOTHER AFTER A MAJOR SURGERY DRIVING HER HOME ON I77 A BLAST OF AIR JOLTED THE CAR BECAUSE THE HOOD CAME UNLATCHED AND BOUNCED UP N DOWN UNTIL I COULD SAFELY EXIT THE INTERSTATE. I TRADED THE CAR IN ON JAN 25 DUE TO THIS AND OTHER ISSUES I PERSONALLY HAD WITH THE CAR. THE 2ND OWNER DAWN TREXLERS PURCHASED THE CAR AFTER ME AND SHE CONTACTED ME AND INFORMED ME THERE WAS A HOOD ISSUE STILL AT HAND AFTER HER PURCHASE DUE TO THE HOOD WASN'T FIXED PROPERLY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHATTERED INTO THOUSANDS OF PIECES FALLING ONTO PASSENGER, EXTERIOR, AND BLOWING AROUND INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. TO BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW, NO CAR WAS ON EITHER SIDE OF US. PIECES OF GLASS CUT PASSENGER, BUT LUCKILY NONE GOT INTO EYES OF PASSENGER OR DRIVER. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO SWERVE , BUT RECOVERED CONTROL. SMALL PIECES OF GLASS IN DRIVER'S HAIR ETC. HAD TO DRIVE 350 MILES HOME IN COLD WEATHER . TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER [ TRAVELLING , SO NOT SELLING DEALER]. DEALER NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER OF PROBLEM AND REPORT OF INCIDENT. MANUFACTURER RESPONDED THAT SINCE ALL PIECES OF GLASS COULD NOT BE RECOVERED, THEY COULD NOT REASSEMBLE ENTIRE WINDOW, THEREFOR IMPOSSIBLE TO TEST GLASS FOR DEFECTS. YET THERE WAS LARGE AMOUNT OF GLASS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. OWNER STATED THAT BY THAT REASONING NO SHATTERED WINDOW WOULD EVER BE INVESTIGATED, SO HOW WOULD ANYONE KNOW IF DEFECTIVE? CONCERN IS WITH REMAINING WINDOWS IN SAME VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHERS MFG AT SAME TIME. MIGHT SOMETHING , UNBEKNOWN TO OWNER , HAVE STRUCK SUBJECT WINDOW PREVIOUSLY WHILE PARKED UNATTENDED, LEAVING NO MARK, BUT WEAKENING GLASS ALLOWING FUTURE SUDDEN SHATTER ? MAYBE. BUT POSSIBILITY ALSO EXISTS OF DEFECTIVE GLASS OR INSTALLATION DURING ASSEMBLY, BUT MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE THAT POSSIBILITY REPEATING THAT THEY WOULD NEED EVERY PIECE OF GLASS[IMPOSSIBLE]. IF OTHER SAME MAKE AND MODEL EXPERIENCE SAME, IT INCREASES DEFECT POSSIBILITY. IF OUR INCIDENT IS ONLY ONE, IT INCREASES CHANCE OF OURS BEING PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED. AT MINIMUM, ALL DRIVERS BE AWARE, AS WE NARROWLY ESCAPED DISASTER IN ABOVE CASE. DEALER WAS VERY HELPFUL, MANUFACTURER CONCERNED AND HELPFUL, BUT RESTATED THEY COULD NOT TEST GLASS WITHOUT ALL PIECES. DOES MFG MAKE, OR PURCHASE GLASS FROM VENDOR?

MY SIX-MONTH OLD 2016 NISSAN MURANO PLATINUM HAD SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF MOON ROOF WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY IN GOOD WEATHER. THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND ME AND NO OVERHEAD PASS. THERE WERE NO BUMPS IN THE ROAD. I SAW NO ROCKS OR ANYTHING COMING TOWARD THE CAR. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS DAMAGE. I HEARD A SNAP SOUND AND A LOUD BANG LIKE A GUNSHOT OR BOMB. IT SCARED ME. I DIDNT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED UNTIL I WAS OFF THE FREEWAY AND CHECKED MY CAR OUT. THE DEALER WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. THEY SAY IT WAS A ROCK. THERE WAS NO ROCK SEEN AND NO ROCK FOUND IN THE HOLE ON TOP OF MY CAR/MOONROOF. RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE REPORTING THIS HAPPENING FOR NISSAN AND OTHER CAR MAKES. ALL THE PICTURES AND THE STORIES REPORTED ARE THE SAME. I TOOK PICS. CAR MAKERS ARE USING CHEAPER, THINNER GLASS FOR MOON/SUN ROOFS TO KEEP DECENT MILEAGE. THE GLASS CAN BE INSTALLED WRONG, TEMPERED WRONG OR IS NOT FITTED WELL CAUSING IT TO HAVE ISSUES WITH PRESSURE. I HAVE NOTICED MOST OF THESE REPORTS INDICATE THE OCCURRENCE WHILE THE CAR IS TRAVELING ON A FREEWAY WHERE IT WOULD BE HIGHER SPEEDS THAN IN THE CITY. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. NISSAN OF BAKERSFIELD NEEDS TO PAY AND STAND BY THE CUSTOMER IN THIS CONCERN OF A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.

NISSAN MURANO 2016 AND ON OUR PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2014 PATHFINDER, WHEN STATIONARY, THE POWERED BACK LIFTGATE CAN REVERT DIRECTION WHEN IT'S AUTOMATICALLY OPENING TO AUTOMATICALLY CLOSING WHEN THERE'S ACCUMULATED SNOW OR HEAVY SNOWFALL, WHEN THERE'S WEIGHT. THE FORCE FOR IT'S POWERED CLOSING IS ENOUGH TO PINCH SOMEONE BETWEEN CAR OR TO HIT THEIR HEAD. NISSAN HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS BY DESIGN AND "NO REPAIR OPTION" BOTH AT DEALER AND WITH MY CALL WITH ANDREA FROM NISSAN NORTH AMERICA'S CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, IT IS A DANGER. IN OUR CASE, THE FORCE OF IT COMING DOWN AND MY WIFE STANDING UP AFTER PUTTING IN GROCERY, NOT REALIZING THE GATE IS COMING DOWN ON HER, RESULTED IN HER HITTING HER HEAD ON THE LIFT GATE COMING DOWN AND CAUSED INJURY TO HER HEAD AND HER HEAD TO SWELL. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER COMPLAINTS OF SIMILAR SITUATION ONLINE PER BELOW. IT IS A ACTUAL DANGER AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY NISSAN. IT SHOULD NOT COME DOWN BUT INSTEAD SHOULD JUST STOP. IT CAN BE EASILY REPRODUCED AND WE HAVE VIDEO TO SHOW HOW IT CAN BE REPRODUCED WHEN THERE'S WEIGHT ON THE LIFTGATE SUCH AS ENOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATION ON IT. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/PATHFINDER/2014/BODY_PAINT/LIFTGATE_OPENS_AND_CLOSES_WITHOUT_HITTING_BUTTON.SHTML