2018 Nissan Murano

The distance measuring sensor failed on my 2018 Murano. The vehicle would suddenly brake on its own without warning, with no vehicles in its path. Then, later if a vehicle would pass you and move in front of you a warning light would go on with the message "front radar unavailable due to obstruction". There are service bulletins out on this since 2015. It is my understanding through research that Nissan received a bad lot of sensors from their OEM producer. They are aware of this, yet they refuse to issue a recall to replace these defective sensors.

I PURCHASED A 2018 NISSAN MURANO IN MAY 2019 WITH 16K MILES ON IT, AT 30,000 MILES I STARTED NOTICING AN ISSUE WITH IT NOT COASTING INTO TURNS, IT WOULD ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND NEARLY CAUSE ACCIDENTS TO UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS BEHIND ME. I TOOK IT TO KERRY NISSAN IN FLORENCE AND THE TECH ACTED LIKE I WAS IMAGINING THINGS, SINCE THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO REPEAT THE ACTION. IT'S HAPPENED OFF AND ON SINCE THEN, AND BASED OFF THE TECHS REACTION, THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT. ABOUT A WEEK AGO IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE OFTEN, LIKE ON EVERY TURN, AND I STARTED GETTING WORRIED THAT I WAS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, SO I TOOK IT BACK IT TO KERRY, IT WAS AT 62,000 MILES. THEY CALLED ME ON MONDAY 4/25 AND SAID MY TRANSMISSION WAS BAD, THE DIAGNOSTIC CAME BACK WITH AN ERROR CODE, CVT JUDDER. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO CALL CONSUMER AFFAIRS BECAUSE THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60K MILES. CONSUMER AFFAIRS SAID THEY WOULD AGREE TO PAY 50% OF THE REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AT 30K MILES!!! AGAIN, REPEATING THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60K MILES....2K MILES EARLIER!!! I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND IT APPEARS TO BE A HUGE ISSUE WITH CVT TRANSMISSIONS, NISSAN KNOWS IT, THEY KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS, BUT WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS OVER THE SAME THING, BUT NOT NEWER MODELS. I WAS QUOTED $4200 FOR THE REPAIR, WHICH IS JUST CRAZY TO ME, ON A CAR THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD!!!! I THOUGHT NISSAN HAD A GOOD REPUTATION WHEN I SPENT $30,000 ON MY CAR, NOT KNOWING THERE WAS SUCH A HUGE ISSUE WHERE THEIR ENTIRE LINEUP OF CARS. THEY ARE CROOKS, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. THIS IS A ALSO A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE! TRANSMISSIONS ARE FAILING WHILE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR JUST STOPS. THERE ARE A TON OF COMPLAINTS, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON CVT TRANSMISSIONS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN, THE DOORS UNLOCKED. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE LANE, THE FORWARD COLLISION AUTOMATIC BRAKING FEATURE ACTIVATED WITH AN AUDIBLE ALARM. THE FAILURES RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS INCLUDING THE HEADQUARTER NISSAN DEALER LOCATED AT 1725 WHITTLESEY RD, COLUMBUS, GA 31904, WHERE THE TECHNICIANS FROM BOTH DEALERS REPLACED ALL THE SENSORS. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE THREE TIMES AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE BOUGHT BACK HOWEVER, THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE HEADQUARTER NISSAN DEALER INTERVENED, STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THAT THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A BUY BACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,500.*DT CONSUMER STATED VIDEO IS ATTACHED.*JB

RADAR SENSOR ISSUE STARTED ABOUT 6 WEEKS, STARTED GETTING MESSAGE FRONT RADAR UNAVAILABLE, IT WOUND SHOW FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN GO AWAY, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS IT HAS INCREASED TO 2-3 TIMES A DAY ( I WAS DRIVING 5-10 MILES DAILY) YESTERDAY WE DROVE ABOUT 40 MILES AND IT HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. I CALLED NISSAN WHERE I HAD MADE MY PURCHASE IN MARCH 2018 AND THE LADY ADVISED THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL OF THESE SITUATIONS HAPPENING. WE HAVE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT ON OCT 2 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONTROLLED BY A COLLISION CONTROL SYSTEM, WHICH MALFUNCTIONED WHILE ON AN INCLINE AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON A BRIDGE. EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER: 32755178. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 500. *DT *JS