2018 Nissan Murano

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!

ON JAN 21, 2021 I WAS DRIVING OUR MURANO AND WAS IN THE DRIVE THRU LINE AT THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT, TO RECEIVE MY COVID-19 VACCINATION. AS THE LINE MOVED, I SLIGHTLY PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL MOVING SLOWLY UP IN THE LINE. WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED I SLID MY FOOT TO THE LEFT TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE. MY FOOT SLID BEHIND THE BRAKE PEDAL AND I WAS UNABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES. MY RATE OF TRAVEL WAS LESS THAN 2 MPH, I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO COAST AS I TRIED TO REMOVE MY FOOT FROM BEHIND THE BRAKE PETAL. MOVING MY FOOT TO THE RIGHT IT HIT THE SIDE OF THE GAS PETAL (THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN NEUTRAL). AS I STRUGGLED TO FREE MY FOOT, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DO SO. UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE BUMPED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THAT PERSON'S CAR, MY CAR RECEIVES SOME SCRATCHES ON THE BUMPER. MY CONCERN IS IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE SERIOUS AND EVEN FATAL. I BELIEVE I DID NOTHING WRONG AND THERE SHOULD BE NO WAY A PERSON'S FOOT CAN SLIDE BEHIND THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN, THEY MUST STRUGGLE TO FREE THEIR FOOT.

SMOKE WAS NOTICED INSIDE THE CAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A RURAL FREEWAY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON. THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE APPEARED TO BE THE REAR PASSENGER SET, RIGHT SIDE. I PULLED OVER. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR, A LARGE PLUM OF SMOKE ERUPTED FROM THE REAR SEAT. I THEN NOTICED A BLACK, BURNED HOLE IN THE SEAT MEASURING ABOUT 10IN X 10IN. AS QUICKLY AS IT BEGAN, THE COMBUSTION STOPPED. AFTER A 20-MINUTE WAIT THE SEAT COOLED OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED. NOTE THAT THE REAR SEATS WERE IN THE DOWN POSITION, AND PILLOWS WERE PLACED ON THE FLOOR BOARDS WHERE PASSENGER FEET WOULD NORMALLY BE.PHOTO SHOWS DAMAGE TO THE PILLOWS. I SUSPECT THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE RELATED TO HEATED SEATS.

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, THE DISPLAY WINDOW SHOWING AUDIO SELECTIONS, REARVIEW CAMERA, NAVIGATION, ETC. BEGAN RAPIDLY JUMPING BACK AND FORTH FROM SCREEN TO SCREEN. NOTHING I DID, AFFECTED IT, THUS I WASN'T ABLE TO CHANGE CHANNELS OR GET FULL VIEW WHEN BACKING UP. WHEN IN REVERSE, 2 LINES OF TEXT WERE DISPLAYED, BLOCKING THE CAMERA VIEW. ONE SAID, "DISPLAY SETTINGS", BUT WHEN I PRESSED IT, NOTHING HAPPENED. UPON STARTING THE CAR, THE TIME VARIES AS TO WHEN THE IRREGULARITIES BEGIN. SOMETIMES IT STARTS IMMEDIATELY, BUT OTHER TIMES IT MAY APPEAR NORMAL FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN START. BUT ONCE IT STARTS, IT DOESN'T STOP UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. IT SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE SINCE NOTHING I'VE TRIED REMEDIES IT. IN THE "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN" SECTION BELOW, I WILL PUT THE APPROXIMATE DATE THE ISSUE STARTED, BUT AS I SAID, IT IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM.

3 INCIDENCES OF SUDDEN, IMMEDIATE AUTOMATIC BRAKING WITHOUT OBSTACLES OR OTHER CARS IN FRONT OF OURS. 10/15/2020: MID DAY, SUNNY/DRY CONDITIONS, RESIDENTIAL STREET. MOVING FORWARD FROM A STATIONARY POSITION AND BELOW 10 MPH. CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED, LOUD NOISE, WARNING FLASHED ON DASH BOARD. NO OTHER VEHICLE OR OBJECT NOTED IN FRONT OF CAR. 10/20/2020: BETWEEN 8:00-8:30PM, DRY CONDITIONS, CITY STREET. FIRST CAR AT INTERSECTION MOVING FORWARD FROM STATIONARY POSITION AT GREEN LIGHT. WHILE MOVING THROUGH INTERSECTION, CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED, LOUD NOISE, WARNING FLASHED ON DASH BOARD. NO OTHER CAR OR OBJECT WAS IN FRONT OF OUR CAR. 10/24/2020: BETWEEN 7:00-7:30 PM, CONDITIONS DRY, CITY STREET. AGAIN FIRST CAR AT AN INTERSECTION. FROM STATIONARY POSITION AND AT GREEN LIGHT MOVED FORWARD INTO INTERSECTION. WHILE MOVING THROUGH INTERSECTION THE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN, HALTING STOP, LOUD NOISE AND WARNING FLASHED ON THE DASH BOARD. NO OTHER CAR OR OBJECT WAS IN FRONT OF OUR CAR. IN EACH OF THESE THREE INCIDENCES THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE, THE ACCELERATOR WAS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED FOR SLOW ACCELERATION AND FOR NO REASON THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY, SUDDENLY HALTED.

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT WANT TO SNAP INTO THE BELT HOLDER WHICH HAS THE RED BUTTON YOU PUSH TO RELEASE IT, I HAVE CHECKED EVERY TIME FOR ANY OBSTRUCTION AND NOTHING IS THERE, IT DOES FINALLY LOCK INTO THE SPOT AFTER ABOUT 10 TIMES OF TRYING THIS JUST STARTED HAPPENING 2 WEEKS AGO, THE CAR IS NOT THAT OLD TO BE HAVING SEAT BELT PROBLEMS LIKE THAT. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY IT DOES IT REGARDLESS AND ONLY WHEN PUTTING IT ON, IT RELEASES JUST FINE JUST WHEN PUTTING IT ON IT WILL NOT LATCH. JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME TO DO A VIDEO OF IT I NEVER MADE A VIDEO OF THIS HAPPENING.