Components: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
September 03, 2018
TBD
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| Dynamic Head Restraints | Standard |
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| Head Restraint | Not Available |
| Advanced Belt Feature | Not Available |
| Adjustable Upper Belt Anchorage | Not Available |
| Seat Belt Reminder System | Driver |
| Frontal Air Bag | Driver, Front Passenger |
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| Curtain | Driver, Front Passenger, Rear Seat |
| Torso | Driver, Front Passenger |
| Knee | Not Available |
| Additional Air Bags | Not Available |
| Meets Side Air Bag Out-of-Position Requirements | Yes |
| LATCH Locations | Not Available |
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| Safety Power Windows (Anti-Pinch) | Standard |
| Safety Power Windows (Anti-Pinch) locations | Not Available |
| NHTSA ID Number: | 11151723 |
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| Consumer Location: | BATH, PA |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
APPARENTLY NISSAN IS KNOWN FOR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR FUEL LEVEL SENSORS, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR MURANOS' WELL MAYBE IT SHOULD BE, EVEN AFTER I BOUGHT THE NEW PARTS AND HAD THEM INSTALLED WITH A MECHANIC, THEY STILL DO NOT WORK OR FUNCTION PROPERLY.WHEN I FILL UP THE TANK THE LEVEL SENSOR DOESN'T GO PAST A QUARTER OF A TANK NOW, IT DROPS RAPIDLY AND I HAVE EVEN NOW RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN IT SAYS IT HAS GAS IN THERE OR MILES TILL EMPTY. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE FIXED.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 11098748 |
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| Consumer Location: | BROKEN ARROW, OK |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
WE FIRST STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH THE IGNITION COILS AND SPARK PLUG GOING BAD, CAUSING OUR CAR TO STOP AND SHAKE. HAD THEM REPLACED AND A MONTH LATER THE CAR STARTED MAKING AN UNGODLY RATTLE NOISE. ALMOST LIKE A LOUD FAN TYPE NOISE. IT GETS LOUDER THE MORE YOU DRIVE IT. THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SHOPS THAT LOOKED AT IT. ALL SAID THE SAME THING, THE LIFTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND FAST. AND SAID UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. BEFORE MY AXLE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM WENT OUT MID DRIVE. AND I SHOULD CONTACT YOU BECAUSE THIS WAS NISSAN ISSUE TO FIX. AND THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF THIS DEATH TRAP. BEFORE IT KILLED ME AND OUR FAMILY.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 11091142 |
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| Consumer Location: | WOONSOCKET, RI |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
WHILE DRIVING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING, I LOST ALL ACCELERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD UNABLE TO MOVE, DRIVE ANYTHING. I TURNED THE CAR ON AND OFF TO TRY TO MOVE THE CAR FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, I COULD ONLY REVERSE. WHEN IN DRIVE I ITS AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE BATTERY, BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALL CAME ON AT ONCE. THEY WERE NOT ON PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. CLEARLY THIS IS SOME SORT OF MALFUNCTION WITH IN NISSAN. I READ MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AS ME AND I PLAN TO MAKE THIS KNOWN. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR WE WOULD ALL BE DEAD THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUES AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED CLEARLY THERE IS SOME SORT OF AND ISSUES WHERE NISSAN HAS A RECALL OR SOMETHING.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10983715 |
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| Consumer Location: | WASHINGTON, DC |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND EXCEL ON THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THE CAR WILL ONLY GO 5 MPH AND WILL EVENTUALLY TAKE OFF AT FULL SPEED.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10908706 |
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| Consumer Location: | WINDHAM, ME |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME SNAPPED WHILE GETTING INTO MY CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE SEAT WOBBLES AND IS NOW NOT SECURE TO THE VEHICLE. I FEEL I MAY BECOME A HUMAN MISSILE IF I WERE TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10871096 |
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| Consumer Location: | MILLBRAE, CA |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT ADJUSTER FRAME BROKE WHILE DRIVING. SEAT WAS WOBBLING LIKE A ROLLER COASTER RIDE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. CONTACTED NISSIAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NOTHING THEY CAN TO ABOUT IT. CONTACTED NISSAN OF BURLINGAME, CA AND THE SEAT ADJUSTER FRAME PART RUNS $1450.00-$1600.00 PLUS INSTALLATION. SUCH A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT PRONE DEFECT SHOULD BE ON A RECALL LIST. NISSAN ALSO SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP OUT FINANCIALLY ON ANY REPAIR WORK/INSTALLATION FEE'S TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE SEAT FRAME. THEY WERE CURT AND ABRUPT. I MENTIONED I HAD READ ON CAR REPAIR COMPLAINT SITES THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THEY DON'T READ CAR REPAIR SITES.........
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10839417 |
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| Consumer Location: | SALEM, WI |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
TRANSMITION WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. ACCORDING TO NISSAN DEALER VEHICLE NEEDS TRANSIMITION REPLACED. NISSAN CORP. WILL NOT ADMIT PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO REPLACE TRANSMITION AT MY EXPENSE.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10632271 |
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| Consumer Location: | Unknown |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
I HAD MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AFTER IT FAILED. IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE CAR BEGAN TO SPEW SMOKE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA. TOOK IT BACK TO SOUTH SIDE NISSAN IN VANCOUVER, BC WHO REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE SEALS (WHERE THE AXLE MEETS THE TRANSMISSION CASE). ANOTHER WEEK PASSES AND THE SAME PROBLEM REPEATS, CAR SMOKING HEAVILY FROM TRANSMISSION AREA. TOOK IT BACK TO NISSAN WHO IS NOW STATING THAT THE SEALS INSIDE THE TRANSFER CASE HAVE FAILED AND THE WORK IS NOT WARRANTIED. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS IS NISSAN'S WAY TO SIDE STEP HAVING TO DO THE REPAIR A 3RD TIME AND AM IN DISBELIEF THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT DUE TO THEIR WORK. *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10587593 |
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| Consumer Location: | LOUISVILLE, KY |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
FUEL GAUGE STARTED TO FAILED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND QUOTED FOR REPLACE THE TWO FAILING FUEL SENDING UNITS $100 TO INSPECT + $700/$800 PART & LABOR. OF COURSE IS NOT COVERED BY NISSAN. HOW MANY OTHER BRANDS BESIDE NISSAN HAVE YOU SEEN WITH THIS PROBLEM? I AM SIMPLY APPALLED BY THE LACK OF CONCERN FROM NISSAN. AFTER READING COMPLAINTS ABOUT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS, DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSING, VISORS FALLING BLOCKING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON DUE TO FUEL GAUGE FAILURE, WIPER MOTOR/TRANSMISSION GOING OUT. MY NISSAN MURANO HAS ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND MORE. I CANNOT BELIEVE NISSAN DOES NOT IDENTIFY THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUES AND ALLOWS THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR THESE FAULTY COMPONENTS. THE FACT THAT NISSAN DOES NOT STAND UP BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS IS AN INSULT TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT THIS PRODUCT. NISSAN OFFERS NO ASSISTANCE DESPITE THE CLEAR PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE COMPONENTS. WE LOVE TEH CAR BUT IT SHOULD HOLE TOGETHER BETTER THAN THIS. THERES ARE NOT ITEMS CAUSED BY HIGH MILLAGE JUT PLAIN POOR DESIGNS. SEATS BREAKING - NO WAY, VISORS FALLING DOWN - NO WAY, FUEL GAUGE FAILURE - NO WAY, AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT - NO WAY, WIPER MOTOR/TRANSMISSION - NO WAY - PLEASE HELP US!!!! *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10585275 |
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| Consumer Location: | EL CAJON, CA |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I HEARD A LOUD POP. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING JUST SITTING THERE. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, MAKING A TURN FROM A STOP SIGN, AS THE TIRES HIT THE DRAINAGE RUT IN THE ROAD, I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING THROWN FROM MY SEAT. THE LOUD POP WAS THE SHEARING OF A METAL STRUCTURAL COMPONENT ON THE SEAT TRACK UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE MOVEMENT IN THE SEAT WAS SO MUCH THAT, HAD I BEEN REAR ENDED, MY HEAD WOULD HIT THE FRAME ABOVE THE WINDSHIELD OR THE WINDSHIELD ITSELF. NISSAN CHARGED ME $1700 FOR THE REPAIR, CLAIMING I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. HOWEVER, NISSAN CORPORATION REFUSES TO COVER ANY COST OF THE REPAIR. WHEN CONTACTED, THEY TELL ME THEY ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPONENT. *JS
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10578500 |
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| Consumer Location: | FOREST HILL, MD |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) MANUFACTURER DEFECT. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SAFETY HAZARD. VEHICLE UNPREDICTABLY LOOSES POWER AND DECELERATES. ABRUPT, UNCONTROLLED LOSS OF POWER PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT CRASH POTENTIAL. DRIVER IS CHALLENGED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SAFELY MANEUVER AND NEGOTIATE TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS TRANSMISSION DEFECT HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED BY NISSAN MURANO OWNERS. *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10569354 |
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| Consumer Location: | HILLSBOROUGH, NC |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
WHILE DRIVING MY 8YR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER FRIEND IN THE MURANO, I WENT AROUND A LONG LEFT HAND BEND GOING 45 IN A 50MPH AREA - THE BACK LEFT BRACKET UNDER MY SEAT JUST SNAPPED, WHICH IN TURN MADE ME LEAN BACK AND TO THE LEFT, OF COURSE THIS THEN EFFECTED MY STEERING AND FOR A BRIEF INSTANT PULLED ME INTO THE OPPOSING LANE. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND I MANAGED TO CORRECT MY POSITION ON THE ROAD. THIS BRACKET HAS SINCE BEEN REDESIGNED ON THE MORE RECENT MURANO'S TO BE MUCH STRONGER AND BASICALLY LOOKS AND WORKS LIKE THE OTHER 3 BRACKETS (THAT DON'T SNAP). THE BRACKET THAT SNAPPED ON MY CAR IS SO THIN AND FLIMSY IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHERS IT'S A JOKE - AND SO DANGEROUS. I DID TAKE MY CAR BACK TO THE NISSAN DEALER IN DURHAM NC - BUT THEY TOLD ME A STRAIGHT UP "NO" WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIX OR DO ANY KIND OF RECALL. (I GUESS THERE HAVE TO BE MORE COMPLAINTS/INJURIES/DEATHS BEFORE A RECALL IS MADE). MANY INSTANCES OF THIS CAN ALSO BE FOUND ONLINE, BUT ALL SEEM TO RECEIVE THE SAME ANSWER FROM NISSAN - "NO" . *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10564550 |
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| Consumer Location: | PROVIDENCE, RI |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
AS I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY THE SEAT MADE A POPPING NOISE AND COLLAPSED TOWARD THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WHICH IN TURN ALSO FORCED MY BODY TO LEAN INTO THE DOOR AND CAUSED ME TO MOMENTARILY JERK THE STEERING WHEEL BARELY AVOIDING A COLLISION. THE SEAT IS NOW BROKEN AND FORCES YOU TO SIT LEANING INTO THE DOOR AS THERE IS NO LONGER ANY SUPPORT. EVERY TIME I TURN OR IF I COME TO A QUICK STOP THE SEAT BOUNCES LIKE A RUBBER BAND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SAFELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE. I CAN NOT IMAGINE THAT THIS IS A SAFE WAY TO DRIVE A VEHICLE AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK IT IS NOT THE WAY THAT THE MANUFACTURER TESTED OR INTENDED THE VEHICLE TO BE OPERATED. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE AND FOUND THAT THE FAULTY BRACKET IS EXTREMELY COMMON IN ALL THE 2003-2008 NISSAN MURANOS. I ALSO FOUND THAT NISSAN MAKES A BRACKET THAT IS MUCH MORE STURDY AND THEY CHARGE YOU ALMOST $1000 FOR THE REPAIR. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE KNOWINGLY ALLOWING THEIR FAULTY AND HAZARDOUS PARTS TO BE INSTALLED AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE INSTEAD OF USING THE UPGRADED BRACKET THAT IS ONE SOLID PIECE OF METAL. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID ANY FURTHER POTENTIAL HAZARDS. *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10544099 |
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| Consumer Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VA |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, I HEARD A CRACK UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTERWARDS THE SEAT NOW ROCKS BACK AND FORTH AND LIFTS UP WHEN MAKING TURNS. I HAVE SEARCHED ALL OVER THE WEB AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH NISSAN DRIVERS SIDE SEATS ON SOME OF THEIR VEHICLES TO THE POINT THAT THEY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE FACT THAT NISSAN IS NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. I DRIVE A 2006 NISSAN MURANO AND IT ONLY HAS 51,000 MILES ON IT. THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE WITH THE SEAT BRACKET LIFTER LINK ASSEMBLY. *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10492308 |
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| Consumer Location: | YUBA CITY, CA |
| VIN: | JN8AZ08W46W**** |
I SAT DOWN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, STARTED TO PULL OUT OF THE PARKING LOT AND HEARD A CRACKING SOUND AND FELT THE LEFT REAR OF THE SEAT DROP DOWN 1-2 INCHES. THE SEAT ROCKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE DRIVING. AFTER LOOKING IN THE AREA OF THE PRIOR LOUD CRACKING SOUND, I FOUND THE LEFT REAR SEAT BRACKET IS BROKEN. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF REPORTS ON THE INTERNET OF THIS PART FAILING IN MANY YEARS OF THE MURANO VEHICLE AND AN UPDATED STRONGER PART IS NOW AVAILABLE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBELM WITH THE MURANO AND FEEL THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL AND REPAIRED FOR NO COST TO THE OWNER. *TR
