NHTSA Complaint #10155574 — 2004 NISSAN MURANO

HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED ON A RECALL - SUBSEQUENT THE VEHICLE STOPPED 3 TIMES WITHOUT WARNING IN TRAFFIC - TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGED AND NO POWER - ROLLED TO STOP ON HIGHWAY AND BATTERY IS DEAD SO CANNOT RESTART - RETURNED TO DEALER TWICE AND FIRST SAID THEY HAD FORGOT TO REFLASH THE ENGINE AFTER THE RECALL INSTALLATION OF THE ALTERNATOR - AFTER THAT IT STOPPED AGAIN IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING FOR THE THIRD TIME - RETURNED TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS TIME THE ALTERNATOR CABLE WAS LOOSE - SINCE I FELT THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE, I ASKED THEY CONTACT NISSAN AT LEAST FOR A NEW ALTERNATOR AND WAS WILLING TO TRY ONE LAST TIME - NISSAN SERVICE REFUSED TO HELP AND THEN I CONSIDERED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE - UNFORTUNATELY I AM ABLE VIA OUR LEASE COMPANY TO DISPOSE OF THIS VEHICLE AND GET ANOTHER - PLEASE CHECK YOUR RECORDS BECAUSE IN MY CASE, THE PROBLEMS STARTED AFTER THE ALTERNATOR CHANGE AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC - ALL HAPPENED IN FIRST QUARTER 2006 - SERVICE DETAILS AVAILABLE IF REQUESTED. *JB