NHTSA Complaint #10229821 — 2003 NISSAN MURANO

I BOUGHT MY SUV NEW IN JUNE 2003. A MONTH AFTER IT STARTED SHUTTING OFF AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS. THE DEALER STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. THEY TOOK IT FOR A WEEK AND "FIXED" THE PROBLEM AFTER MY INSISTENCE. A MONTH LATER THE RADIO AND ALL THE POWER SOCKETS IN MY CAR STARTED KICKING OUT AND I WENT THROUGH A BOX OF 300 FUSES. AGAIN, THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE SCARIEST PROBLEM IS THAT MY CAR WILL JUST STALL OUT IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I TOLD THEM OF THIS PROBLEM 18 MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE CAR. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THAT I NEEDED THE MILE SERVICE TO BE DONE AS WELL AS A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THIS WAS DONE FOR $500 AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT IT IS A THROTTLE BODY THAT THE CAR NEEDS. THE PART IS $160. THE SERVICE IS $2000. I HAVE BEEN TELLING THEM THAT I HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THREE YEARS. IT WAS JUST DIAGNOSED, BY A MECHANIC OTHER THAN NISSAN DUE TO MY FEAR AFTER A NEAR ACCIDENT. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE OR MOVE. I WAS IN THE INTERSECTION AND MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. MY FOOT WAS TO THE FLOOR ON THE PEDAL. I SCREAMED OUT OF THE IMPENDING ACCIDENT. THE ONCOMING CAR UNAWARE OF MY DILEMMA SLOWED DOWN AND DIPPED TO THE OTHER LANE BUT NOT AFTER BLOWING THE HORN AT ME. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS REPLACED TWICE IN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. BY THE WAY THE CAR WAS RECALLED 3 TIMES IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD. I NEED HELP. I HAVE SPENT $7000 IN REPAIRS TO THE CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS FROM NISSAN FOR THE SERVICE. *TR