NHTSA Complaint #10276823 — 2003 NISSAN MURANO

MY PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I WAS TOWING A TRAILER.AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF TRAVELING ON AN EXPRESSWAY AT HIGH SPEED 50 TO 55 MPH, I WOULD NOTICE A DRASTIC LOSS OF POWER. I WOULD BE IN THE PASSING LANE ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE AND I WOULD LOSE POWER TO THE POINT I WOULD HAVE TO DECELERATE AND BACK OFF AND GET BACK IN BEHIND THE SLOW MOVING VEHICLE. THIS WOULD CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON THE FAST MOVING HIGHWAY. I WOULD HAVE TO THEN PULL OVER AND STOP TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL AND I COULD THEN CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HALF HOUR OR SO. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA AND CLEARWATER FLORIDA BUT THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO DIAGNOSE MY PROBLEM. I SOLD MY TRAILER TO AVOID THE DANGER OF TOWING. ...THEN MORE RECENTLY I STARTED EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITHOUT TOWING A TRAILER...WHEN ENCOUNTERING STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON AN EXPRESSWAY MY MURANO WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL FOR ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD ALL AT ONCE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IF I AM NOT CAREFUL I COULD REAREND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AS THE PREVIOUS PROBLEM IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME AND THE DEALER TELLS ME THEY CANT FIX IT UNLESS IT IS DOING IT. I AM PERPLEXED BY THIS WHEN I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND ALL THE PEOPLE WITH 03 MURANOS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I AM. THERE IS NO SINGLE DATE OF INCIDENT THIS IS AN ONGOING THING. *TR