NHTSA Complaint #10302607 — 2003 NISSAN MURANO

I BOUGHT MY 2003 MURANO IN JANUARY OF 2008. EVERY TIME I HAD AN OIL CHANGE DONE I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A VERY LOW AMOUNT. THE LOW AMOUNT WAS NEVER LOOKED AT AS A PROBLEM. WHEN I WAS GETTING A RECALL COMPLETED I WAS TELLING THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE ABOUT MY LOW OIL LEVEL WHEN I TOOK MY CAR EVERY 3,000 MILES. HE ASKED IF I HAD ANY OIL LEAKS THAT WERE LEFT ON THE GROUND WHEN I MOVED MY CAR. I LET HIM KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN OIL ON THE GROUND. I ALSO LET HIM KNOW THAT I HEAR A RATTLING NOISE SOMETIMES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND SOMETIMES MY CAR GETS STUCK WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE AND THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT WILL ZOOM FORWARD. I HAVE ALMOST REAR ENDED AROUND 6 CARS. I TRY TO LET CARS GET A LITTLE WAYS IN FRONT OF ME IF IT GETS STUCK SO I DO NOT REAR END THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS. HE SAID THAT THE RECALL OF THE ALTERNATOR WOULD FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE CAR GETTING STUCK AND THEY WOULD CHECK THE ENGINE. I STILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM TODAY WITH THE CAR GETTING STUCK. I HAD AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST DONE EVERY 1,000 MILES AND BY TIME I MADE IT TO THE 2,000 MILES MY OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. SO THEY NEVER DID A THIRD OIL CONSUMPTION TEST LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THE ENGINES THAT WERE PLACED IN THE 2003 NISSAN MURANOS WERE DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND I HAVE A 14 MONTH OLD SON IN MY CAR WITH ME 90% OF THE TIME. THEREFORE NOT ONLY IS MY LIFE AND OTHERS IN CARS AROUND ME IN JEOPARDY SO IS MY SON'S LIFE. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. THERE IS ONE OTHER ISSUE I HAD WHERE I HAD UNLOCKED MY DOORS AND PUT MY CHILD IN THE CAR. WHEN I WENT TO GET IN THE CAR HAD LOCKED ON IT'S OWN. LUCKILY WE WERE AT THE HOUSE AND HAD A SPARE KEY. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS ISSUE COMMON. *CN