NHTSA Complaint #10361890 — 2006 NISSAN MURANO

2006 NISSAN MURANO WITH APPROXIMATELY 66,000 MILES ON IT. POWER STEERING LEAKAGE IDENTIFIED BY STAIN ON DRIVEWAY, AS WELL AS NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WITH LOW FLUID, STEERING IS SLUGGISH AT ALL SPEEDS. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS A FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE LINE FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP. CURRENT REMEDY IS TO ADD ROUGHLY A HALF PINT OF POWER STEERING FLUID EVERY FEW DAYS, AND AVOIDING DRIVING THE VEHICLE. NUMEROUS FAILURES OF THIS PART ARE DOCUMENTED ON WEB FORUMS, NHTSA SITE, AS WELL AS BEING COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE MECHANICS NETWORK. CONCERN IS THAT TOTAL FAILURE CAN CAUSE A SURPRISE LOSS OF STEERING RESULTING IN A CRASH. *TR