NHTSA Complaint #10706388 — 2010 NISSAN MURANO

SOMETIMES THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. NORMALLY AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION THE DOOR LOCKS WILL AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK AND YOU CAN PULL THE INSIDE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE COMPLAINT CONCERNS THOSE TIMES WHEN THE DOOR LOCK DOES NOT DISENGAGE AND YOU CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. EVEN WHEN MANUALLY MOVING THE LOCKING LEVER INSIDE THE DOOR OR TRYING TO USE THE REMOTE ENTRY FOB THE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPEN IS BY LOWERING THE WINDOW AND PULLING THE OUTSIDE HANDLE. IT'S BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE OUTSIDE HANDLE NOT CLOSING ALL THE WAY AFTER GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES AFTER ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING AWAY THERE WILL BE A THUD IN THE DOOR AND I BELIEVE IT IS THE OUTSIDE HANDLE FLOPPING IN TO THE CLOSED POSITION. THE OUTSIDE HANDLE ALSO SEEMS TO BE SEPARATING SO THAT AN SECTION CLOSEST TO THE CAR IS NOT FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE REST OF THE HANDLE, BUT IF YOU HOLD PRESSURE AND FORCE THE TWO SECTIONS TO STAY TOGETHER THEN THERE IS NO THUD LATER. THIS CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DOOR WON'T OPEN.