NHTSA Complaint #10748578 — 2004 NISSAN MURANO

I PURCHASED MY MURANO BRAND NEW IN 2004. UNTIL RECENTLY THE CAR WORKED WELL ENOUGH, HOWEVER WHILES DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY RECENTLY, THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE MEDIAN SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND RESTARTING THE ACCELERATION ISSUE APPEARED TO BE SOLVED. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED AFTER I STOPPED AT A LIGHT. AFTER DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR FOR A FEW SECONDS, THE CAR TOOK OFF AS IF IT IS IN A DRAG RACE. VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND THEN PUTTING IT BACK ON SEEMS TO TEMPORARILY SOLVE THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THIS HAS BECOME A CONSTANT ROUTINE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A FULL STOP (AS IN TRAFFIC) IT STALLS. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED, THE CAR TAKES OFF. TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE STALLING IS THE POWER TRAIN; THE COST OF WHICH TO REPLACE WILL BE UPWARDS OF $4000. AFTER DOING MY OWN RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THE ISSUES I AM EXPERIENCING IS COMMON TO MURANOS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2003-2009 AND THAT NISSAN HAS STEADFASTLY REFUSED TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AND FIX THESE FAULTY CVTS. THIS IS QUITE PERPLEXING AS MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR ISSUES. IS NISSAN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE CVTS IN THEIR OLDER VEHICLES? PLEASE FORCE THEM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.