NHTSA Complaint #10864943 — 2004 NISSAN MURANO

BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT ABOUT 110K IN DECEMBER 2015, HAD NO ISSUES AT ALL. FLASH FORWARD TO MAY 2ND 2016. AFTER SITTING IN START/STOP TRAFFIC FOR 20-30 MINUTES, THE TRAFFIC FINALLY STARTED TO FLOW, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND HAD A HORRIBLE, SHAKING, JERKING FROM THE VEHICLE. ABOUT 2 MILES LATER AFTER ARRIVING TO WORK AND TRYING TO TURN A CORNER AND APPLYING GAS AFTER THE CORNER, IT DID IT AGAIN, THIS TIME THOUGH IT CAUSED ME TO CLIP A BUMPER AROUND A CONCRETE BARRIER, THEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. COULD NOT GET IT TO MOVE AT ALL. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALERSHIP, I FOUND OUT THE CVT HAD WENT OUT. I GUESS I CAN BE GLAD IT WENT OUT IN A PARKING GARAGE, BECAUSE IF IT WENT OUT WHERE THE INITIAL HESITATION HAPPENED, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A WRECK. 7.3K CASH MONEY SPENT ON THE VEHICLE, BUYING OUTRIGHT FROM A DEALER, NOW WITH ME BEING ASKED TO SPEND ANOTHER 4.5K ON A PART THAT NISSAN HAD ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE AN ISSUE, BECAUSE THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEAR 120K WARRANTY. NEEDLESS TO SAY WITH ME BEING A FIRST TIME NISSAN BUYER AND BEING OUT THIS MUCH MONEY AND NO WAY TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER 4.5K, THIS WAS ALSO MY LAST NISSAN. PUT LESS THAN 2K ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. EVEN WORSE IS WHEN THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP (PART OF THE SAME COMPANY WHO SOLD ME THE CAR FROM THEIR USED LOT) IS TALKING ME OUT OF REPAIRING THE CAR, BECAUSE THE TRADE IN VALUE WOULD ONLY BE THE SAME PRICE AS THE PART.