NHTSA Complaint #10938334 — 2004 NISSAN MURANO

ON BUSY FAST CALIFORNIA FREEWAY WHEN TRAFFIC SLOWED, SO DID I, THEN I WENT TO SPEED UP TO KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I WAS PRESSING ACCELERATOR AND MY CAR LITERALLY WAS NOT MOVING! MY CHECK SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (NO WARNING, JUST NOW) I WAS SO SCARED! I PUT MY HAZARDS ON, AND I HAD TO DRIVE A FEW MILES GOING 25 MPH, AND MAKING MY WAY ACROSS LANES TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY TO SAFETY. ONCE OFF FREEWAY I PULLED OVER AND TURNED CAR OFF. WHEN ASSISTANCE ARRIVED MY NISSAN MURANO STARTED FINE AND APPEARED OK. I DROVE TO HOTEL AND AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT TURN, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND MY CAR DID NOT MOVE! IT THEN STALLED AND BY NOW THE LIGHT TURNED RED AND I WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION! I STARTED MY CAR AND IT ZOOMED PRETTY QUICK. PROBLEM IS, I CANNOT DRIVE A CAR I CANNOT TRUST. THIS IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN. I NOTICED SO MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS, SO I WONDER WHY THIS VEHICLE WAS NEVER RECALLED FOR THIS?? I HAVE MAINTAINED MY MURANO VERY GOOD, I HAVE ALWAYS BACKED AND BELIEVED IN NISSAN- NOW I WONDER. ON XMA EVE IT DID THIS, AS I WENT TO PROCEED ON A GREEN LIGHT. IT WAS NIGHT, RAINING, WINDY AND MY CAR FINALLY DIED. I PUT ON HAZARDS, BUT I WAS IN DANGEROUS LOCATION- IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND WAITED FOR HELP. *TR