NHTSA Complaint #11140215 — 2017 NISSAN MURANO

RATTLING / VIBRATING NOISES INTERIOR LEFT DOOR / VENT / DASH AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES. NISSAN IS AWARE OF DEFECTIVE PARTS. 4 ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REPAIR IT AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS AT EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE ABOVE 90 DEGREES (FLORIDA SUMMER). THE NOISES OCCUR WHILE DRIVING AROUND 45 MPH AND ARE A MAJOR DISATRACTION AND SAFETY ISSUE.DRIVING IN CITY STREETS. THE NOISE IS INTERMITTENT AND ACCORDING TO THE DEALER NISSAN HAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AN ADVISORY (TO DEALERS) WITH A FIX. THE "RUBBER BAND TYPE FIX" IS TEMPORARY AND THE NOISES KEEP ON OCCURRING, INTERMITTENTLY AFTER IT IS PARKED IN OPEN AREA FOR 1-2 HOURS AND CAR IS DRIVEN ON CITY STREETS AT AROUND 45 MPH. THE NOISES ARE DISTRACTION AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. NISSAN ATTEMPTED FIXING IT 3 TIMES, AT FIRST DISMISSED IT STATING CANNOT DUPLICATE. SIMILAR INTERIOR NOISES OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND DASH WHILE DRIVE AT SIMILAR SPEEDS.THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 90 AND THE AC IS ON AT 72-75 DEGREES. I HAVE VIDEO TAPE ON IPHONE RECORDING THE SOUND, THE FILE IS TOO BIG TO EMAIL OR TRANSFER TO MY LAPTOP (I HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT AS YET). IT FIRST HAPPENED IN AUGUST 2017 AND HAS CONTINUED. THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE WITH INCREASING EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE. WORK ORDERS CONTAINS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND THEREFORE NOT ATTACHED