NHTSA Complaint #11343854 — 2014 NISSAN MURANO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS AT STAND STILL AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN DRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO REPSOND. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED NEEDING TRANSMISSION TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO UNKNOWN LOCAL DEALER WHERE HE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED ON AUGUST 6, 2020 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, WHEN HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE RPM ROSE RAPIDLY. THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED HE CONTINUED DRIVING TO A NEARBY GAS STATION. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WHEN HE SHIFTED TO REVERSE, THE RPM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT STATED HE THEN SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WORK PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED HE DROVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER NISSAN OF DEARBORN LOCATED AT 24501 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48124, (313) 749-3200, AND WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH NEW ONE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.*DT*JB