2003 NISSAN MURANO Electrical System Problems

WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY ROAD, BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAR LOST POWER (THOUGH IT DID NOT STALL). WHEN GIVING IT THROTTLE, THE ENGINE REFUSED TO SPEED UP. IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A "FAIL SAFE" MODE, LIKE WHEN SPEED SENSORS GO OUT. COULD NOT SAFELY PULL OVER OR DRIVE...MANAGED TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD AND CALL FOR A TOW. NISSAN DEALER SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR UNDER A RECALL. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN ALONE WITH MY 3 CHILDREN AND AFTER WE HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 HOURS, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES ALONG WITH THE BACK WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE LIGHTS WERE GOING ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES, THE LEFT BLINKER CAME ON BY ITSELF, AND THE DASH INFORMATION (DTE,FUEL ECONOMY) WAS JUST COMING ON AND OFF BY ITSELF. THERE WAS WATER COMING OUT OF THE FUSE BOX ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, AND YOU COULD HEAR A SIZZLING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER, THEY SAID THEY FIX IT AND I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN 2 HOURS LATER SAME STUFF. I JUST TURNED OFF THE AC AND KEPT DRIVING WITH EVERYTHING GOING CRAZY, BECAUSE ALL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CLOSED AND I COULD NOT GET ANYONE TO HELP ME. WHEN I ARRIVED AT...

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES WHEN CAR IS SHUT OFF, UNATTENDED, AND LOCKED. *JB

AFTER I LOCK UP MY NISSAN MURANO I WILL COME TO IT FROM A MOVIE THEATER OF FROM MY HOME TO DRIVE IT AND BOTH OF THE FRONT WINDOWS WILL BE COMPLETELY DOWN AND THE VEHICLE WILL BE UNSECURED. THIS MORNING MY MURANO WAS FULL OF SNOW SINCE WE HAD 12 INCHES LAST NIGHT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY PLAYED WITH THE KEY FOBS AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN AND AS WE WERE STANDING THEIR WITH NO ONE TOUCHING THE KEY FOBS - THE WINDOWS WENT DOWN BY THEMSELVES AGAIN. THIS FEATURE IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU HOLD DOWN THE OPEN BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB TO LET IN COOL AIR IN THE SUMMER BEFORE YOU GET INTO YOUR MURANO. ROBERT DITTEL. *NM

2003 MURANO CUT OFF COMPLETELY CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REPLACE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. *TS WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS VACATIONING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONSUMER'S HOTEL WHERE AAA CHECK THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. AAA DETERMINED THAT THEY BOTH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AT A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED HOME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER OF A RECALL 05V319000 ON THE 2003 MURANO FOR THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE 2003 NISSAN MURANO EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH. THE VDC OFF AND THE SLIP WHERE THE LIGHTS T CAME ON IN THE DASHBOARD. THESE LIGHTS CAME ON THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAPPENED. THE NEXT TIME THAT THE LOSS OF POWER WAS EXPERIENCED THE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER HAS NO IDEA WHY THE CAR IS DOING THIS, SPECIFICALLY STATES THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED NISSAN DIRECTLY BY MAIL AND RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM NISSAN THAT THEY WANTED TO SCHEDULE A FINAL REPAIR ATTEMPT AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE MURANOS SHIFTER WAS ALSO STICKING, AND YOU COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO GO INTO PARK OR REVERSE. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY HIGHER THAN NEUTRAL. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR...

2003 NISSAN MURANO DEVELOPED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS.*MR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE. THE REAR TAILLIGHT WAS OUT, THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT REMAINED LIT EVEN WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, THE DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR WAS REPLACED, THE WINDSHIELD WAS DISTORTED AND THEREFORE REPLACED, THE CD PLAYER WAS INOPERATIVE

AT ABOUT 36,600 MILES, THE BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHT BOTH CAME ON. AFTER TAPPING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHTLY SEVERAL TIMES, BOTH LIGHTS WENT OFF. HOWEVER, 100 MILES LATER, BOTH LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. AT 36,835 MILES, WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AT NIGHT TO DULLES AIRPORT, THE VEHICLE BECAME SLUGGISH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE, DASH LIGHTS DIMMED, AND THE VEHICLE COASTED AND STALLED, ALL WITHIN ABOUT 700 METERS, AFTER WHICH IT WOULDN'T START. WE GOT AAA PLUS TOWING THE 70 MILES BACK HOME, AND DROVE OUR '95 MAXIMA BACK DOWN! PURCHASED THIS 2003 SL VEHICLE IN ALTOONA PA, COURTESY MOTORS. WE ARE TAKING IT TO BRENNER NISSAN, LOCATED IN MECHANICSBURG, PA. THEY HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION LOCALLY AND WE'LL REPORT ON THE OUTCOME! -UPDATE- 0800: ARRIVED AT BRENNER NISSAN. JIM, ED AND TROY GREET. TROY CHECKS SOMETHING IN THE BACK, ED CHECKS PARTS AVAILABILITY. COFFEE'S GOOD. 0830: ENTERPRISE RENTAL VEHICLE...

IN FEBRUARY 2005 THE ALTERNATOR FAILED TO CHARGE THE BATTERY AND THE CAR SLOWED TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE BATTERY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. I HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND THE CAR WAS REPAIRED 48 HOURS LATER. IN MARCH 2005 THE GAS TANK LID WOULDN'T OPEN AND THE CAR WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT TOOK 48 HOURS TO REPAIR. HOWEVER, THE "REPAIR" WAS DONE BY PRYING THE LID OPEN AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECIEVED THE NEW PART. IN MAY 2005 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STILL HAVE THE CAR AND EXPECT TO HAVE IT FOR TWO WEEKS AT LEAST. THEY CANNOT GUARENTEE THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE RENTAL CAR COSTS WHICH WILL AMOUNT...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ONE OF THE BUSIEST 8 LANE HIGHWAYS IN TAMPA MY CAR DECIDED THAT IT DIDN'T WANT TO STAY CRANKED AND DIED RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. LUCKILY, MY ROOM MATE WAS BEHIND ME AND JUMPED OUT TO HELP ME PUSH IT BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT. WE ASSUMED IT WAS OUT OF GAS, WHICH IT WASN'T. AFTERWARDS, WE REALIZED THAT WE TRIED TO JUMP THE CAR OFF BECAUSE NOW IT WASN'T TURNING OVER. IT CRANKED , AND I MADE IT TO THE INTERSECTION. AGAIN, IT DIED ON ME ONCE MORE. SO WE LEFT THE CAR OVERNIGHT IN BARNES AND NOBLE PARKING LOT. I CAME BACK SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY 1, 2005 AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. IT CRANKED RIGHT UP. I DROVE 2 MILES HOME. THEN 6 MILES TO NORTH TAMPA, ONLY TO HAVE MY CAR DIE PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A FRIEND'S APARTMENT...

ALTERNATOR FAILED IN 2003 NISSAN MURANO LEADING TO UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER ACCESSORIES (BREAKS, STEERING, LIGHTS ETC). THE ENGINE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE INPUT. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY.*AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 32000. SEEMS THIS IS CHRONIC WITH NISSAN MURANO'S AND I FEAR THAT MY REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR WILL BE AS BAD AND ALSO FAIL AT 60000 -- FALLING BEYOND MY WARRANTY AND COSTING MUCH TO REPLACE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THE BATTERY AND BRAKE SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON. I DROVE IT TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I NEW PART IS BEING ORDERED AND THE PART WILL BE REPLACED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. AFTERWARDS THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. ALSO, DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE STEERING AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND REPLACEMENT OF THE ALTERNATOR, BUT PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

AT 38K MY BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT DAY I WAS DRIVING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. ALTERNATOR COSTING ME $580+$115 FOR THE BATTERY+$100 FOR TOWING. *JB

8/27/04 GOING AT 65 MPH CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WILL ROLL TO A STOP, HAD TO BE TOWED AFTER THAT. 8/30/04 SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. TOWED BACK TO DEALER. 2/2/05 CAR WOULD NOT START- JUMPER CABLE START- DEALER REPLACED BATTERY. AND 2/11/05 ENGINE SHUT OFF WHEN COMING OUT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION- HAD TO BE TOWED STILL IN SHOP. *JB

PREMATURE ALTERNATOR &/OR BATTERY FAILURE. *AK

THE BRAKE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON MY 2003 MURANO, ABOUT 5,000 MILES AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS TOLD IT WAS LIKELY THE ALTERNATOR AND TOLD THE VEHICLE MAY NOT MAKE IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR (IT SEEMS THEY KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE EVEN EXAMINING IT). I HAD ANOTHER CAR FOLLOW ME IN BUT LUCKILY MADE IT IN BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR $560. I HAVE RECENTLY GONE ONLINE AND FOUND THIS IS AN ALL TO COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ALTERNATOR IN THIS VEHICLE AND NISSAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS, I WAS LUCKY NOT TO BE STRANDED.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT 35 MPH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

ALTERNATOR FAILURE AROUND 24000.*AK

(1) TWO DAYS OF DRIVING ON AND OFF ROAD IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, DURING WHICH THIS FAILURE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEYOND CATASTROPHIC.*AK (2) THE "CHARGE SYSTEM FAILURE" IDIOT LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WAY HOME, JUST 20-30 MILES OUT OF DV ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND MIRACULOUSLY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE NEAREST SERVICE IN MOJAVE CA ON THE BATTERY ALONE, THE ALTERNATOR HAVING FAILED. AFTER VERIFYING THE FAILURE WITH A VOLT-METER AND RECHARGING IN MOJAVE, I DROVE WEST TOWARDS THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP, AND FELL SHORT BY JUST 11 MILES WHEN I LOST ALL POWER ON WEST BOUND HIGHWAY 58 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BAKERSFIELD CA. AAA TOWED MY FAMILY AND I THE REST OF THE WAY INTO THE DEALERSHIP. (3) BAKERSFIELD NISSAN REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR IN ABOUT 3 HOURS AND SENT US ON OUR WAY BACK HOME TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

2003 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD. SECOND ALTERNATOR FAILURE. ALTERNATOR FAILED 23 NOV 03 DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT NIGHT, FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. LIGHT TRAFFIC, NO ACCIDENT/INJURIES. TOWING TO CHARLOTTESVILLE DEALERSHIP COST $300, NOT REIMBURSED. VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY, SO REPAIR WAS DONE AT NO COST TO ME; RENTAL VEHICLE PROVIDED. ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN (THIS WAS A NEW, REPLACEMENT PART) 10 NOV 2004. VEHICLE STILL UNDERWARRANTY. FAILURE TOOK PLACE DURING CITY DRIVING IN HEIDELBERG, GERMANY (I AM A US ARMY OFFICER). LOCAL GERMAN DEALER TOLD ME I HAD TO ARRANGE FOR NEW PART DIRECTLY FROM NISSAN NORTH AMERICA BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT SUPPORTED YET IN EUROPE (GOES ON SALE HERE SPRING 2005). VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. IT TOOK 5 CALLS (INTERNATIONAL, LONG DISTANCE) AND 18 DAYS TO FINALLY BE TOLD MY LOCA, GERMAN DEALER WOULD HAVE TO ARRANGE FOR PARTS, I WOULD PAY FOR PARTS...

NISSAN MURANO, 2003, AWD, SL HAS JUST HAD AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE. BREAK AND BATTERY LIGHTS ON (CLASSIC SYMPTOM) DEALER CONFIRMS AND WILL REPLACE (AFTER XMAS..UGH). SEEMS TO BE MANY FAILED ALTERNATORS ON NISSAN MURANOS 2003, 2004, AND 2005.*AK

CAR QUIT RUNNING WHILE DRIVING; NO WARNING. HAD TO COAST ACROSS LANES OF FAST-MOVING TRAFFIC TO SAFE SPOT OFF SIDE OF ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING HIT BY FAST-MOVING CARS BEHIND ME. CAR WAS TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER; ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. OLD PART NOT AVAILABLE. *JB

CAR WOULDN'T START, TOWED IT TO THE DEALER. GOT IT BACK SAME DAY CLAIMING IT WAS FUSES. GOT STRANDED AGAIN THAT EVENING. TOWED IT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO SAYS THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND FUEL PUMP.*AK PE04077_CAT

NISSAN MURANO 2003 ALTERNATOR FAILUERS MARCH 24, 2004 - ALTERNATOR REPLACED AT 25,537 MILES. OCTOBER 23, 2004 - WIFE AND CHILD STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD - NEEDS ANOTHER NEW ALTERNATOR 36,800 MILES. *AK PE04077_CAT

DRIVING WHEN BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. I WAS TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER WHERE I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM. SERVICE REP SAID "YOUR ALTERNATOR FAILED--NISSAN PUT IN A BAD BATCH OF ALTERNATORS IN THE MURANOS." NISSAN HOWEVER MADE ME PAY THE $640 COST OF REPAIR BECAUSE I WAS 2800 MILES OBER THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY.*AK PE04077_CAT

ALTERNATOR FAILED AFTER 36,000 MILES WITH LITTLE WARNING. STRANDED LATE AT NIGHT ON HIGHWAY. BACKORDER OF NISSAN REPLACEMENT ALTERNATORS. MANY REPORTS OF ALTERNATOR FAILURES IN NEW NISSANS AT WWW.FRESHALLOY.COM AND WWW.NISSANMURANO.ORG. PLEASE SEE: HTTP://FORUMS.FRESHALLOY.COM/UBBTHREADS/SHOWFLAT.PHP?CAT=&BOARD=MURANO&NUMBER=67828742&PAGE=0 AND FORUM POLL AT HTTP://WWW.NISSANMURANO.ORG/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&THREADID=2113&PERPAGE=15&PAGENUMBER=1. *NM PE04077_CAT

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ENGINE QUITS. THIS HAS HAPPEND FOUR TIMES THE FRIST TIME IT STOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF I95 AFTERNOON RUSH. IT HAS HAPPEND THREE OYHER TIMES.*AK PE04077_CAT

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER STATED THE CRANK SHAFT SENOR BURNED UP.. THE ALTERNATOR AND THE CONTROL MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED. *JB THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES BY DEALER. *TC

ALTERNATOR FAILED ON 2003 NISSAN MURANO AT 11,000 MILES I MISSED WORKED STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 5 HOURS REPLACED ALTERNATOR.... TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE ONA NEWS GROUP AND AND 47 OUT OF 118 HAD A BAD ALTERNATOR . *AK PE04077_CAT

DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT 300 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE "BATTERY" AND BRAKE TROUBLE LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER SUDDENLY AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE ROAD SHOULDER. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER AND HAD TO RENT A CAR HOME AND RENT A CAR TO COME BACK FOR MY VEHICLE. ALTERNATOR WAS DIAGNOSED AS FAILED. NISSAN DEALER COULD NOT OBTAIN PART FOR 7 DAYS. NO EXPLAINATION.*AK PE04077_CAT

VEHICLE LOST POWER ON A BUSY STREET. AFTER SEARCHING THE WEB, CONSUMER FOUND SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK *NM PE04077_CAT

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *TC *JB PE04077_CAT

BATTERY LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE NEXT DAY, CAR STOPPED, WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST CAUSING A REAR END ACCIDENT. ALL POWER WAS LOST. DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR. 2003 MURANO, AWD, 11000 MILES. *JB PE04077_CAT

(1) VEHICHLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, THEN THE BATTERY AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. 2) WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE LOOKING FOR A DEALERSHIP, THE ENTIRE CAR SHUT DOWN, INCLUDING THE ENGINE AND BRAKING. I HAD TO CROSS 2 LANES OF INTERSTATE TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT POWER OR ADEQUATE BRAKING. AT THE TIME, I WAS TRAVELLING OUT OF TOWN AND WAS STRANDED IN A CITY WHERE I KNEW NO ONE. (3) AFTER BEING TOWED TO A DEALER, THE DAY AFTER I WAS TOLD THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WERE BOTH BAD. A NEW ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE ORDERED BUT THERE WERE NONE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND DIDN'T KNOW WHEN ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WERE EVENTUALLY REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME, 3 WORKING DAYS AFTER ARRIVING. OLD PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.*AK PE04077_CAT

FOLLOWING 15000 MILE ROUTINE SERVICE AND WHILE RETURNING TO MY HOME FROM THE NISSAN DEALER, MY NISSAN MURANO SE AWD'S BRAKE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT WENT ON. I LOST COMPLETE POWER (VOLTAGE) WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN TO A MAJOR INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT OPERATE. NEARLY LOST MY LIFE WITH AN APPROACHING SAND TRUCK AND VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND ME. THE PROBLEM/DEFECT IDENTIFIED BY THE DEALER WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED UNDER CAR WARRANTY. PE04077_CAT

NISSAN MURANO HAS DANGEROUS DESIGN DEFECTS COMPOUNDED BY UNRESOLVED ELECTRONICS PROBLEMS. DESIGN FLAWS: 1) INEFFECTIVE DEFROSTER SYSTEM , 2) LONG-ARMED WIPERS CLOG EASILY, 3) ALL DOORS MUST BE UNLOCKED TO GET GAS (INVITING CARJACKERS). THE DEFROSTER-WIPER PROBLEM WAS MADE WORSE BY ELECTRONICS. WHILE I WAS CLEARING WINDOWS THE CAR LOCKED IN 13 DEGREE WEATHER. *AK THE CAR: 1) LOCKS DOORS AT RANDOM INTERVALS , 2) PUTS THE WINDOWS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING (THE SERVICE MANAGER SAYS, "DON'T NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN THIS CAR!"), 3) THE REMOTE ENTRY SYSTEM OFTEN DOES NOT BEEP REQUIRING THAT I CHECK ALL DOORS (ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH LOCKS), 4) NOW THE CAR SOMETIMES TELLS ME THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS OPEN (WHEN IT IS NOT). THE CAR IS VIRTUALLY NEW (LESS THAN 6,000 MILES). NISSAN KNOWS THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE MEMO IT. BUT WHEN CONSUMERS COMPLAIN THEY ARE "STONE-WALLED"...