2003 NISSAN MURANO Unknown Or Other Problems

13 NHTSA complaints on file

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Unknown Or Other Issues in the 2003 NISSAN MURANO

13 unknown or other complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2003 NISSAN MURANO. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths

All Unknown Or Other Complaints

#11122451 |
WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET CAR LOST CHARGE WOULD DRIVE VERY SLOWLY ABOUT 1 MILE PER HOUR. BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. HAVE ALREADY REPLACED BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT WHEN SAME THING HAPPENED TODAY. PER THE VIN MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I'LL HAVE TO GET INVOICE FROM TIRE CHOICE TO SHOW WHAT I PAID FOR ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. THANK YOU.
#11100421 |
MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO STALLS OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING, AND MULTIPLE TIMES JUST TODAY 06/07/18 WHILE DRIVING AT A NORMAL SPEED LIMIT, VEHICLE JUST SLOWS DOWN CAUSING ME TO PUT MY HAZARDS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS A HAZARD FOR MYSELF AND MORE IMPORTANT MY CHILDREN WHO RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME. MY VIN# DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL, BUT READING OTHER CONSUMER'S COMMENTS THERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE. IT'S MY HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE RECALLED SO THAT WE THE CONSUMER'S WILL HAVE A PIECE OF MIND AND BE SAFE WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROADS.
#11020993 |
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 NISSAN MURANO V/6 AT AWD AND BOTH SUN VISOR'S KEEP FALLING DOWN AND OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR THE DRIVER. IT IS A MAJOR DISTRACTION, ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, TO HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WORRY ABOUT VISIBILITY. IT SEEMS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE FOR MANY YEARS BEING IGNORED BY NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY.
#11011673 |
CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION AT VARIOUS TIMES WHILE ON HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND CAR SHUT OFF AND ROLLED INTO DITCH WHILE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING.
#10915991 | Crash
THE PROBLEM WITH MY NISSAN MURANO LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IS THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND I WASTED $125 DOLLARS. I ALSO CONTACTED NISSAN COOPERATE AND THEY HAVE NOT DID ANYTHING. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS A MANUFACTORY PROBLEM AND THEY WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. I AM SO FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PROBLEM I SEEN THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT I AM 20,000 MILES OVER IT I NEED HELP
#10915257 |
PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2012, USED- BAG AN HAVING ISSUES IMMEDIATELY, INCLUDING , NO HEAT, STALLING, WINDOWS ROLLING DOWN ON THEIR OWN IN WINTER- RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT FOR 1 WEEK, SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT THE FUEL PUMP. WE REPLACED IT AND TROUBLE CONTINUED. CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY SAID TO TAKE TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC, A CERTIFIED NISSAN MECHANIC NOW LOOKING IT OVER AND CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, WE HAVE THROWN SO MUCH MONEY INTO TRYING TO GET IT TO WORK. OVERHEATS AND CAN NOT CLIMB EVEN THE SMALLEST OF INCLINE WITHOUT OVERHEATING, THE NISSAN COMPANY WANTS US YO PAY FOR ALL THE TESTING THEY REQUIRE, WE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT DRIVABLE OR RELIABLE IN ANY WAY- AFTER 4 YEARS THERE IS STILL NO ANSWERS AS TO WHY IT WILL NOT RUN PROPERLY, SO DISAPPOINTING YO PURCHASE A...
#10731949 |
JUST BOUGHT CAR 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. STARTED HAVING TROUBLE ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP LIGHT. FOOT WAS DOWN TO THE GROUND AND CAR WOULDNT MOVE. CALLED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CVT TRANSMISSION SO THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES. SINCE MY CAR IS A 2003 THE RECALL WAS EXPIRED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SAFETY MATTER, HOW CAN THIS EXPIRE! IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BUT NISSAN WAS NO HELP! SEEMS THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT CAN'T EVEN GET THE CAR TO GO MORE THAN 10MPH NOW AND IT IS STUCK AT DEALER! I AM STILL TRYING TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE TRANSMISSION THREE MONTHS LATER AND DEALING WITH HAVING TO PAY OVER $400 MONTHLY INCLUDING INSURANCE FOR A CAR I AM NOT EVEN USING!
#10726253 |
BOUGHT THIS CAR AND PAID THE FIRST PAYMENT ON IT. TWO WEEKS LATER WAS HAVING ISSUES AND IT TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. ENDED UP BEING MY TRANSFER CASE. MY MECHANIC SAID HE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT DOWN BY HAND THAT WAS HOW BAD IT WAS. I HAVE PUT LESS THAN A 1,000 MILES ON THIS NEW FROM NISSAN TRANSFER CASE AND IT IS BUNNY HOPPING AND GOING BAD. YOU CAN PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND IT GOES NOWHERE THEN BOLTS FORWARD. UNSAFE TO DRIVE. MY MECHANIC CALLED NISSAN AND NISSAN STATES THEY HAVE NEVER HEAD OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS. REALLY?!?!?!?!?! THEY TOLD MY MECHANIC WHEN HE PURCHASED IT THAT IT WAS THE NEWLY DESIGNED TRANSFER CASE SAME DESIGN AS THE 2005 AND SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. YET THEY CLAIM THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE. WHY WOULD YOU REBUILD SOMETHING IF IT WAS FINE AND...
#10412611 |
WHILE DRIVING ON THE TOLL ROAD IN HOUSTON, MY VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND POWER GOING UP AN OVERPASS, AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. I WAS ABLE TO CRANK THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT START. MY PASSENGER NEEDED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE HEAT (100 DEGREES), AND MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALER. THIS DEALER INDICATED A DTCODE P0340, CAM SENSOR AND CRANK SENSOR FAILURE, AND REPAIRS TOTALED $765.93. RESEARCHING THIS FAILURE, I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS AN EARLIER RECALL OF MY EXACT VEHICLE FOR THIS FAILURE, BUT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I DISCOVERED MANY, MANY OTHER OWNERS OF 2003 MURANOS WITH VIN NUMBERS OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL....
#10376710 |
WHEN DRIVING 2 HOURS OR MORE ON HIGHWAY AND WHEN ENTERING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC , ENGINE DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL FOR 3-5 SECONDS AND THEN IT DARTS FORWARD. THIS HAPPENED 4 OR MORE TIMES IN ONE OCCURRENCE. NISSAN MURANO SE 2003 AWD. I BOUGHT 1 MONTH AGO AT 121000 MILE. *TR
#10364351 |
I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. AT APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES I NOTICED A BURNING OIL SMELL AFTER DRIVING. I HAD THE CAR CHECKED AND THE TRANSFER CASE WAS OUT OF OIL. THE SERVICE DEPT. RESEALED THE TRANSFER CASE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. AT ABOUT 96,000 MILES I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT BEFORE END OF WARRANTY AND AGAIN THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKED OUT THE OIL AND I HAD SERVICE ON TRANSFER CASE. THE SEALS HAD TO BE REDONE, ALSO UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE THE CAR IN NOW FOR ROUTINE SERVICE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH AND FILL AND BECAUSE I AM GETTING A STRANGE TICKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. NOTIFIED THAT CVT FLUID LEAKING ONTO OUTSIDE OF TRANSFER CASE. NEEDS TRANSMISSION SEAL REDONE. OVER $2000. I AM GETTING THE SEAL REDONE UNDER TRANSMISSION 120,000 WARRANTY FROM NISSAN. DEALERSHIP SAYS I SHOULD GET THE TRANSFER CASE SEALS REDONE BUT THEY ARE NOT COVERED...
#10245062 |
WHEN IN TRAFFIC UNDER APPX 10 MPH, YOU ACCELERATE AND IT DOES NOTHING, THEN SUDDENLY TAKES OFF. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT IS VERY RANDOM AND ONCE IT STARTS DOING IT, IT KEEPS DOING IT UNTIL YOU STOP THE ENGINE AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE TO PULL OUT ON A BUSY STREET IN THE AFTERNOON, AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND ALL THEY DO IS SAY IT IS A VACUUM LINE. THEY SAID I NEEDED NEW MOTOR MOUNTS TO KEEP THE ENGINE STABLE SO THAT THEY WON'T GET LOOSE. I HAD THEM REPLACED AND IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT THROW AN ERROR CODE, SO NO ONE, INCLUDING A VERY REPUTABLE AUTO REPAIR GARAGE, CAN FIX IT. WE HAVE EVEN STARTED GUESSING WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE, IE, FUEL INJECTORS - HAD...
#10061832 |
LOWER MPG REALIZED (20%) THAN STATED ON VEHICLE WHEN BOUGHT. ACTUAL MPG IS 16 CITY-20 HIGHWAY. COMPLAINT TO DEALER RESULTED IN NO SATISFACTION.*AK

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