2005 NISSAN MURANO Power Train Problems

Vehicle shutdown while driving in the middle of the road while using a new battery. Fuel pump not reading fuel tank. Vehicle stalls specially whenever acceleration starts after stopping.

TAKARA RECALL : WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION THE ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF AT RANDOM. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF THE CAR IS PULLED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND WILL START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE, ALMOST CAUSING SERIOUS CRASHES.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THE ENGINE ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL AND WOULDN'T RESPOND BY GIVING IT GAS. THEN IT JUST LURCHED FORWARD ABRUBTLY AND BEGAN TO RUN NORMALLY. THEN AFTER ABOUT 2 MORE BLOCKS WHILE WE'RE GOING 45 MPH IT COMPLETELY STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 3 LANE ROAD. THIS CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO ALMOST REAREND US BUT THE CARS BEHIND THEM ACTUALLY DID GET INTO A CRASH TRYING TO STOP FROM HITTING THEM. THANKFULLY A POLICE CAR WAS A FEW CARS BACK AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THEIR LIGHTS ON AND PUSH MY CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE COULDN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE CAR WITH CARS WHIZZING PAST US ON BOTH SIDES. THANK GOD OR WE COULD'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A MULTIPLE CAR CRASH AND ONE OF US COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT. THIS HAPPENED ON 07/13/18. I...

SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY, WITH NO WARNING HAD TO GET TOWED. WHILE IN DRIVE-THROUGH CAR SHUT DOWN BUT A DELAY THEN RESTARTED. BOUGHT NEW BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND GOT A TUNE-UP. CURRENTLY THE CAR WILL NOT GO IN BACKWARDS.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE

I BOUGHT MY 05 MURANO FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR $6000 AND I ONLY DROVE IT FOR 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE ALTERNATOR AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT. I PAID $600 FOR THE ALTERNATOR TO BE REPAIRED AND 2 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION WENT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ME $4200 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANY SORT OF DISCOUNT. I GOT 3 MONTHS OUT OF A $6000+ DOLLAR CAR. I AM SO UPSET THIS HAS CAUSED SO MANY PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS. I CAN'T BELIEVE NISSAN IS MORALLY OK WITH RIPPING ME OFF LIKE THIS.

VEHICLE TAKES MINUTES TO PICK UP SPEED ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN IT IS ON A STOP POSITION EITHER IN AN INTERSECTION OR TRAFFIC LIGHT INTERSECTION. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND PRESS ALL THE WAY DOWN WHERE IT SLOWLY MOVES, PICK UP A SPEED AND DO THE SAME THING FOR EACH STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC STOP LIGHT. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT MAKES A SCREECHING SOUND. IF ABLE TO DRIVE, STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES HAVE THAT SLIGHT SHAKING. WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW. TIRES WERE CHANGED AND BRAKES CHANGED BUT ISSUES STILL A BIG CONCERN.

FUEL SENSOR SAYS CAR IS ON EMPTY BUT WILL NEVER FILL UP PAST 1/2 TANK. ALTERNATOR IS OUT NOW & BAD VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 60-70MPH SO COULD POSSIBLY BE U JOINT CONSIDERING EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN DONE THAT WOULD CORRECT A VIBRATION

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. $173K MILES. WILL COST $4K TO REPLACE. ALL TRANSMISSION FLUIDS IN GOOD ORDER AND GOOD LEVELS. LARGE NOCKING ON THE CASE, DEALER SAYS COULD GO OUT ANY MOMENT. UNABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES. RIDICULOUS AND UNSAFE. A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO OUT LIKE THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE BRAKE AND BATTERY INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.

JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JANUARY OF 2016 THINKING IT WOULD BE A GOOD USED CAR. I WAS WRONG IT HAS 155,000 MILES ON IT. TODAY I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WAS STOP AT STOPLIGHT WENT TO TAKE OFF AND IT STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY MOVE IT FORM THE ROAD AND IT WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 5 MPH, SO I TURNED IT OFF THEN BACK ON IT STARTED TO DRIVE FINE I DIDN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES HAD IT TOWED TO A FRIENDS REPAIR SHOP WERE CHECKED THE CODES AND IT WAS ALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A HUGE WRECK AS THE ROAD I WAS ON IS EXTREMELY BUSY. THIS VERY UNSAFE FOR NISSAN NOT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

DRIVING DOWN HWY AND CAR STARTED JUMPING, WHINNING AND THEN CAR LOCKED UP.I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON SIDE OF HWY.I SMELLED SMOKE AND GOT OUT.CALLED WRECKER .THEY TOWED TO SHOP.. I NOW HAVE A CAR PAYMENT BUT NO CAR.ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR 4,000.00 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION.

THIS COMPLAINT RELATES TO A CLOSED RECALL FOR THE 2005 NISSAN MURANO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V3190. TWO MONTHS WITH THE VEHICLE AND I HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHERE THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND DRIVE-ABILITY, BRINGING MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF TO A HARMS WAY. I CONTRACTED AAMCO TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, ONE MONTH LATER, NISSAN USA HAD TO PROVIDE ANOTHER TRANSMISSION TO REPLACE THE ONE CHANGED ONE MONTH BEFORE. LAST MONDAY, JULY 06, 2015, WHILE DRIVING ON THE NEW JERSEY GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, THE VEHICLE PRESENTED SERIOUS TROUBLE, WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AWD AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AS THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED, TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED, PUTTING MY WIFE, MYSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES AROUND US IN SERIOUS RISK OF ACCIDENT. I MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER AND LATER TO A NEAR BY FRIEND`S HOUSE IN THE GALLOWAY AREA. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN USA REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION, THEY TOLD ME...

ON 4/28/2005 I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND IT WOULDN'T GET UP PAST 10 MPH. I LOOKED UP ONLINE AT NISSAN.COM AND FOUND OUT THERE MAY BE A WARRANTY PROGRAM FOR CVT. I BROUGHT IT IN, AND THEY VERIFIED IT AND REPLACED IT. 3 DAYS LATER MY CVT STARTED TO GIVE ME SIMILAR ISSUES AGAIN. SO I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY TOLD ME THEY MAY RE WORK ON IT. NOW I GET IT BACK AND RIDE THE CAR FOR ANOTHER 2 DAYS AND NOW I HEAR A LOUD CLICKING NOISE. NOW I HAD TO GET IT TOWED BACK TO KINGS NISSAN IN BROOKLYN NY. THIS TIME THEY TELL ME IT WAS A MESSED UP TCU COMPUTER ON THE REPLACED CVT, AND NOW A TRANSFER CASE. UPON FURTHER REVIEW ONLINE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE LIKE MY SELF GOING THROUGH THIS ISSUE AND NISSAN WONT TAKE OWNERSHIP...

THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THE TRANSFER CASE PART OF THE AWD TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING. MY MURANO IS ON IT'S 3RD TRANSMISSION (REPLACED AROUND 25K AND AGAIN AROUND 106K), AND THIS POSSIBLY WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I REALIZE THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY/SAFETY ISSUE, BUT IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT I REPORT THIS DEFECT HERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE NISSAN TO ISSUE A RECALL SINCE SO MANY MURANO OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXPENSIVE FAILURES. *TR

TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SEIZED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, EVEN WHEN BEING PUSHED IN NEUTRAL. LUCKILY IT WAS IN MY PARKING LOT BUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC OR ON THE HIGHWAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE TRANS-AXLE SLID OUT OF IT'S LOCKED POSITION IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE AXLE SEAL/GASKET WAS REPLACES 3MONTHS PRIOR ON THE DRIVERSIDE. UP ON DISASSEMBLY, THE DEALERSHIP MASTER TRANSMISSION MECHANIC WAS BAFFLED AS TO HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AS HE PUTS IT "YPU WOULD NEED A GREAT FORCE TO PULL IT OUT ONCE IT WAS IN LOCKED POSITION. ALL OF THE COMPONENTS WERE EXAMINED AND SEEM TO BE ALL IN GOOD CONDITION AS FAR AS WEAR ON THE THREADS ANS WELL AS THE LOCKING CLIP. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS A FAILURE OF PRODUCT DESIGN AND NOT THE FAULT OF IMPROPER INSTALLATION AND THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE LET TO A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND MAY HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE ACCIDENT. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO BEGAN EXHIBITING A STRONG BURNING OIL SMELL APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 2013 AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. THEY SAID A SEAL IN THE FRONT TRANSFER CASE WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT FOR A TUNE OF $1800. IN AUG 2014 IT BEGAN DOING IT AGAIN AND MUCH STRONGER. THEY REPLACED THE SEAL AGAIN AT NO CHARGE TO ME BUT THEN I TOOK IT BACK 2 WEEKS LATER FOR THEM TO INSPECT THE REPAIR. THE TRANSFER CASE WAS CRACKED ALL ALONG BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF OIL THAT HAD BEEN LEAKING ALL OVER THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CASE. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSFER CASE REPLACED IN SEPTEMBER TO A TUNE OF $3488+. I FOUND OUT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO MURANOS FROM 2003 TO 2012 AND AM VERY UNHAPPY THAT NISSAN HAS NOT MADE THIS A RECALL ON THEIR CVT...

BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY HEARD CLUNKING AND GRINDING NOISES. TOWED IT TO NISSAN AND THEY STATE THAT I HAVE A CRACKED TRANSFER CASE, WHICH WITH ALL PARTS AND LABOR IS COSTING US 5470.00. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE MODELS AND YEARS. WHY HASN'T NISSAN STEPPED UP AND ISSUED A RECALL OR EXTENDED PROGRAM AS WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION?? *TR

THE TRANSMISSION JUST GAVE UP, DRAGGING AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

THE FATIGUE CRACK OCCURRED AT THE TRANSFER CASE. AS AN ENGINEER, I SUSPECT THAT THE CONTINUOUS VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) PROBLEMS IN THE MURANO CAUSED THE FAILURE AT THE TRANSFER CASE. MORE THAN LIKELY, THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT DO PROPER FATIGUE TESTING OR "TURNED AN EYE" AT THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS, AS THEY HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY IN THE CVT, YET REFUSE TO RECALL OTHER COMPONENTS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CVT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE AMONG MANY NISSAN OWNERS AS I HAVE READ. ANYHOW, A FAILURE IN THE TRANSFER CASE IS A EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE TRANSMISSION COULD LOCK UP AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THAT MAY RESULT IN INJURIES OR DEATHS. *TR

CAR DEVELOPED LOAD RUMBLING IN THE FRONT END. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING LOUDER. CAR THEN BEGAN TO SURE AND OR LOOSE POWER AT RANDOM INTERVALS .. AS SO MANY OTHERS HAVE STATED CVT FAILING. LEARNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE FACT. WAS AMAZED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD FILED COMPLAINTS WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE OR HELP FROM NISSAN. NO RECALL NO HELP GETTING CAR CREDIT, AS IT IS VALUELESS IN TRADE AT DEALER. FORTUNATE THAT MINE SEEMED TO LAST LONGER THAN MOST. COST 4 TO 6 THOUSAND TO FIX... MORE THAN CAR IS WORTH AT THIS POINT. LEFT WITH NO WAY GETTING RID OF IT OR GETTING NEW VEHICLE. CAR THAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE GOOD TRADE IN VALUE ABSOLUTELY NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH. BEEN OFFERED 1000 MAX FOR IT AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEALERS. SHOCKED THAT A COMPANY SIZE OF NISSAN WOULD NOT WORK WITH THERE CUSTOMERS... AT LEAST OFFERING REASONABLE...

I STARTED HEARING A RATTLE WHEN UNDER ACCELERATION AND COULD NEVER FIND THE CULPRIT. IT STARTED JINGLING LIKE CHANGE IN SOMEONE POCKET SO I LOOKED AGAIN AND NOTICE A PIECE OF THE IDLER PULLEY BRACKET GOING IN CIRCLES AROUND THE ADJUSTMENT SCREW. I LOOKED UP ONLINE ONLY TO YET ANOTHER UNDER DESIGNED PART BY NISSAN. THIS PART FAILING CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE AND EVEN WRECKS IF NOT FIXED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

MY CAR JUST STOPPED WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I GOT IT TOWED TO GOOD YEAR - MY CAR HAD CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WAS DIAGNOSED AT GOODYEAR AND THEY CALLED NISSAN TO SEE ABOUT THE PARTS AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS COVERED BY MANUFACTURE WARRANTY - SO I HAD IT TOWED ON A FLAT BED TRUCK TO NISSAN IN DENVER. GOODYEAR HAD DRAINED THE FLUIDS TO TAKE IT APART DURING DIAGNOSIS AND SENT THE PARTS AND THE CAR ON THE TOW TRUCK TO THE GO NISSAN SHOP. THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR AT THE NISSAN SHOP WHICH THEY SAID WERE NOT COVERED - SUCH AS- CAM SHAFT SENSORS,DRIVE BELTS,HEAD GASKET. I AGREED TO PAY FOR THOSE ITEMS AND TO GET MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED FOR FREE UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEY SAID IT WOULD TAKE THREE TO...

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT GO WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS. IT STALLS EXTREMELY BAD. IT HASN'T CAUSED ME A WRECK --YET BUT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE 2 YOUNG BOYS(AGE 6 &4) AND I AM SCARED FOR THEM TO BE IN THE CAR WITH ME. I CAN NOT PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ANYONE BECAUSE IT TAKES SO LONG FOR THE ACCELERATION TO PICK UP. I LIKE THE LOOKS OF MY MURANO AND I BOUGHT IT SAYING"IT IS A NISSAN SO IT WILL LAST" BUT I AM STARTING TO DOUBT THAT SERIOUSLY!! THIS IS MY 2ND NISSAN VEHICLE AND IF THIS PART CANT BE RECALLED THEN IT WILL BE MY LAST AND I WILL SPREAD THE WORD. THIS CVT PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR SO MANY OWNERS YET NISSAN REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND HATE TO SELL MY MURANO BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE...

AT A SPEED OF 40 MPH THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A TERRIBLE TICKING NOISE AND VIBRATED THROUGH THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE RULED OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF C.V. JOINTS AS I RAN THE VEHICLE WHILE BEING SAFELY SUPPORTED ON A LIFT. THE NOISE IS ECHOING OUT OF THE CVT HOUSING, ALL FLUID LEVELS ARE UP. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE BEGAN BEHAVING ERRATICALLY. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL IMMEDIATELY AND SEEMED TO WORK VERY HARD TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE ERRATIC BEHAVIOR WAS THEN ACCOMPANIED BY WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A PLANE LANDING THEN A LOUD BANG. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO FRACTURE. (THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY MY MECHANIC AND AGAIN BY THE NISSAN DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT). NISSAN HAS RECOGNIZED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN A NUMBER OF ITS MODELS INCLUDING THE 2005 MURANO. AS A RESULT, NISSAN VEHICLES RANGING IN YEARS FROM 2003-2010 EQUIPPED WITH A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT) HAVE RECEIVED A 10-YEAR /120,000 MILE CVT LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION. UNFORTUNATELY THIS EXTENSION'' ONLY COVERS THE TRANSMISSION ITSELF AND NOT THE PARTS AROUND IT. I AM STUCK PAYING THE $3,400 TO REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE OR BE FORCED TO SELL THE CAR. NISSAN IS LEAVING THE ORIGINAL CVT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 1/13/2012 *LN *TR

CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE WHEN IN DRIVE AND NOW THE TRANSFER CASE IS OUT

REAR DIFFERENTIAL ON NISSAN MURANO WITH 87K MILES JUST BLEW UP AS WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR HAD BEEN TO A BODY SHOP FOR A NEW BUMPER, OIL CHANGE, AND NEW TIRES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, AND NONE OF THESE EXPERTS NOTICED ANY ISSUES WITH LEAKING FLUID ETC. THE NISSAN SERVICE CENTER TOLD US THE FLUID WAS COMPLETELY GONE (WAY BEFORE IT EVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE). THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A HITCH AND HAS ONLY BEEN USED FOR URBAN/HIGHWAY USE. WHEN THE DIFFERENTIAL BLEW UP, IT DESTROYED BOTH REAR AXLES, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED US TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. BEST CASE SCENARIO, IT ONLY COSTS US $4000 TO FIX. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MURANO WITH APPROXIMATELY 73,000 MILES ON IT. APPROXIMATELY 6000 MILES AGO, I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASE WHICH COST $3600 TO REPLACE. NISSAN DID NOT COVER IT WHILE THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR MANAGER DID SAY IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NOT MY FAULT. IN FACT, MY CAR REPAIR PERSON HAS SAID IT IS 1/5TH THE SIZE OF A TRANSFER CASE OF A JEEP CHEROKEE, A CAR THE SAME SIZE OF MY MURANO. THEREFORE, IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE CVT NOW IS NEEDING REPAIR. AND, POSSIBLY THE TRANSFER CASE WILL BE NEEDING REPLACEMENT AS WELL. NOT A WELL BUILT CAR, IN MY OPINION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

WE WENT OUT AND STARTED THE CAR ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT OF LAST WEEK AND A VERY LOUD VIBRATING SOUND COULD BE HEARD FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DUE TO THE TIGHT QUARTERS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES, I WAS NOT ABLE TO INVESTIGATE VERY MUCH. IT WAS OBVIOUS THE NOISE OCCURRED ONLY UNDER LOADS. NISSAN INVESTIGATED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND INFORMED US THE IDLER PULLEY BRACKET HAD A CRACK AND AS A RESULT IT TORE INTO THE BELTS. NISSAN STATED IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH THE BRACKET BEING CRACKED. BOTH THE BRACKET AND BELTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT ASAP ($400). THE CAR HAS AN EXISTING POWERTRAIN AND BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, NEITHER OF WHICH COVERED THIS. IN ADDITION, NISSAN SAID THIS HAPPENS ONCE AND AWHILE SO I LOOKED THE ISSUE UP ONLINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS. IN ADDITION, IT APPEARS THIS FAIL...

43 DEGREES, 5 PM, 1561 MILES, 2005 NISSAN MURANO SL I START VEHICLE, BACK UP, PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY, CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. MAX SPEED OBTAINABLE 20 MPH, VERY, VERY SLOW TO GET ANY SPEED. ENGINE WILL REV TO 2500 RPM, WHEN FLOORED, NO ACCELERATION, RETURN HOME. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON SLIP OFF LIGHT ON VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL LIGHT ON PARK VEHICLE AND AND TRY RESTARTING SEVERAL TIMES, CAR STARTS OK, ABOVE THREE LIGHTS COME ON EACH TIME. DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE AGAIN THAT DAY. SAT. EVENING, NO DEALER OPEN. TRY AGAIN SUNDAY, 55 DEGREES, STARTS OK AND ONLY SES LIGHT COMES ON, DRIVES, OK CALL JEFF SMITH NISSAN WARNER ROBINS GA ON MONDAY. SAYS BRING CAR IN. DEALER STATES CAR IS IN "LIMP MODE". THEY KEEP A WEEK. FINDINGS: DTC CODE U1000 CAN COMM CIRCUIT, C1132 ABS CHECK ABS-OK TECHLINE REF #755136 APPLY TSB NTB06-009 DATED FEB...

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MURANO WHICH IS TWO WHEEL DRIVE WITH THE CTV TRANSMISSION. WE WERE COMING BACK FROM VACATION FROM COLORADO WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED. SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE TRIP WHEN WE WERE COMING DOWN A HILL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THE CAR WOULD TRY TO MAINTAIN THE SELECTED SPEED HOWEVER IF THE HILL WAS A LITTLE TO BIG IT WOULD TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL IT SELF. WE WERE JUST SOUTH OF SAN ANTONIO THE LAST TIME THAT IT HAD TURNED OFF THE THE CRUISE. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN IT TURNED OFF THE CRUISE IT ALSO DISABLED THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS RATHER SCARY AS WE WERE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN IT DID IT. WE WERE COMING DOWN A HILL WHEN THE CRUISE TURNED IT SELF OFF AND IN THE PROCESS THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE. ALL...