This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The sun visor flop down at random when driving, taking away visibility. This is extremely unsafe. I removed them one day after this almost caused an accident. Now, I have to deal with blinding light from the sun, not sure which is worse.
I have seen numerous Muranos with the frames rusted completely through. Needs to be investigate and Nissan should correct this. They're asking so much for vehicals.
I was told that the rear of the car couldn't be aligned.. after looking for myself discovered that the subframe was totally rotted. The car cannot be driven and I am screwed. This should be fixed by Nissan. This is not a small defect. This can kill people. The car is structurally unsafe and god only knows how long it has been like that.
Takata recall: We bought our Nissan Murano (2007) 16 months ago. It has barely 100K miles on it and the engine is burning oil constantly. My husband is adding oil to it every other day. Plus the transmission is rattling constantly when pressing the gas and the car has stalled at least 5 times since we've had it, one time almost causing an accident. We have young kids and this is our family car and I do not feel safe driving it.
I was driving my car in the middle of traffic when I pushed on the gas and the vehicle wasn't moving anymore. The battery and brake light both came on. After a couple of minutes I was able to move my car to the side of the road by pushing on the gas. But the car wasn't moving fast. After a couple of minutes evrething came back to normal. My vehicle is in the mechanic shop right now and my mechanic told me the alternator is going bad. I will be replacing the alternator.
First it was the passenger side floors and then the driver side floors - front and rear - there is a substantial amount of water getting into the car. I had it looked at by the dealer and they assumed it was the sunroof - cleared the line. Issue still went on. I did not know at first because the water got trapped under the rugs. I took it to another shop and they cleared the sunroof lines. I had it detailed and then put my rugs back down. This time I believe there was resulting mold in my car and is causing severe allergy issues for myself and my son.
Sun visa keep falling down. It is very dangerous. Every mile it drops down at least 10 times. I have to tape it. Also it can not keep in the up location when I use it to block sun. It should be a recall since it is very dangerous and so many people report this problem.
Visors will not stay up in storage. Expensive replacement but not safe. Visor will suddenly drop obstructing drivers view of the road. This happens both on driver and passenger visors but driver is worse. Completely obscures view of road and it is unpredictable when it will happen. No way to tighten or fix. No promise that replacement won't have same problem.
Sun visors on both the drivers and passengers side are loose and fall down without the ability to stay up. This presents visibility issues and are a safety hazard. This is hardly a new complaint, is a known issue to Nissan and they seem unwilling to fix a safety issue they are responsible for.
While vehicle was under extended warranty, and at approximately 60,000 miles the driver side sun visor failed to stay in its stowed/raised position. Driver side visor would drop rapidly into field of view unexpectedly and at the slightest road vibration as we traveled along. Months were spent driving with left hand occupied as a tool to hold the defective visor up and out of visual field. While hands and complete attention are needed for safe vehicle operation, managing a faulty sun visor to maintain full view of road details is a serious distraction. Distracted driving is recognized/documented by a multitude of accidents, often of deadly consequence. The defective driver's visor was replaced at our expense, no warranty, however, failed in the same irritating and dangerous manner in less than two years. For safety sake I'll most likely remove the defective visor and toss to trash before a third visor is purchased with same dangerous, visual-obstructing, built-in malfunction.
Driver's seat became wobbly and unstable without warning making driving quite difficult; dealership staff indicated seat track needed costly repair. Driver's side visor drops down unexpectedly while driving and will not stay put; cost to replace would be nearly $200. I thought these items lasted for the duration of the vehicle.
I didn't have any issues with it until dropping my son off for school one morning in September. As I pulled off from the corner and then tried to make an immediate left turn, my car just stopped, steering wheel locked and I had to pull as hard as I could to finish the turn and not get hit by oncoming traffic. Needless to say, I was terrified but glad that my son wasn't in the car at the time. For the past five months, my Nissan Murano just stops or stalls at random. It doesn't matter how slow or fast, whether I'm turning or not, it just turns off. I have to quickly turn the key to "off" and then try to quickly restart the car. I've had to struggle to pull the wheel to pull the car to the curb just to get out of the way of traffic. I've had my kids in the car and it's happened with my husband as well, and he's driven on the expressway (which we will no longer try with that car). No help from Nissan or Nissan dealerships - just given the run around about very unsafe car.
I've only been driving my 2007 Nissan Murano car that I recently purchased used for 3 weeks. I was driving on the road and suddenly my car started jerking, shaking, smoking from under the hood then it abruptly stopped in the middle of traffic on a busy road. The car shut down and would not start again. I called the police, they blocked the lane I was in and called a local tow truck service that I had to pay for out of pocket because it was an emergency dangerous situation to get it off the road as soon as possible and the police could not chance to wait for my insurance company to send a tow service.
I recently purchased a 2007 Nissan Murano which I purchased on 5/5/2015. I felt comfortable moving forward with the purchase based on the carfax which stated no accident / damage reported, no total loss, no structural damage, no airbag deployment. After, going to a local gas station and purchasing the required octane. I pulled off into traffic safely and the car would not budge. Terrified that I would get hit by on coming traffic, I jumped into action and put the car into reverse. I let out huge sigh of relief because, I was able to move in reverse. I caught my breath and noticed that the service engine soon. I took my car too a local autozone and the codes that I received are all transmission codes. After being instructed to have a diagnostic performed by a authorized Nissan dealer, it was confirmed that I need a new cvt transmission, transfer case resealed. Based on numerous complaints about the cvt transmission and the safety issues. I deem my car unsafe and Nissan should be responsible to make any and all vehicles manufactured.
As I was driving in traffic (approximately 35 mph), I applied the brakes at the stoplight and there was a sudden loud sound coming from the engine. When I applied the gas, there was no power, but the engine continued to rev up. With cars flying by me, this was terrifying for me and my granddaughters. I took it to the dealership and they misdiagnosed the problem, twice. Over the next few weeks, my Murano began to randomly skip/hesitate with standard RPM and extremely high RPM. The local Nissan dealership had my car for over a month, saying they had replaced the transmission. The only problem is the "problem " is there, still there. Also there is no guarantee/warranty on warranted work. I now have nothing.and scared to drive my car that it will fail in traffic.
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- Boise, ID, USA