Power loss on take off. Issue has been occurring for over a year and is intermittent. When starting off from a stopped position, ie stop sign, red light, or highway onramp, the vehicle will engage, but immediately loose acceleration. The gas peddle can be fully pressed, with no reaction. After a few seconds the power gets restored and vehicle takes off as if engaging a jet booster. A visit and diagnostic check at a Nissan dealer, did not reveal and faults or codes, and issue could not be recreated. This issues is random, and based on a Nissan owner forum, I learned it has plagued the Murano and is lexis counter part for different model years. No forum entries as to known cause or corrective findings by the dealerships or mechanics.

- Stevens, PA, USA

Timing chain

- Waltham, MA, USA

On June 25th I was going down a very steep hill in guttenberg NJ,07093 when about three quarters down the hill my 212 Nissan Murano convertible's engine stopped with no warning. Thank god the light ahead was green and I was able to turn the wheel just enough to avert crashing into a fence and go over an embankment. The car rolled to a stop and I wound up in middle of traffic whose light was then green coming at me from North and South.. I wrote to the us global headquarters in California and spoke several times to Nissan's regional office in Tennessee. The car has been at local dealership since June 25 and they say if they can't duplicate the problem I will have to take car. But that is unacceptable because it is not safe and I cannot in good faith sell it to anyone else. Can you please help me. I am a professor at teachers college in nyc and use the car to travel to the college in the spring and fall semesters. I have special parking privilege because I cannot take public transportation due to a disability. I sincerely hope to hear from you. Thank you, sincerely, [xxx] P.S. I found 20 other people on the internet who reported their engines stopped while in motion - I send copies to all parties at Nissan but they said oh they are different models (no they were not - all Murano's and different years (but 2012 was included among them information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- West New York, NJ, USA

Car turned off all together while in drive

- Herndon, VA, USA

2012 all Murano, lower control arms bushings on driver and passenger side went bad at 50,000 miles coats out of pocket $900, and now at 60,000 miles the motor mounts are bad can win here the SUV is only 6yrs old I'm told lador and parts $1400, to $1900.

- Philadelphia, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Murano. While driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle stalled; however, the steering and braking ability still operated. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the shoulder to a complete stop. The vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to john amato Nissan (5200 N Washington road, glendale, Wisconsin 53217), but was not diagnosed or repaired. In October of 2017, the rear electrical door malfunctioned and remained in the open position. The vehicle was repaired for an electrical failure by the dealer (cherry hill Nissan, 2325 NJ-38, cherry hill, NJ 08002). The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 125,600.

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

1st incident- driving on main street of town hwy 31 S, car simply quit while in motion, while driving- no warning, no lights. Could not move, start etc.. had to call police to assist me in getting the car out of the main highway. 2nd incident- driving on I65 S interstate, doing 70mph, car quit while driving! had to throw on flashers and coast it into the median, the cops were called and had to have it towed to mechanic. My daughter and I were both in the car and could have been seriously injured or killed.- called Nissan to report, they advised they knew of no recalls.and were unconcerned just advised to take to mechanic- where it was. 3rd- car is now doing the same, will loose power when turning, and going up hills- always loses power/dies when in motion.

- Calera, AL, USA

I purchased a 2012 Nissan Murano new, my vehicle has less than 22000 mileas on it, no services lights have ever come on to indicate that any service was needed to be performed on the vehicle. I had an oil services done, however in one of my oil services done recently something occurred incorrectly and my vehicle starting blowing smoke from the mufflers, again no warning lights ever came on to indicate a problem or maintenance was required. I took it in to the dealership service center and I was told that the engine had major problems, they told me that for the engine to be as damage as it is warning lights should have come on. They also said that they have seen a few more vehicles with similar problems and the warnings never appeared on those vehicles as well.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

The contact owned a 2012 Nissan Murano. While the vehicle was parked, the contact was informed that the vehicle was on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police or fire report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an impound lot. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 24,092. Updated 12/30/14 the consumer stated a fire report was filed. Updated 05/28/2015

- Bradenton, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted and was taken to a dealer. The mechanic was not able to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 117,000.

- Dochester, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted, and was taken to a dealer. The mechanic could not diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 13,555. Updated 1/16/14 updated 01/28/14...updated 01-30-14 the consumer stated Nissan rejected any solution toward resolving the issue. Updated 01/30/14

- Columbus, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that there was an odor of anti freeze outside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the engine cooling fluid hose was replaced. The failure was not corrected and later recurred. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, who was unable to determine a failure. The failure was reported to the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 4,000. The current mileage was 10,000.

- Turlock , CA, USA

Hello, I am writing to you about a new vehicle that I recently purchased through Nissan. It's a 2012 Nissan Murano and I purchased the vehicle on Friday Dec 21, 2012. I brought the vehicle home (which is about 50 miles from the dealership) and the next day I took my family to visit my mother in the hospital and then we were going to go christmas shopping at the mall. While enroute to the mall I started hearing a squealing sound coming from the front of the vehicle. As I was driving and making turns the noise got progressively louder and then the vehicle became very hard to steer. I knew there was something obviously wrong so luckily we were close to the dealership and we called them and they said to bring it right in. I must admit, I should have had it towed but it was pouring down rain and I just wanted to get my family to safety so I decided to drive the vehicle. It was very scary, I tried to take a route that I had to make the fewest turns and the vehicle became harder and harder to steer to the point that I actually feared for the safety of my family. Luckily, I was able to make it to the dealership and they provided us a loaner vehicle. They stated that one of the power steering hoses came off underneath and that it had rubbed onto another belt and was no longer usable so they would have to order a part which would take 3-4 days. Since this was a brand new vehicle and round trip for me is 100 miles I was very upset with this. On Monday (christmas eve) they called and said the vehicle was ready. Evidently they took a hose off another vehicle and put it on mine.(which rather bothered me but it did get me back on the road again) my issue with this is that if we would have taken this vehicle up into the snow we would have been stranded and who knows what could have happened. This is a safety issue that is being blown off by Nissan and I wanted to report it!

- Penn Valley, CA, USA