Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2003 Nissan Murano submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 42 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 42, in the owner's own words
DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS IN THE PHOENIX ARIZONA AREA I'VE EXPERIENCED HESITATION (ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC) WHEN EITHER MOVING SLOWLY ALONG OR TRAFFIC PICKS UP OR TURNING AND I HAVE TO MASH HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR, SOMETIMES 2-4 TIMES!!! THIS IS FRIGHTENING !! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AS I'VE CHECKED FILTERS, GAS, INTAKE? AND ASKED MECHANIC ???
MY 2003 MURANO SE/SL AAWHEN I FIRST START THE ENGINE IT MAKES A SOUND LIKE IT HAS NO OIL OR ENGINE IS CHOKING BUT ITS STARTS BUT IF ENGINE IS IDLING FOR 5 MINS OR SO ITS SHUT OFF BUT I CAN START IT AGAIN BUT AFTER WHEN IM DRIVING ENGINE JUST DIES OFF AMD WONT START AGAIN FOR ABOUT 5 MINS. THAT PROBLEMS HAS BEEN GOING ON CONSTANTLY WHEN IM ON THE ROAD WITH MY CHILDREN OR BY MYSELF LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING MY SON TO SCHOOL AND I WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT AND ONCE I WAS TURNING MY MURANO DIED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD LUCKILY THE ON COMING TRAFFIC HAD A RED LIGHT SO I HAD A CHANCE TO PUSH IT OF THE INTERSECTION, ONE OTHER TIME I WAS PICKING UP DINNER AMD ENGINE JUST DIED OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND GEAR COULDNT BE RELEASED OF DRIVE AND KEY WOULDN'T TURN EITHER SOME HOW WHILE I WAS JERKING THE KEY I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT TO PARK AND KEY WAS RELEASED THAT TIME I WAS LUCKY ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED NEXT TO ME AND TURN THEIR EMERGENCY HAZARD LIGHT BECAUSE MY CAR SEEMED LIKE THE VEHICLE WASNT RESPONDING AT ALL NOT EVEN JUMP STARTING WORKED AND AFTER 20 25 MIMS IT JUST STARTED AGAING . IVE ALREADY FIXED THE FAULTY CODE BUT IT STILL DOES IT AND NOW THE CAM AND CRANK SHAFT CODES APPEARED
DRIVING CAME TO A STOP AT A LIGHT CAR DIED. RESTARTED IT, DROVE HOME. CAR WOULDN'T START, REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE STARTED WAS DRIVING GOT ON THE FREEWAY HAD NO ACCELERATION CONTROL, LOUD KNOCKING NOISE ALL OF A SUDDEN, TURNED AROUND WENT BACK HOME AND BEFORE I GOT TO MY FRONT DOOR THE RADIATOR EXPLODED! THE WHOLE TOP OF IT CRACKED OPEN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE REVERSING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AFTER ASSISTANCE FROM AN EYEWITNESS WITH JUMPER CABLES; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED DUE TO A BURNED WIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V319000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V003000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000.
I BOUGHT THIS CAR YEARS 3 YEARS AGO IN MIAMI AND IN THE BEGINNING I NOTICED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A MINOR PROBLEM THAT I COULD FIX WHIT THE TIME BUT I WAS WRONG. IF I'M SENDING THIS COMPLAINT NOW, IS BECAUSE ON MY EFFORT TO FIX THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM I FIND THIS INFORMATION ON THE WEB WHERE IT LOOKS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THE WORST PART OF THIS BEGAN A COUPLE MOUTHS AGO WHEN I WAS GETTING BACK FROM PENNSYLVANIA WITH MY FAMILY ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVEN AROUND 65 MILES AND UNEXPECTEDLY THIS HORRIBLE PROBLEM CAME "THE DECELERATION"FROM 65 IT WAS GETTING TO 30 MILES, IT SCARED ME A LOT BUT I CONSIDERED MYSELF THAT I'M A GOOD DRIVER AND MY FIRST REACTION WAS TO LET THE MOTOR WORK BY ITSELF I DIDN'T TOUCH THE SPEED AND THE BRAKE AND I PULL OVER THE CAR WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS I TURN IT OFF AND I WAITED 20 MINUTES AND THEN I TURN IT ON THE CAR AGAIN, FORTUNATELY IT WORKED AFTER THIS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM I THOUGHT. I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY AND HONESTLY I DON'T NEED THE CAR IF I BOUGHT IS JUST FOR PLEASURE TO GO OUT THE CITY TO VACATION AND HERE I FIND OTHER PROBLEM; WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING SHORT DISTANCES LIKE HERE IN THE CITY YOU DIDN'T NOTICE ABOUT THIS BUT THE PROBLEM IT COMES WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING LONG DISTANCES OVER 50 MILES AND THEN THE MOTOR LOOSE POWER. THIS PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE EVERY TIME WHEN I DO THE IGNITION THEN 5 MINUTES LATTER THE MOTOR LOOSE POWER. I CHANGE SEVERAL AUTO PARTS ON THE ENGINE SYSTEM AND THE ELECTRICAL TOO, I THOUGHT THAT MAY BE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COULD BE THE PROBLEM A SENSOR A FUSIBLE OR SOMETHING BUT HOWEVER I STILL WITHOUT FIX THIS PROBLEM I DON'T WANT DRIVE ANY MORE THIS CAR BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW COULD BE THE REACTION OF THE CAR AGAIN ON A HIGHWAY, EVEN I DON'T WANT EVEN TRY TO SELL IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE BADNESS TO SELL AT SOMEBODY ON THAT CONDITION. THANK YOU *TR
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION COMPLETELY. . IT HAD TO BE RE-STARTED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. ONCE IN ,OPTION AGAIN, THE ENGINE WAS IDLING EXTREMELY HIGH AND CONTINUED THAT WAY UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND SAT FOR OVER AN HOUR. STARTED. *TR
I WAS IN STOP/GO TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, NOTHING HAPPENED. I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR 3 OR 4 TIMES AND SUDDENLY THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND THEN STARTED MOVING. THE NEXT TIME I CAME TO A STOP, I HAD TO REPEAT THE PUMPING OF THE GAS PEDAL TO MOVE AGAIN. I DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD. WHEN I COULD SAFELY PULL OVER, I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES. WHEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. I CAN GO SEVERAL MONTHS WITH EVERYTHING BEING FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO A DEALER BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO INDICATE WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AND SINCE EVERYTHING IS FINE AFTER THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN STARTED AGAIN, HOW DO I RECREATE THE ISSUE FOR A MECHANIC? THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THE LURCHING FORWARD HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON VARIOUS BLOGS AND ON THIS WEBSITE. IN THE QUALIFIER ABOVE IT ASKS IF THERE HAS BEEN A CRASH, FIRE OR FATALITY. PLEASE TELL ME WHY ONE OF THESE HORRIFIC THINGS HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THERE IS A RECALL ON A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH A VEHICLE? A CAR NOT ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC AND THEN SUDDENLY LURCHING FORWARD SHOULD NOT BE THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY OR COST TO REPAIR. IT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND COST OF THE MANUFACTURER TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SELLING A SAFE VEHICLE. *TR
IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE. I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE THEN THE CAR LOST POWER. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC TO FIND OUT MY FUEL PUMP FUSE BLEW. SINCE THEN WITHIN A MONTH TIME MY CAR HAS LOST POWER TWICE AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED RUNNING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 55 MPH. PUTTING MYSELF AND KIDS IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE FIRST TIME AND A HOUR THE SECOND TIME I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL, TURNED THE KEY AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I PURCHASED MY 2003 MURANO ONLY 4 MONTHS AGO AND NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE TODAY SCARED TO DRIVE. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE THESE COMPLAINTS MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY BEFORE SOMEONE LOSE THEIR LIFE BEHIND THIS DEFECT. *TR
VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE FIRST TIME, I DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT. TWO DAYS LAYER THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING 50+ MILES AN HOUR. WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP UNTIL I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL REALLY HARD AS I CRANKED IT. *TR
MY NISSAN MURANO 2003 HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM 3 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I WAS ON A HILL IN SAN FRANCISCO AND CAME TO A STOP SIGN. ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR; INSTEAD IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. IT WAS VERY SCARY. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED AND THE CAR RESPONDED FINE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE. THEN 5 MONTHS LATER, I WAS IN A STOP AND OF TRAFFIC ON I80 ON MY WAY TO LAKE TAHOE. THE CAR REFUSE TO MOVE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN. I STARTED PRESSING HARDER AND IT LURCHED FORWARD. IT DID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I FINALLY PULLED OVER AND CUT OFF THE ENGINE AND STARTED BACK UP; THE CAR RESPONDED FINE THEREAFTER. HOWEVER, IT KEPT REPEATING THE SAME PROBLEM; EACH TIME I WILL RESOLVE IT BY RESTARTING THE CAR. LUCKILY, IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO IT WAS REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME. THE CAR PERFORMED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM UNTIL 2006. THE PROBLEM REARED ITS UGLY HEAD. I TOOK IT BACK IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD BATTERY. SO WE HAD THAT CHANGED, BUT THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. THE MECHANIC RESET THE CAR COMPUTER AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. AGAIN, IT DIDN'T REALLY COST ME MUCH OTHER THAN THE BATTERY. THEN IN 2009, THE CAR AGAIN STARTED DOING THE LURCHING THING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. IT'S ALWAYS IN THE SAME SITUATION. I KNEW I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY THEN AND IT WOULD COST ME AN ARM AND A LEG SO I JUST DEALT WITH IT BY RESTARTING THE CAR EACH TIME AND PRAY THE TRAFFIC WILL MOVE FASTER SOON. IT'S NOW 2011 AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM PAST NISSAN MURANO OWNERS, I REALLY THINK NISSAN OWES US SOME MONEY. IT SHOULD'VE BEEN A RECALL SINCE MOST OF US PAID $35K+ FOR THIS CAR. MY CAR NOW HAS 145K MILES. I AM IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW CAR. I LIKE THE CVT. MAYBE WILL TRY A SUBARU INSTEAD. *TR
A ROAD OBJECT WHICH WENT UNDER THE CAR NOT OVER ANY TIRE STRUCK THE GAS TANK AND PUNCTURED. THE INSTALLED RECALLED ADDED TANK PROTECTOR DID NOT KEEP THE TANK FROM BEING STRUCK AND CAUSING A LEAK. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED AT THE MAKERS DEALERSHIP WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE FROM THE PREVIOUS RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE RECALL ADDED DEVICE DID NOT PERFORM AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL ?NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V003000 *TR
WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 NISSAN MURANO AWD SL I SUDDENLY LOOSE ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE WILL NOT REV AND THE RPM INDICATOR IS 0, THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING, THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHT INDICATORS. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE ACCELERATOR WILL RE-ENGAGE AND THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NO CODES ISSUED. I HAVE REPLACED IN THE PAST 3 YEARS THE TRANSMISSION IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS THE FUEL PUMP, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THE O2 SENSORS HAVE ALL BEEN REPLACED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS NOT A PROBLEM THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD BE...SOUND LIKE THEY ARE NOT BEING EXACTLY FORTHCOMING ON THIS ISSUE. *TR
2003 NISSAN MURANO. CONSUMER STATES ENGINE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GRADUALLY STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSTIC TEST REVEALED FUEL PUMP FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN JULY 2007. BUT, THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. PRIOR TO THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS, THE ENGINE STALLED ON MAY 10, 2010. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE CRANK SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REPAIRS SUCH AS: ALTERNATOR FAILURE, THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCKS ROUTINELY MALFUNCTIONED DURING EXTREME HEAT, THE DRIVER'S POWER SEAT MALFUNCTIONED, THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE CRACKED, THE AXLES WERE LOOSE, AND THE INTAKE HOSE FAILED. *JB
THIS STATEMENT IS IN ADDITION OF NUMURAS SAFETY RECALLS. JULY 2008 ON INTERSTATE 22 MYRTLE BEACH MY 2003 MURANO STALLED OUT WITH SON AND DAUGHTER. JULY 2009 IT STALLED OUT IN WHITEVILLE NC. IT STALLED AGAIN. ON BOTH OCCASIONS NISSAN REPLACED A BLOWN A BLOWN FUSE. NOTHING ELSE. AUGUST 2010 TRAFFIC THE MURANO STALLED AT 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC NEARLY CAUSING A TEN CAR PILE UP. WE WERE LUCKY. TOWED MURANO,TO NISSAN OF MYRTLE BEACH, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. ON ALL THE RECALLS MAILED TO US REFER:THESE SAFETY RECALLS COULD CAUSE FIRE OR CRASHES. MY WIFE IS AFRAID OF OUR DEATH TRAP OF OUR 2003 MURANO. THE FUEL PUMP IS NOT A RECALL,BUT IF YOU LOOK UP COMPLAINTS ON FUEL PUMPS AND BLOWN FUSES YOU SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE MY CAR IS A DEATH TRAP. I WANT A INVESTIGATION DONE. *TR
TOTAL AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE AT 65-70 MPH ON A CROWDED FREEWAY. THANKS TO A TRUCKER IN A LANE TO MY RIGHT RUNNING INTERFERENCE, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, WHERE WE SAT IN 102 DEGREE HEAT UNTIL WE COULD GET HELP. *TR
NISSAN MURANO 2003 - IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GOING 45 MPH, THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AND LUCKILY, I WAS ON THE DECLINE SIDE OF A BRIDGE AND WAS ABLE TO ROLL SAFELY TO THE SIDE WITHOUT INCIDENT. I HAD MY 2 YEAR OLD SON AND WIFE IN THE CAR AND CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE CAR SHUT OFF ON THE INCLINE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND THE MECHANICS INSPECTED THE CAR AND FOUND THAT THE FUSE FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM BURNT OUT. THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT FUSE COULD HAVE BURNT OUT. ONCE REPLACED THE CAR FUNCTIONED WITH NO ISSUES. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE. *TR
CAR: 2003 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD SUMMARY: CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF POWER / STALLING DURING DRIVING DETAILS: THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISSUES - ALL REPORTED TO NISSAN - WHICH PROMPTLY DECLINED TO DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THEM SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. HOWEVER IT'S CLEAR THAT SEVERAL OTHER 2003 NISSAN MURANO OWNERS ARE REPORTING THE "CATASTROPHIC" STALL PROBLEM - A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH BEARS THIS OUT. TO ME IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN IS WASHING ITS HANDS OFF THE PROBLEM. HERE ARE SOME SYMPTOMS: 1) WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE CAR CATASTROPHICALLY LOST POWER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS - ONLY TO SOMEWHAT RECOVER THEREAFTER. AT THE TIME OF RECOVERY MANYLIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP INCLUDING "CHECK ENGINE" "AWD LOCK / SLIP" ETC. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN A ROW - AND I CALLED NISSAN FOR HELP. 2) I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WHEN WAITING AT A STOP SIGN TO CROSS UPHILL, THE CAR SIMPLY DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AND STARTS ROLLING DOWNHILL INSTEAD. 3) SIMILARLY IN STOP AND GO SITUATIONS - THE CAR SIMPLY DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL - AND THEN WHEN IT FINALLY DOES LURCHES FORWARD IN A DANGEROUS, OUT-OF-CONTROL FASHION INCREASING THE CHANCES OF REAR-ENDING THE CAR AHEAD. *TR
SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM NISSAN DEALERSHIP ITS BEEN ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER FIRST THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS ALREADY BROKE WHEN THE SOLD IT TO US THEY TURNED THE ENGINE LITE OFF PRIOR TO GOING FOR TEST DRIVE THE DAY WE BOUGHT N RODE HOME THE LITE CAME RIGHT BACK ON & HAS BEEN ON SINCE STILL IS DEALER SAID 1500$$ AN THEY WOULD FIX IT NICE... THE FRONT SEAT BROKE, GAS TANK LID WOULDN'T OPEN HAD TO FIX IT, AN NOW STEERING HAS WENT 640$$ TO FIX IT ?? *TR
WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND WENT TO A GAS STATION. HOWEVER, GAS TANK DOOR WON'T OPEN. CALLED DEALERSHIP BUT SAID CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. HAD TO BREAK THE LOCK TO PUT IN GAS. HEARD A LOT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL SPILLING FROM THE GAS TANK. THE GAS TANK SHIELD WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT FUEL FROM LEAKING OUT; HOWEVER, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN LOOSE AND CAUSED THE FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V003000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY). THE MANUFACTURER IS STILL ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE IF THE RECALL APPLIES TO HER VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE REPAIR SHOP AND HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 116,000.
FUEL TANK FILLER DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DEALER REPLACED RELAY FOR $209.46 ON 7/8/2008. FUEL TANK FILLER DOOR BECAME STUCK CLOSED AGAIN ON 9/23/2008. DEALER RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL PARTS/LABOR (OPENER MECHANISM) FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE DOLLARS. I HAD THE MECHANIC ADJUST THE LATCH. AS OF 2/14/2009 THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECURRENCE. *TR
FUEL DOOR LOCKS AND DOES NOT OPEN,ACTUATORS DEFECTIVE 2003 NISSAN MURANO. *TR
I OWN A 2003 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD. THE FUEL TANK SHROUD WAS INSTALLED IN COMPLIANCE WITH RECALL CAMPAIGN 06V003000. THE SHROUD IS OF SUCH A BAD DESIGN THAT IT HAS BROKEN IN NORMAL WINTER DRIVING. THE MATERIALS USED ARE TOO WEAK AND THE DESIGN DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PROTECTION FOR THE TANK. OVERALL, THIS DESIGN IS TERRIBLE, AND DOES NOT SOLVE THE REQUIREMENT OF PROTECTING THE FUEL TANK. NISSAN NEED TO COME UP WITH A BETTER DESIGN THAT BETTER CONFORMS TO THE PROFILE OF THE FUEL TANK--THE CURRENT DESIGN PROTRUDES DOWN TOO FAR AND IS TOO EASILY DAMAGED. *TR
2003 NISSAN MURANO-STALLING OUT AND BARELY GOING-TOOK TO LOCAL MEC. AND HE REPLACED MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR @ APPROXIMATE 83,227MILES. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AFTER THE MURANO WAS IN THE GRAY DANIELS NISSAN SHOP HERE IN JACKSON,MS FOR AIR FILTER AND BRAKE WORK. NO HELP FROM THEM ; JUST MY PROBLEM. WELL I WILL VOICE MY THOUGHTS TO EVERYONE ON NOT BUYING A NISSAN. EDMONDS HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM . JUST ANOTHER TAKE YOUR MONEY WITH NO SERVICE. WKP *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A VAPOR LEAK AND A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,000.
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