Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2010 Nissan Murano submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 37 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 37, in the owner's own words
Vehicle will not accelerate. I will drive it a few miles, and it will be just fine. I drive it more, and it will stall and not accelerate. In fact, on 6/30/25, I was getting on the highway and it wouldn't accelerate and 8 warning lights came on. It has a brand new battery, alternator, idle sensor, and throttle position sensor. My dad and grandpa both know a lot about cars, and they are at a loss.
The transmission is failing and I recently found out there had been a recall on the CVT transmission and I would like to get it fixed by the company.
My 2010 Nissan Murano incurred transmission and transfer case failure @ around approximately 95,000 miles despite keeping up with the required maintenance. This was in a form of erratic jerking, overheating, and decreased pick up speeds. However, the vehicle did not have any service lights indicating further issues on the dash. I then went to 2 Nissan service centers to request that Nissan fix their faulty parts on 11/11/22 and 12/02/22. Both Service Centers acknowledge faulty parts by Nissan, but refused stating that my car is not under warranty and therefore, Nissan would not cover the cost. Nissan has had multiple class action law suits regarding their production of these parts and yet is evading responsibility. Since then, my car has sat in my driveway undriveable as Nissan continues to avoid rectifying the situation. I now owe the bank almost $3,000 for a car I can no longer drive and bank will not settle out the debt to the worth of the car. I now have to consider a voluntary repo which will ultimately negatively affect my credit and force me into a hardship. I cannot utilize this vehicle to go back and forth to work.
The contact owns a 2010 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, a rumbling noise was heard coming from underneath the vehicle. The check engine warning light was illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the rear subframe and front axle needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
When stepping on the gas after stopping at a stop light or similar situation, the car acts like it's stalling for 2 - 3 seconds before finally going forward. It's intermittent. I've been told by the Nissan dealership that when they did the diagnostic check, that the error code P0868 came up long enough to be caught for the report but did not stop at that error code. This error code says it's "Fluid pressure low". My Nissan advisor said that it is not a hard failure because it did not stop at this error. However, they do recommend that the transmission be replaced. I have been reading a lot online about other Murano owners having this similar issue or an issue with their transmission. I had it at the dealership twice before this last result I mentioned above.
The contact owns a 2010 Nissan Murano. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the transmission was slipping in and out of gear. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local Pep Boys where it was diagnosed that the catalytic converter had failed, the camshaft position sensor, and the power train system also had failed. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 171,000.
Transfer case I cracked resulting in a sudden stop as I was driving on the road.
MY VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER WHEN GOING UPHILL OR ACCELERATING. FOR EXAMPLE, TWO DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING UP STEEP HILLS IN THE TN MOUNTAINS AT LESS THAN 20 MPH. WHILE ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I SMASHED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT INTO PARK, AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE AS NORMAL. SOMETIMES THIS SAME ISSUE HAPPENS WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP.
I WAS ON A TRIP FROM SALINAS CA. TO SHASTA CA MY CARS RPMS BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE FOR NO REASON WHILE IN THE HIGHWAY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. CODE 1778 WAS ONE OF THE FEW CODES THAT CAME UP. THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING ME. TOOK INTO SHOP AND TRANSMISSION IS DEFINITELY THE PROBLEM.
CAR LOSES POWER AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT WILL START AND DRIVE BUT WILL EVENTUALLY START HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.
VEHICLE HAS HAD TO HAVE MOTOR IN THE ENGINE REPLACE. THE CVT TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND BREAK DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ELECTRICAL IN THE CAR WENT OUT AND THE CAR IS NO LONGER ABLE TO OPERATE.
WHILE DRIVING GOING UP HILL NO LIGHTS CAME ON NO WARNING CAR DIDNT WANT TO PULL.HAD TO ROLL BACK ON HILL WITH KIDS IN CAR PRAYING NOT TO GET HIT.
VEHICLE LOSES POWER, INCONSISTENTLY, WHEN BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION, SUCH AS AT A RED LIGHT, LEADING TO NEAR-REAREND COLLISION, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING DURING THESE OCCASIONS, AND AFTER PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR IT "KICKS BACK INTO FOWARD GEAR. NOW I AM GETTING CODE P1778 (WAS NOT GETTING THIS CODE FOR A LONG TIME WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MANIFESTING THIS LOSS OF POWER).
TOOK SUV TO DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE - TOLD I COULD NOT DRIVE CAR BECAUSE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO FAIL AND SEALS WERE LEAKING. SUV ONLY SERVICED AT DEALER AND ONLY HAS 64,535 MILES. NISSAN WILL REPLACE TRANSMISSION, BUT SAID I MUST PAY $4,000 FOR SEALS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. RESEARCHED ON WEB AND SEE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH CVT TRANSMISSION FAILURES WITH NISSAN. SUV SHOWED NO SYMPTOMS AND WAS DRIVING FINE - DEALER SAID IT WOULD FAIL WITHOUT MUCH WARNING RESULTING IN LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE SUV. I HAD TO RENT CAR AND APPROVE WORK ON SUV.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEGLUE NISSAN (6400 COLISEUM BLVD, ALEXANDRIA, LA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000. *TT*JB
THE VEHICLE WAS IN TRANSIT DURIN MID DAY ON A CITY STREET WHEN IT STOPPED ACCELERATING AND STARTED MAKING NOISES. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VERY SLOWLY TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAD 126,000 MILES SO JUST OVER THE 120,000 EXTENSION. NISSAN REFUSES TO COVER IT.
TRUCK ACCELERATES SLOWLY WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STATIONARY POINT. IT'S A IF IT'S NOT GETTING FUEL OR THE GEARS AREN'T SHIFTING. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
AT 65,000 MILES MY MURANO REQUIRED THE CVT TRANSMISSION, THE TRANSFER CASE, THE RT FRONT AXEL (AND HEAD GASKETS) TO BE REPLACED. AT THE TIME THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE MURANO HAS 150,000 MILES AND THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN! THIS WILL BE THE THIRD CVT TRANSMISSION IN 150,000 MILES AND OF COURSE THE NISSAN 120,000 MILE WARRANTY WHICH STARTED WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW NO LONGER COVERS THE CVT TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH THE CURRENT UNIT ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES OF USE. WHY HASN'T NISSAN BEEN FORCED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION? (I ALSO HAVE A 2013 VERSA WITH A CVT TRANSMISSION THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 65,000 MILES). BAD DESIGN THAT IS PUTTING CUSTOMERS AT RISK OF INJURY WHEN THE CTV TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AND DESTROY OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE DRIVE TRAIN. CURRENT PROBLEM: WHEN AT A FULL STOP THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THE GAS CAN GO TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE. THE DELAY IN ACCELERATION IS INTERMITTENT AND CAN LAST FROM LESS THAN A SECOND TO SEVERAL MINUTES. A SHUT DOWN AND RESTART OF THE CAR MAY BE NEEDED TO GET THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON LARGE ROADS IN THE NORTHERN VA TRAFFIC. NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND BLOCKING MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC IN NORTHERN VA IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.
KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN 2010 MURANO CVT AND TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. CVT / TRANSFER CASE FAILED AT 96,000 AND THEY KNOW ABOUT HIS CONSTANT PROBLEM AND DO NOTHING. TRYING TO DEAL WITH NISSAN HAS BEEN A DISASTER AND NO ONE WILL TALK TO ME ABOUT PAYING FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. BOTH SWAY BARS BROKE BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION AND SHAKING FROM THE CV SHAFT
THE CAR IS LOSING POWER AT RANDOM TIMES THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WILL LURCH FORWARD AT FULL POWER. THIS HAS CAUSE ME TO ALMOST GET INTO NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. THE DEALER HAS ADI THAT SINCE THERE ISNT A CODE COMING UP THAT THEY CANT DO ANYTHING. IVE READ ON THE WEB THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AND THAT ITS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE BUT THAT NISSAN WONT ISSUE A RECALL.
MY MURANO WAS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN SUDDENLY THE SUV WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE THE STREET BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON BOTH SIDES. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF SEVERAL TIMES AND RESTARTED BEFORE ABLE TO ACCELERATE. I HAD SUV TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CVT TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED. I HAS SERVICED TRANSMISSION FLUID 3 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE WITH 139,800 MILES. AFTER RESEARCHING THE NISSAN CVT{CONSTANT VARIABLE TRANSMISSION}, WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE PROBLEMS. I MAY BE THE FIRST WITH A 2010 MURANO. I AM FEARFUL OF THIS VEHICLE AFTER IT $5000 REPAIR{OUT OF POCKET}, ESPECIALLY IF ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IN CHICAGO AREA DUE TO SUDDEN LOSE OF ACCELERATION.
CVT TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WITH NO ERROR CODE, COULD NOT TELL WHAT THE ISSUE WAS UNTIL AT A POINT OF FAILURE CAUSING HIGH RPM CAR SLOWED DOWN IN TRAFFIC. JUST MADE IT HOME. WAITED UNTIL NEXT DAY TO GET IT TO THE DEALER, HAVE OWNED LOTS OF NISSANS IN THE PAST BUT NEVER ONE WITH A CVT TRANSMISSION EVEN ONE AT 400,000 MILES ON IT. TALKED TO DEALER MECHANIC AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH ALL NISSAN VEHICLES. $5,000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION! WHERE'S THE RECALL?
MULTIPLE TIMES, OVER PAST FEW YEARS, AFTER 1 0R MORE HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED ( 70 - 80 MPH ) VEHICLE LOSES ALL ACCELERATION. OCCURS WITH CRUISE ON OR OFF. WILL MAINTAIN SPEED ON LEVEL ROAD. WILL LOSE SPEED ON ANY INCLINE.AFTER PULLING OFF HIGHWAY, TURNING OFF CAR AND RESTARTING HAS ALWAYS SOLVED PROBLEM; UNTIL TODAY ON I85 WHEN PROBLEM REOCCURRED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. FLOORING ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NO AFFECT. I WOULD THINK LACK OF ACCELERATION COULD BE A PROBLEM IF TRYING A AVOID A CRASH
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO GO FORWARD, THE VEHICLE WOULD GO IN REVERSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CDT TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.
LEAKING TRANSFER CASE. ON MARCH 15, 2016, AT 72,549 MILES, THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON MY 2010 NISSAN MURANO LE FAILED AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A LOWE'S PARKING LOT. NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES SO THEY REPLACED THE CVT TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE AND RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO ME ON MARCH 22, 2016. ON MARCH 29, 2016 I NOTICED A BROWN OILY FLUID LEAKING ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME NISSAN DEALERERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS FINE BUT NOW I HAD A LEAKING TRANSFER CASE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRANSFER CASE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND I PAID OVER $1300 OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR IT.
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