2013 Nissan Murano Complaints

I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OF MURANO 13, TWICE IN '17 AND AGAIN IN '18. NOW IN LATE 2019, I AGAIN STARTED TO HEAR CRANKING SOUND WHILE PUSHING GAS. THEN IN 2020, VEHICLE SEIZED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, BUT AFTER 5 MINS IT GOT STARTED TO DRIVE ABOUT .3 MILE. AFTER THAT VEHICLE IS UNABLE TO START, AFTER SENDING TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS TRANSFER SEAL LEAKING PROBLEM. MY MURANO SEEMS TO HAVE A GENERIC POWERTRAIN PROBLEM. AFTER CONTACTING NISSAN MURANO CONSUMER AFFAIR, NO HELP THIS TIME. THEY HELP TO REPLACE THE TRANSIMISSION 2 TIMES THOUGH. NOT SURE IF THE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED DURING TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT OR IT IS A MANUFACTURING FAULT.

ON AUGUST 3, 2019 MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING OUR 2013 MURANO ON A TWO-LANE STATE HIGHWAY (COLORADO 133) BETWEEN REDSTONE AND MARBLE WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING, LEAVING THE ENGINE RUNNING NORMALLY. IT WAS LIKE THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. WE WERE THEN COASTING ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE WE LOOKED FOR A SAFE PLACE TO STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY THE CAR FOLLOWING US WAS NOT TOO CLOSE TO BE ENDANGERED BY OUR LOWER SPEED. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. THE ODOMETER READ 87,861 MILES. WE HAD OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS AT THAT POINT AND HAD DRIVEN IT IN A NORMAL FASHION. WE HAD NOT TOWED ANYTHING NOR DRIVEN OFF ROAD OR EXPOSED THE CAR TO ANY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. ULTIMATELY THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER, LOCATED IN GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 121 MILES AWAY, TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. AT THAT TIME WE LEARNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS THE CVT MODEL USING BELTS AND NOT GEARS. THE DEALER TOLD US...

WHILE DRIVING WITH FAMILY ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF. I QUICKLY CHECKED DASHBOARD INDICATORS AND EVERYTHING LOOK OKAY AND ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I PULLED INTO GAS STATION, POPPED HOOD AND NOTICED STEERING FLUID WAS VERY LOW. I BUY A BOTTLE AT THE GAS STATION, PUT A LITTLE IN THE RESERVOIR AND MOVED AROUND THE GAS STATION LOT. STEERING FELT NOMINALLY BETTER. I CHECKED THE STEERING FLUID AND RESERVOIR WAS LOW AGAIN. I THEN CALLED A FEW NISSAN DEALERS AND FOUND ONE THAT COULD LOOK AT IT THE VERY NEXT DAY. I PUT MORE FLUID IN AND HAD A RELATIVE FOLLOW ME TO DROP IT OFF. THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE HAD A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID: 17V184000 IN 2017 FOR THE POWER STEERING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL BACK THEN. I WAS CONCERNED THAT MAY BE A ISSUE. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE HERE WAS THE POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE HAD A PLASTIC CLIP THAT FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THAT HOSE TO RUB AGAINST THE DRIVE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATED THAT THE LIFTGATE WAS OPEN. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL ALSO OPERATED INDEPENDENTLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND WAS CURRENTLY OCCURRING FREQUENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 76,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED TO LOCK OR UNLOCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED MATT CASTRUCCI NISSAN (3013 MALL PARK DR, DAYTON, OH, (855) 299-1946), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.