Four problems related to battery have been reported for the 2003 Nissan Murano. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Nissan Murano based on all problems reported for the 2003 Murano.
The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, she attempted to accelerate further, but the vehicle lost power and stalled. The anti-lock brake and battery lights also began to illuminate on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The battery was replaced, but the failure continued and reccurred intermittently at different speeds on three occasions. After the final failure, the vehicle was towed home. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 124,000. The VIN was not available.
To date, we have had numerous problems with our 2003 Murano. We have replaced the throttle body, motor mount, battery, tcm and transmission. On July 21, 2006 our Murano made a loud noise then quit moving. We had it towed to the dealership where they stated it needed a new tcm. That did not fix the problem so they said we needed a new transmission. We had 64,000 miles. Since then we had the car for one day and took it back for yet a new problem with the rear axle.
While driving down one of the busiest 8 lane highways in tampa my car decided that it didn't want to stay cranked and died right smack in the middle of the intersection. Luckily, my room mate was behind me and jumped out to help me push it back into the parking lot. We assumed it was out of gas, which it wasn't. Afterwards, we realized that we tried to jump the car off because now it wasn't turning over. It cranked , and I made it to the intersection. Again, it died on me once more. So we left the car overnight in barnes and noble parking lot. I came back Sunday afternoon may 1, 2005 and replaced the battery. It cranked right up. I drove 2 miles home. Then 6 miles to north tampa, only to have my car die pulling into the parking lot of a friend's apartment complex. I let it sit for a few hours, cranked it up and it cranked. Then managed to make it to the on ramp of i75 south, only to have it die again. It wa s now sitting at a friends house. I managed to drive it 1 mile an hour in idle into someone's apartment complex, where it now sits waiting for someone to tow it to the Nissan dealership.
While driving battery/brake warning light illuminated. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.