One problem related to brake grinding noise has been reported for the 2004 Nissan Murano. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Nissan Murano based on all problems reported for the 2004 Murano.
My daughter was driving my Nissan Murano to school pulling on to a four lane highway accelerating to get up to the speed limit when all of a sudden the vehicle lost power and started to decelerate, she was almost rear ended by a trailer truck. She heard a grinding noise and was able to coast into the median to remove the vehicle from traffic. She was quite shaken by the incident as was I. I had the vehicle towed to a repair garage only to find out that the transmission was in pieces inside the pan. I understand by reviewing many web sites that this has happened to numerus Nissan owners. Does someone have to be killed before a recall or a warning is initiated? it appears Nissan has washed their hands of these defective transmissions as well as the broken driver seat brackets and rear disc break slid pins that freeze up and cause the caliper to heat up, rear wheels and ultimately the tires. If Nissan (who is very aware of the defects) or NHTSA doesn't make Nissan Murano owners aware of the danger, someone will have a fatal accident and it will be too late!.