general problems of the 2004 Nissan Murano - part 2

Driving to CT car dies in mid momentum and almost causes a serious accident. Fought to get over into the breakdown lane almost getting hit by a sixteen wheeler. After a $150 dollar tow the car starts up and I drove it to the dealer the next day. I was told that it was a cam position and cam shaft sensor. Total cost $650. Take car home two days later the surges started and the car starts sputtering again. Currently the car is at the dealer and I am being told that it might be a transmission issue on a car that does not have 60k on it. This is ridiculous how can Nissan allow these issues with the cvt go on with doing a recall. I mean I almost lost my life does it take someone to die before something happens.

As noted w all this complaints about this cvt ,Nissan should have recalled this. Just paid almost 5 g for remanufactured transmission. It seems to me a lot of people got ripped off from this car, I hope your agency can help from our losses and fear for this defective transmission.

Delayed in acceleration. Faulty cvt transmission.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that the vehicle would not properly respond to acceleration attempts. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who confirmed that there was a failure with the transmission. The manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 134,000 and the current mileage was 134,300.

5/10/stopped in traffic on I-75 south in TN. Had driven approx 5 hours. Traffic proceeded to normal speed. Stepped on gas pedal, car would not accelerate. Then immediately sped off. Dealer was finally able to diagnose the issue on 5/6/2013 (now outside of warranty). The issue was first recognized by Nissan Nov 2006 (ntb05-084a). Nissan corp has chosen to not recall the vehicles. They also will not assist with the repair ($2050). Was also told that the repair may not fix the issue. Some people have fixed this issue only to end up having the transmission replaced ($5000+). The issue is only apparent in warmer weather (and not daily).

I have a 2004 Nissan Murano with only 63000 miles. I encountered a lack or decrease of power while driving at constant speed of 55mph. The engine was still on but the engine won't respond if I press on the pedal. And I had to slowly maneuver the vehicle to the shoulder while decelerating. Fortunately I had a chance to park the vehicle to the side of the road. I turned of the car and waited a minute and the car started back again but I notice a humming sound coming from the transmission especially when you let go of the gas pedal while driving. And I would say a 10 to 15% decrease of engine power when you try to accelerate compared before this incident happened. I hope this situation be fixed by Nissan before somebody gets hurt. Thank you for your time to listen to our concern. God bless.

When started a loud whine is heard and increases with engine speed. Upon initially accelerating after starting the vehicle will slow down to a crawl and not speed up even with pedal to the floor. Suddenly it will accelerate without warning while the whine changes in pitch. Then when you stop at a light it will not accelerate when the light turns green nearly causing people to run into the back of me. I almost didn't make it thought the light before it turned red. If you do get it going it will lose power without warning. This is an extremely dangerous situation to drive in. This behavior started after having the fluid changed at the dealership. I had the vehicle towed in and was told by the dealer that the belt was bad and the transmission needed to be replaced at a cost of $4268. 55. It is obvious by Nissan doubling the factory warranty on these cvt's that they knew of a defect but chose not to issue a recall. It makes no sense to have to replace an entire transmission because of a part failure inside. This is a very poor design if it can not be repaired.

Vehicle will not accelerate when pushing gas pedal. This has happened multiple times but it occurs randomly. This is a dangerous, well-reported and well-known problem about which multitudes of Nissan owners have complained and blogged. Apparently, Nissan corrected the problem in 2005. They will back up the transmission up to 10 years/120,000 miles but only if it fails completely. Otherwise, as in my case, they will not pay for repairing transmission parts, although the cost is in the thousands of dollars.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while driving 75 mph, the accelerator failed to respond to acceleration attempts. The contact also mentioned that the vehicle erroneously decelerated while the accelerator pedal was being depressed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the mechanic was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 110,000. The current mileage was 200,000.

Traveling on the interstate and in the process of passing a car in passing gear the power of the car stopped. We slowed down and afterthat everytime we would give it gas it would power down again. We took it to a Nissan dealer service center, they said it was an electronic throtle. They replaced that then in less than 30 days it did the exact same thing, took it back to Nissan they said it was the transmission, they replaced the valve covers, then in February on the way to texas it did it again only this time it was much worse, it would power down and you could creeep to the edge on the highway. Very dangerous in that the power stops as you are driving in high traffic areas at the speed of 60-65. We left it at a Nissan dealership in grapevine texas, they had it for a month and guaranteed that they found the problem, they said it was a flow valve. On the way back from texas, (13 hour) drive it did the exact same thing and we had to have it towed to sante fe, nm. We have spent $3,000 at this point. Now I have contacted corporate Nissan, they have told us to go get the car they cannot find anything wrong. However Nissan knows that the transmissions are bad on these cars for they have extended the transmission warranty to 120,000. They refuse to replace the transmission saying that the computer will not justify the problem. Do we have to wait until we are in a car wreck because of this problem for anyone to do anythng? somone needs to make Nissan take responsibility for this! I have had my Murano in the shop for over 50 days total. We are told that now Nissan is sending a tech, that was last week, he still has not arrived. We are wanting to warn people who won Nissan to be aware.

I was driving my Murano and came to a stoplight when upon acceleration nothing happened. I have taken the car to the dealer several times about this and they have failed to fix the problem. It can be very dangerous if a car is approaching from behind and the car will not accelerate.

I have a 2004 Nissan Murano that has been exhibiting acceleration problems for about 2 years. When I press on the gas pedal the rpms increase but the car does not move, then after two to five seconds the car picks up speed rapidly. This problem is most noticeable in hot weather and when I am in stop-and-go traffic. Yesterday while driving I heard a loud clunk, the car decelerated quickly and resisted accelerating. . . I had to drive home at 15 mph and had the car towed to a garage this morning.

Failure to navigate a hill.

2004 Nissan Murano with just 70,000 dies after putting the car into drive or reverse. The car worked fine then when I got back in it to go home it started fine and then when you put it into gear it kills the engine. Took it to the dealer and they got no codes and there are no warning lights. They are saying that the transmission has to be replaced for $5500.