general problems of the 2005 Nissan Murano

Vehicle shutdown while driving in the middle of the road while using a new battery. Fuel pump not reading fuel tank. Vehicle stalls specially whenever acceleration starts after stopping.

Takara recall : while the car is in motion the engine will shut off at random. When the engine shuts off the car is pulled along the side of the road, and will start again. This has happened on multiple, almost causing serious crashes.

I was driving my car and the engine acted like it was going to stall and wouldn't respond by giving it gas. Then it just lurched forward abrubtly and began to run normally. Then after about 2 more blocks while we're going 45 mph it completely stalled out in the middle lane of a 3 lane road. This caused the car behind me to almost rearend us but the cars behind them actually did get into a crash trying to stop from hitting them. Thankfully a police car was a few cars back and was able to put their lights on and push my car out of traffic because we couldn't even get out of the car with cars whizzing past us on both sides. Thank god or we could've been involved in a multiple car crash and one of us could have gotten hurt. This happened on 07/13/18. I paid about $600 to replace the alternator and fix something in the cooling system. Now it is only a month later, 08/15/18, and it's done it again. It stalled in the middle of a construction zone driving 35mph while taking my child to school causing traffic to back up. The cars were driving through the construction cones/signs to our right illegally or they were driving down the shared turn lane on our left to get around me. About 200 cars drove past us without bothering to offer help and even after calling 911 for help, it took them almost an hour to show up and once again had to push us off the road to safety. This is creating a huge safety concern. I saw recall 09v169000 for similar or same issue for my model/year but when I look up my VIN it says I have no recalls. I had spent almost $1300 about 3-4 yrs ago to fix this very same "stalling while driving" issue and thought I was past all this. Now I'm back to square 1 and issue still exists! why is this Nissan Murano flaw not covered for all Murano's with this problem? pease research my VIN# and see if it can be included in the recall before one of us gets seriously hurt?.

Vehicle takes minutes to pick up speed especially true when it is on a stop position either in an intersection or traffic light intersection. I put my foot on the gas and press all the way down where it slowly moves, pick up a speed and do the same thing for each stop sign or traffic stop light. When starting the vehicle, it makes a screeching sound. If able to drive, steering wheel sometimes have that slight shaking. We have been experiencing these issues for more than a year now. Tires were changed and brakes changed but issues still a big concern.

Fuel sensor says car is on empty but will never fill up past 1/2 tank. Alternator is out now & bad vibration when driving between 60-70mph so could possibly be u joint considering everything else has been done that would correct a vibration.

Several times while driving on city streets the car would shut down completely, with no warning had to get towed. While in drive-through car shut down but a delay then restarted. Bought new battery, alternator and got a tune-up. Currently the car will not go in backwards.

I bought my 05 Murano from the dealership for $6000 and I only drove it for 3 months before the alternator and the transmission went. I paid $600 for the alternator to be repaired and 2 weeks later the transmission went. The dealership said that it would cost me $4200 to fix the transmission. They refused to give me any sort of discount. I got 3 months out of a $6000+ dollar car. I am so upset this has caused so many problems in my life in so many ways. I can't believe Nissan is morally ok with ripping me off like this.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Murano. While driving approximately 50 mph, the vehicle slowed down and the brake and battery indicators illuminated. The failure was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 34,000.

Just bought the vehicle in January of 2016 thinking it would be a good used car. I was wrong it has 155,000 miles on it. Today I was driving home from work was stop at stoplight went to take off and it stalled and the check engine light came on, I was able to finally move it form the road and it wouldn't go above 5 mph, so I turned it off then back on it started to drive fine I didn't take any chances had it towed to a friends repair shop were checked the codes and it was all for the transmission. This could have caused a huge wreck as the road I was on is extremely busy. This very unsafe for Nissan not to do anything about.

Driving down hwy and car started jumping, whinning and then car locked up. I was able to pull over on side of hwy. I smelled smoke and got out. Called wrecker . They towed to shop. . I now have a car payment but no car. Estimate for repair 4,000. 00 for new transmission.

Transmission suddenly seized and vehicle would not move, even when being pushed in neutral. Luckily it was in my parking lot but if this had happened in traffic or on the highway it could have been a dangerous and potentially deadly situation.

The driver side trans-axle slid out of it's locked position in the transmission. The axle seal/gasket was replaces 3months prior on the driverisde. Up on disassembly, the dealship master transmission mechanic was baffled as to how this could have happened as he puts it "ypu would need a great frorce to pull it out once it was in locked position. All of the components were examined and seem to be all in good condition as far as wear on the threads ans well as the locking clip. It was concluded that this was a failure of product design and not the falt of improper installation and this failure could have let to a catostrophic failure at high speeds and may have resulted in severe accident.

The transmission just gave up, dragging at 25 miles per hour.

Car developed load rumbling in the front end. Progressively getting louder. Car then began to sure and or loose power at random intervals . . As so many others have stated cvt failing. Learned about this problem after the fact. Was amazed to see how many people had filed complaints without any response or help from Nissan. No recall no help getting car credit, as it is valueless in trade at dealer. Fortunate that mine seemed to last longer than most. Cost 4 to 6 thousand to fix. . . More than car is worth at this point. Left with no way getting rid of it or getting new vehicle. Car that I thought would have good trade in value absolutely no one wants to touch. Been offered 1000 max for it at several different dealers. Shocked that a company size of Nissan would not work with there customers. . . At least offering reasonable compensation for current value of vehicle. Im sure Nissan will never be considered in my car buying decisions again. Problem has potential to be deadly for everyone in vehicle as the car looses power or surges without warning. I am sure they will be sued shortly when an entire family looses there life because Nissan refuses to acknowledge the problem.

I started hearing a rattle when under acceleration and could never find the culprit. It started jingling like change in someone pocket so I looked again and notice a piece of the idler pulley bracket going in circles around the adjustment screw. I looked up online only to yet another under designed part by Nissan. This part failing can cause serious damage and even wrecks if not fixed immediately.

The vehicle does not go when you press the gas. It stalls extremely bad. It hasn't caused me a wreck --yet but it is going to happen. I have 2 young boys(age 6 &4) and I am scared for them to be in the car with me. I can not pull out in front of anyone because it takes so long for the acceleration to pick up. I like the looks of my Murano and I bought it saying"it is a Nissan so it will last" but I am starting to doubt that seriously!! this is my 2nd Nissan vehicle and if this part cant be recalled then it will be my last and I will spread the word. This cvt problem is a safety issue for so many owners yet Nissan refuses to do anything. I am very disappointed and hate to sell my Murano but that looks like what I will have to do and take a huge loss on it also because of the cvt needing replaced. Makes the car not worth the nada or blue book at all. !!!!.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a traffic stop, the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed the power train control module would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 84,000.

We went out and started the car on Wednesday night of last week and a very loud vibrating sound could be heard from the engine compartment. Due to the tight quarters in the engine compartment and very cold temperatures, I was not able to investigate very much. It was obvious the noise occurred only under loads. Nissan investigated the following day and informed us the idler pulley bracket had a crack and as a result it tore into the belts. Nissan stated it needed to be fixed because it is extremely dangerous to drive with the bracket being cracked. Both the bracket and belts needed replacement ASAP ($400). The car has an existing powertrain and bumper to bumper warranty, neither of which covered this. In addition, Nissan said this happens once and awhile so I looked the issue up online and found many complaints. In addition, it appears this fail results more often in cars that had the alternator recall repaired and in doing that repair, this bracket is either damaged or torqued too tightly back in place. Had this piece completely broken while driving, we could have had a serious accident. Nissan should replace these brackets considering they claim it "does occur", it "can't be driven safely" with it being cracked. There is no reason a bracket like this should fail, especially after only 4 years and 36,000 miles.

43 degrees, 5 pm, 1561 miles, 2005 Nissan Murano sl I start vehicle, back up, pull out of driveway, car will not accelerate. Max speed obtainable 20 mph, very, very slow to get any speed. Engine will rev to 2500 rpm, when floored, no acceleration, return home. Service engine soon light on slip off light on vehicle dynamic control light on park vehicle and and try restarting several times, car starts ok, above three lights come on each time. Do not try to drive again that day. Sat. Evening, no dealer open. Try again Sunday, 55 degrees, starts ok and only ses light comes on, drives, ok call jeff smith Nissan warner robins GA on Monday. Says bring car in. Dealer states car is in "limp mode". They keep a week. Findings: dtc code u1000 can comm circuit, c1132 abs check abs-ok techline ref #755136 apply TSB ntb06-009 dated Feb 8, 2006 seems ok, now. I shudder to think what would have happened if if I had been pulling out in traffic.

I have a 2005 Nissan Murano which is two wheel drive with the ctv transmission. We were coming back from vacation from colorado when the problem started. Several times during the trip when we were coming down a hill with the cruise control on the car would try to maintain the selected speed however if the hill was a little to big it would turn off the cruise control it self. We were just south of san antonio the last time that it had turned off the the cruise. The problem was when it turned off the cruise it also disabled the transmission. It was rather scary as we were driving in rush hour traffic when it did it. We were coming down a hill when the cruise turned it self off and in the process the car started to slow down and we were in the middle lane. All we could do was turn on the right turn signal and hope no one would hit us. Once we had gotten to the shoulder and stopped I had realized the engine was still running but the transmission wouldn't respond. I had put it in park and back into drive but the car wouldn't respond. I figured if I shut the engine off and restarted it that maybe it would reset whatever was wrong. I restarted the engine and the whole dash lit up. One by one the lights had gone out except the "service the engine soon" light. However the transmission worked and has worked since. By the time we had gotten home and gotten an appointment to take it in to a Nissan dealer the light had gone out. We had taken it to the charlie clark Nissan in harlingen texas and they had it for two days and never had a problem with it. The reason they didn't have a problem is that we have no hills as we live in the valley and there are no hills here. They said that they had checked everything that could cause the problem and everything was to specification. So nothing was adjusted , or replaced so as far as I'm concerned the problem is still there and the next time we get into the hill country it will probably act up again.