Mid/rear Seats Assembly Problems of Nissan Murano - part 1

Smoke was noticed inside the car while I was driving on a rural freeway in the blue mountains of oregon. The source of the smoke appeared to be the rear passenger set, right side. I pulled over. When I opened the door on the right side of the car, a large plum of smoke erupted from the rear seat. I then noticed a black, burned hole in the seat measuring about 10in x 10in. As quickly as it began, the combustion stopped. After a 20-minute wait the seat cooled off and I was able to proceed. Note that the rear seats were in the down position, and pillows were placed on the floor boards where passenger feet would normally be. Photo shows damage to the pillows. I suspect the origin of the fire was an electrical failure related to heated seats.

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Driver seat rear metal support frame broken. I noticed when making a left turn that the seat was shifting. Upon inspection I notice that the driver seat left rear seat support frame broken.

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Complaint: drivers seat rear bracket snapped off making the seat sway from side to side, unable to drive when cornering, was driving on rt 81 at 70mph had to find the nearest exit to stop, now driving with 3 2x4s under the rear seat to stop the sway.

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Left rear seat bracket broke.

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Driver seat broke during driving on highway coming around a curve. The movement was guick, had to hold onto steering wheel to maintain control. Took next exit off to gather what just happen. That's when I rock the seat and knew it was broken. I was driving back from out of town and had over 140 miles to make it home. I had to drive with caution, because I wasn't for sure if the back would fall back into the rear seat. My passenger google for information on youtube and found this had happened before with other Murano. The manufacturer has not issued any recall on a defects with their seats. Nissan has not informed me on any recall with this vehicle. Some type of assistance with this major equipment need to be address quickly. Driving with a seat falling from you can cause serious injuries to the individual and others. Safety of customers should be a major priority. Nissan manufacturer need to step up an own responsibility for their defect. I own other Nissan vehicle and have family members that own Nissan vehicle, we or disappointed with how Nissan is handling their customer.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Murano. While driving at unknown speeds, the rear seat warmers were activated. As a result, a hole was burned through the seats and all the warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that a three year old child was seated in a safety seat at the time of the failure, but there were no injuries reported. A police and a fire report were not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 51,000.

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While driving my wife heard pop and driver's seat broke dipping to the left at rear of seat. I've investigated this matter and seat will cost over $1,000 to replace and is a common problem. Can't understand why if this is a common problem this is not subject to a recall. From the number of complaints it looks to me as though the metal used to make the seat bracket is not sturdy, or defective metal is being used.

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While driving the driver seat rear seat lifter bracket, part 87473-ca00a broke. The part has been redesigned and is now part 87473ca01a. While the part was broke the seat had a lot of movement and tilted toward the driver door. It cost $579. 48 to repair.

Left rear seat track broke causing the seat to lean and move back and forth. This vehicle is driven by a average person of appx 170 lbs. According to Nissan this is getting to be a problem in other vehicles and a very expense problem to fix. Why would this not be covered under a warranty or recall?.

I have a 2006 Murano. I was driving road and my drivers seat drop to the left side. This almost threw me in the back seat. I had to swirl to keep from hitting a car. I had my kid in the car with me. I have been driving over 30 years and never has this happen to me. What is it going to take for Nissan to recall this issue. How many people have to die in order to get this problem resolve.

When my wife was driving the vehicle she heard a loud pop and suddenly the seat fell to the left agains the drivers side door. She almost lost control of the vehicle and had to pull to the side of the road. When she got out of the car to see what happened she noticed that the seat was very unstable and when pushed to the center of the car with one finger was no longer attached to the floor of the car. When I was called to insoect the vehicle I found that the frame of the drivers side seat had sheared into two pieces and in fact she was right. The seat was no longer attached to the floor on the left side of the seat. I looked this up on the web and there are hundreds of complaints about this same thing happening to other americans who bought this car. Note: this car is a 2006 but, my wife only drives it on the weekends and the car has very low mileage as ndicated above. This is a very bad safety issue as the seat could now break loose on the other side and the whole seat could wind up falling into the rear seat area. This would definitely cause a loss of control of the vehicle when the steering wheel would be ripped out of the drivers hands and their feet would be pulled away from the gas and the brake pedals.

I sat down in the drivers seat, started to pull out of the parking lot and heard a cracking sound and felt the left rear of the seat drop down 1-2 inches. The seat rocks from side to side while driving. After looking in the area of the prior loud cracking sound, I found the left rear seat bracket is broken. This is very unsafe. There are hundreds of reports on the internet of this part failing in many years of the Murano vehicle and an updated stronger part is now available. This has been an on going probelm with the Murano and feel this type of incident should be the subject of a recall and repaired for no cost to the owner.

I was pulling out of as parking lot with hot coffee in my cup holder. My mother was in the passenger seat and my 11 year old son was in the back seat. I heard a clunk and my seat jolted backward making controlling my vehicle extremely difficult almsot resulting in hitting a gas station sign and jutting out into a major roadway. The coffee spilled into my lap adding to the already severe problem.

I sat down in the drivers seat and heard a cracking sound and felt the left rear of the seat drop down 1-2 inches. The seat rocks from side to side while driving. Upon investigation I found the left rear seat bracket is broken. This is very unsafe. There are hundreds of reports on the internet of this part failing in many years of the Murano vehicle and an updated stronger part is now available. I feel this type of incident should be the subject of a recall and repaired for no cost to the owner.

Driving e on mass pike at 65mph. Pressed firmly on brakes and noticed driver seat shifted. After this seat seemed unstable and continued moving whenever weight was shifted to left side of seat. After looking at seat under carriage noticed that the only steel frame support on left rear of seat is totally sheared off. Follow up with Nissan shows this is a $1000 repair and is a common problem, parts in stock.

The drivers seat left bracket broke free from frame, causing the seat to tilt to the left and wobble when you drive and take corners. After research online, there are thousands of cases of this with the Murano and no one seems to be getting a recall off the ground. It is the same weld the same side of the same seat in each Murano, how much logic does it take to get this under recall? this is a safety hazard as the chair is unstable. Also common sense tells us with the left side broken the right side weld is under more stress and physics will prove it will break as well leaving the driving seat unattached completely and the driver using the steering wheel to keep from being thrown into the back seat. I called Nissan and got a bunch of bs propaganda double speak and feel like any complaint I was trying to file was crumpled and tossed into the trash before I was even off the phone. I have loved my Murano up to this point, but since Nissan won't stand behind their work or correct what is clearly a manufacter's defect, then I will not be buying another one. Ever!.

My wife was driving and the drivers seat became unstable. It dropped down and tilted to the rear left. Upon visual inspection, the left rear seat bracket is no longer connected to the floor of the car.

While driving, making a right turn, the driver's seat, left rear "dropped" very quickly causing me to veer to the left nearly causing an accident by going partially into another lane of traffic. Brought the vehicle home and upon inspection found the left rear seat bracket broken. Found this to be a common problem upon checking "edmonds. Com Nissan Murano" forum. Very shaken up!.

Driver side seat moves while driving causing a huge safety concern for me and my family. The back left seat bracket is broken due to a weak metal part.

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Broken drivers seat (power leather seat). Left rear seat support/frame appears to be broken. Driver's seat has no no support from left rear part of frame - tilted back toward the left rear corner and rocks on the left side. Also appears to be unrestrained (can rock forward)on left rear corner.

While driving along, I took a slight turn and heard a crack sound. All of a sudden the back left corner of my driver seat fell, upon stopping the vehicle, I found I can now easily "rock" my driver seat up/down. Due to this, I have severe back strain while driving along with great concerns of safety, if I go over a bump will my foot slip off the accelerator or brake? if, in an accident will I end up in the back seat while the vehicle is in drive? is my young family in jeopardy?.

The driver seat frame broke under normal use. No unusual stress was placed on the seat to cause it to break. With this in mind, this could be a safety issue while the vehicle is being driven. The back seat frame breaking while being driven could cause an accident if the driver loose control of the vehicle when the seat back breaks; particularly if both sides break at the same time.

Driver's side left rear seat hinge broke in two pieces. No extreme wear or tear done to this seat, and the metal broke. The consequences of this problem are obvious, if ever in an accident or simply normal driving, the safety of the seat is compromised. Nissan charges around $1000 to have this repaired. Seat brackets should never fail, especially not in the numbers being reported.

I was driving north on I-75 in atlanta, GA. My driver's side rear seat bracket broke. I nearly had an accident since the seat shifted and forced me to change my body position unexpectedly. I've felt/looked at the broken bracket then researched it on the internet. It appears this failure is common on my Murano, however, Nissan hasn't performed a recall to repair the known safety issue. What can be done now, before someone dies from an unexpected seat bracket failure?.

2005 Nissan Murano, driver seat, rear left seat bracket broke during normal driving conditions, causing seat to become unsafe and to sag badly in back left corner and seatbelt to sit in wrong place.

Nissan Murano VIN-[xxx] - driver side front seat rear frame defect my vehicle driver side rear seat frame broke on 06/19/2010 approximately around noontime. As I was driving my Murano Nissan and came to a stop at a stoplight, I heard a hard snap and felt a little jerk towards my left side. Unsure of what it was, I continued to drive my vehicle down the road. As I was driving my vehicle, I felt a rough thumping underneath my seat. I thought for a minute that my front driver side tire was going flat or had some kind of problem. As I drove further to find a safe place to pull over to check it, I felt my front seat sway back and forth, as I accelerated and as I was braking. I accelerated again to make sure that the swaying motion was actually happening. Again, the swaying motion (back and forth) of the front seat occurred. I looked underneath the front driver side rear seat and saw what looked like a black metal track frame supporting the seat. In the area towards the rear left side of the frame was one of four metal prongs that were broken away from the metal track frame of the seat. Knowing that this was a very unsafe issue, I looked for help to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Using the internet, I found numerous shocking complaints sites regarding Nissan Muranos rear seat breakage. I contacted a local news station (3onyourside), who investigated the issue and found it to be legitimate and true. Not only was my vehicle in question about the defective part, several hundred complaints were found throughout the internet. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Driver's left rear seat attachment point gave way during a shift in body weight. This created a floating type condition as the left rear of the seat shifted up and down in correlation with the vehicles movements/cg shift. Took vehicle to dealer to point out unsafe condition and was told that it was not covered under warranty despite the vehicle being only 3 years old with less than 100,000 miles on it.

The contact a 2005 Nissan Murano. When entering the vehicle he noticed that the drivers seat fell backwards into the rear seat. The contact then proceeded to pull the seat up but it would not stay in place. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer who confirmed that the seat was broken. The estimated repair cost was 1,000. No repairs have been made and the manufacturer will be notified. The contact is aware of the safety risk since the driver and passenger seat could fall backwards without warning and possibly cause a crash. The failure mileage was 61,007 and the current mileage was 61,010.

2005 Nissan Murano- driver's left rear seat mount failed causing seat to sway during turns and breaking. Seat mounts likely to totally fail in crash situation. Numerous incidents known from internet search for similar failures on this make and model vehicle.

My 2004 Nissan Murano driver's seat has a broken frame. It leans to the left and back. It rests against the post between the front seat and back seat. It traps the seat belt between the post and the seat. I have to struggle to put the seatbelt on every time I get into the car. I took my car to wright's Nissan in wexford,PA, the mechanic there told me that I would need to get it fixed in order to pass inspection. They wanted to charge me $850. 00 for a new seat. I was able to contact a private welder and he said he would fix it for a fee alot smaller than the $850. 00 Nissan wants to charge me. I believe Nissan should recall this defect before someone gets seriously hurt or killed.

Drivers seat rocks and leans to the left. This is extremely dangerous if in an accident or brake right side brakes how do you maneuver car if you are in the rear seat, talk about backseat driver, this will be a reality, I have never seen a steering wheel in the back seat nor do I want to experience it.

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Murano. While driving approximately 25 mph, the driver's seat failed and extended to the rear seat. The contact immediately drove to the dealer and was informed that the seat could be repaired. The dealer welded the seat to the track as a temporary remedy. On July 6, 2009, the seat failed again. The dealer recently stated that they would no longer weld the seat because the track needed to be replaced. The contact paid $400 for the welding and $1,400 for the track replacement. She stated that she would not repair the seat since the failure recurred. The manufacturer stated that they would make an agreement with her to split the repair cost. They later stated that they would get in touch with her and that no recalls were available; however, the dealer and service manager confirmed that the failures occurred. If a crash had occurred, the injuries could have been fatal. The contact refused to pay for the repair and stated that if the seat leaned toward the air bag switch, the air bag would deploy. The state attorney general is mailing her a packet to report the failure. The contact informed the dealer that she will go the media about the issue. The manufacturer stated that this would be irrelevant since no crash occurred. The contact found several NHTSA complaints and an open investigation regarding this issue. The failure mileage was approximately 39,000 and current mileage was 42,000.

Entered vehicle today after work and as soon as I sat in the drivers seat, there was a loud popping noise. Seat flopped back as I was getting in. Seat rocked back and forth on the way home. Upon inspection, noticed left rear seat frame was broken. This appears to be a common problem being reported by hundreds of other Murano owners.

When leaving an intersection, the rear seat bracket snapped, leaving the seat sagging and flopping with the movement of the vehicle. Took vehicle to local dealership. Service advisor seemed to minimize the seriousness of the damage. Claim he was not aware of similar incidences. A simple internet search revealed a pattern of this issue with this specific vehicle. Nissan has agreed to pay a portion of the repair, but claims the damage is outside warranty. Car seats should not break under normal use, and Nissan needs to formalize a recall. This is another complaint related to NHTSA action # pe05050.

Back left seat anchor on the drivers seat broke while driving down the road. The seat rocks back and forth and is unstable.