Transmission Failure Problems of Nissan Murano - part 1

The vehicle had catastrophic transmission failure at highway speeds. The vehicle has all regular maintenance and less than 60,000 miles on the odometer. We had to make evasive maneuvers to avoid being in a collision.

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Transmission failing while driving. Hesitated while driving then wouldn't go.

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I was on a trip from salinas CA. To shasta CA my cars rpms began to fluctuate for no reason while in the highway. The check engine light appeared. Code 1778 was one of the few codes that came up. The transmission was failing me. Took into shop and transmission is definitely the problem.

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My Nissan Murano's cvt transmission suddenly failed while driving in the passing lane on interstate highway 84. This placed me and my physically disabled wife in an extremely dangerous situation.

Took SUV to dealership for oil change - told I could not drive car because cvt transmission was going to fail and seals were leaking. SUV only serviced at dealer and only has 64,535 miles. Nissan will replace transmission, but said I must pay $4,000 for seals that need to be replaced. Researched on web and see this is a major issue with cvt transmission failures with Nissan. SUV showed no symptoms and was driving fine - dealer said it would fail without much warning resulting in loss of acceleration and would not let me drive SUV. I had to rent car and approve work on SUV.

The seat bracket broke. Really a seat bracket that breaks from fatigue of entering and leaving the vehicle?!? safety concern sun visor no longer holds its position due to plastic that wears out. Safety issue. Transmission failure at just over 100,000 miles. Reports all over the web about this. So common, and so expensive. Major safety issue. Nissan has done nothing to address these issues that are so common with all of these models. It is not just me, there is report after report on the web. All the same issues.

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Transmission failed at a high rate of speed while driving on a public road. There was no indication of transmission issues with my vehicle. Matter of fact I just had my car serviced on July 13,2018, at nalley Nissan of atlanta and the mil-point inspection which includes checking the transmission pass all systems in the green. This will be the third transmission on the vehicle including the original transmission in 6 years and only 122000 miles.

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Was driving on vacation from connecticut to south carolina on 8/3/18. Just as we arrived there, the car began jerking at random times while driving and eventually just slowed down to a crawl. We managed to get it to a local Nissan dealership and they informed us the transmission failed (we had 62k miles on the car - 2k miles past the warranty). The dealer told us that it likely failed due to the high temperatures the transmission experienced from such a long drive. We paid to have it replaced. Then on 7/26/19, the car experienced the same thing at 76,000 miles. While driving, it began to not accelerate correctly and eventually just started to crawl at a slow pace. We managed to get the car off the side of the road and took it to a Nissan dealership. They told us that the transmission had failed. . The replacement transmission we put in the year prior came with a 1 year/12k mile warranty. While it failed within a year, we were 2k miles over the warranty limit. We are now paying to have it replaced again. Two failures withing a year period costing over 8500. I know Nissan has had cvt transmission issues with other vehicles, I believe there is also a problem with the ones in the Murano. . .

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After driving in stop and go traffic or after driving long enough for the transmission to get warmed up, when accellerator is pushed the car is unresponsive for 5 to 10 seconds then suddenly lunges forward into traffic! this happens in all driving situations. The only requirement is the transmission needs to be driven enough to be warmed up. It is a known issue with this vehicle's cvt transmission failing! this is a major safety issue and all affected cvt's should be replaced or repaired! Nissan has recalled other vehicles that have the exact same transmission and experiencing the exact same issues but they have ignored taking responsibility for the 2003 Murano's transmission! look here at your complaints and you will find hundereds of people claiming the same thing. Some are explaining the issue with knowledge of what the issue is and many others are reporting the same issue just without proper car knowledge so it may not be reported as the same issue. If you look into these complaints you can see the cvt transmission is a safety hazzard and should be recalled for life of the vehicle!.

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Traveling at highway speeds car will just slow up for no reason, like the transmission is failing or the engine loses power, climbs hills very slowly.

The cvt transmission is failing. When I try to accelerate it takes a long time to get above 10 mph and sometimes bucks when acceleration starts. There are 117k mike's on my car and I'm so frustrated.

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Transmission failure @ 130k miles. Vehicle stops moving. Almost caused an accident.

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The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. Without warning, the vehicle surged to 40 mph and almost crashed into the preceding vehicle. The contact had to remove his foot from the accelerator pedal to slow down the vehicle. The failure only occurred when coming to a complete stop. The contact also stated that there was a strong burning odor emitted from the vents. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that a transmission death code came up, which indicated that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,650.

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2012 Nissan transmission cvt failure and needing replace. I was driving and moving forward at a traffic light when I pressed on the gas and the vehicle only moved at 5mph.

Transmission failure. $173k miles. Will cost $4k to replace. All transmission fluids in good order and good levels. Large nocking on the case, dealer says could go out any moment. Unable to drive due to safety issues. Ridiculous and unsafe. A transmission should not go out like this.

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The vehicle lost power while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic lot and then to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 51,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Nissan Murano. While driving at any speed, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. In addition, when the vehicle was on an incline and the accelerator pedal was depressed to go forward, the vehicle would go in reverse. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the cdt transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Nissan Murano. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle lost power while the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic lot and then to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 53,000.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that when moving from being idle, the vehicle failed to accelerate and all instrument panel lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the transmission had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The contact also stated that the air bag warning light flashed intermittently. The dealer diagnosed unknown repairs but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000. Ne.

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Driving on freeway, car had difficulty maintaining speed on incline. After I exited the freeway and came to a stop, I was unable to get the car above 20 mph. I was able to drive to aamco. Cost of transmission replacement was $3500. Later I learned from a kind Nissan service manager that my transmission had an extended warranty and that I should have been able to have it replaced for free. I am angry because Nissan never told me that the vehicle had an extended warranty on the transmission despite: 1. I had it serviced at the Nissan dealer the day before the transmission failed. 2. The dealer did a 20 point inspection but omitted checking the box for a transmission inspection. 3. I spoke to the Nissan parts department and gave them my VIN number to find out the cost of the transmission. 4. The Nissan customer service representative told me that Nissan will not notify vehicle owners of the transmission unless the vehicle is brought to Nissan for service - no mail, no email, no verbal even if the customer calls to complain about the transmission.

2003 Nissan Murano started at 98,000 miles. Like many, many thousands of others the cvt transmission has failed and is extremely dangerous! when driving in stop and go traffic for a short period of time , when pressing the accelerator the vehicle is completely unresponsive for about 5 seconds then suddenly launches forward unexpectantly! Nissan tried to look as if they are taking responsibility for the saftey flaw by extending the warranty period from 5 yr or 60,000 miles to 10 yr or 100,000 miles. Problem is the issue a lot of the times starts outside those perimeters such as mine! even more, if the vehicle does fall in the warranty period they replaced the faulty transmission with the exact same transmission which also fails as they are identicle! in my case the vehicle was already outside the extended warranty period when I started experiencing the issue therefore Nissan says it will not be covered. How can a major design flaw that is a serious saftey issue be covered under a time limit? the design flaw is forever therfore the safety issue is forever! so my life is depending on your help to get this resolved. This is a significant safety issue and I feel that Nissan should be held responsible for correcting this problem on all affected vehicles! I would not recommend the purchase of Nissan products until they live up to their responsibility. . Read more...

While driving the transmission in the car spontaneously downshifted. As a result of the transmission failure, the engine has had a rod failure. Nissan will not fix the car.

Vechicle abrubtly loss power in drive train while accelerating through busy cross section. Vechicle progressed no more than 10 miles while pulling off the road. Once the engine was turned off, vechicle would ignition did not have power, albeit all other power (windows, lights, etc. . ) was ok. Dealer says abs control unit and transmission failure.

My car just stopped working in the middle of the traffic and would not go forward or backward. I got it towed to good year - my car had catastrophic transmission failure. Was diagnosed at goodyear and they called Nissan to see about the parts and found out that it was covered by manufacture warranty - so I had it towed on a flat bed truck to Nissan in denver. Goodyear had drained the fluids to take it apart during diagnosis and sent the parts and the car on the tow truck to the go Nissan shop. They found a number of other problems with the car at the Nissan shop which they said were not covered - such as- cam shaft sensors,drive belts,head gasket. I agreed to pay for those items and to get my transmission replaced for free under the warranty. They said it would take three to five days to get the transmission from the factory. I get a call today from go Nissan on June 19th about a week after they agreed to fix it and they now say that there seems to have been some purple fluid in the transmission and now they wont replace it or cover it in any way. That makes no sense to me because it was delivered there with no fluid in the transmission at all. They said, ya, well. . We saw some purple substance in the cup with the parts that were delivered and we will not cover it because of that contamination. . . Im at my witts end here, they want $4000. 00 for the transmission and another $2,500. 00 for the rest of the work. I don't know what to do. I feel like they took advantage of me and are now trying to get out of the warranty. Thanks for your help.

Total transmission failure at 55-60mph on interstate 285 westbound near 400. Almost in major wreck trying to get car that was decelerating over to service lane. Just had car in for scheduled 30k mile service the week before.

2003 Nissan Murano. Consumer states defective and unsafe transmission. Consumer requests replacement at no cost to him the consumer stated he was assured he would have no problems with the replacement transmission. However, within 21 months, the transmission failed. The consumer was told the warranty had expired on the replacement transmission.

Car looses power numerous times in stop and go traffic, almost caused me an accident while trying to turn left with an oncoming car. Took it to Nissan, they said it's because oil level was low. After oil change service, problem still exists. Looks like it is a transmission failure but Nissan denies it.

I was driving my 2004 Nissan Murano down a busy street with no shoulder and I had a complete transmission failure. Luckily, I was not hit by any cars. The car had to be towed. The only fix is to replace the entire transmission. Total cost: over $6000. 00 I do not have $6000. 00 to repair the vehicle. The band in the cvt transmission failed and can not be replaced. I have only 85,000 miles on the Murano. This is a common defect on '03 and '04 Muranos and Nissan does not recognize this and will not work with me to resolve this issue.

Nissan recall for 2004 Murano air intake system. The consumer's children were driving the vehicle. When they pulled out of a busy parking lot, the vehicle would not accelerate properly. The vehicle was towed to the closest dealership and the next day, the consumer was informed the transmission had failed and a new one would cost $6,000. Also the door latches and hatch were inoperative. The consumer believed the failure was the result of the recall.

The cvt transmission failed on my Nissan Murano in rush hour traffic in oklahoma city. My wife and 5 yr old son in the vehicle, resulting in a very dangerous situation. She was almost run over. After looking into this problem I have found hundreds of people that have had the same thing happen to them. I think Nissan has a serious problem with this car that they are not addressing. This could have resulted in injury or death and Nissan refuses to acknowledge this ticking time bomb in their Muranos. Seems the problem is exclusive to the cvt transmission. I'm looking at a $6400 repair bill because it is 5000 miles out of warranty. When this occurs the vehicle simply stops moving and must be towed. Also told cannot fix cvt, must be replaced with brand new cvt, $6000.

Transmission failure at 52,000 miles. 2003 Nissan Murano.

2003 Nissan Murano 80,000 miles transmission failure. Repair bill of $4,000.

Complete transmission failure at 69,000 miles on 2003 Nissan Murano. Fortunately failure occurred in a parking lot.

I drive a 2003 Nissan Murano. I had exited off the interstate right to a red stoplight. The light turned green and I pushed on the accelerator to only drift into the intersection. I floored the pedal and the vehicle finally jerked into motion after my light had turned red again and traffic was waiting on me. Perhaps it was a computer problem? restart a computer and things clear up. That's what I did with the Murano. The problem seemed to have corrected itself. I was wrong. The next time it happened I was leaving a drive-thru and once again was slowly coasting through a busy intersection until the Murano jerked into action. In all of these situations I have been lucky enough that the other drivers were observant and didn't hit me. I have now noticed this problem occurs at any type of stop and go traffic situation. This problem seems to come and go. It won't happen for days or weeks. Then it'll do the slow and jerk every day at every stop even if I do turn it off and restart. I don't live near a dealership, so I took it to the local dependable shop. Not one of their mechanics could reproduce the condition. I thought it was possibly an acceleration issue. My Murano is a high-mileage vehicle. My friend had mentioned having the transmission in his high-mileage car rebuilt and how it felt like it was new again. While researching on the internet, I didn't find information on a re-build kit, but I did find many forums from other Murano owners with the same "slow and jerk" problem that I have been experiencing. Right now, I'm pretty much waiting for my transmission to fail. I have inquired about the price of removing and replacing the transmission: $4500 was a conservative estimate.