| Issue ID | 856721 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10400069 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | MURANO |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 23/11/10 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | 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. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 100000 |
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| Source of the issue | PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF) |
| City and State | PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO |
| VIN pattern | JN8AZ08W34WXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
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| Vehicle speed | 65 |
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