| Issue ID | 846921 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10387289 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | MURANO |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 01/10/10 |
| Component | VISIBILITY |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | My nissan murano has a defective driver side visor. It constantly falls from the "up position" into drivers vision. This caused an accident!!! I was traveling downhill on a snow/ice covered road, i hit a bump and the visor fell into my vision i reached to put the visor back into the up position. Pushed it into place and it immediately fell again i pushed it back up(distracting my attention from the road in front of me) and noticed a car stopped in the middle of the road, i swerved to miss the stalled car, i avoided hitting the car but as i swerved i ran over black ice the car got sideways and hit a concrete barricade. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 80000 |
| Number of Occurences | |
| Source of the issue | PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF) |
| City and State | SPANISH FORK, UT |
| VIN pattern | JN8AZ08W34WXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | |
| Was medical attention required? | |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | |
| Anti-lock brakes | |
| Cruise control | |
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| Vehicle speed | 20 |
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