| Issue ID | 714345 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10260308 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | MURANO |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 27/02/09 |
| Component | SEATS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | The following is what i wrote to nissan regarding my broken driver's seat chair (left side) in my 2005 nissan murano: i am a science teacher, and as i drove home from school on friday feb 27th, 2009. I heard a snap, and suddenly felt a drop in the driver seat in my 2005 murano. Given the drastic drop, i had no option but to swerve into the next lane, nearing collision with another vehicle. I was panicked but managed to negotiate to the exit of the freeway. I put myself, my passenger who carpools, and others on the road in serious danger. I am sure you would agree this is a manufacturers issue and extremely unsafe (http://www. Safercar. Gov/). This morning i made an appointment with cerritos nissan, where i purchased my vehicle and spoke to tod and ed, the service managers, in person. They informed me that they had never seen or heard of this issue, and that is extremely rare and uncommon. Yet, after doing some research on your website and other valid sources, i found frequent complaints that identified the exact same problem. Ed has advised me to contact you for assistance and that he is willing to honor replacement of the defective parts at no cost to me should the nissan corporation handle this problem. My family has purchased over 8 nissan vehicles over the last 10-15 years, and this problem has never happened before. My car is no longer drivable given the circumstance and now my carpool member and i are relegated to public transportation, or rent a vehicle. The extra cost on our teacher |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 91000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | LOS ANGELES, CA |
| VIN pattern | JN8AZ08W55WXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 55 |
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