| Issue ID | 810684 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10350595 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | MURANO |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 17/08/10 |
| Component | SEATS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Nissan murano drivers seat defective - while driving my murano last year, the seat weld in front broke causing the seat to lean excessively and almost causing me to have an accident as i was driving. The nissan dealer said it was a common nissan defect but since there was not a recall i would have to pay for the repair. I paid my mechanic to weld the front break and to include additional support braces. On tuesday of this week, while pulling into a parking lot at 5pm, a different seat weld in the back broke causing the seat to lean to the right while cornering left. Because of the extreme and sudden movement i lost control of the car, rolled across lanes and up onto a curb, almost taking out 4 people sitting at an outside table at the local glory days restaurant. I could not reach the brake pedal because of the angle. Luckily, i did not hurt anybody or damage anything other than possibly throwing a wheel weight off of the front right tire. From visiting many murano owner forums, i see that literally hundreds and hundreds of owners have had a similar experience with these welds breaking and have been told the same thing by their local nissan dealerships "it's out of warranty and unless a recall is put out, you're paying close to $1000 for the fix". A manufacturers or design defect that almost caused me to run over 4 people yesterday should indeed be a concern of nissan and it seems that it is not. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 69000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | MANASSAS, VA |
| VIN pattern | JN8AZ08W45WXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | Y |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 5 |
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