| Issue ID | 827545 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10366132 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | MURANO |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 09/11/10 |
| Component | STRUCTURE:BODY |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | My vehicle driver side seat frame broke on 11/9/2010 approximately around 6:00 pm. As i was driving my murano nissan on the expressway to go home after work, i heard a hard snap and felt a little jerk towards my left side. Unsure of what it was, i continued to drive my vehicle down the road. As i was driving my vehicle, i felt a rough thumping underneath my seat. I thought for a minute that my front driver side tire was going flat or had some kind of problem. As i drove further, i felt my front seat sway back and forth, as i accelerated and as i was braking. I accelerated again to make sure that the swaying motion was actually happening. Again, the swaying motion (back and forth) of the front seat occurred. When i got home, i checked the seat to see what had happened. The left side of the seat is broken completely loose from the track and moves freely. I took it to the nissan dealership in tulsa to have it checked today, and was informed that i need a new frame for the driver's seat, and that it would cost me approximately $1275. 00 installed. I have done enough research online to discover that this is a defect for the nissan murano for the years that include the 2005. I do not feel safe driving my car down the rode with the seat able to move so freely. I am also concerned that the right side of the seat is going to break loose at well, and then i'll end up laying on my back in the back seat while i'm trying to drive down the road. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 55498 |
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| Source of the issue | PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF) |
| City and State | TULSA, OK |
| VIN pattern | JN8AZ08T45WXXXXXX |
| 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 | 60 |
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