| Issue ID | 775664 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10318710 |
| Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | MURANO |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 25/02/10 |
| Component | STEERING |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I bought a 206 nissan murano from a dealer. The car was certified clean by manheim the auction house. The car was inspected by the dealer and it was in good shape. I had the car inspected pre purchase inspection by stevens creek nissan www. Stevenscreeknissan. Com. It was certified clean with absolutely _no_leaks_. Then 30 days later i hear a whine within the car and i took it to a local mechanic to inspect. It was identified as a leak in power steering fluid hose. How come 30 days there wasn't any reported leak , but now there is a leak that had drained a lot of power steering fluid and that caused the high pitch whine. The mechanic added some power steering fluid and the sound stopped. When i checked with a kragen store where i went to buy power steering fluid , they said that this is common problem with nissan. I checked the news groups online and i find that many people have complained about nissan power steering hose. Http://autos. Msn. Com/research/vip/reliability. Aspx? Year=2005&make=nissan&model=murano http://www. Nissanmurano. Org/forums/showthread/t-12704. Html http://www. Carcomplaints. Com/nissan/murano/2005/steering/power_steering_fluid_leaking. Shtml "there is a national backorder of over 300 for this 'combination hose-metal tube power steering hose on the pressure side' part # 49720cb60a. I have been waiting since 9/2/09. I noticed that all of my power steering fluid was drained when i checked under my hood on vacation. If i didn't happen to see it, i could have had a major accident. This is the power steering we are talking about! This is obviously a widespread issue, and if nissan doesn't want major lawsuits for wrongful death, they had better get on the stick and do a recall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" http://www. Justanswer. Com/questions/34u6k-i-have-a-2006-nissan-murano-which-has-developed-a-growling "common repair i was told as nissan can not manufacture replacement parts to keep up with demand on these faulty parts( pressure hose)." |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 26000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA |
| VIN pattern | JN8AZ08W46WXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| 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 | 0 |
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