2007 Nissan Murano Seats

WE WERE RETURNING FROM VACATION DRIVING DOWN I-95 WHEN WE HEARD A POP AND THE DRIVERS SEAT SETTLED BACK AND TO THE LEFT. IT CAUSED ME TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT LANE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.

SEAT FRAME WELD BROKE UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. SEAT BEGAN TO SWAY DOWN & LEFT AND THEN SWAYED BACK UP RIGHT CAUSING A MOMENTARY LOSS OF DRIVING FOCUS AND FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FEAR COMPOUNDED BECAUSE MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME. AFTER DRIVING NERVOUSLY HOME, I INSPECTED SEAT TO FIND A FRAME WELD BROKEN AT A CRUCIAL WEIGHT BEARING SPOT. THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE SEAT WAS NOT EVEN CONNECTED TO THE FRAME! I WENT TO THE INTERNET, BECAUSE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF ACTION NISSAN NEVER ANSWERED, TO GET ANY INFO ON THIS. TURNS OUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE DEFECTIVE SEAT FRAME WELDS. AND THE PRICE IS OFF THE CHARTS FOR THIS RETIRED (NISSAN QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTOR, SMYRNA PLANT). THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL OF THIS PROBLEM! FAILURE OF A DRIVER SEAT FRAME WELD SHOULD BE GROUNDS FOR A RECALL! INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS! I AM REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAR WAS JUST OK FOR 95,000 MILES. AFTER THAT THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE WENT OUT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR QUIT. NEITHER OF THE SUNVISORS WILL STAY UP. DEALER ASKING $135 EACH. PRIOR TO 95,000 MILES, BRAKES X2, TIRES X2 SETS, HATCH SHOCKS WORN OUT, ALL UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WORN OUT, UNDERBODY SHOCKS WORN OUT, CENTER CV BOOT/HALF SHAFT REPLACED, OE & DEALER REPLACEMENT WIPERS ARE A JOKE AND UP TO NOW, 6 HEADLAMP BULBS REPLACED (NO, I DIDN'T TOUCH THEM). AND THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE SET FORTH BY THE MANUAL; WHEW! I HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ON SERVICE. I WORKED FOR NISSAN FOR 25 YEARS, BUT I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY A NISSAN PRODUCT. PLEASE REQUEST NISSAN TO RECALL THE MURANO ABOUT THE SEAT FRAME WELD.

I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE AND AS I TURNED THE CORNER I HEARD A SNAP IN THE BACK OF THE DRIVERS SEAT AND THE SEAT SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE BACK TOWARDS THE DRIVERS DOOR AND FELT VERY UNSTABLE. IT NOW MOVES QUIT FREELY AND WHEN I GO OVER A BUMP OR A DIP OR TURN RIGHT, IT MOVES TOWARD THE DOOR. I WAS ABLE TO LOOK UNDER THE SEAT WITH A LIGHT AND IT SNAPPED RIGHT OFF THE BRACKET THAT GOES ACROSS THE BACK OF THE SEAT. I WILL BE SEEKING ESTIMATES ON FIXING IT AS IT HAPPENED TODAY AND FEELS VERY UNSAFE WHEN I GO AROUND A CORNER. *TR

WENT TO ADJUST DRIVERS SEAT AND HEARD A NOISE AND REALIZED I COULDN'T MOVE SEAT AFTER THAT. WHEN EVER I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THE SEAT WOULD HIT HARD AS IF THE SPRING WAS NOT LONGER THERE. TRACK BROKE AND WHOLE SEAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I REPLACED WITH A USED SEAT AND NOW ONE YEAR LATER (1/12/15) THE TRACK ON THIS SEAT HAS BROKEN AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED THE $584 FROM LAST YEARS FIX AND GET A NEW SEAT THIS YEAR AS THIS HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I HEARD A POP AND THE SEAT TILTED TO THE LEFT. MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO SWERVE AND I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING THE CENTER DIVIDER. ONCE I CALMED DOWN AND RECOVERED, I DROVE HOME. I PROBABLY SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT. WHEN I CAME HOME, I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE SEAT AND OBSERVED THE SEAT BRACKET ASSEMBLY CRACKED AT THE WELD. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON. I AM NOT SURE WHAT VERY MEANS. COST OF REPAIR IS $1700-2500. HE RECOMMENDED GOING TO A BODY SHOP TO HAVE THE PART WELDED BACK TOGETHER. *TR

2007 MURANO. FRONT SEAT, FRONT BRACKET BROKE AT 59000 MILES. FRONT SEAT DROPPED TO THE LEFT. HEARD THIS WAS AN ISSUE FOR MANY MURANO OWNERS AND IS AN EXPENSIVE FIX FOR SOMETHING THAT SEEMS DEFECTIVE. SUPPOSEDLY ITS USUALLY THE REAR BRACKET OF THE FRONT SEAT SO NOW IM JUST WAITING ON THAT. *TR

THE DRIVER SEAT HYDRAULIC MECHANISM BROKE AND THE SEAT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD MAKING IT DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER THAT NEEDS TO ADJUST THE SEAT. *TR

THE REAR MOUNT POINT FOR THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAS SNAPPED. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANCHOR BRACKET ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE FRACTURED CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO MOVE OUT OF PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND THE SEAT FRAME BROKE (DRIVER'S SEAT - LEFT REAR). THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH EVERY 2003-2007 SOMETIME. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A $1,200 REPAIR FROM THE DEALER. I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED YET. HELP!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DRIVER'S SEAT HEIGHT ADJUSTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT PAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY WIFE HEARD POP AND DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE DIPPING TO THE LEFT AT REAR OF SEAT. I'VE INVESTIGATED THIS MATTER AND SEAT WILL COST OVER $1,000 TO REPLACE AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM. CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THIS IS NOT SUBJECT TO A RECALL. FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IT LOOKS TO ME AS THOUGH THE METAL USED TO MAKE THE SEAT BRACKET IS NOT STURDY, OR DEFECTIVE METAL IS BEING USED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT FELL BACKWARDS AFTER A LOUD CRACKING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

SAT IN CAR TO TAKE DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND MY DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE. THE REAR BRACKET CAME LOOSE AND NOW MY SEAT WOBBLES/BOUNCES ALL OVER THE PLACE. OVER BUMPS IT'S WORSE. TURNING A CORNER SENDS ME UP AGAINST THE DOOR. I FIND MYSELF GRABBING THE STEERING WHEEL FOR BALANCE AND THAT CAUSES MY CAR TO SWERVE. HUBBY THOUGHT I WAS EXAGGERATING UNTIL HE SAT IN SEAT. LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. CALLED NISSAN AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM AND I SHOULD CALL NISSAN TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER PARTS. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE!!! IF NISSAN IS AWARE THERE'S THIS BIG OF A PROBLEM WHY NO RECALL? BECAUSE NO ONE HAS DIED?? SEEMS THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY WILL MAKE THIS RIGHT. RIGHT NOW I'M USING THE "FIX" THE GUY BEFORE ME USED....PIECE OF WOOD UNDER THE SEAT TO KEEP IT STABLE ENOUGH TO DRIVE. QUOTED $1700 PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT FELL INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND I SWERVED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO CARS THAT WERE CLOSE AND NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. I CALLED THE DEALER IN MY TOWN AND FOUND OUT IT WAS GOING TO COST $1400.00 TO FIX THE ISSUE. I CALLED SALVAGE YARDS AND COULD ONLY FIND A SEAT IN A TOWN 4 HOURS AWAY SO IT WOULD COST EXTRA TO HAVE THE SEAT SHIPPED HERE ($300.00). IN MY RESEARCH I FOUND OUT IT HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM AND DECIDED TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL. I READ ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE AND OTHERS FROM THIS PAGE AND DETERMINED TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL WELDER AND HAVE THE FRAME WELDED BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE CHAIR WOULD BREAK AGAIN EVEN IF THE PART HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW OR USED PART. THE GUY AT THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE FRAME SUPPORTING THE SEAT WAS PAPER THIN. HE COULD FIX IT AND BEEF IT UP SO THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. IT COST $159.00 TO FIX AND AT THIS TIME IT IS WORKING QUITE WELL. I AM SADDENED TO FIND OUT THAT NISSAN WILL NOT STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX THIS ISSUE! I HAVE TOLD EVERYONE I KNOW SO THAT THEY COULD PASS ON THE INFORMATION TO FRIEND'S WHO HAVE NISSAN'S. I AM AFRAID TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS CAR DUE TO THE OTHER ISSUES THESE CARS HAVE BASED ON SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ ON THIS SITE. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN THE DRIVERS SEAT FELL BACK TOWARD DOOR. SEAT WAS NOT STABLE AND ROCKED WHILE DRIVING. BROUGHT CAR IN AND WAS TOLD THE LEFT FRONT SEAT TRACK WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

ENTERED DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, SAT IN SEAT, AND HEARD A SNAPPING/BREAKING TYPE NOISE. IN SITTING ON THE SEAT IT BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND WAS ON A SLANT. HAD TO PLACE A PIECE OF WOOD TO LEVEL IT OFF SO I COULD USE MY VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAMING WAS CRACKED AND DETACHED FROM THE SEAT ALONG WITH A BOLT THAT WAS BROKEN ON THE FRAME. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT HAD BECOME UNSTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT HINGE AND FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

THE LEFT SIDE OF DRIVER'S SEAT IS COMPLETELY OF THE TRACK/FRAME CAUSING SEAT TO NOT BE SECURED AND ALSO CAUSING SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SEATS BRACKET BROKE. VERY UNSAFE. SEAT WOBBLED AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE SEAT WENT FORWARD. THIS IS INSANE FOR S SEAT TO JUST SNAP WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. AT 65000 MILES A SEAT SHOULD NOT JUST BRAKE LIKE THIS DID AND WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY REFUSED TO FIX BECAUSE THE WARRANTY ON THE CAR WAS EXPIRED OVER MILEAGE. THIS SHOULD BE A NISSAN RECALL WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS THEY HAVE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. TO FIX THIS SEAT WAS 1,000.00. SHAME ON YOU NISSAN. *TR

WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION I HEARD A POP, THE DRIVERS SEAT AND MYSELF, LURCHED BACK AND TO THE LEFT INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I WAS VERY STARTLED BUT LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. *TR

MY DRIVER SEAT HAS BROKEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT ROCKS BACK AND TILTS FORWARD. IT LOOKS LIKE THE REAR/LEFT SIDE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SEAT TO THE FLOOR HAS BROKE. THE SEAT WILL RANDOMLY SHIFT AROUND WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL THE SEAT WOULD NOT HOLD ME PROPERLY IN A ACCIDENT. *TR

BROUGHT MY NISSAN MURANO FOR WATER LEAK IN THE BODY SEAL, THE CAR WAS DELIVERED TO ME WITH A BROKEN FRONT DRIVERS SEAT. THE DEALERSHIP DENIES BREAKING IT AND I DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THEM THAT WAY. I AM BEING TOLD IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE YEAR MODEL AND THAT NISSAN IS AWARE AND WILL NOT RECALL. I AM CONSIDERING LEGAL ADVICE. *TR

BRACKET HOLDING SEAT BROKE. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR, BUT IT DID STARTLE ME. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH 2003-2008 MURANOS AND THE SEAT BRACKET. THE MANUFACTURER HAS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND ON THIS. THERE WILL BE ACCIDENT / LOSS OF CONTROL AT SOME POINT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND THE LEFT SIDE SUPPORT ON MY SEAT JUST BROKE, CAUSING ME TO BE OFF BALANCE, AND I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS SOMEONE SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR ISN'T ABLE TO PROPERLY MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL, SINCE THEY PULL ON THE WHEEL FOR STABILITY WHEN THE CHAIR SUPPORT BREAKS. *TR