2010 Nissan Murano Power Train

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN JANUARY 2010, HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH CAR IN FEBRUARY 2011 LATE AT NIGHT, STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, HAD TO CALL WRECKER TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. THERE WERE 38,424 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT NOT COST SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD COVER FOR ANOTHER 120,000 MILES. ON 11/1/13 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN BY NOT SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY SINCE I NOW HAD 127,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I ASKED ABOUT THE STATEMENT REGARDING THE FIRST REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND WAS TOLD THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND IF I HAD PAID FOR THE TRANSMISSION MYSELF IT WOULD ONLY BE COVERED FOR 12,000 MILES OR 12 MONTHS. I AM NOW FACED WITH PAYING $3000 FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. THIS MAKES 3 TRANSMISSIONS IN A CAR NOT EVEN 4 YEARS OLD. *TR

MY 2010 NISSAN MURANO'S TRANSFER CASE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH JOINT. IN TOTAL THE REPAIRS COST $5,600. I CALLED NISSAN TO REQUEST THAT THEY COVER THIS ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH I AM 6,000 MILES BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD. PREVIOUSLY DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD NISSAN HAD TO REPLACE THE CVT, AND BASED ON MY RESEARCH, NISSAN HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF CVT AND TRANSFER CASE PROBLEMS. NISSAN HAS JUST INFORMED ME THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS REPAIR, AND WENT AS FAR TO SAY IT WAS DUE TO ME NOT BRINGING MY CAR TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE LIKE MOTOR OIL CHANGES. I CHANGE MY OWN OIL, AND SPARE NOTHING BY ONLY USING MOBILE 1 OR OTHER HIGH-END OILS. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND THAT NISSAN HAS REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL. I STILL HAVE TWO YEARS LEFT TO PAY ON THIS CAR AND SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE CVT AND TRANSFER CASE THIS SOON. *TR

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 55-60MPH ON INTERSTATE 285 WESTBOUND NEAR 400. ALMOST IN MAJOR WRECK TRYING TO GET CAR THAT WAS DECELERATING OVER TO SERVICE LANE. JUST HAD CAR IN FOR SCHEDULED 30K MILE SERVICE THE WEEK BEFORE. *TR

AFTER FULL STOP CAR WANT ACCELERATE. RPM 2500, NO TORQUE. THREE TIMES CLOSE REAR ENDS LAST MONTH. CAR WOULD RUN NORMALLY AND SUDDENLY "LIMP MODE" WOULD HAPPEN. COMPLAINED TO NISSAN (CASE NUMBER[XXX]) BUT PEOPLE FROM INDIA WERE NOT PARTICULAR INTERESTED TO HELP ME. IT IS DANGERS TO DRIVE CAR LIKE THIS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE PROBLEM IS WITH NISSAN CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT), IN PARTICULAR MY 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN HOT WEATHER FOR MORE THAN 200 MILES IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. NO MATTER HOW FAR THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, THE CAR WILL SLOWLY ACCELERATE FROM 0 TO 15 MI/HR IN EXCESS OF 10 SECONDS! ONCE THE CAR IS MOVING ABOVE 15 MI/SEC, NORMAL ACCELERATION RESUMES. THIS PROBLEM IS SO PREVALENT, NISSAN MURANO OWNER'S CALL THIS "LIMP MODE". IF YOU SEARCH GOOGLE.COM FOR NISSAN CVT ISSUE OR LIMP MODE, YOU WILL GET THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE BUT HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THEIR GENIUS IDEA IS TO EXTEND THE CVT WARRANTY TO 100K MILES INSTEAD OF FIXING THE SAFETY ISSUE. THIS HAS OCCURRED TO ME TWO TIMES ONCE TRAVELING FROM WASHINGTON DC TO NYC IN APRIL, 2010 AND DC TO OUTER BANKS, NC IN JULY BOTH UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS (HIGH TEMP AND BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC). I'VE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALER BOTH TIMES AND THE RESPONSE WAS WE CAN'T FIX IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DUPLICATE THE SYMPTOMS OR NEVER HEARD OF SUCH ISSUES EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE TSB RELATED TO THIS ISSUE FOR 1ST GENERATION CVTS. SUPPOSEDLY NISSAN FIXED THIS ISSUE IN 2ND GENERATION CVTS (2009-PRESENT MODELS), BUT I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND BELIEVE NISSAN HAS FAILED TO FIX THE CVT DESIGN FLAW. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD! ALTHOUGH I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT, HOWEVER CAME CLOSE MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MERGING ONTO HIGH RAMPS, OR EVEN PULLING OUT OF INTERSECTION TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC. MY FAMILY AND I WERE ALMOST REAR-ENDED MULTIPLE TIMES IN OUTER BANKS JUST MAKING TURNS. PLEASE FORCE NISSAN TO ADDRESS THE CVT DESIGN FLAW AS ALL THEIR VEHICLES ARE BEING REPLACED WITH SUCH FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WITHIN SECONDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY VIBRATE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VALVE BODY WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6,900.