I was driving on the freeway when the battery and brake light came on. I barely exited the freeway and found a gas station before the car died. There are 36,400 miles on my car and foothill nissan told me that the warranty covered only until 36,000. They won't replace the defective alternator since I am 400 miles over the warranty limit. Then I realized that I wasn't the only one who was going through this. There are many other complaints of the exact thing that happened to me. I was lucky that I didn't get into an accident and there wasn't as much traffic as there usually is on the freeway that day and I was able to hurry off without the car stopping in the middle of the freeway.
2003 Nissan Murano electrical complaints
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Dt: contact states the alternator needed to be replaced after losing power in the middle of the intersection. The engine was still running, but the contact could not accelerate to get the vehicle out of the road. Vehicle was towed to a main service center where they replaced the alternator. While starting the vehicle it will start, then stall. After the 2nd or 3rd time it will start. Service dealer stated the engine stalling was not from the alternator.
My mom was leaving the grocery store and the car cut off while she was driving out of the parking lot. It slowed down before it cut off. While waiting for aaa someone offered to jump the car. It started, but the brake and lights came on. She drove to the dealership, about 3 miles away. The car cut off in the parking lot. It remains at the dealer, awaiting repair.
The first time occured in oct. Of 2004, when I was driving in town, thankfully, and lost all of my power. I was only driving about 30 MPH. My car had to be towed, and the alternator was replaced. Then, on june10, 2005, I was traveling on the highway, at night about 55 MPH, and again lost all power. I again had to be towed, and the alternator was replaced again, but this time, my battery also had to be replaced, which we had to pay half the price. This car is only 2 years old and has had 2 alternators, and nissan of north america says there is ' no problem' with this car or model. I consider this to be a major safety problem, if someone had been behind me, or if I could not have steered off the road.
At 22,695 miles. Loss of power, decreased gas mileage, battery and engine light came on. Car was drivable to dealer. Nissan replaced with rebuilt alternator.
1) my wife was driving the car to work and the battery and brake light came on. I told her that I thought it was probably due to low brake fluid and that I'd check it when she got home in the evening. 2) on her way home from work, the car suddenly dies in the middle of the interstate (i495) during rush hour. This is probably the most dangerous time on the interstate due to the great volume of traffic traveling at very high speed. Fortunately, she was able to coast to the shoulder without being rear ended. The car had to be towed back to our house. I did some research on the internet and came across a nissan murano forum which had a detail desciption of this particular problem. If I had received some type on notification on this problem, I would not have put my wife life in jeopardy by advising her to take the car home. 3) I will be contacting the nissan dealership for repairs.
Alternator in 2003 nissan murano failed after 23,237 miles. Loss of power in the vehicle.
The alternator warning light and brake warning light alit both at the same time. I was 7 miles from home. I traveled home and the checked to see if the alternator was working properly and it was not. I charged the battery and drove the vehicle to a local dealership. They confirmed that the alternator was malfunctioning and and will replace when the back ordered part is in stock. They have no idea when the part my be delivered.
Recurring alternator failure. Vehicle will loose power and stop. Put in 3rd alternator in last 1.5 years. After some research problem under investigation but not resolved. Concerned since it leaves us in a precarious situtation every time. Vehicle great otherwise.
While driving on the highway at 65mph, the alternator on my 2003 nissan murano se (20,500 miles) failed. The engine stalled, and all power steering/brakes/etc. Failed as well. After pulling the vehicle over to the side of the road, I was unable to restart the vehicle (because the battery had been drained as a result of the alternator failure). The car was towed to a dealer who replaced the alternator (under warranty).
Parking brake light and battery light lit during driving. Driving the very next day the car's transmission failed in the middle of an intersection but car remained running. Within 10 minutes the car failed completely. Both times the car was in an intersection and nearly struck by other traffic.
My 2003 had two alternator failures. One in 2004 and one in may of 2005.
Nissan murano 2003 (42,000 miles) driving down the highway and car stalling. Battery light came on and brake light came on. Almost had another car rear end me. After speaking with nissan service center, panama city, fl I found out it was most likely a failed alternator. A check on the world wide web revealed many other owners having the same problem with a defective alternator.
Car stalled and failed to accelerate and then gave out. Waited three hours to be towed to nearest dealer by 1-800-nissan. Alternator and battery were replaced nov 2004at 36000 miles at no cost still under warranty. May 2005 brake light and battery light came on car started to stall on higway. Made it of the highway into a parking lot and car gave out. Had it towed by dealer. Alternator was once again replaced at no charge because I have extended warranty. Asked dealer if there was problem and they said no. Since then the car shuts of immediately after starting engine. I left it at the dealer again on 5-24-05 to be checked. My warranty will soon run out at 49000 and I have no confidence that this problem will be resolved. I have also reported the problem to consumer affairs at nissan. I have one more year left on my lease. I recently received a promotion from bill seidle nissan in miami where I had my car repaired the first time, that says that they are doing a special test market promotion. They are in desperate need to acquire prew-owned 2003 nissan muranos by may 31st. They claim they will buy back my current vehicle. Not a bad offer but I do not want another nissan. Please help.
At about 36,600 miles, the battery and brake light both came on. After tapping the emergency brake lightly several times, both lights went off. However, 100 miles later, both lights came on again. At 36,835 miles, while driving 55 MPH at night to dulles airport, the vehicle became sluggish, the accelerator pedal became unresponsive, dash lights dimmed, and the vehicle coasted and stalled, all within about 700 meters, after which it wouldn't start. We got aaa plus towing the 70 miles back home, and drove our '95 maxima back down! Purchased this 2003 sl vehicle in altoona pa, courtesy motors. We are taking it to brenner nissan, located in mechanicsburg, pa. They have a good reputation locally and we'll report on the outcome! -update- 0800: arrived at brenner nissan. Jim, ed and troy greet. Troy checks something in the back, ed checks parts availability. Coffee's good. 0830: enterprise rental vehicle arrives at the dealer! 1548: jim calls, murano's ready -- we'd decided to catch up on the 30,000 mi. Major service today, and it turns out nissan goodwill covered the alternator and rental car 100%. Service cost $488.60 incl. Tax.
1-the car at 4000 miles lost power on the road and completly died, the car was towed to the nissan dealer and the action taken was to replace the alternator 2- driving on the highway the car was failing to accelerate, I turned off the air and made it to the deale, reorted it, the dealer took no action but complied with a bulletin that was out, this was at 18,000 3- at 22500miles the car was expiriencing the same acceleration problem, I agian took the car to the dealer and reported this to them since the check engine light was on, the dealer reported that they could not find the problem 4- at 24800 miles april 22nd the car again lost complete power in the middle of the road as I was changing lanes and it stalled, which almost caused an accident, the car was moved and it was towed to the nissan dealer, were they called me on the 23rd and informed me that it was an alternator problem and that it needed to be replaced, the service manager raul fernandez, finally called me back after a few attemps to reach a manager at bill sidels nissan and informed me that this was a regular problem with the nissan murano that they get 4-5 cars a day with the same problem and also that there was no alternators in stock so it would probably be a few more days, he also informed me that the factory can't seem to fix the problem since the 2005 models are having the same problem . I am very afraid that this can cause an accident and lives could be lost.
Alternator failed. The vechicle's battery light went on and within 15 minutes the car would not move. The car was towed to the dealership where the car was purchased.
My alternator has failed twice. The first time was under warranty this time it failed in my driveway. Dealer replaced, not under warranty
Alternator failure nissan murano mine is 2003 sl sunlit copper purchased 1/2003 now has 42000 miles. Battery and brake light on. Nissan customer service refused to acknowledge that there is a problem with premature failure of the alternator.say I am sol as I have exceeded the warranty mileage even though the vehicle is two years old. I will be posting this problem all over the internet and contacting the local television station as this is a safety issue as the car dies and is not drive able. On the nissanmurano.org forum a poll shows that 93 out of 203 respondents have had alternator failures a 46% failure rate. Mine left me dead in an intersection with engine only able to idle while in drive no throttle response while in drive but throttle responded when in park. I feared for my life as I was barely able to get out of the way of oncoming traffic. My car has been parked for over 2 weeks as the only availability for the alternator is from nissan. Only other problem with the car has been getting locked out more than once. Again nissan will not acknowledge a problem even though I brought this to their attention at about 2000 miles.
I have a 2003 nissan murano, the alternator failed at 36,000 miles, which will cost about $900 to fix - including the tow and recommended new battery - seems very high to me. According to freshalloy.com, this is a common occurrence with these cars.
In february 2005 the alternator failed to charge the battery and the car slowed to a complete stop and the battery died in the middle of a busy intersection. I had to tow the car to the nearest dealership and the car was repaired 48 hours later. In march 2005 the gas tank lid wouldn't open and the car was running out of gas. I drove the car to the dealership and it took 48 hours to repair. However, the "repair" was done by prying the lid open and I still have not recieved the new part. In may 2005 the transmission failed in the middle of a busy intersection and I had to tow the car to the dealership. They still have the car and expect to have it for two weeks at least. They cannot guarentee that they will pay for the rental car costs which will amount to at least $350 at $25 a day. This car only has 35,000 miles on it.
Alternator failure @ 16,500 miles with subsequent battery failure due to alternator failure. Complete loss of power occurred. Very dangerous situation. Www.nissanmurano.org shows 25 pages of nissan murano alternator failure scenarios.
Alernator failure at 28,000 miles, the battery light and brake light came on. No other symptoms. Took it to dealer. Dealer replaced it under warranty
While driving down one of the busiest 8 lane highways in tampa my car decided that it didn't want to stay cranked and died right smack in the middle of the intersection. Luckily, my room mate was behind me and jumped out to help me push it back into the parking lot. We assumed it was out of gas, which it wasn't. Afterwards, we realized that we tried to jump the car off because now it wasn't turning over. It cranked , and I made it to the intersection. Again, it died on me once more. So we left the car overnight in barnes and noble parking lot. I came back sunday afternoon may 1, 2005 and replaced the battery. It cranked right up. I drove 2 miles home. Then 6 miles to north tampa, only to have my car die pulling into the parking lot of a friend's apartment complex. I let it sit for a few hours, cranked it up and it cranked. Then managed to make it to the on ramp of i75 south, only to have it die again. It wa s now sitting at a friends house. I managed to drive it 1 mile an hour in idle into someone's apartment complex, where it now sits waiting for someone to tow it to the nissan dealership.
Immediately after battery charging light and brake light came on I went to the dealer because I was aware of this common problem and didn't want to get stranded. They confirmed that the alternator was not putting out any voltage ,and replaced the alternator. They kept the old part.
Battery and brake indicator lights on dashboard came on. Next evening (approximately 10 miles later), the lights dimmed and electrical accessories failed while driving down a 4 lane road. Moments later the car went into "limp mode" (less than 5 MPH). I was able to navigate off the road, but couldn't move very far. The engine would run fine (while the car was in park or neutral), but would immediately go into limp mode when shifted into gear. Following a couple of restarts ... The battery finally went completely dead and couldn't restart engine. Towed to nissan ... Replaced alternator.
Driving on a freeway the car's battery lights came up. Took it to dealer and was suggested nothing is wrong. Dont worry. On the way back the car stalled on freeway. Got it towed to the dealership. Next day I was told there was an alternator issue. It is a nissan murano 2003.
At 27,780 miles on my 2003 nissan murano I turned the car on and the brake and battery lights both stayed on. Looked through the book, no indicator as to what it was, called tacoma nissan and they said to bring it in tuesday morning. Drove it home from work. It sat in the garage for 5 hours, drove it to school, it sat for 3 hours, drove home then right back to school, car sat for another 3 hours, drove to taco bell <1mile away. As I went to pull out of the taco bell onto the busy street, I pressed the accelerator and there was no response in the car. I hit the brakes and stayed on the side street. I put the car in and out of different gears, thinking the gear box had failed. No responce. Pulled the car over and turned it off. Started it up again and still no response while in gear. Turned it off again and attempted to restart it. Clicking. Dead alternator. Murano was towed to tacoma nissan where it sits now as they replace the alternator.
On a saturday while driving down the road, the brake and charge lights came on, but the car continued to run fine. We checked the obvious things - brake fluid, alternator belt - all looked fine. I kept the driving to a minimum and planned to head to the dealer first thing monday. On my way there, barely a mile from my house, the car lost power. The engine kept running, but no acceleration. I was able to coat into someone's driveway and out of a two lane back road before I lost momentum. Called the dealer and they had a truck come and pick me and the car up. Alternator was replaced under warranty. His is a 2003 se awd and had 23500 miles when the alternator failed.
Brake and battery lights came on simultaneously, indicating incipient alternator failure. Nissan murano (2003) taken to dealer for alternator replacement.
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