2003 nissan murano sl - failure of the driver's seat support. Upon normal wear, the lifter link, part of the seat lifter link slide assembly, had a catastrophic failure where the link lifter assembly metal has snapped, leaving no rear support for the seat and allowing the drivers seat to move freely from side to side. This failure was reported to nissan north america. They acknowledged a special tsb that told of this failure and how to replace it, but would not take responsibility for the issue when the vehicle is out-of-warranty. This is a safety issue that would have unknown results in a crash. I have seen this issue reported by several owners of not only muranos, but other nissan vehicles.
2003 Nissan Murano seats complaints
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While driving on the highway, the seat in my murano broke loose as I was headed into a curve. The seat actually threw me into the driver side door and caused me to jerk the wheel and run off of the road. Upon thorough examination by my self and an authorized nissan dealership, a bracket that holds the seat secure to the track system had broken. The mechanic advised me that it was a defect and that he had not seen anything like it before. This particular support bracket is a critical piece of the seat assembly and without this piece the vehicle is difficult to safely drive and could cause an accident. Also, the piece is most likely to break under tension such as entering a curve as was the situation in my case, or swerving to avoid an accident. In either event, the unexpected malfunction could cause the driver to loose control of the vehicle. More troubling is the possibility that the piece would break in a collision, thereby throwing the driver into the driver door and the driver's head into the glass. I have contacted both nissan and the dealership from which I purchased the vehicle about the part on numerous occasions. Their stance is that though the part is defective, the vehicle is out of warranty and that they will neither repair my vehicle nor address the issue with a recall to avoid any future accidents or injuries. I even offered to send nissan pictures of the broken part and they were not interested. The representative did not even bother to log in the correct part when I spoke with him. He logged it as a broken seat track. When I advised him that it was not the seat track but the actual seat, he dismissed it by saying that was the category that nissan had established for seat malfunctions.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle's driver seat moved about a half inch forward when the vehicle stopped. The seat was adjusted electronically. The service dealer ordered a new part to fix the issue. The vehicle was not involved in an accident that would have damaged the seat.
Dt*: the contact stated the driver's side seat is shaking lose from the frame due to a fracture in the frame. The seat moves forward when the accelerator is applied and backward when the brake is applied. The dealership has been notified. *ak updated 5/16/2006 -
Front drivers seat rocks back and forth with acceleration or braking. Dealer has a tsb outlining repair of problem. If out of warranty the dealer will charge $400 for repair. I am questioning the safety of this seat as the vehicle ages. Will the seat fail during an accident?
Driver seat track has been replaced 2xs and still has rocking motion problem, very annoying nissan might as well put thumb tacs on the steering wheels of their cars if they find this problem acceptable.
The drivers seat in my 2003 murano had an excessive rocking problem since purchased new and proceeded to get worse and worse until I could not take it anymore.well nissan replaced the whole track assembly on july 20, 2004. To my surprise the new one, only being 3 weeks old is already as bad as the original one but now it makes an excessive creeking noise.maybe the 3rd one will be the charm ?????
My altinator broke on my 2003 nissan murano with about 8500 miles on the whole car.
Cloth seats generate static shock after exiting the vehicle almost every time. Fear a potential cause of ignitiion when fueling.
Driver's seat has excessive play in the track. When you stop the seat moves forward and when you start to drive it moves back. It's very noticeable. Has gotten worse, I now have 11000 miles on it. Afraid that if in an accident that the force would force it to break.
Consistent gas mileage 25% below fuel economy numbers on manufacturers sticker; rocking front seat motion that causes seat belts to tighten and fail to properly release; thunking sounds from shock absorber sub-assembly on uneven or rough road surfaces; multiple squeaks and rattles.
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