2003 Nissan Murano: CVT failure

Filed Oct 25, 2017 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · AZ

After driving in stop and go traffic or after driving long enough for the transmission to get warmed up, when accellerator is pushed the car is unresponsive for 5 to 10 seconds then suddenly lunges forward into traffic! This happens in all driving situations. The only requirement is the transmission needs to be driven enough to be warmed up. It is a known issue with this vehicle's CVT transmission failing! This is a major safety issue and all affected CVT's should be replaced or repaired! Nissan has recalled other vehicles that have the exact same transmission and experiencing the exact same issues but they have ignored taking responsibility for the 2003 murano's transmission! Look here at your complaints and you will find hundereds of people claiming the same thing. Some are explaining the issue with knowledge of what the issue is and many others are reporting the same issue just without proper car knowledge so it may not be reported as the same issue. If you look into these complaints you can see the CVT transmission is a safety hazzard and should be recalled for life of the vehicle!

Filed Aug 14, 2017 · Engine · 60,000 miles · NC

At approx. 60,000 miles this car began having problems stalling at intersections, highways, and inclines. Stopped on an incline I had to have 3 cars back up and move so my car could roll backwards down the hill and park for 30 minutes. I have been in the middle of intersections where I would depress the gas pedal and the car not move in on coming traffic. I have brought this to the attention of nissan and the dealer I purchased the car with no resolution. It is obviously the CVT transmission slowly going bad. This has put me in dangerous situations many times and continues to be a serious problem. Nissan and the dealership are avoiding replacing the transmission. Www.nissanmuranowarning.com

Filed Mar 15, 2016 · Transmission · 98,000 miles · AZ

2003 nissan murano started at 98,000 miles. Like many, many thousands of others the CVT transmission has failed and is extremely dangerous! When driving in stop and go traffic for a short period of time , when pressing the accelerator the vehicle is completely unresponsive for about 5 seconds then suddenly launches forward unexpectantly! Nissan tried to look as if they are taking responsibility for the saftey flaw by extending the warranty period from 5 yr or 60,000 miles to 10 yr or 100,000 miles. Problem is the issue a lot of the times starts outside those perimeters such as mine! Even more, if the vehicle does fall in the warranty period they replaced the faulty transmission with the exact same transmission which also fails as they are identicle! In my case the vehicle was already outside the extended warranty period when I started experiencing the issue therefore nissan says it will not be covered. How can a major design flaw that is a serious saftey issue be covered under a time limit? The design flaw is forever therfore the safety issue is forever! So my life is depending on your help to get this resolved. This is a significant safety issue and I feel that nissan should be held responsible for correcting this problem on all affected vehicles! I would not recommend the purchase of nissan products until they live up to their responsibility. If the government can make gm, chrysler and ford recall that are over ten-years old ; why can't they require nissan to do the same thing? Http://hubpages.com/autos/nissan-refuses-to-recall-murano-despite-major-CVT-problems http://www.nissanassist.com/programdetails.php?menu=2 http://www.nairaland.com/456635/nissan-murano-2003-transmission-problem look for yourself, google will show you hundreds of pages filled with nissans CVT transmissions failing! This should be 100% lifetime covered!!!

Filed Dec 18, 2015 · Transmission · IL

I have a 2003 nissan murano with 88,000 miles. The car for the most part has been reliable. Recently it was diagnosed with a bad CVT transmission. Nissan said it is to old to be considered for warranty repaired, I have noticed on various websites that this vehicle has numerous complaints regarding this CVT transmission. Despite a warranty extension by nissan to address this problem, it seems that this problem occurs after the vehicle has exceeded any warranty consideration. This is a significant safety issue and I feel that nissan should be held responsible for correcting this problem on all affected vehicles; this should include free transmission fluid changes they claim may cause CVT failures. At this point I would not recommend the purchase of nissan products until they live up to their responsibility. If the government can make gm, chrysler and ford recall that are over ten-years old ; why can't they require nissan to do the same thing?

Filed Jul 4, 2015 · 112,000 miles · MD

Just bought car 2 months prior to incident. Started having trouble accelerating after a stop light. Foot was down to the ground and car wouldnt move. Called nissan and they told me there was a recall on the CVT transmission so the warranty was extended to 10 years or 120,000 miles. Since my car is a 2003 the recall was expired. This is a dangerous safety matter, how can this expire! It needs to be fixed but nissan was no help! Seems that I need a new transmission but can't even get the car to go more than 10mph now and it is stuck at dealer! I am still trying to save money for the transmission three months later and dealing with having to pay over $400 monthly including insurance for a car I am not even using!

Filed Dec 31, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 158,000 miles · WA

As I was coming out of a tunnel driving normally at 55 MPH, my murano jolted and surged it's RPM into the red. This was very dangerous as I was driving with my 3 year old daughter. After going online and seeing that many others have had the same problem but nissan has not conducted a recall on the CVT transmission. I called nissan canada today and got no where. They extended the warranty to 10 years or 200 km. Which my car now at 158k and 2014 do not apply. This is completely ridiculous as nissan is aware of this faulty problem and is just waiting for someone to get killed. She said it wasn't nissan who makes the rules on recalls but the federal safety agency. Which to me is just a cop-out! What company produces a faulty product and refuses to take responsibility for it!

Filed Nov 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 110,000 miles · KY

I purchased this car from a dealer as a used vehicle in september 2013. After several months I began to notice a very serious transmission problem. All of the sudden when driving the car does not respond to the gas pedal and then all of the sudden the vehicle will lurch forward. This has been scary and unsafe when driving in high traffic areas and I have run the risk of rear ending another vehicle. Other times it has been an extreme safety hazard when entering traffic that is traveling at a higher speed and you have to speed up to merge. If your car does not move when you press on the gas pedal others can crash into you. I have read that other nissan muranos that are the same year as mine have experienced the same safety issues and nissan has received a significant number of complaints with regard to CVT and front transfer case (cracks/fractures) issues but that nissan has not had a recall to correct this serious problem. I have a three year old grand daughter that I have in my car with me on a daily basis and I am afraid to drive the car! I also purchased this car after another serious accident that totaled my other vehicle and now I have a car that has major safety issues that I am extremely concerned about!!

Filed Oct 14, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 86,000 miles · CA

While driving on a major freeway I began to hear my CVT transmission making a loud winding noise that sounded like a turbine engine revving up and then my engine light came on. After I noticed something was wrong, the vehicle went from 65mph to 15mph during extremely heavy high speed traffic and then I was not able to accelerate which brought the vehicle to a complete stop on the freeway. The vehicle constantly does a bunny hop in heavy stop and go traffic which almost caused me to rear end another car because of the sudden surge of acceleration. This has been an ongoing issue since I purchased the car and is now becoming a serious safety issue.

Filed Oct 4, 2012 · Acceleration · 140,724 miles · TN

When you push on the gas the car does not go for a few seconds then when it goes it lunges forward. This makes it very hard to make a left turn in front of traffic, you do not know if the car is going to move at first or not. And when you are in stop and go traffic and go to move up just a little bit the car does not go then when it does you almost hit the car in front of you. My understanding is this is the CVT vavle body. My car is giving error code p1722 per the dealer. The paperwork they gave me says estem spd. Sig.

Filed Jun 4, 2012 · Transmission · 82,000 miles · FL

Cvt transmission fails to accelerate after driving at low speeds...ie like thru a parking area or while in heavy stop and go traffic. Than while pulling out in traffic will not not respond to the gas pedal while pressing down than it will suddenly surge and rapidly accelerate. I can not safely send my wife or daughter out in this car. Had it back to the dealer many times the transfer case for the awd was replaced some time back when it cracked. But the CVT acted up occasionally long before that.!! This is a serious safety issue and should be a recall to repair these transmissions.

Filed Mar 25, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 98,500 miles · GA

When you come to a complete stop and then press the accelerator down the car does not move initially. If you hold the accelerator down after a few seconds the car will start to move. This has happened 4 times in the last 8 months after driving the car for about 20 mins. I have called nissan dealership in warner robins, ga but no assistance because the warranty ran out...I just purchased this vehicle jan 2011, they had to put in a brand new transmission a week after I purchased it but I was told months later the warranty ran out so I would have to pay for diagnostic check and this particular murano was not under the recall for CVT. I find that hard to believe because all the posts I've read regarding this exact same problem received some form of mail regarding a recall of some sort. Today 3/25/12 my car hesitates to start.

Filed Feb 23, 2012 · Transmission · 119,906 miles · CT

The vehicles drive train failed and was towed to lia nissan in enfield ct. Was told that the CVT transmission had failed and was covered under the 10 yr /120,000 mile extended warranty. They also said that the transfer case was damaged but is not covered by the warranty. The transfer case is part of the CVT and should be covered. I had to purchase the part for 2,100 to repair the vehicle. They may charge for the part to offset the cost of the CVT which costs around 5,000. Nissan has a major problem with their drive train and should be covered or recalled.