2004 Nissan Murano: fuel leak

Filed Jul 18, 2025 · Brakes, Driver assistance · CA

Braking locked looses power then accelerates smell like gas is leaking

Filed Sep 6, 2015 · NC

Bought car from bill askew in february 2015 around tax time... Went to gas station and car wouldn't crank. Call bill askew and notified them.. 5 min later the vehicle came on.. Went to dealership and they replaced a battery... Running good for a couple weeks. Check engine light came on and needed a electrical equipement... Radio and cd wouldn't work. That was replaced also... In march got a oil change at the nissan place.. I was told that I have a oil or gas leak.. Notified bill askew... No reponse but everytime I take the truck to the dealership I got it from they turn off the check engine light and said it was nothig.. Today september 5th 2015 the truck turned off while backing up, the truck stalled in the middle of the high way while my daughter was in the car with me.. Cars blowing... 3 min later I turned it on and I call bill askew and notified them about the problem.. It was after hours and im currently waitning on a response.

Filed Jul 13, 2009 · Fuel system · 106,000 miles · MA

2004 nissan murano gasoline filling tube and valve defective. Failed state inspection emissions test. Indicated defective valve. Results in $416 filling tube and valve replacement. Fuel leaks out of valve when filling. Valve is all rusted.

Filed Dec 22, 2006 · Brakes, Transmission · 24,000 miles · HI · crash · 1 injury

Tl* - the contact states that on 12/20/06 around 10:00 am the contact drove her 2004 nissan murano out of her driveway and proceeded to drive down an alley at about 2 MPH. After making a left hand turn onto the main road of a residential area, the vehicle accelerated to about 50 MPH without the contact touching the accelerator. The contact tried continuously applying the brakes, but vehicle never came to a stop. The contact states that the brakes went down to the floor. She had a hard time steering the vehicle while trying to get vehicle to come to a stop. The contact then hit a parked flat bed trailer, and the front tires of her vehicle drove up on the flat bed and the vehicle the rolled over on its side landing on the passenger side. The contact was dazed and witnesses climbed up onto the vehicle to get her out. The contact states there was fuel leaking from the vehicle, and once out of vehicle she and witnesses notice that the wheels of the vehicle continued turning at a high rate while on it side. The contact states that one of the witnesses climbed onto the vehicle and shut the ignition off but couldn't get key out of ignition. The police was called and a report filed and pictures were taken. The contact has called the nissan corporation and filed a complaint and was given #557-22135 as a reference number.

Filed Oct 11, 2005 · Fuel system · MT

Punctured gas tank from debris on highway. No warning lights, etc.. Drove 45 miles leaking gas. Didn't realize it until we stopped the car and smelled gasoline very strongly. Had car towed to dealership for replacement of gas tank (which took 3 efforts to get it right) very concerned as to how easy it was to have gas tank punctured, either from material it's made of or location. Probably both!

Filed Sep 29, 2005 · Fuel system · 500 miles · NY

Dt: the consumer's vehicle swerved to hit debris in the roadway. The debris struck the gas tank, resulting in a gas leak. 18 gallons of gas spilled from the tank. No fires or injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to a dealer and the gas tank was replaced. No problems with the gas tank since replacement of gas tank. The consumer paid out of pocket for the repairs.*ak

Filed Apr 8, 2004 · Fuel system · 500 miles · CA

Gas tank placement and design is poorly engineered, promoting the opportunity for catastrophic incidents when the driver is not at fault. Death to innocent victims can occur with no collision in near ideal conditions. *ak specifically, the design of the gas tank and exposure to road hazards is a major safety flaw. The gas tank is plastic (not unusual today) and open to objects that can fly off the front right wheel. The front of the gas tank is openly exposed, with no protection to prevent the puncture of the gas tank, unknowing to the driver, leading to potential death. My particular incident occurred while turning left through an intersection. I heard a sudden noise, like something large was rolling around in the cargo area and banged against the side, but we had no cargo. I stopped and surveyed the car to find a piece of rebar about 2' long hanging down under the car, just in front of the right rear tire. Upon closer inspection the rebar was sticking out of the side of the gas tank, leaking gas. After evaluating what looked to be a freak incident, only 5 days after I bought this brand new car, it became apparent how poor the design was, simply from the placement of the gas tank, and it's exposure. I concluded this wasn't such a freak incident, given the open target the gas tank is to road debris. Somebody's going to die someday because of the poor design unless the manufacturer fixes this. It's simply a bad design that could easily be fixed with a piece of sheet metal to cover the open cavity under the car that makes the front side of the gas tank a perfect target for rocks, metal, parking berms, etc. I guarantee this will not be the only complaint about the open exposure to this gas tank in the nissan murano. I'm a pretty safe driver, and I've never had such a thing happen. The fact it happened on the 5th day of ownership tells me something. It's not just bad luck, it's a bad design from a safety point of view.