2004 Nissan Murano locks problems

Filed Apr 18, 2015 · Locks · 70,988 miles · MA

My door lock for my passenger front side does not unlock. I have no idea why but I have to manually unlock this now. I have researched this online and spoke with my local nissan dealerships. This is a safety issue and should be repaired by a recall. Please advise.

Filed Apr 9, 2015 · Locks · 75,000 miles · KS

I have a 2004 nissan murano. I took my car to the shop today because the doors are not locking or unlocking. My hatch only works some of the time as well. I found out that the actuactor is out on all the doors. This is crazy are out on a car that only has 79k miles on it and is 11 years old. The cost will be about 2k to get fixed. This is a safety issue, I have three small kids. Having to them stand outside while I climb inside to manually unlock the doors is unssafe. If I leave the car unlocked at night when we are out, that leaves us vulnerable for someone entering the car and hiding in it until we return. Once we get in we manually lock the doors but if there is an accident and we needed to quickly exit or emergency responds need to quickly get us out of the car, it is not possible. It is going to cost 2k to get this fixed. I have been reading forums, this is a big issue on the nissan murano, it needs to be a recall. If it is not a recall, I would like nissan accept some of the financial responsibility of this repair.

Filed Jan 8, 2014 · Locks · 94,773 miles · IL

Yesterday after work, I opened the hatch to the back of my vehicle to remove jumper cables. When I went to close the hatch door, it would not stay closed. I looked closer at the mechanism that locks the door in the closed position, and it was not moving back into the proper position. I thought initially it was due to the cold weather, but even after it was given time to heat up it continued to stay in the open position. I made due by duct taping the hatch closed to make it home. I looked online and saw that thousands of other murano owners have had issues with their lock actuators on doors, hatches and even the gas cover actuator. It is extremely concerning to me due to the obvious safety hazards that accompany this malfunction.

Filed Oct 23, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · CA

The driver power door lock actuator failed first and few days ago the passenger side, rear power door lock actuator failed.

Filed May 11, 2013 · Body, Locks · 60,000 miles · NV

At approximately 60,000 miles with the age of the car being approximately five (5) years old the front passenger door would not unlock or lock when the remote actuator was used. This got progressively worse and then less than a year later the driver's side door began doing the same thing. Now neither one of these doors will work correctly and often lock on their own without the remote actuator or the internal manual locking system being used. This has spread to the rear doors too but only intermittently at this time. I have read on the internet that many many owners of a nissan murano of almost every model year eventually experience this problem. This creates a safety problem should entry into the vehicle or exit from the vehicle in an emergency situation be required because the doors will not unlock from the outside without a key and the only door that has a key slot is the drivers side front door. If the key's in the ignition how would anyone on the outside of the vehicle get the doors open in an emergency? There was a recall issued a few years ago in australia for this very same problem on a different nissan model vehicle. If this was a safety issue there and was acknowledged by nissan to be their responsibility to resolve I cannot help but ask "why isn't this being taken care of here in the USA by nissan?" nissan and their dealers have known of this safety problem for years and quote between $400 and $500 to fix just one door. Many owners report via the internet that this problem exists on at least 2 doors and some report all 4 doors including the rear lift gate have this problem. Something needs to be done to resolve this problem and protect the owners and occupants of these vehicles.

Filed May 1, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · 65,000 miles · IL

The door lock actuator does not work when the button is pushed from the inside. The lever must be moved manually. This poses a safety issue due to the fact that in an emergency the door stays locked disallowing a quick exit .

Filed Jan 17, 2013 · Electrical, Locks · IL

Door lock actuators fail to lock doors within short period of time. Also affected gas fill door because it is connected with an electrical solenoid.

Filed Sep 14, 2012 · Electrical, Locks · 87,000 miles · IL

All four power door lock actuators are bad in the car. This is preventing the doors from properly locking and unlocking. This is a major safety issue for the car. I have looked online and there are hundreds of complaints about door lock actuators on 2004 muranos.

Filed Jul 27, 2012 · Body, Locks · 60,000 miles · FL

I have a nissan murano 2004 with approx 66,000 miles...all four actuators failed at the same time. When I looked into this issue on line, I see that many other murano owners have the same issue. When the actuators fail you are no longer able to look the doors, there causing a security issue, especially if you have children. I find it strange that so many people are having the same problem. My husband and parents have 2004 model cars, and have no issues with their looks. Please hold nissan responsible for this issue.

Filed Mar 2, 2012 · Electrical, Locks · 108,000 miles · MN

All of the door locks do not work. I have had my murano in the shop 3 times and they cannot figure out the problem. I have now spent close to $1000 and the problem is still not fixed! They first replaced a switch in the driver's side door. That did not fix the problem. They then replaced the bcm, the locks worked for about a week and now they are not functioning again. This is a safety hazard because I am a single woman and should be able to lock and unlock my doors as needed. How many people have to file a complaint for the same issue before nissan does something about it??? It is absolutely ridiculous that I should have to spend almost $1000 and still not have functioning door locks!!! I know for a fact the problem is not the solenoids in the doors that control the locks because my repair shop tested each one in each door and they are properly functioning, which is what LED us to check the bcm. When it was determined the bcm was bad, I had that replaced but obviously that is not the only problem. Please do something about this issue!!!