2005 Nissan Murano: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Aug 11, 2015 · Electrical · 75,000 miles · TX

I was driving out of my driveway, when the car stalled and hesitated. I saw the battery light and the brake light come on, so I drove the car slowly down the street in front of my apartment, and parked it there. I later read that this was common on nissan muranos, model years 2003 through 2007, and a recall campaign, 05v319000 was started.

Filed Sep 17, 2011 · 100,000 miles · CO

When driving my nissan murano especially on hot days/in stop & go traffic, the vehicle fails to respond to the depression of the accelerator. When it happens (~1x/week), the vehicle will be at a complete stop & not begin to accelerate after depressing the accelerator until around 3k rpms. The problem is resolved by cycling the vehicle off then on, given that the driving conditions don't remain in the form which appeared to initiate the incident. In one instance (and only once), the vehicle was left running, with the A/C on while I made a quick run into a convienence store. After backing out of the parking space without a problem, the vehicle exhibited it's slight hesitation while in drive, but then lurched forward at ~3k rpms, and acquired the desired speed and manuevers. After waiting at the light just outside of the parking lot, the vehicle would not respond to the depression of the accelerator in the form of movement. That is, the engine would rev to as much as 5k rpms, but not move more the .5-1mph. The usual cycling of the engine off & then on, would not resolve the problem. The next destination was nearby (1mi.) & downhill, so I was able to coast, in neutral, to that location whilst being honked at & nearly rear-ended by oncoming traffic. After the vehicle had sat at that location for ~3hrs, there were no other problems of the like. It is worth mentioning the hesitation problem was not experienced for the remainder of the day. However, it wasn't too long before the original problem returned. No check engine light, no other mechanical issues I have noticed. No correlations other than that of temperature and/or stop and go traffic. Another important note is that those correlations are not dependent upon each other; the problem can/does occur in the absence of either. However, it is typically not seen without at least one of those factors present.

Filed Jun 23, 2011 · Visibility · OK

Driving is the event leading to the failure. Driver's side sun visor will not stay in the up position and falls down in front of drivers eyes without warning or hesitation. This will lead to accident due to the driver losing eye contact with traffic and the road.

Filed May 25, 2010 · Seats · 92,000 miles · TX

My driver's seat suddenly became more like a rocking chair. When I accelerate I tilt backward letting my foot come slightly off the pedal. The resulting hesitation of the vehicle makes me rock forward causing my foot to then hit the pedal and lurch the vehicle forward! What would happen should I get in an accident and the entire seat come loose ?

Filed Jan 10, 2008 · Transmission · GA

My car will not accelerate when I put on the gas. It started about a month ago and has gotten progressively worse. I pulled out into traffic today and almost got clobbered by another car because my car was stalling and hesitating 5 to 10 seconds at at time in the middle of the road! I could have been seriously hurt. I am parking the car until I can trade it in. I am 1000 miles out of warranty and they will not fix it for less than 6,000 dollars! Ridiculous!

Filed Sep 27, 2006 · Electrical, Transmission · 13,500 miles · MA

Exiting parking lot onto roadway, engine hesitation with little acceleration, awd lock comes on, service engine soon comes on. Turn off roadway, shut off vehicle and restart, no acceleration power, malfunction indicator lights still on - cannot drive vehicle. Next morning towed to dealership; report is a code u1000 - electrical and ground wire problem. Tsb procedure followed based on the code. However, tsb says it applies to the code only when no malfunction indicators lights are on. Therefore, I do not believe problem is fixed. Also, since then a vibration is detected through the gas pedal when accelerating. Service manager and tech test drove and stated there was something detected but no fix since there is no tsb for this kind of problem.

Filed May 8, 2006 · Electrical · 6,500 miles · WA

Both failures 4/8/06 and 5/1/06 - pause in starting, engine hesitations when running,awd lock comes on, service engine soon comes on, no acceleration power - cannot drive vehicle. Both times same code u1000 - electrical and ground wire problem. I have been left stranded twice in this vehicle and feel very unsafe!