At about 40,000 miles, the driver's side sun visor stopped holding its position. At first we could get it to stay in the up position; it just wouldn't stay set in mid position...it was either all the way up or all the way down. A few months ago (now 80,000 miles) the visor slips out of the up position and goes to the full down position when going over a big bump or at other random times. The murano doesn't have much head clearance in the first place, so the dropped visor completely obscures vision. From other discussion pages on the internet, this seems like a very common problem.
2005 Nissan Murano visibility complaints
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Hi, my 2005 nissan murano has a sun visor that will not stay up. It needed to be replaced twice. A defect visor could block driver's view, or if the visor is removed completely and sun shines right into the eyes of the driver that could blind driver from seeing the road. Regards,
Sun visor failure 2005 nissan murano. The visor no longer stays in the closed / upright position. It has been getting progressively worse to the point that it falls in the 90deg. (0deg. Fully closed) position hindering driver's frontward vision. It began to encounter problems about 1 yr ago. Vehicle was less than 5yrs old but, over the basic warranty mileage for warranty claim. Initially, visor would drop about 10-15 deg. Enough for it to distract the driver's vision. Now, the visor requires removal as it is a safety issue and may cause an accident.
2005 nissan murano drivers side sun visor will not stay up. Visor falls unexpectedly causing the driver to be momentarily blinded. This is a safety issue and nissan needs to offer replacement spring clips to keep the visor out of the drivers vision.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan murano. Occasionally when the contact drove the vehicle the driver side sun visor would fall out of position blocking the view of the driver. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership. The current and failure mileages were 72000. Updated 04/13/10. *lj updated 09/21/10
Driver side sun visor drops down with out warning. Just hangs there, I have to keep my hand on it to keep it from dropping down and blocking by vision.
The driver side visor of my nissan murano keeps falling down while we're driving. It blocks the view suddenly and is a major safety danger. Nissan is refusing to support this.
Driver's side sun visor does not stay up. Such a safety issue. Nissan dealership has quoted $350 for replacement of one visor. The passenger visor has started clicking when moved so I'm concerned that this one is getting ready to start flopping down too.
Passenger interior sun visor keeps falling, it is very dangerous while driving. I went to the dealer and told me to buy one, but I see on the internet that it is a common problem with the murano. It cost $300 to replace the visor. Please help!
The drivers side sun visor just comes down and blocks the drivers vision. Almost rearended a small car in front of me.
Sun visor in 2005 nissan murano with 55k miles doesn't stay up all of a sudden. This started happening for no apparent reason. It's loose when in the up position, and if the car hits a bump, it falls in front of the driver. It is difficult to drive with it down all the time, and quite dangerous when it's up and all of a sudden falls when driving. It costs $375 for a replacement visor. Both the local nissan dealer and the corporation refused to assist with the cost of the part, and this is a problem that, according to internet research (and the local dealer's own admission), numerous other people have encountered. This issue poses a serious safety hazard, yet is cost-prohibitive to have fixed.
Driver's side visor on 2005 murano has lost its ability to stay in the up position reliably, causing it to drop into the driver's line of sight frequently and with no notice, causing a total obscurities of the road. Have investigated this problem online and it seems to be rampant in this model car. Only solution from dealer is to charge an outrageous $400 to replace the visor. Have never had this happen in any other of my 12 cars owned.
Sun visor drops unexpectedly on the driver side blocking visibility, and almost caused an accident with me and my wife and 5 year old daughter, and I had to do a full replace at my own cost.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan murano. The driver-side sun visor falls when the vehicle strikes a bump in the roadway. She contacted the dealer, and was advised that it would cost $350.00. To replace the visor. The failure was 50,000 and the current mileage was 55,000.
2005 nissan murano - driver side sun visor fails to engage in retainer clip, visor will not stay in position and continuously falls. When visor is remover from retainer clip, visor will not lock in position and obstructs driver's view.
Driver's side sun visor falling down while driving. Won't fall all the way down-just enough to be in line of vision. Talked to nissan about replacement parts-not covered by warranty and b/w $350-$425 to replace(not including labor!) something needs to be done about this-high risk for accident-trying to use velcro at this time to keep in place-not really working!! Just hit 60,000miles on it!
Fortunately, we have not had an accident, but the drivers visor on nissan murano will not stay up or down, its "floppy" and impairs vision while driving. It seems to be widespread from reading online but nissan just wants to sell a new part to replace it, which eventually will develop the same problem.
Driver's sunvisor in 2005 nissan murano randomly falls down while vehicle is being driven. Serious manufacturing or installation defect. Since warranty is up dealer would not replace for free. Quoted $370.00 for labor + cost of part. Was finally able to persuade dealer to replace part 3 years later. (today as a matter of fact). Had to threaten to get local news involved. Others on message boards have had similar problems. Please look into this major defect as many lives could be in jeopardy. I almost was in 2 serious accidents because of the visor just randomly falling while driving. Thank goodness for brakes because I and my kids could have been another traffic fatality statistic.
The spring fails in the sun visor of the 2005 nissan murano, causing it to fall suddenly downward, suddenly obscuring the driver's view. Nissan refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem, and this should definitely be a recall. Nissan forums indicate that this has been a problem for some time.
My 2005 nissan murano's driver side visor will not stay in the up position. This causes problems with visibility while driving and is a safety hazard. The cost to replace is very high for such a small part.
The driver's side visor on my nissan murano keeps falling down constantly. It will not stay up on its own. I was backing out of a parking stall, and the visor fell down (at the exact wrong moment) blocking my vision. This caused me to be distracted and bump my car into a pole. The damage to my car was just enough where my whole bumper had to be replaced. The cost of the repairs from the auto body shop was $1,050.00. This is a factory safely hazard failure from nissan. The expense to replace my visor is a ridiculous $400.00. Nissan needs to do a recall or at least sell this part at cost. I have since had to velcro the visor it into place. The velcro is not a solution and makes the visor useless. This visor problem is a safety hazard.
I just bought my 2005 nissan murano in may 2009 and have just started experiencing my drivers side visor will not stay up. At first I though it was just going to happen a few time, but now it wont stay up but for like 2 minutes then falls back down. I think that this is a major saftey issue, because for that split second that the visor is down I could wreck. I have also heard of other complaints because of passenger side visors doing the same thing, but nothing seems to be getting done. Obviously this is a defect and something should get replaced.
Sun visors on 2005 nissan murano keeps falling down. Sun visors on the driver and passenger's side keep falling down, and will not stay up. I went to the nissan dealership and they said not covered under extended warranty and wants $350.00 dollars per sun visors ($700 plus tax) for the replacements. This is a driving hazard and nissan should not charge these ridiculous prices for replacement of their faulty parts.
Failure of both sun visors to stay up, will suddenly drop down and obstruct view. Car is 2005 nissan murano with 65000 miles.
Approximately two months ago my driver side sun visor began to drop, unexpectedly without my touching it. It now no longer stays up at all and I have had to remove it entirely. I have not yet sought its replacement but understand that it can not be repaired and must be replaced at an exorbitant cost, ~$300.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan murano. The sun visor on the front driver's side will not stay up. The visor constantly falls down and blocks the contact's view of the road. The vehicle has not been inspected by the dealer. Through research, she found that numerous consumers were experiencing the same failure. The failure mileage was estimated at 25,000 and current mileage was 50,000. Updated 12/8/09 *cn updated 12/09/09.
I have a 2005 murano which just passed 35k in mileage, I also have the gold-preferred warranty. My issue is that the driver-side sunvisor suddenly stop working. It no longer stays in the "up" position. It is not covered by warranty. The visor is dropping down and causing a safety issue. I've heard that almost every third nissan murano of my year has this problem. I think it is clearly a mechanical failure. Thanks in advance.
Driver side sun visor does not stay in up position. Causes potential issue of blocking driver's vision when it suddenly drops to the down position.
Driver's side sun visor will not stay in the up position. Visor constantly falls down obscuring my vision while driving. I have read hundreds of blogs and forums where this is happening to other murano owners. Now the visor will not even stay up. I had to remove it. Dealership wants 400$ to replace it. This is definitely a design flaw with this visor. Nissan should issue a recall. This is a mechanical flaw inside the visor.
I have a 2005 nissan murano whose sun visors drop down unexpectedly to block the drivers vision. I've checked many on-line forums and have found this to be a very common problem. I've also contacted nissan the dealer refuses to correct it even though it is a safety issue and the company web site complaint form process doesn't reply. This will cause serious accidents why wait for people to die before action is taken to correct the problem.
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