Back left side of drivers seat bracket snapped while driving. At the time, lucky for me, I did have some recently purchased items placed on the back floorboard area which "lessened" the amount the seat could drop. The items were removed and I was unaware of the extent of damage until further driving. Excessive rocking on turns and on local roads (to include driveways, parking lot entrances, speed bumps etc). Drivers seat stability is without a doubt a safety necessity. Recall this faulty item!!!!!!!! After researching this issue I have found that this is occurring too frequently and it is a safety issue. Class action lawsuit?
2006 Nissan Murano seats complaints
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I heard a snap and the driver's seat is now leaning to the left against the driver's door. It rocks when car makes a right turn.
I have a 2006 murano. I was driving road and my drivers seat drop to the left side. This almost threw me in the back seat. I had to swirl to keep from hitting a car. I had my kid in the car with me. I have been driving over 30 years and never has this happen to me. What is it going to take for nissan to recall this issue. How many people have to die in order to get this problem resolve.
I sat down in my driver seat and the seat broke.
The seat based weld failed on the left rear corner causing an unsafe condition. In researching this issue, there are many, many similar incidents reported on the web. This should be a recall condition as it renders the vehicle unsafe to drive.
I opened the door of my car and sat down in my seat to leave and heard a loud banging sound and my seat fell back. I got out to look, but could not see anything at first. As I drove down the rode my seat would rock back and forth when I hit bumps. It was the rear left side of my driver's seat. When I got home, I got a flashlight and looked under my seat, where I noticed the metal frame was broken in half. I googled this issue where I found that it is very common in nissan murano's 2003-2007. My car has 91,000 miles on it.
Drivers side seat frame failure. Chair became very wobbly and my wife almost crashed the vehicle. She had to stop the car, lower the seat to the very lowest to flatten out the wobble, then she was able to drive home. Driving this was compromises her ability to sit up higher and see more of the road. Very dangerous and nissan needs to take responsibility. Replacement for the seat 1200-1800, just the frame alone is 800. This is ridiculous and dangerous.
The driver's seat comes off the track that it is installed on- this creates quite a safety hazard for a driver as when they go around a corner their seat actually moves. I have seen numerous other complaints about this issue and have no idea why nissan has not done a recall and had the situation replaced or repaired. I'm not sure if the track the seat is on cracks or what occurs, but the seat comes off the track and is impossible to get back on- I have had repair estimates over $700 to fix this. It is certainly a safety issue for drivers and can impact their driving ability and possibly create an accident.
Driving on the highway and a loud noise happened. Driver seat leans to the left and as you make turns it moves back and fourth. Very dangerous. I do not feel comfortable wearing my seat belt now. If I was to get into a accident the whole seat would go flying with me.
When making a left hand turn, I heard a crack underneath the driver's side. Afterwards the seat now rocks back and forth and lifts up when making turns. I have searched all over the web and it seems this is a known defect with nissan drivers side seats on some of their vehicles to the point that they issued a technical service bulletin. I am very disappointed with the fact that nissan is not standing behind their products. I drive a 2006 nissan murano and it only has 51,000 miles on it. The issue appears to be with the seat bracket lifter link assembly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan murano. The contact stated that the front driver's seat was not secured to the frame and remained in a tilted position due to the fractured seat mounting bracket. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Bought car used in may 2013. August 14 got into car in morning for work and seat felt wobbly. When I left work and got into car seat leaned back and towards drivers door. Immediately drove to mechanics shop and was then told the seat support had broken again. Had been welded once before and weld broke. When looking for a replacement seat read that this has happened so many times that nissan had made a replacement part that was a solid piece of metal that corrected the "y" shaped bracket that has broken repeatedly on many cars usually @ 75,000 miles. Nissan did not give this piece to the muranos owners, instead sold it to them. Furious and disappointed with nissan for not having a recall. People could die if they were driving on the highway and this happened.
I was rounding a curve in the road going about 25 MPH and my seat track broke! I know this is a common occurrence via internet research. This is a major safety hazard! If I were to be in an accident, my seat would fail completely and I'd be badly injured or at worst hurled through the windshield!! This should be a recall!!!! Furthermore, I cannot afford to fix the issue. The dealership has quoted me over a thousand dollars!! Are you going to wait for a graphic death before you fix this issue. If you google how many people have complained about this, I'm sure you'll see it constitutes a recall!
The driver side left weld bracket broke on my seat. No rot or rust. A serious design defect. The seat moves all around and is not secured to the vehicles frame any longer. In an accident would not keep driver safe. How on earth is this not a recalled issue ??!!!! I suppose your waiting for someone to die.
Nissan- murano's 2003-2010. While traveling at apx. 20 MPH on straight road with a passenger, we hear loud pop, 2006 murano. Thereafter, the drivers seat was leaning to the rear and off balance "rock like a rocking chair from side to side, leaning back on one side feeling like seat could just come off completely and out of line in its original configuration". After investigating further, a "defective metal bracing apparatus" that is supposed to support the seat and has failed on many or most of this class. Corporate nissan tells clients "sorry car is out of warranty", or, not a covered item on limited warranties. Nissan is aware this is an enormous problem, the magnitude of cars brought in, the safety issues, but continued to manufacture, produce, advertise, sell claim "repair" such vehicles. Why not,"a great amount of money is made for every client coming in at their mercy for this defect". This part fails on normal wear and tear and can potentially cause a serious accident if someone is operating this vehicle at a higher speed. The car is not mechanically safe, and nissan is running a business on excessive charges on customers in the thousands to have " repaired". In addition, the repairs are not guaranteed and the same defective mechanisms that failed originally are used over again for repairs. Manufacturing, sales and repairs continue thereafter for 7 years of money made at the mercy of customers. A recall should be instituted and restitution to all nissan owners that have or will be affected due to gross negligent liability on part of nissan north america. The (left rear support) mechanism is defective on drivers seat, and unsuitable to provide any support or withstand normal force. Its made like "tin - foil" to support a driver. An immediate investigation, recall and class action should be instituted on all vehicles of this class!
The driver's seat suddenly leaned to the left while making a right turn. Fortunately, it was on a side street and the vehicle was not traveling at a high rate of speed. After investigating the problem it was learned that the left side of the link assembly (seat frame) had fractured at the end of a poorly designed bracket. There is obviously an ongoing problem with nissan (see "murano seat" on the internet) in recognizing that a product recall should issued. However, what is even more frustrating is that nissan has changed the link assembly design, but will not sell that component separately. They are expecting the consumer to pay in excess of $1,000.00 to purchase the entire seat frame assembly with the seat motors included! If the federal safety agency does not see this as a safety issue - than what is?
The drivers side seat collapsed to the left . After inspection ,discovered the seat weld broke . I contacted nissan and was told to bring in to a local dealer for inspection . I told the nissan agent this is an extremely common issue with murano's from what I have read on the nissan forums. I will post as to resolution after dealer inspects failed seat weld.
As I was driving down a residential back road I felt a spring or something brake under the left side of my driver seat. At first I thought a pithier spring gave out! I was wrong, one of the parts that holds my seat up and in place broke! I believe this is a defect and safety issue. I looked up this issue online and have seen that this has happened to a lot of other people including my cousin. I would like to see this safety defect resolved. Thank you for your time
Driver nearly lost control of vehicle when drivers seat structure snapped leaving driver out of alignment with steering wheel as well as gas and brake pedals.. Note: this requires an immediate recall ....[xxx] human factors engineer, certified by u.s. Government. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
When my wife was driving the vehicle she heard a loud pop and suddenly the seat fell to the left again the drivers side door. She almost lost control of the vehicle and had to pull to the side of the road. When she got out of the car to see what happened she noticed that the seat was very unstable and when pushed to the center of the car with one finger was no longer attached to the floor of the car. When I was called to inspect the vehicle I found that the frame of the drivers side seat had sheared into two pieces and in fact she was right. The seat was no longer attached to the floor on the left side of the seat. I looked this up on the web and there are hundreds of complaints about this same thing happening to other americans who bought this car. Note: this car is a 2006 but, my wife only drives it on the weekends and the car has very low mileage as indicated above. This is a very bad safety issue as the seat could now break loose on the other side and the whole seat could wind up falling into the rear seat area. This would definitely cause a loss of control of the vehicle when the steering wheel would be ripped out of the drivers hands and their feet would be pulled away from the gas and the brake pedals.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan murano. The contact stated that there was a loud popping sound heard from under the front driver's side seat. The seat began sliding back and forth. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis and the technician stated that the front driver's side seat frame would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000.
There is a known fact that the drivers sear on the nissan murano (2006-2011) has an issue where the drivers seat was poorly constructed and the seat frame snaps around 80,000 miles. My seat broke while driving at about 50 MPH down the street, almost making my wife crash the car. I have contacted nissan, and they offered to pay 50% of the $1600 repair. Not fair to me at all. I have escalated the matter to the regional team, and they offered no more help at all. Reading other customer complaints on the internet, it appears that nissan isn't admitting to the poor construction of the seat, but has since changed the construction of the seat in recent models to a better construction of the frame where it should not break. This same complaint is all over the internet; several videos have been posted in regards to exact same claims.
Driving through a bend in the road at approximately 40 MPH and I heard a pop and felt the seat give to one side.
As I entered my vehicle I noticed that the driver seat was loose and could be easily lifted with one hand. On closer inspection I saw that the welding is broken on the seat frame assembly. I contacted nissan consumer and twice they informed me that there is nothing they can do about my situation because my warranty has expired. The local dealership quoted $2,476.68 plus tax to replace the driver side seat slide assembly and adjuster, along with the replacement of the plastic side finishers and nissan refuses to even consider offering assistance in payment. Right now I'm driving with a piece of 2x4 and some screws to hold my seat in one position. This is not a light-hearted matter. Nissan knows they are negligent and refuse to issue a recall on these seats. My most precious cargo is my 3 yr. Old granddaughter. Every time I buckle her in her car seat, I pray to god that there will not be a collision of any kind. This matter needs to be addressed now - not after an accident and/or death caused by the seat coming completely apart and me not being able to stop the car safely. My family does not want compensation following my granddaughter and/or I being hospitalized or killed. We need this matter to be addressed immediately for the safety of all drivers/passengers of this make and model car.
I was driving out of my neighborhood when I heard a loud pop under the drivers side chair. I can now lift my entire drivers side seat off of the right side of the track. After I did further research I found this is a common issue with 2003-2009 muranos. The metal bracket holding the seat onto the track breaks due to the metal being too thin. I have read well over 250 complaints on the same issue with muranos. Nissan refuses to fix since a "campaign" (I.e. Recall) has not been issues. I was quoted $1000 to fix the issue. This is a safety issue and irresponsible and negligent on nissan's part to not recall the muranos. I took my car to 2 nissan service centers and both managers knew about this issue and said its common problem. One even went so far to call the part "defective" yet nissan will do nothing about it. I can only assume this defective part is on other seats in the car. It?s a matter of time until a seat breaks and falls off the track while on the highway causing potential deaths. Nissan is negligent and irresponsible. I will not buy another nissan. They do no stand behind their cars or have their consumer?s best interests in mind. There should be a recall on this issue based solely on safety issues. Below is one of many complaint sites about this issue: http://www.aboutautomobile.com/complaint/2006/nissan/murano/seat.
Metal frame holding seat to car has metal fatigue and has separated.
Nissan murano 2006 with 80 thousand miles in great condition,no fender benders. Two adult drivers use car .our weight 175 lbs and 140lbs. While driving on a main street under 40 MPH (limit 45) , coming up to a traffic light, I noticed my drivers seat started to bounce while trying to stop. When the seat comes back down it gives a thumping sound. Short time later when I arrived home a shocking feeling came over me after I saw my driver seat bounce loose with only a push of a small finger. I was scared that my life was in danger ,if I had to do an emergency maneuver due to a non secure seat even with seat belts. Then I realized I could have placed other people in harms way by having my seat break off and flipping backwards and not being able to reach the brakes. A scary thought .I would never forgive myself if I harmed some one even to having an oem seat break loose. Please recall or inspect all murano front seat frames.
When I was driving my car, just reach to main road and heard a noise and driver seat bent down from left rear. Look like driver seat frame is broken from left rear side and seat is going down on left and tough to drive. Went to dealer he said you can't drive its safety concern.
While driving on interstate at 70 MPH, in the left lane of a 6 lane highway my driver's seat suddenly buckled, snapped, and dropped towards the door. I immediately panicked, afraid to take my eyes off the road I began working my way to the extreme right lane to pull over and see what had just happened. With no prior indications of any problems my sit just suddenly broke and I was leaning on the driver's door while driving. When I took my car to my nissan dealer I was told there were no recalls for this matter, later I learned this to be a common nissan problem. I was charged $149.00 for part and $272.14 for labor to have 87473-ca01a :link assy-rr li installed. Since this repair the bottom seat molding is now hanging off my seat, I have been told I need to purchase a new seat frame also!.
Vehicle was traveling at approx. 30 MPH when the front driver's seat gave way causing the driver to lean to the left hitting the left front door. Driver was able to maintain control of said vehicle but became alarmed at the sudden nature of the event. It appears that a bracket supporting the seat broke. Internet research and discussions with nissan customer service (local facility) is very aware of the seat problem. There have been numerous reports of failed brackets with the 2003-2009 murano. To date, I believe there have been no fatalities caused by the sudden breakage, but in I my humble opinion, it is just a matter of time. I am stunned that there has not been a recall. Nissan should take the initiative and be proactive and have said vehicles fixed.
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