2007 Nissan Murano: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Mar 16, 2019 · Transmission · 90,000 miles · AL

Continuous velocity transmission inherently defective. It makes a grinding noise at all speeds, lacks acceleration needed to merge safely, shutters and dies under acceleration. Also overheats.

Filed Jul 6, 2016 · Steering · 84,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan murano. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel made an abnormal squeaking noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the power steering hose had an internal leak and the power steering sensor failed and would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.

Filed Oct 10, 2014 · Steering · 59,800 miles · CA

Loss of steering, clanking / squealing noise from engine and oil leak below front passenger side of vehicle. Vehicle repair facility identified issue to be broken power steering pressure hose.

Filed Apr 3, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · 77,000 miles · IL

I first noticed a "burning rubber smell" that mechanics could not duplicate. At about 80,000 miles the car began to lose power when I would accelerate. I began hearing a loud squealing noise that to me (a total car novice) sounded like belts. Because of the power surges problems and not changing gears (rpms were low when I accelerate) I have been afraid to drive this vehicle. When I took it to the dealership (instead of my local mechanic) I was told to leave it there because it was unsafe to drive. Apparently it is a "transfer case" defect that they are going to repair at a huge expense to me. After searching the internet for this problem with other murano owners, I was shocked at the number of murano transfer case problems there are out there. I have definitely lost my confidence in nissans because of this.

Filed Jul 9, 2011 · Seats · 123,467 miles · LA

I hate to complain and I've never filed a complaint before, but some type of motion has to be enforced with the nissan murano line of vehicles. There are so many issues with this vehicle that I have chosen to list the most hazardous and frustrating ones. The first issue was recalled. Months before a recall was finally enforced, I almost got severely hurt at a stoplight when the air exhaust hose slipped off on my 2007 nissan murano, which caused it to completely stop in the middle of driving through the stoplight. The second issue will also cause near death experiences/deaths if a recall is not enforced. My driver side seat and 1,000s of others' driver side seats have a collapsed rear bracket which causes the seat to move back in forth. This is extremely dangerous! A rear-end collision could be just as fatal as a head on collision due to the fact that the seat will move forward and throw the driver into the air bag breaking their neck and various other fatal injuries to graphic to list. I foresee a huge lawsuit as nissan has been alerted of this issue many times and refuses to cover it, even for vehicles still under warranty. Instead, they charge on average $1,200 to fix it. If you would like to simulate the issue, you are more than welcome to use my murano with a crash test dummy and crash it into a wall. The most nerve wrecking issue is the breaks. No matter what kind of brakes you have installed or who installs them (even the dealer), they still squeak extremely loud. Once again, nissan knows about this as a common problem, but their response in lamen terms is, 'sorry, that you were stupid enough to pay 38k for a hunk of junk.' I have so many other issues with this vehicle that I lay awake at night and pray that it will get stolen, a major hail storm, or I win the lottery so I can get rid of it as I still owe on it and I'm upside down on trade value. This is my 1st and last nissan. I'm going back to gm for better quality and customer satisfaction.

Filed May 23, 2011 · Seats · 35,400 miles · MO

Driver's power seat suddenly started rocking forward and backward as you were slowing or accelerating. Popping and squeaking noises accompanied the rocking motion. As the seat would rock you had to adjust pressure on the brake pedal or accelerator to compensate for the movement of the seat. It was unnerving to operate the vehicle with the seat moving. I had to hold onto the grab handle over the driver's door to help control the movement of the seat. In doing this I was unable to keep both hands on the steering wheel. If I tried to keep both hands on the steering wheel, when the seat would move I would tend to jerk the wheel from side to side as I tried to stop the seat from moving. Appointment was made at local nissan service department. I learned that nissan is familiar with this safety issue and have issued a technical service bulletin. Parts were ordered and seat was repaired. I am concerned that if normal use will cause the inferior designed seat to break what would happen in a crash. It appears tsb is for model years 2003 thru 2007 . Possibly the seat design was improved for '08 and later models but nissan is unwilling to issue a recall to cover this safety issue.

Filed Mar 31, 2011 · Locks, Visibility · GA

When I lock my doors they go down all by themselves. Yesterday they went down the car got soaked inside. I don't feel safe because anybody can reach their hand in and open the doors. Car is 4 years old. Shouldnt be having these major repair problems. So far stress cracked windshield, squealing brakes, now all four windows going down after I lock it. This is a major safety issue what if the doors lock and the windows decide not togo down anymore something is bad wrong with the locking mechanism. I want to know why there hasn't been a recall for this very disturbing failure .below it doesn't give you a choice to explain what is really wrong with the car thank you for letting me explain now.

Filed Aug 16, 2010 · Suspension, Transmission · 84,000 miles · IL

2007 nissan murano awd w/ 84k miles. Took vehicle into nissan dealer service dept. In july for noises in engine area. Diagnosed as bad wheel bearings on 1 side of vehicle cost $600.00. Returned to dealer approx. 1 month later, again hearing noises coming from engine area. Was again diagnosed w/bad wheel bearings on other side & was told replacement from 1 month prior was defective & needed replacement again. Questioned dealer service dept. Diagnosis, indicating that I also smelled either oil burning or some kind of fluid burning when driving. Without further examination of vehicle, service dept. Recommended a fluid flush, I indicated that the fluids had just been flushed 1 month prior, was told no other problems were indicated when vehicle was inspected earlier that day. Smell of oil or fluid was dismissed by service dept. Received a call later that day from service dept. Indicating repairs to defective wheel bearing & second wheel bearing completed, car ready for pick up $400 bill. Picked up vehicle @ approx. 5:30 pm. As I drove home there was a good amount of traffic & vehicle speed did not exceed 30 MPH for majority of trip. Upon clearing of traffic & further acceleration to approx. 45 MPH, there was an extremely loud bang that came from what sounded like the engine area of my vehicle, accompanied by a dragging & grinding sound coming from the bottom of my vehicle bringing my vehicle to a quick stop. It sounded like the bottom of my vehicle fell off. I managed to pull vehicle over to safety & next day had vehicle towed back to dealer. I was then informed by dealer that the transfer case on my vehicle had broken, that the vehicle was beyond the warranty & the repair cost is $3,400. This may be a problem in the awd model. There are many similar incidents posted on the internet. This part is defective & needs investigation, had I been on a highway when this happened the outcome could have been catastrophic, please help! Don't wait until a true tragedy occurs.

Filed Oct 8, 2008 · Brakes · 125 miles · GA

A 2007 nissan murano bought new may 2007and since new the vehicle has made a loud squealing sound from the brakes when in reverse. Car has always been serviced at the conyers nissan dealer but even though the item was brought to their attention they said there was no fix for it. Another incident the vehicle was left at the dealership the whole day, to no avail. The most recent visit and after another complaint the service advisor checked the service bulletins and found that there was one issued for that problem and replaced the front brake pads. However that did not solve the problem and during a recent routine service visit the dealer said that the problem was with the brake rotors and pads which had to be re-surfaced and turned at a cost of $250.00 plus tax. We do not feel that there should have been a charge since the problem existed since the vehicle was new and they did not have a fix for it at first. They are citing the brake warranty which expires after 12000 miles claiming normal wear and tear caused the problem. If they had fixed the problem from the start then this would not have become an issue.

Filed Jun 17, 2008 · Brakes · MO

Brakes on our 2007 nissan murano, with over 7000 miles, still squeal excessively in reverse. We are concerned with eventual damage to pads and/or rotors and subsequent brake failure. At the dealer for a scheduled service visit, service manager recently claimer "all cars have same brake noise" and "all brake pads are the same", and "there is nothing wrong and the brake noises are normal."

Filed Jan 11, 2008 · Brakes · 900 miles · TN

I have a 2007 nissan murano that we purchase a few months ago. When the vehicle is in reverse and the brake pedal is applied, there is a horrible squeaking/whistling/grinding noise that occurs. I have taken the car to the dealer 4 times and they consistently state they are working on a solution but nissan does not know what is really wrong with them and only offer a suggestive change in brake pads and using a special grease to lessen the noise for a few days. They eventually changed out the rotors on the last trip a couple weeks ago and told us the problem nissan states is there was a change in the "nissan brake pads" and there is to much metallic in the pads now which is causing the noise. Since that visit, we have taken the vehicle to another repair shop and had and "after-market brake pad" placed on the car since nissan states is was only a problem with their make of brake pad. We very quickly learned this was not true! The noise and grinding is worse. It has even become noticeable anytime you apply the brakes and the brakes do not feel like they are grabbing correctly. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle and do not think we should have to pay $40k for a car and not have security with the braking system. I think the dealers should replace the vehicles before someone gets hurt or killed due to the brake failure.

Filed Nov 13, 2007 · Brakes · IN

Brakes/excessive squeaking especially in reverse. Horrible sound.