2007 Nissan Murano: jerking or lurching

Filed Oct 14, 2020 · Engine · 110,000 miles · CT

While driving on freeway (in middle of nowhere)car started jerking/shaking/vibrating & clunking/banging sound, felt like driving over millions of nails. Car could barely drive at 40 MPH in slow lane w/hazards until I could get to safety an hour away. Car cannot go above 5 MPH to get it home. Rpm going wacky no power when step on gas but engine revs. Engine light on steady then flashes when car gets going at only 5 MPH (cannot go faster) but I finally got the car home & I was safe. Now car can't be driven & must be towed to a garage. Car has oil leak & I replaced the oil pan along with faulty alternator which killed battery just 2 months ago. Bought car used 2/1/20. Has 110,000 miles now. Engine hot/smells hot but temp gauge doesn't reflect that. I was nearly killed on freeway by passing tractor trailers & traffic having to speed by me recklessly when it happened to avoid collision-no warning. Very dangerous & scary. I see there are nearly 600 other cases exactly like this!!! Single mom with 2 kids in car - very dangerous. This should be recalled. It sounds by reading complaints that it's the transfer case?

Filed Jun 21, 2019 · Transmission · 135,000 miles · TX

My nissan starts to jerk from first gear or when I slow down and start to accelerate it makes a hard jerk like downshifting on a manual transmission and releasing clutch too fast. I research and there are a lot of public forums on this issue on sensors going bad to CVT fluid change to transmission issues. I took to my mechanic and they took it apart completely said had to replace the torque converter. So this will be a $1000 repair and I hope this will resolve the issue.

Filed Mar 26, 2018 · Transmission · 111,000 miles · MA

My car was running perfectly fine until last night when it stopped acceleration as I was driving home from a friends house. It sort of "stalled" but was still on and running just wouldn't accelerate. Never had a single glitch with my transmission before. I only have 111k miles on it. I'm regular with my maintenances. Just started happening right out of the blue. I had a maximal before this and the transmission went on it but that made jerking movements before it died. There was nothing to indicate my transmission was about to die or was failing! When I look online there is constant complaints about yours transmissions failing on people right after they hit the 100k mark. There needs to be some kind of recall on your transmissions cause this is making me never want to buy another nissan ever again and to warn anyone who is interested in buying your cars!

Filed Sep 7, 2017 · Transmission · 101,758 miles · WA

My 2007 nissan murano suddenly begin acting like it wanted to shut of while on the highway. I would press the gas pedal about 3/4 down to the floor and there would be a few second lag before the RPM would rise and then suddenly jerk forward. I couldn't get my speed above 30 MPH without the vehicle attempting to change gears on it own. Then one day as I'm going to the grocery store I came to a stop at a traffic light. When the light turned green I slowly accelerated and suddenly my car jerked abruptly and came to a halt. At this point the vehicle was inoperable. The most embarrassing part is that I was 1/4 of the way in the intersection and I was holding up the traffic all three ways. A good police officer stopped behind me and called a towing company. I had to pay over $100 to get my car towed. On top of that I had to tow it to the transmission place to have it checked since the car would start and rev, but not move forward. The transmission shop said the CVT belt prematurely broke. After researching this seems to be a very common problem among vehicles with CVT transmission, especially the nissan murano's. My car has a little over 100,000 miles on it. With the number of complaints on this same issue I'm surprised nissan has not initiated a recall. This vehicle could have failed on the highway and is a very serious safety issue.

Filed Jun 9, 2017 · Transmission · 91,100 miles · TX

I have been driving 2007 nissan murano and when I drive the vehicle from a stop it jerk very badly and issue is with CVT transmission. As per nissan dealership they will try to fix the CVT issue by changing the valve body and if this will not fix the issue then they will work on CVT transmission.

Filed Feb 26, 2016 · Acceleration, Seats · WI

Everytime I am in a slow speed my truck putters and jerks like its shifting into another speed. I dont have a manual. My seat feels like someone is pulling on it when nobody is near me. My engine light came on and my tire presure battery keeps dying on me.

Filed Nov 1, 2015 · Engine · 117 miles · CT

I've only been driving my 2007 nissan murano car that I recently purchased used for 3 weeks. I was driving on the road and suddenly my car started jerking, shaking, smoking from under the hood then it abruptly stopped in the middle of traffic on a busy road. The car shut down and would not start again. I called the police, they blocked the lane I was in and called a local tow truck service that I had to pay for out of pocket because it was an emergency dangerous situation to get it off the road as soon as possible and the police could not chance to wait for my insurance company to send a tow service.

Filed May 3, 2015 · Seats · 148,000 miles · CO

I was driving to the store and as I turned the corner I heard a snap in the back of the drivers seat and the seat suddenly jerked to the back towards the drivers door and felt very unstable. It now moves quit freely and when I go over a bump or a dip or turn right, it moves toward the door. I was able to look under the seat with a light and it snapped right off the bracket that goes across the back of the seat. I will be seeking estimates on fixing it as it happened today and feels very unsafe when I go around a corner.

Filed Feb 24, 2015 · Transmission · 147 miles · VA

I own a 2008 nissan murano while attempting to drive after a light change my vehicle loss acceleration. Luckily, the car behind me didn't slam into me I was able safely get out of the way. The pedal was to the floor yet the car barley moved then it lurched forward and was fine. I took to a mechanic nothing a few weeks later after no issue it happen again on the highway which was dangerous and scary again I took this vehicle to a mechanic who said there was a leak at the transfer case I had repaired. Two days later after being stuck in the middle of an intersection the vehicle was diagnosed to be an issue with the CVT transmission. I was told this is a defect nissan is aware of, they then told me about the known manufacturer issue of the transmission and suggested I bring it to nissan and see if they could do anything for me. I took the vehicle over to the local nissan dealership and was informed that there was nothing that nissan could do but to slap in another transmission and that it would not be covered by warranty since I was over the extended 120,0000 miles. They did give me the option to have them throw in a new transmission at cost of $4000. I then called nissan north america consumer affairs no response. This is a known manufacturer defect and nissan refuses to acknowledge the issue. Research shows thousands of customers have the same issue; it is not a coincidence. It is a tactic played by nissan so they will not bare financial and reputation deterioration. Instead they are putting that on the paying consumer. Not right!!

Filed Sep 5, 2014 · Seats · 62,000 miles · NY

While the car was in motion I heard a pop, the drivers seat and myself, lurched back and to the left into the drivers side door. I was very startled but luckily was able to hold onto the steering wheel otherwise I would have lost control of the car.

Filed May 29, 2011 · Transmission · 103,500 miles · NV

I was driving in traffic and I felt a weird vibration and the vehicle felt as if it was surging forward. Felt like a misfire so I drove it home and replaced the spark plugs. I then test drove it with new spark plugs and the problem was the same. I take it to my mechanic is he advises that the CVT and or transfer case assembly is the problem. I then go online to research it and find tons of stories of all the same problem. The vehicle is now stuck in my garage because I am scared to drive it and get into an accident. When I turn the wheel the vehicle doesn't want to move forward , almost like a slipping clutch , and then it will make a loud pop and jerk forward. I am having it towed to nissan dealership after holiday and after researching I already know they are not going to cover it and try to stick me with a 5-6k dollar bill. Its not the consumer's fault nissan has a defective CVT system and doesn't want to recall it due to the expensive repair bill. I guess once this failure causes someone to die from an accident like the incident with toyota and their accelerator maybe then they will have to recall their murano's CVT system.

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.