Once the ABS has engaged (slipping on snow), the brake pedal will go to the floor and loses all pressure. So rather than just momentarily releasing the brake pressure and pulsating it on/off, it remains in the off position. This is the 5th instance of this problem occurring for me. Normally the brakes go back to normal after a day or 2, but it has now been one week. A quick google search will see that there are hundreds of other 2009 muranos that have the same problem. Once the ABS fires, the brakes loose all pressure. It is only a matter of time until someone is killed. Nissan is quoting a $2,000 repair bill to replace the ABS acutator, which is too expensive for many people to fix. Please look into this asap. Do a google search for '2009 nissan murano loses brake pressure, or ABS problems"
2009 Nissan Murano brakes complaints
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Brake failure due to loss of brake pressure. As I'm driving over an uneven rough surface, I tried braking and loss brake pressure as I hit a bump. It's happened multiple times in the past as far back as 12/2014. The vehicle was taken to 2 different area nissan dealers. Pretty costly diagnostic yielded no permanent solution, because it's back again. I called nissan consumer line and they suggested going back to another dealership. Please can someone value the tax payers lives and do something before lives are lost. Please
I was driving on a highway at about 55 MPH and a deer ran in front of my car. I hit the brakes hard but couldn't stop in time (the deer died) and when I did finally did achieve a stop I noticed my brakes went all the way to the floor. They were very spongy and took a huge distance to stop the car the rest of the drive home, even at speeds under 35 MPH. I thought maybe the collision caused damage to my brakes somehow. A mechanic bled my brakes and restored functionality, and carefully inspected everything but could not find any damage. A few weeks later it snowed and when my car slid on some ice while braking into a turn, the brake pedal went to the floor again. I had the brakes bled again and the vehicle thoroughly inspected but again they found nothing. They recommended replacing the master cylinder. Before I could get that work done, another snow caused slippery roads which again caused my brakes to go spongy when braking on a patch of ice. My mechanic recommended I contact nissan and during my research I found hundreds of complaints for 2009 nissan muranos with similar conditions and recommendations to replace the ABS hcu (average cost, $2500). Two different nissan dealers and their corporate reps say they know nothing of the pending the federal safety agency investigation on this problem.
I have had 3 brake issues in less than 2 weeks. My vehicle has 74,000 miles on it and is maintained per manufacturer recommendations. Brake pads and rotors are a year old and passed inspection. The first occurrence I was driving 35 MPH and hit a manhole cover. The brakes went spongy and went to the floor. I pumped the brakes a few times and they returned. The second occurrence I was driving around 40 MPH and coming around a curve and the same thing happened. The third time it was snowy and very slick. Upon braking on a turn, the ABS engaged and I lost all brakes again. These experiences were very scary as I had not control over my vehicle. I use this to transport my grandchildren and the fact that I can loose control over the ability to stop my vehicle intermittently is very alarming. The dealer replaced the master cylinder (with no documented failure). The second occurrence happened less than 5 days later and I brought it back to the dealer where they replaced the ABS hydraulic control unit,which cost $3000 for parts and labor! This needs to be recalled as it is dangerous. I have lost faith in nissan as they have not addressed this issue!
Brakes go to the floor before engaging. Driving on normal paved road when a vehicle pulled out in front of us, ABS engaged and now we have no brakes until touching the floor. Went to nissan for service and they say it is the ABS that needs replacing, 2800.00. We just had new brakes on the back less than 2 months ago. They say due to numerous complaints on nissan forums that they believe it is an issue with the ABS malfunctioning and not simply replacing the master cylinder as many people have replaced this part first only to need the ABS replaced. We tried pumping and hoping for a reset but nothing has helped. Nissan needs to do a recall before a life is lost due to this known issue. We are the one owner of this vehicle, 2009 with less than 65,000 miles on the car. No issues leading up to this nor any indicator lights going off.. I know our safety is priceless but if us folks are doing the right thing and getting these repairs done, then a recall goes into affect, I would like to see some sort of reimbursement.....
Yesterday on 12/10/2017 was coming out of my neibh yesterday on 12/10/2017 was coming out of my development road entering the hig yesterday on 12/10/2017 was coming out of my development road aproching an intersection driving my nissan murano 2009. Aplied the brakes and they went down all the way and the car did not stop. I went through the stop sign into the highway with my two daughters 6 years and tens years old. I was scared. Avoided collision from several cars on the high way by steering the car of the road to the grass. My brake pads were serviced two months ago becouse the samething happened. The car did not stop when I was pulling off my driveway.
Our brakes became spongy and did not work when driving.at a speed of 35 MPH. Eventually the brake pedal went to the floor. The car was towed to a dealer who replaced the ABS actuator at a cost of $2176 for part, $528 for labor and $69 for diagnosis. We feel nissan should have recalled this very dangerous actuator. We were on a residential street so our speed was 35 MPH when the brakes went out abruptly. We are appalled that the company is charging exorbitant part prices and allowing high labor fees to replace this defective and life threatening ABS actuator. The dealer told us they were not responsible for reducing the costs. It is totally up to nissan to adjust these costs. Many people could lose their lives because this dangerous situation is not communicated to owners of 2009 nissan muranos.
2009 nissan murano le. Driving through a residential area, traveling at roughly 25 MPH. Road was dry, sky was clear, vehicle was warm and had been driven earlier in day with no issue. Vehicle has been dealer maintained and only has 74000 miles on it and had just been dealer inspected 2 weeks prior. Approaching a stop sign, began normal braking. There was a small pot hole or really just a rough spot in the road I drove through while braking, and lost all brake pressure, pedal went to the floor but was not engaging the brakes or stopping the vehicle. I began pumping the brakes and was thankfully able to stop, but not before I was well past the stop sign and into the intersection. Thankfully no other cars were there. Driving straight home from there the pedal was still very soft, or spongy and the brakes were not working properly. They required pumping or varied pressure to engage, and then would not provide pedal pressure or feed back. If pushed slow to normally, you could push the pedal to the floor still while trying to stop. Husband inspected all brake fluids and vacuum lines and found no leaks, or loss of fluid. With the vehicle off pumping brakes not building pressure. A simple search for "2009 murano spongy brakes" returned many people through many forums with the exact same issue, that seems to be based on braking on a bumpy road and the ABS system. From what I understand a ABS solenoid is stuck from the ABS engaging on a bumpy road, or uneven surface. This issue is extremely unsafe and I would not doubt has caused many accidents. There is also no warning signs as the vehicle was inspected by the dealership 2 weeks prior. Very scary, and had a vehicle been in the intersection, there would have been no way to avoid a accident.
I experienced for the third time a brake malfunction thursday night 2/2/17. I was carefully driving home on a snow covered road and I applied my brakes to make a turn and the brake pedal went almost to the floor. The first and second time this happened under a hard braking situation on wet roads. In the past this condition has been periodic but the condition has now existed continually for about 1 week. The brake pedal goes nearly to the floor before braking begins and there is no ABS. I brought the car to the dealer a few months ago and they performed a brake flush and refill. The very next day it happened again. Sometimes the brakes start acting normally after pumping the brake pedal multiple times. But the dangerous condition always returns seemingly at random under multiple road conditions and at various speeds. There have been 2 near miss collisions. The consumer stated the ABS actuator was replaced and the vehicle was repaired.
On two occasions over the past week my vehicle brake pedal became very soft / spongy and went to the floor while exiting highway offramp. I was exiting at about 40-45 MPH, the offramp is curved & was bumpy with a couple of potholes. Brakes functioned normally until vehicle hit a bump, then pedal gradually went down further to floorboard. Braking still possible but took power significantly reduced and distance increased. I pumped the brakes a few times and all seemed to return to normal. On the first occasion I got out to check brake fluid level; still fillled to max leaving line in reservoir. I was able to slowly and cautiously drive home. All brake pads are new, changed in march 2017. Please look into this issue; extremely dangerous condition for driver and other motorists / pedestrians.
The brakes are failing to stop in a safe distance due to the brake pedal going to the floor. Problem is it comes and goes and usually starts to happen after a hard breaking action. There is currently an investigation already open into this problem but wanted to add it to the growing list.
Loss of brake pressure. The brake pedal suddenly get down to the floor. The sheehy nissan dealer in waldorf, maryland had fixed it for two weeks but cannot solve that problem. In nissan forum, many nissan owners have the identical problems like this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan murano. While driving unknown speeds, the brakes were applied and failed to respond. The brake pedal traveled to the floorboard and the contact had to pump the brake pedal and drive slowly to get the vehicle home. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer (north strand nissan (2502 highway 9 e, little river, sc 29556) but the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue and opened case number: 29027847. No further assistance was provided. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.
Brake pedal suddenly got soft and went to the floor as I exited the highway almost causing a rear end collision. Master cylinder was replaced but brakes remain the same with brake pedal going to the floor. After researching on line it appears that the ABS control module is to blame but no recall has been issued by nissan !
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan murano. The contact had to pump the brake pedal numerous times as it traveled to the floorboard. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the brake master cylinder needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to another independent mechanic who replaced the brake master cylinder. In addition, the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the occupant sensor unit failed. The vehicle was also taken to a dealer (tony nissan, 94-1299 ka uka blvd, waipahu, hi 96797, (808) 680-7150) for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 08v521000 (air bags, electrical system) and 08v066000 (air bags). The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was not available.
When driving in rush hour traffic the vehicle in front of me rapidly slowed, causing me to need to brake rapidly as well. Upon applying my brakes, they engaged and then instantly released and the pedal went to the floor where the brakes finally reengaged, allowing me to slow. Had I not been several car lengths back, I would not have been able to stop. Once this occurred, each time I had to brake, the brakes would perform a little better, but remained spongy. Once I was able to come to a stop, I pumped the brakes a couple of times and they worked properly from that point on. Upon checking the vehicle, the brake fluid and brakes were all in good shape and there was no immediate explanation for the problem. Based on internet research, however, this appears to be the problem that is currently being investigated.
Only 70k miles on the car. Brakes went soft all of a sudden in a city environment after going over a manhole cover. Got to destination ( parking garage). When done at location brakes still soft and went almost to floor. Got the car home and took the car to repair, was told that it as an ABS module assembly. Almost lost control of the car and had to spend significant money to get fixed
11/04/2017, I was driving my 2009 nissan murano, 62,528 miles. I came across a road strip getting ready for tarring. When I felt the shake, I applied the brake slowly and I felt the brake pedal soft. About 100 yards from me I have to stop at the red light. I tried pushing hard on the brake pedal, it went all the way to the floor and I ended up stopping in the middle of the intersection. All the braking and yelling from other drivers, luckily, nobody hits me. My wife and child in the car got panicked. Drove the vehicle to the curb and stopped with soft brake pedal. Switched off the vehicle for 5 minutes and stated and everything seems okay. Noticed that no indicator(especially brake indicator) was lighted up during this ordeal. Monday called the dealer and made an appointment. As per the dealer, this issue is reported by other 2009 murano owners and it costs around $3000 to fix as there is no recall issued yet.
When applying brake during driving, brake pedal dropped to floor causing the car to not stop as normal, almost resulting in two separate accidents. Also, when starting the car, brake pedal dropped to floor. Does not happen consistently, but several times over the last month. Midas replaced the master cylinder, as they suggested, but the incident happened twice after. All times were on city streets. Instead of the normal light touch needed I've used since 2009, I had to stomp the brake completely to get it to stop and avoid accidents.
After encountering a slick spot on the road, I lost all capability to apply the brakes and stop in a safe distance. The pedal went to the floor and I had to swerve into an adjacent lane of traffic to avoid hitting the car in front of me.
My car just hit 90k miles and I was driving on the freeway when traffic suddenly stopped. I tried to quickly stop but my brake pedal went completely to the floor and the car was hardly slowing down. After nearly hitting the cars in front of me, I was able to swerve into the next lane. The brakes were mushy after that but they slowed the car a bit more. Nissan did a brake flush but the same problem happened a week later when I went over a bump. The ABS kicked in and the brake pedal went completely to the floor. My nissan dealer claims they've never heard of this problem. I think it's a recall based on the number of cases I've read online.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan murano. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact heard a clicking noise. The brake pedal was depressed and traveled to the floorboard. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the brakes needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to leckner nissan (6570 amherst ave, springfield, va 22150) where it was diagnosed that the master cylinder and exhaust needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and opened a case. The failure mileage was 76,000. The VIN was not available.
Vehicle looses brake pressure frequently almost causing accident. Brakes return to normal after 15-20 minutes idle state. Car mechanic unable to diagnose problem. This has happened two times and luckily the car was entering a parking lot so speed was very slow.really worried about driving this car on highway. Called dealer service and they said it would take ~ $3000 to fix a problem however the fix is not guaranteed. Reading from other forums, problem returns even after applying fix to ABS. Back in 05/17,
The air bag light is on for no reason. The brakes go to the floor every now and then for now reason when applying the brakes slowly. When is happens it takes a while to stop.
After driving over two bumps / ridges in the road caused by lane resurfacing process, I applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor, and provide no stopping power. I had to pump the brakes several times to slow down in order to turn into the parking lot at work. When slowing down to turn into a parking spot, the brake pedal again went to the floor, and I again had to pump the brake pedal in order to slow and stop the car. I returned to the vehicle approximately five hours later and started the vehicle to go home. Upon depressing the brake pedal after starting the car, the pedal wet to the floor again. I again, had to pump the brake pedal to build pressure. I decided to drive home, approximately 13 miles, aware that I would need to depress the brake pedal frequently to ensure the brake system had the needed pressure to slow down and/or stop. The subsequent drive home was uneventful. The vehicle was purchased new in 2009 and has 103, 431 miles on it.
Driving along hit hard bump went to apply the brakes & peddle went to the floor. On another occasion the brakes did the same thing. I had the master cylinder replaced thinking that would correct the problem. The problem continues to exist. I have heard that the problem exists in other owners cars.
During the winter I was driving about 15mph and attempted to stop on an icy road. Since then, my brake pedal is completely soft and goes all the way down to the floor in order for me to slow down or come to a stop. I have had my break pads and rotors replaced, as well as a new master cylinder installed. Nothing has solved my issue of having a soft pedal. This is really scary on the highway and I have three children to drive around. I have reached out to nissan corporate who told me that unless there was a recall, they will not help me. I asked them to send me a notice in writing stating that they are not willing to help for my records. I am praying for my safety and the safety of my children, that the federal safety agency does something about this and soon. Nissan has been negligent and unapologetic.
I was on the road with traffic and the vehicles in front were breaking. As I tried to break my break pedal went all the way to the floor and was not stopping my vehicle. I almost ran into the back of the vehicle in front of me, which if my breaking system did not fail I would have had plenty of time to stop. Took my vehicle into the nissan dealership and they told me that it was the ABS actuator and master cylinder. Waiting to hear back from the regional consumer affairs specialist at nissan of north america.
In december 2016 I hit a bump and lost all brake pressure. Took car in to nissan dealer and they said the "seal" was bad and replaced the master cylinder. Today, on my way to work hit a bump and again lost all brake pressure!!! Pedal went all the way down to the floor. This is a major safety hazzard. I'm taking the car back to dealership first thing in the morning. This is ridiculous.in may 2017 you (the federal safety agency) opened an investigation about these complaints but what has been done???? Nothing!! This problem is putting my life in danger as well as everyone else driving on the highways!!
I was driving on a rainy day and there were some bumps on the road. As I approached a stop sign I pressed the brake pedal. The pedal went all the way down to the floor and my vehicle would not stop. I lifted my foot and pressed again and it regained a little bit of pressure, but not enough to stop. Thankfully the intersection was clear. I pulled over to the shoulder of the road and coasted until my vehicle finally stopped. My brakes eventually went back to semi normal, but this has happend a couple of times since then as well. It seems to happen most often if there is water on the road or if I hit a pothole, or bump in the road.
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