2009 Nissan Murano: soft or spongy brake pedal

Filed Dec 30, 2021 · Brakes · 200,000 miles · NC

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that upon the depression of the brake pedal, additional brake pedal travel time would be required to stop the vehicle as the brake pedal would depress to the floorboard. The contact described the brake as feeling "spongy" upon depression and that no warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact initially contacted an independent mechanic who bled the brake lines; however, the failure persisted. The contact then called the dealer who linked the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 18V916000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the contact was given an estimate for a diagnostic. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and referred him back to the dealer for assistance. The dealer agreed to repair the vehicle under recall; however, the failure remained. The contact then took the vehicle to another independent mechanic who repaired the brake master cylinder and the brake booster; however, despite these repairs, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was called back and offered no assistance. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

Filed Dec 19, 2019 · Brakes · KS

My wife was driving the vehicle on a frigid night and she felt that she needed to pump the brake until it hits the floor to stop, next day as she was driving from our garage it just slid off the sloped driveway. I needed to drive her to work in another vehicle. I had the brake pads replaced because the mechanic suggested that the sponginess of the brake might go away if I have a new brake pad. After the replacement it was if nothing was done to the brakes it was stillspongy.

Filed May 15, 2019 · Brakes · 183,000 miles · MN

Brakes feel very soft and spongy after previous recall to swap dot3 brake fluid with dot 4 brake fluid

Filed Sep 14, 2018 · Brakes · 110,000 miles · GA

Brakes went to the floor during driving, became spongy, had to be pumped. Stayed spongy for 2-3 miles in one case. Has done this 3 times with me and once with the nissan dealership mechanic. Diagnosed by nissan as actuator inside ABS. Needs to be replaced. Too dangerous to drive per the mechanic. Could easily be killed in heavy traffic. $2400 to fix. No assistance from nissan customer service - said they will not help. 09.14.2018. Needs to be recalled and replaced immediately; next thing for nissan will be lawsuits for wrongful death!!

Filed Apr 23, 2018 · Brakes · 69,377 miles · SC

While driving my car this morning my brakes went almost to the floor before I could stop the car in the middle of an intersection. (soft brake pedal). I was lucky I was not hit by a car. This has happened before. I recently found out that there are more than 110,000 people complaining about this issue and having to pay a lot of money to try and find the problem to no avail. Nissan has to know about it but will not address this issue. Does it take people seriously getting hurt or dying to get the attention of this issue? This issue is considered a matter of life and death. Who do we go to? Dealers say they don't know what to do to fix it and nissan denies this is happening.

Filed Feb 15, 2018 · Brakes · 110,000 miles · NC

Brakes are spongy and when they are applied hard they almost go to the floor and just barely stop the vehicle. It has happened to my wife 3 times and scared her to death.

Filed Feb 10, 2018 · Brakes · 81,000 miles · PR

The brakes in my 2009 nissan murano intermittently fail about once or twice a month. The brake failure, which began to occur sometime on or after mid-2017, causes the brake pedal to lose pressure, becoming 'spongy' making it difficult to stop. When the brake failure occurs no warning lights or ABS lights light up and no error codes are set. The condition may last anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours and then returns normal. I have taken the vehicle to be serviced at least twice, however the shop cannot find anything wrong with the vehicle. As a precaution, I had the brake system flushed and bleeded and replaced all 4 brake pads, however, the brake failure continues to occur.

Filed Jan 24, 2018 · Brakes · 140,000 miles · NE

On january 7, 2018 I was approaching a stop sign and the street was a bit icy so when I applied the brakes the ABS kicked in and the vehicle stopped with no problem. However, when I applied the brakes again a couple of blocks down the road the brake pedal went clear to the floor and the vehicle slowly stopped. This problem continued the rest of the drive home, with the brake pedal going all the way to the floor. Pumping the brakes seemed to help some and there was resistance from the pedal, but when coming to a complete stop the pedal again went all the way to the floor. This continued for a couple days. After some research online I discovered this was a common complaint for 2009 nissan muranos. I found several online forums that described the same problem, the soft spongy brake pedal, either after an ABS stop or using the brakes for a bump or pothole. And it seemed like the most common solution to this problem was to replace the ABS actuator at a cost of approx. $2500. Not what I wanted to hear. I took my nissan to a repair shop and they verified that this indeed was the problem so without much other choice we had the actuator replaced for $2450 - invoice attached. From what I could tell, this issue has been a problem and has been reported by a number of drivers to the federal safety agency beginning in 2012. There is an investigation ongoing (started in 2014) but so far no recall. This is a dangerous issue and needs to be addressed asap before someone's brakes fail completely and they are injured or killed.

Filed Jan 17, 2018 · Brakes · 90,000 miles · MN

Soft brake pedal after hitting a bump. November 2016 I was going into a parking lot, as I was coming off of the pavement going onto the gravel my ABS engaged and the brake pedal went to the floor. I called my nissan dealership and they felt that when I shut the car off, all systems should reset. When I did that, systems did reset and my brakes returned to normal. This has happened 3 more times since, the last time was in october 2017 and the system or ABS and the soft brake issues has not reset. To this point, I have always had some brakes, though the pedal goes almost to the floor each time used. My wife, and daughter, when they drive the car, feel there are no brakes. I guess I have gotten somewhat used to them. I am convinced that something needs to be repaired, but I am reading that it may cost between $1500, and $2400 to repair. The issue is very serious because I have read that some brakes have failed and caused accidents and occupants have been injured. I feel a recall by nissan should take place, to help get these issues resolved. The issue is very expensive for us as owners to fix on our own especially when the value of the vehicle is so low. Would like to trade vehicle off, but being honest would be hard to pass issue onto the next owner. Currently, the brake pedal still remains soft and almost goes to the floor board of the vehicle.

Filed Jan 3, 2018 · Brakes · 102,000 miles · WI

I was driving at 25 MPH and went to stop at light and the brake pedal became spongy and went to the floor. I was able to pump it back up but it happened again 3 times that trip. I was not able to replicate it. But am terrified I will have an accident. That would be awful especially if someone else was involved/injured.

Filed Dec 23, 2017 · Brakes · 50,000 miles · NJ

Vehicle brake pedal very soft, spongy, and squishy at all times (even with new brake pads, rotors, and properly bleed lines). Have lost brakes at one point completely, brake pedal touched ground. I tried to slow down on totally normal road conditions, my ABS engaged, but the pedal went to the floor and did not return. The top 10% of the pedal gives me 10% braking power, the middle 80% of the pedal travel does nothing, and only the bottom 10% of the pedal, just before it touches the floor, actually provides any real braking. As a result, the reaction time and stopping distance is terrible. This will cause an accident at some point. The federal safety agency is investigating, but needs to act and issue a recall for 2009 murano immediately.

Filed Dec 19, 2017 · Brakes · 120,000 miles · MD

While driving my vehicle, the brakes became spongy and required pushing the pedal all the way to the floor to stop. I was able to drive the car to a local auto shop and they replaced the master brake cylinder and brake booster, but the car is still having problems. Now they say it is the ABS system.