2009 Nissan Murano: CVT failure

Filed Feb 25, 2024 · Transmission · IL

My car hesitates then launches after a stop. It is the CVT transmission I assume. It is not safe when I am accelerating into traffic or trying to merge. Only 132,000 miles on the car.

Filed Apr 27, 2023 · Brakes, Transmission · SC

While trying to make a turn in a busy intersection, the car stall and loses power it goes into a limp mode. The car slowly limps out of traffic to the side. Note VDC off and 2 red - neg sign brake light is on. Turn the ignition off for a few minutes. Turn ignition back on and no problem. The car starts up no problem. I had the brakes check out and no issues. I took to Nissan dealership . They said it is the alternator. I had new alternator put in 6 months ago. Took back to the company who put the alternator on He said it is working. They said this car notorious for the CVT transmission issues. This problem has happen twice in traffic. This is not safe.... I am afraid to drive this car.

Filed Aug 29, 2022 · Transmission · AR

When stopped at stop lights or even a stop sign & it's my time to go my vehicle will "creep" at a snail's pace regardless of my position on the gas petal, then all of a sudden jerk & take off fast. On 2 occasions my vehicle would not even go when the turn light went to green & I quickly shifted to "L" where it did take off & the rooms jumped to 5000 & after getting out of heavy traffic I put it back in Drive. This issue occurs randomly & I've had a verbal conversation with a mechanic in my family that says, my 2009 Murano has a CVT transmission, they are very costly to replace. I only have 159,000 miles on my Murano & I drive my Autistic grandson to school & home only. I'm only bringing this to your attention to fund out if I'm the only person that has had issues with the CVT transmission bc a $4-$5000 new transmission is impossible for us. This has been happening off & on for about 6 months.

Filed Apr 23, 2020 · Transmission · 127,000 miles · IL

The CVT transmission malfunctions and vehicle enters failsafe 'limp' mode when transmission is at peak operating temperature (approximately 20 minutes of stop and go acceleration from a cold vehicle). Vehicle begins to shutter (shake) when accelerating from a stop. The shuttering during acceleration progressively gets worse to a point the vehicle enters a failsafe 'limp' mode. Once in failsafe 'limp' mode you absolutely have no acceleration and vehicle travels approximately 2-3 MPH. This puts the occupants of the vehicle in grave danger, especially in scenarios while in a left turn lane with 50 MPH oncoming traffic that I had to experience with my family. The brought the vehicle to the dealership and they indicated that the vehicle requires a new transmission; $5,000. The vehicle has a current market value of $5,000. Nissan will not cover the costs of the repair. Cvt transmission defects are a known problem and nissan extended the warranty for the CVT transmission to 10 years / 120,000 miles. My vehicle is 11.5 years old and at 127,000 miles and they will not cover the cost of repair.

Filed Dec 19, 2018 · Transmission · MN

My 2009 nissan murano which I bought in february 2014 from an authorized nissan dealer (morrie's minnetonka) had a faulty CVT transmission. After dealing with the problem for almost a year, which includes but not limited to the following: loss of power, transmission jerking, transmission slipping, CVT coolant hose leaks and failures which put my life, my kids life in danger multiple times. I reached out to nissan USA warranty office numerous times for no avail and ultimately replaced the transmission at a cost of $4,299. Nissan refused to cover the cost and completely ignored my repeated plea for a response. I would like to bring the issue to the federal safety agency hoping you will 1) conduct the faulty CVT transmissions of nissan. I learnt that there are pending legal issues that the company is dealing with as of today and I am happy to hand over all my vehicle inspection documents in order to help the investigation. 2) as I mentioned earlier the CVT transmission issue and sudden stops in the middle of the highway repeatedly put my life, my kids life and other drivers at risk. I am sure other nissan murano owners are dealing with the same problem and pursuing this investigation and resolving in a timely manner will protect the public from unnecessary danger caused by the manufacturer. 3) nissan should take responsibility and cover owners like myself for a mistake that in my opinion big enough to demand a recall.

Filed Mar 15, 2018 · Transmission · 209,000 miles · MA

Cvt transmission is skipping. Cannot drive the vehilce. It is broken down more than I drive it. Only 109,000 mileage

Filed Jul 25, 2017 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · PA

I have pulled into traffic only to have my car not accelerate causing the car behind me to slam on their brakes. Today, the car behind me had to pull over into the shoulder to avoid hitting me. Over the past several years, I've taken my car into nissan service complaining about a rumbling noise/feeling, the car intermittently fails to and/or hesitates when accelerating. The cause of these symptoms were never diagnosed properly. Now the symptoms occur more frequently. The loss of speed and/or the ability of not gaining speed along with the normal flow of traffic could cause somebody to hit and/or kill me! This is very dangerous, today I was lucky by not getting hit. A few weeks ago, because the symptoms happens more consistently nissan diagnosed the problem as a transmission (CVT) issue. Although they have admitted a defect in their CVT transmissions, they refused to repair it because it's out of warranty. I have records which shows I took my car to several different nissan service depts. Complaining about this issue when the transmission was under warranty. This is a major safety issue, just doing a quick google search, I discovered nissan's CVT has allegedly been blamed for a couple of deaths and multiple car accidents. It's a hazard to drive my vehicle, and nissan should recall and replace all of these transmissions. As I said previously, today I was lucky, the next time I may not be! Attached: unfortunately after my near miss incident this morning the other driver kept going so I don't have any documentation to provide. But I did attached an ongoing email thread I have with nissan consumer affairs which basically captures the communication I've had with them up until this point. The only thing missing is on july 5, 2017 I received a call from wade (nissan consumer affairs) stating they still are not going to replace the transmission.

Filed Oct 22, 2016 · Transmission · 116,716 miles · FL

I have owned two nissan vehicles. The first nissan I owned was an 08 altima that had a transmission issue at 25,000 miles. My current nissan is an 09 murano. This vehicles transmission started to make noise at 116,000 miles. At the time I brought it into a shop and was told that nissan has a lot of transmission issues. Because I was told that my warranty was 60,000 miles, I did not bring my vehicle to nissan. After a few months we decided to look up if there were any recalls. My husband found on the nissan site that due to issues they had with the CVT transmission they extended their warranty from 60,000 miles to 120,000 miles. We were never notified of this. I immediately brought my car into nissan and had them look at it. They said my transmission was bad and never mentioned the warranty. I called nissan of north america's customer service and had my case reviewed. They advised me that there wasn't a recall but only a warranty extension. They offered to pay 50% since I was now at 123,000 miles. I let them know I had documentation showing I had the issue prior but they have not done anything further.

Filed Nov 17, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 102,000 miles · CA

In stop and go traffic, the air conditioner had the sweet smell of maple syrup and a few minutes later the check engine light came on. Within seconds, the car stuttered each time I attempted to accelerate. Once out of traffic, I looked and saw a large amount of coolant dripping from the car. The car was towed to the dealer who confirmed coolant built up pressure in radiator, hoses and transmission. Cvt transmission is flooded with coolant and water, radiator and all hoses will need replacement.

Filed Aug 15, 2014 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · PA

While my husband was driving the vehicle into work, started out driving normal. Then about 6 miles from home it all of a sudden started a jerking motion and then the vehicle came to a complete stop. He was able to get the vehicle off the road. Had the car towed to a nissan dealer thinking it was the transmission which would have been covered under the extended warranty. Was contacted this morning and told it was the transfer case which is not covered under the warranty for the CVT transmission which is going to cost us $3600 to have repaired along with the $125 to get it towed to the dealer. We have had this vehicle for only 4 months. Considering how much these vehicles cost they should not be falling apart this quickly! I believe if they are willing to extend the warranty for the CVT transmission they should be willing to take care of any parts that could be affected by it.

Filed Jun 30, 2014 · Transmission · 72,900 miles · NY

Purchased a 2009 nissan murano. Has only 72,000 miles and is only 5 years old. According to the local nissan dealer, the transfer case apparently went bad and is not covered under the extended CVT warranty. Instead, they quoted me a price of over $3,000 and no guarantee that the repair will even fix the problem. My complaint stems from a great deal of research that shows nissan is familiar with the problem, that the transfer case design is flawed, and yet they refuse to recall the item. The problem appears so prevalent, that I am having trouble even locating a transfer case to replace it with. As a single father of three (3) boys, I do not have the resources for this repair, especially given that I attempted to purchase a relatively new vehicle to avoid having to make such costly repairs. I would hope your organization would step in on behalf of the american consumer for what is, in essence, the repetitive extortion of murano purchasers and not wait until the untimely death of a murano driver and, god forbid, its passengers...

Filed Nov 20, 2013 · Transmission · MD

My husband took my vehicle for a normal oil change. He was then informed that the transfer case had a leak and it would cost over $3,000.00 to have it replaced. I do have an extended warranty and between nissan and the extended warranty I am being juggled around as to who is responsible to pay for the replacement. I have since found out that the factory warranty was extended due to the many problems associated with this issue. I have been looking and have found that this has been a problem on the murano for quite some time. Apparently if the transfer case runs dry of the small amount of oil it has, it can lock up the entire drivetrain and render the vehicle un-drivable. The transfer case is directly related to the CVT and many of the failed CVT's vehicles have had cracked or leaving transfer cases. Since there seems to be a considerable amount of incidents and nissan is aware of the issue, it seems unbelievable that they are not fixing the transfer case issue, especially since it is a potential safety concern. It seems fit that since nissan knows about the issue they should be responsible for all costs for repairs which includes labor, parts and any other related expenses.