2010 Nissan Murano: complete transmission failure

Filed May 11, 2019 · Transmission · 64,535 miles · NJ

Took SUV to dealership for oil change - told I could not drive car because CVT transmission was going to fail and seals were leaking. Suv only serviced at dealer and only has 64,535 miles. Nissan will replace transmission, but said I must pay $4,000 for seals that need to be replaced. Researched on web and see this is a major issue with CVT transmission failures with nissan. Suv showed no symptoms and was driving fine - dealer said it would fail without much warning resulting in loss of acceleration and would not let me drive SUV. I had to rent car and approve work on SUV.

Filed Jul 12, 2018 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · VA

At 65,000 miles my murano required the CVT transmission, the transfer case, the rt front axel (and head gaskets) to be replaced. At the time the CVT transmission was under warranty. Now the murano has 150,000 miles and the CVT transmission needs to be replaced again! This will be the third CVT transmission in 150,000 miles and of course the nissan 120,000 mile warranty which started when the car was new no longer covers the CVT transmission even though the current unit only has 85,000 miles of use. Why hasn't nissan been forced to correct the problem with the CVT transmission? (I also have a 2013 versa with a CVT transmission that had to be replaced at 65,000 miles). Bad design that is putting customers at risk of injury when the ctv transmissions fail and destroy other components in the drive train. Current problem: when at a full stop the car will not accelerate. The gas can go to the floor and the car doesn't move. The delay in acceleration is intermittent and can last from less than a second to several minutes. A shut down and restart of the car may be needed to get the car to accelerate. This issue has occurred at traffic lights on large roads in the northern va traffic. Not being able to move through a traffic light and blocking multiple lanes of traffic in northern va is a very dangerous place to be.

Filed Jul 26, 2017 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · MD

Cvt transmission slipping with no error code, could not tell what the issue was until at a point of failure causing high RPM car slowed down in traffic. Just made it home. Waited until next day to get it to the dealer, have owned lots of nissans in the past but never one with a CVT transmission even one at 400,000 miles on it. Talked to dealer mechanic and found that this is a common issue with all nissan vehicles. $5,000 for a new transmission! Where's the recall?

Filed May 23, 2016 · Transmission · 135,000 miles · OK

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 nissan murano. While driving at any speed, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. In addition, when the vehicle was on an incline and the accelerator pedal was depressed to go forward, the vehicle would go in reverse. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the cdt transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

Filed Oct 3, 2014 · Transmission · 62,000 miles · NY

Vehicle service engine soon light came on and vehicle would not move after we came to a stop at a light shut off and restarted vehicle took to burdick nissan for service. They said they had cleared the codes by adding some fluid to the tranny. Wife and I drove to lunch { low speed} light came back on returned to dealership needs new transmission it is being worked on. This is very scary and it seems to be a recurring problem for the nissan CVT tranny.

Filed Nov 8, 2013 · Transmission · 127,000 miles · GA

Purchased the vehicle new in january 2010, had transmission issue with car in february 2011 late at night, stopping in the middle of the road, had to call wrecker to take vehicle to dealership. There were 38,424 miles on the vehicle the transmission was replaced at not cost since it was under warranty. Was informed by the dealership that the warranty would cover for another 120,000 miles. On 11/1/13 the transmission went out again by not shifting into 4th gear. Vehicle taken to dealership and informed that the transmission had to be replaced but was no longer under warranty since I now had 127,000 miles on the car. I asked about the statement regarding the first replaced transmission and was told that is not the case and if I had paid for the transmission myself it would only be covered for 12,000 miles or 12 months. I am now faced with paying $3000 for another transmission. This makes 3 transmissions in a car not even 4 years old.

Filed Nov 2, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 74,500 miles · CO

Nissan murano transfer case design flaw: I purchased a new 2010 murano sl in june 2010. Vehicle was great until warranty expired. Just found out that the transfer case is leaking and could cause transmission failure and an accident if not fixed. According to 2 different nissan mechanics (both from different dealerships), this transfer case has a 'tab' that pushes against the engine block creating this issue and leaks. Nissan designed new replacement transfer cases ($1600 - $2000 to the consumer) that don't have this tab! According to one nissan mechanic, nissan knows about this issue and sent 'service bulletins' to their service departments explaining how to fix or replace the transfer case. The internet is littered with consumer complaints about these transfer cases. I called nissan USA. Was told that the transfer case is not recalled or covered under their extended transmission warranty. Nissan extended their CVT transmission warranty to 120k miles in case of an all out transmission failure but won't warrant or recall the cause - the transfer case. Fortunately, my family and I have not been in a major accident due to this. I'm forced to spend a lot of my money to fix this nissan flaw. It's time for the federal safety agency to step in before people are injured or killed in a major highway accident because of this issue. Thank you.

Filed Feb 18, 2012 · Transmission · 30,065 miles · GA

Total transmission failure at 55-60mph on interstate 285 westbound near 400. Almost in major wreck trying to get car that was decelerating over to service lane. Just had car in for scheduled 30k mile service the week before.