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2017 Nissan Murano problems

Owners have filed 155 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Murano with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 11% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of vehicle speed control at 9.7%. A further 17.4% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints155

Crashes14

Fires4

Injuries20

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 17.4% · 27

Electrical system 11.0% · 17

Vehicle speed control 9.7% · 15

Power train 9.0% · 14

Service brakes 7.7% · 12

Forward collision avoidance 7.7% · 12

Visibility/wiper 4.5% · 7

Seat belts 4.5% · 7

Severity

Of those complaints, 14 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire and 20 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 14 model years of the Nissan Murano in this data, 2017 draws comparatively few complaints; 2005 is the outlier year.

Filings have fallen off, 24 in the last three years against 37 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 29,100 miles.

In owners' own words

Vehicle forward collision indicator alarm keeps going off every few minutes disabling cruise control after ten minutes or so it clears out then after ten minutes it goes off again going through the same cycle over and over end result malfunctioning collision sensing causing no cruise control with audible alarm going off over and over while driving Electrical system · reported at 37,000 miles

Car hesitates when pulling out into traffic! If I come to a rolling stop or a full stop and try to pull out, the car seems like iy may die but eventually kicks in, but seconds could mean a collision. My husband says he does not experience this and its my driving, but my daughter has had ths happen also and I have others witness this also. This is an ongoing problem, makes me afraid of driving my new car. Fuel/propulsion system · reported at 2,000 miles

The contact owns a 2017 Nissan Murano. The contact stated that while his wife was driving approximately 70-75 MPH, the rear seat warmer overheated and burned the seat and the blanket on the seat. The contact called the dealer who stated that the seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000. Seats · reported at 80,000 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

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Other Nissan Murano years

2011 190 complaints · 20.0% service brakes 2012 167 complaints · 18.0% power train 2014 173 complaints · 17.9% power train 2015 267 complaints · 19.5% power train 2016 141 complaints · 10.6% power train 2018 172 complaints · 15.1% forward collision avoidance

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