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Model years to avoid

Nissan Murano

What it says about you

Opinion

A crossover styled with real conviction at a time when nobody else bothered. Comfortable, smooth, and quietly one of the better ways to cover distance.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 4,564 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2009 (brakes), 2007 (rusted), 2006 (side sun), 2005 (lock). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • seat 2005, 2006, 2007 peak 52.2% of that year's complaints
  • pedal 2009, 2010, 2011 peak 29.3% of that year's complaints
  • brakes 2009, 2010 peak 28.7% of that year's complaints
  • broke 2005, 2006, 2007 peak 22% of that year's complaints
  • frame 2006, 2007 peak 21% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 0 recalls 1 complaints
  2. 2025 2 recalls 21 complaints
  3. 2024 1 recall 4 complaints
  4. 2023 0 recalls 7 complaints
  5. 2022 0 recalls 6 complaints
  6. 2021 0 recalls 16 complaints
  7. 2020 2 recalls 45 complaints
  8. 2019 1 recall 42 complaints
  9. 2018 2 recalls 15 complaints
  10. 2017 3 recalls 107 complaints
  11. 2016 5 recalls 107 complaints
  12. 2015 5 recalls 202 complaints
  13. 2014 1 recall 144 complaints
  14. 2013 1 recall 142 complaints
  15. 2012 1 recall 264 complaints
  16. 2011 0 recalls 148 complaints
  17. 2010 0 recalls 189 complaints
  18. 2009 brakes 635 complaints
  19. 2008 1 recall 5 complaints
  20. 2007 rusted 675 complaints
  21. 2006 side sun 803 complaints
  22. 2005 lock 986 complaints

What does a Nissan Murano say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.