2005 Nissan Murano
Complaints about this year name lock far more often than the other years of this generation — 12% of them, about 12× the usual rate of 1%.
Generation 1 of the Nissan Murano, which began in 2003 and ran to 2008. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 986 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 107 |
| Involving a crash | 12 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- driver seat — 21.9% of this year's complaints, against 0.2% across the other years of this generation (109.5×). Owners wrote it as: driver seat, bracket broke, seat rock.
- broke — 22% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (10.6×). Owners wrote it as: broke, seat broke, support, unstable.
- bracket — 15.3% of this year's complaints, against 0.7% across the other years of this generation (22.7×). Owners wrote it as: bracket, seat bracket, fractured.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- unlock — 8% of complaints, 21× usual
- door — 16% of complaints, 3× usual
- doors — 7% of complaints, 18× usual
What owners wrote
I'M UNABLE TO LOCK/UNLOCK ANY DOORS USING THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTONS IN THE CAR. THEY ONLY LOCK/UNLOCK MANUALLY. THE KEY MANUALLY LOCKS/UNLOCKS THE DRIVER DOOR ONLY. FOB DOESN'T WORK FOR ANY LOCKS, AND IT'S A NEW ONE.
TENDS TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS WARMER WEATHER OUTSIDE - ALL FOUR DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY (UNLOCK OR LOCK) WITH KEYFOB. LIFE GATE WILL ALSO NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK CORRECTLY UNLESS PASSENGER SIDE DOORS ARE UNLOCKED. SAFETY CONCERN. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V169000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 06V054000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 06V048000 SEAT BELTS
- 05V319000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 06V003000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 06V401000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Murano was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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