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kielbasa16 · 03-08-2010, 09:59 AM

The lease on my parents Maxima ended around 2002 or so, after which they decided to buy the new Murano at that point in time. We loved the car, it was pretty much fully loaded, and was used as a daily driver for my mom, and served us well on many college visits and long trips.
Today the car has just under 120,000 miles on it. This is where it gets interesting. We have been noticing for the past 2 weeks or so that the car smells like oil. Two times it has essentially broken down on us at highway speeds, where the car goes into something I imagine is something like a limp mode, almost no control over the vehicle. Turns out the transfer case broke. Having a 3000GT I was aware of a Mitsu recall on the transfer case and how dangerous the consequences could be. I googled Murano forums, and believe it or not, there is a forum for Nissan Murano enthusiasts (who would have thought?). I found pages and pages of a thread on the weak/faulty transfer cases in the Murano. Some people were lucky enough to still be under warranty, we werent so lucky. We fixed the car like a week ago, and I told my parents to threaten NNA with a lawsuit, citing the tons of cases where people claimed problems with the transfer case (in some cases a persons single Murano had the transfer case replaced 3 times, at like 20k, 35k, and 60k!) I also warned my parents that the TC breaking could result in damage of the CVT transmission.
Last night, my parents drove into the city to see a play with the newly repaired transfer case, and of course, the transmission blows! Somehow they managed to drive the car to the nearest Nissan. The warranty covers the transmission to 120k. Our Murano made it to Nissan with 119,992 miles on it!
It was late and so I am waiting to hear today what is going to happen.
From what I have read, Nissan has made no effort to recall, or even fix the transfer case issue in subsequent models of the Murano.
Dont mean to vent, just sharing and offering a heads up to potential Murano owners.

03-08-2010, 09:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
kielbasa16 Track Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NY Posts: 770 Drives: 09 Blk Z Spt Rep Power: 17	Murano issues The lease on my parents Maxima ended around 2002 or so, after which they decided to buy the new Murano at that point in time. We loved the car, it was pretty much fully loaded, and was used as a daily driver for my mom, and served us well on many college visits and long trips. Today the car has just under 120,000 miles on it. This is where it gets interesting. We have been noticing for the past 2 weeks or so that the car smells like oil. Two times it has essentially broken down on us at highway speeds, where the car goes into something I imagine is something like a limp mode, almost no control over the vehicle. Turns out the transfer case broke. Having a 3000GT I was aware of a Mitsu recall on the transfer case and how dangerous the consequences could be. I googled Murano forums, and believe it or not, there is a forum for Nissan Murano enthusiasts (who would have thought?). I found pages and pages of a thread on the weak/faulty transfer cases in the Murano. Some people were lucky enough to still be under warranty, we werent so lucky. We fixed the car like a week ago, and I told my parents to threaten NNA with a lawsuit, citing the tons of cases where people claimed problems with the transfer case (in some cases a persons single Murano had the transfer case replaced 3 times, at like 20k, 35k, and 60k!) I also warned my parents that the TC breaking could result in damage of the CVT transmission. Last night, my parents drove into the city to see a play with the newly repaired transfer case, and of course, the transmission blows! Somehow they managed to drive the car to the nearest Nissan. The warranty covers the transmission to 120k. Our Murano made it to Nissan with 119,992 miles on it! It was late and so I am waiting to hear today what is going to happen. From what I have read, Nissan has made no effort to recall, or even fix the transfer case issue in subsequent models of the Murano. Dont mean to vent, just sharing and offering a heads up to potential Murano owners.