Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / MURANO / 2004

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007115666 Incident Date: Jul, 09 2007
Consumer's City: MIDLOTHIAN Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: MURANO Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JN8AZ08T24W Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 14 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 03 2004
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Issue with 2004 sl murano. at 68k miles, felt a shudder and vibration in steering wheel, without warning. took it to mechanic where car died while going in reverse. took it to transmission specialist who could not diagnose issue. towed car to nissan dealership. another "diagnosis" performed and confirmed transmission was issue. no specific reason give. new transmission ordered, but turned out to be defective. car would not go in reverse. nissan confirmed that they knew about this issue. replacement transmission sent and installed. rude service from dealership, no help from nissan customer "specialist." new transmission cost was $6000 (parts and labor). had no option but to put new transmission, because nissan does not rebuild old transmissions. *jb