2006 Nissan Murano
Complaints about this year name side sun far more often than the other years of this generation — 9% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 3.4%.
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 | 803 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 107 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 19.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- seat — 52.2% of this year's complaints, against 6.9% across the other years of this generation (7.5×).
- bracket — 17.1% of this year's complaints, against 0.9% across the other years of this generation (18.3×). Owners wrote it as: bracket, seat bracket, under seat, seat suddenly.
- frame — 19.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.9% across the other years of this generation (10.6×). Owners wrote it as: frame, seat frame, weld, causing seat.
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
- falls — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
- place — 6% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FLIPS/FALLS DOWN. IT'S ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP, CAUSING A DRIVING HAZARD. WHEN YOU PUSH THE VISOR UP, IT WON'T STAY AND KEEPS MINIMAL TENSION.
SUNVISOR NOT STAYING IN PLACE, FALLS TO IMPAIR VISIBILITY. BOTH SUNVISORS HAVE FAILED AND WILL NOT STAY UP, OR IN A POSITION. NISSAN IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE SAFETY OF ITS OWNERS/DRIVERS.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V169000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 06V048000 SEAT BELTS
- 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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