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2005 Nissan Murano drivetrain & axles problems

Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 40 complaints for the 2005 Nissan Murano, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
40 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
86,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2005 Nissan Murano Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 86,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 86,000 miles
Based on 38 complaints that include mileage. 21% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 38 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

43 degrees, 5 pm, 1561 miles, 2005 nissan murano sl I start vehicle, back up, pull out of driveway, car will not accelerate. Max speed obtainable 20 MPH, very, very slow to get any speed. Engine will rev to 2500 RPM, when floored, no acceleration, return home. Service engine soon light on slip off light on vehicle dynamic control light on park vehicle and and try restarting several times, car starts ok, above three lights come on each time. Do not try to drive again that day. Sat. Evening, no dealer open.

Reported at 1,550 miles, February 2006

This complaint relates to a closed recall for the 2005 nissan murano NHTSA campaign id number: 05v3190. Two months with the vehicle and I had transmission problems, where the vehicle lost power and drive-ability, bringing my passengers and myself to a harms way. I contracted aamco to replace the transmission, one month later, nissan USA had to provide another transmission to replace the one changed one month before.

Reported at 220,000 miles, July 2015

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