2003 NISSAN MURANO — Complaint #534987
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE filed May 13, 2005
NHTSA complaint #534987 (ODI reference 10120902) concerns a 2003 NISSAN MURANO and was filed on May 13, 2005. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 18, 2005. The vehicle had 30,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:storage, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN MURANO cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:storage failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2003 NISSAN MURANO shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
IN FEBRUARY 2005 THE ALTERNATOR FAILED TO CHARGE THE BATTERY AND THE CAR SLOWED TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE BATTERY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. I HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP AND THE CAR WAS REPAIRED 48 HOURS LATER. IN MARCH 2005 THE GAS TANK LID WOULDN'T OPEN AND THE CAR WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT TOOK 48 HOURS TO REPAIR. HOWEVER, THE "REPAIR" WAS DONE BY PRYING THE LID OPEN AND I STILL HAVE NOT RECIEVED THE NEW PART. IN MAY 2005 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I HAD TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STILL HAVE THE CAR AND EXPECT TO HAVE IT FOR TWO WEEKS AT LEAST. THEY CANNOT GUARENTEE THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE RENTAL CAR COSTS WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO AT LEAST $350 AT $25 A DAY. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 534987 |
| ODI Number | 10120902 |
| Date Filed | May 13, 2005 |
| Failure Date | February 18, 2005 |
| VIN | JN8AZ08W43W |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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