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vehicle
2005 / nissan / murano
known issues
7 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-20)
complaints
986 on file (2005-05-02 → 2025-03-17)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
77 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Driver seat frame or bracket fractures and wobblesSEATS56 complaints2013-09 → 2022-11murano-2005-driver-seat-frame-bracket-failure
10970778 THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT FRAME DETACHED AND LEANED TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT PLACED A STACK OF BRICKS TO KEEP THE SEAT STEADY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED
10651454 THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FRAME BECAME FRACTURED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000
10593353 DRIVING, HEARD LOUD POP AND DRIVER'S SEAT TILTED BACK. THE RIGHT REAR BRACKET BROKE ON THE SEAT FRAME THAT NISSAN INSTALLED TO REPLACE THE FIRST ONE THAT BROKE ON 01/30/2009 AT 62,853 MILES
11456888 Rear subframe rusted to failure. Vehicle has 143,000 miles. Dealer service manager says the vehicle is unsafe to drive due to the posibility of the rear wheels detaching from the vehicle
11129645 SUBFRAME BROKE BETWEEN THE REAR WHEELS WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. MECHANIC INSPECTED IT AND SUBFRAME IS RUSTED FROM INSIDE OUT
10644940 FOUND REAR SUB FRAME IS ROTTED TO A POINT THAT RENDERS THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER QUOTE TO REPLACE REAR SUB FRAME AND CONTROL ARMS AND MOUNTS IS APPROXIMATELY $4000
Door and hatch lock actuator failureELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER18 complaints2013-09 → 2020-10murano-2005-door-lock-actuator-failure
10626367 WE HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MURANO THAT HAS HAD THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS FAIL REPEATEDLY SINCE WE'VE OWNED THE CAR. WHEN THE LOCKS FAIL, THE DOORS AND REAR HATCH CAN NOT BE OPENED OR LOCKED WITH EITHER THE REMOTE FOB OR THE ELECTRIC CONTROLS ON THE DOORS
10609061 DOOR LOCKS STARTING WITH DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER AND NOW THE DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK UNLESS MANUALLY CHANGED WITH LEVER OR KEY. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED PASSENGER DOORS ARE RANDOM HOWEVER ARE STARTING TO SHOW SIMILAR SIGNS THANKS IN ADVANCE
10542978 DOOR ACTUATORS FAILED. DOOR LOCKS FAIL TO LOCK AND UN-LOCK. OCCURRED AT VARIOUS TIMES, USING ANY MEANS AVAILABLE TO LOCK AND UN-LOCK THE DOORS: THE KEY FOB, INTERIOR DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE LOCKS BUTTON ON DOOR, AND MANUAL MANIPULATION OF THE INTERIOR DOOR LOCK(S)
Driver-side sun visor falls down while drivingVISIBILITY/WIPER11 complaints2013-12 → 2018-05murano-2005-driver-sun-visor-falls-down
10767344 DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR DOES NOT STAY IN ITS PLACE. IT CAN AND DOES FALL OUT OF THE RETAINING MECHANISM, CAUSING DRIVER'S VIEW TO BE INSTANTLY OBSTRUCTED
10746225 THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR IN MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO DOES NOT STAY UP AND IS CAUSING A DRIVING HAZARD. I HAVE IT HELD WITH VELCRO RIGHT NOW, BUT IT DOES NOT WORD WELL AND WHILE DRIVING WILL FALL AND BLOCK THE ENTIRE FRONT VIEW
11047232 I HAVE AVOIDED ONE ACCIDENT AND HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS WHEN MY DRIVERS SIDE VISOR DROPPED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY
11245256 BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAIN STREET, LIGHT WILL TURN ON AND OFF. AFTER DRIVING FOR AROUND AN HOUR CAR TAKES AROUND 30 SECONDS TO ACTUALLY GO WHEN PRESSING ON GAS
10724221 THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKE AND BATTERY WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED
10747738 I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN THE CAR STALLED AND HESITATED. I SAW THE BATTERY LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON, SO I DROVE THE CAR SLOWLY DOWN THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT, AND PARKED IT THERE
CVT transmission and transfer case failurePOWER TRAIN15 complaints2013-11 → 2020-12murano-2005-cvt-transmission-transfer-case-failure
10906102 TRANSMISSION FAILURE. $173K MILES. WILL COST $4K TO REPLACE. ALL TRANSMISSION FLUIDS IN GOOD ORDER AND GOOD LEVELS. LARGE NOCKING ON THE CASE, DEALER SAYS COULD GO OUT ANY MOMENT
10713705 THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THE TRANSFER CASE PART OF THE AWD TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING. MY MURANO IS ON IT'S 3RD TRANSMISSION (REPLACED AROUND 25K AND AGAIN AROUND 106K), AND THIS POSSIBLY WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT
10637690 MY 2005 NISSAN MURANO BEGAN EXHIBITING A STRONG BURNING OIL SMELL APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 2013 AND I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. THEY SAID A SEAL IN THE FRONT TRANSFER CASE WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT FOR A TUNE OF $1800
Air bag warning light flashes or SRS sensor faultAIR BAGS12 complaints2014-04 → 2021-09murano-2005-air-bag-warning-light-flashing
11173475 THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS FLASHING. I READ ON LINE THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AND HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A FAULTY SWITCH. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED FOR SAFETY REASONS
11056181 AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO FLASH, AND HORN STOPPED WORKING
10577116 APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO DUE TO NO FAULT OF OUR OWN AS WE WERE DRIVING OUR AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN OUR AREA. THEY TOLD US OUR AIR BAG CONTROL MONITOR WAS BAD AND OUR AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2005 Nissan Murano vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2005/nissan/murano
@misc{wrenchpro_2005_nissan_murano_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2005 Nissan Murano},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2005/nissan/murano}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
