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2012 Nissan Murano: raw data

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vehicle2012 / nissan / murano
known issues6 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-03)
complaints135 on file (2012-08-29 → 2026-08-23)
recalls1
investigations0
fars42 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Sunroof glass spontaneously shatters while driving or parkedVISIBILITY22 complaints2012-10 → 2023-01murano-2012-sunroof-spontaneous-shattering
  • 10972198 I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN WE HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND THEN SAW PIECES OF THE SUNROOF FLYING BACK BEHIND US. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR, WE LOOKED AT THE SUNROOF TO DETERMINE IT HAD SHATTERED AND BLOWN OFF
  • 11503122 Driver sunroof exploded while driving. Nothing impacted the glass to my knowledge. Occurred on 1/21/23, 54xxx miles on the vehicle, no previous accidents
  • 10478938 VEHICLES MOON ROOF INEXPLICABLY EXPLODED FROM INSIDE OUT WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY
Sun visor drops and will not stay upVISIBILITY/WIPER9 complaints2015-10 → 2022-09murano-2012-sun-visor-droop
  • 10785297 I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY, SUN WAS IN MY EYES SO I LOWERED THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR. IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME FLOPPY AND I COULDN'T GET IT TO RAISE BACK UP
  • 11229640 TAKATA RECALL - DRIVERS SIDE VISOR DOES NOT SAY UP - DROPS DOWN AN IMPAIRS VISION - VERY DANGEROUS!! AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF NISSAN MURANO OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM
  • 11454635 While driving, the driver's side visor fell down and would not go back up and stay in place. I contacted the Nissan dealer about this issue and was told it was my problem to replace it
CVT transmission hesitation, jerking, and failurePOWER TRAIN22 complaints2014-12 → 2023-07murano-2012-cvt-hesitation-jerking
  • 10667445 AT SPORADIC TIMES, MY 2012 NISSAN MURANO WILL HESITATE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 5-10 SECONDS IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTIONS
  • 11013591 2012 NISSAN MURANO WITH 90K MILES HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE CVT TRANSMISSION JERKING AND SUDDENLY STOPPING THE CAR TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 50-65 MPH
  • 11534342 This car I purchased two months ago has the Cvt transmission in it and has proven unsafe for regular traffic let alone highway driving. It randomly “lurches” , has a loss of power and hesitates when accelerating or lane changing
Passenger seat occupant sensor disables airbag (code B1018)AIR BAGS21 complaints2013-01 → 2024-04murano-2012-passenger-airbag-sensor-fault
  • 11450426 SRS/AIRBAGS LIGHT FLASHING PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF. The airbag will not deploy if in a crash. Nissan code B1018 is diagnosed as needing the whole passenger seat replace due to the occupancy sensor in passenger seat. Nissan quoted repair at $5000.00 to replace
  • 10491161 PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS NOT ENGAGED. INDICATOR IS ON APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE TIME, WHEN MY 84 POUND DAUGHTER IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS MEANS THAT 50% OF THE TIME, MY DAUGHTER IS SUPPOSEDLY NOT PROTECTED BY THE AIR BAG
  • 11144856 VEHICLE IS MOSTLY STATIONARY IN THE GARAGE, ONLY 46K MILES FOR 2012. AIR BAG STARTING FLASHING AND WILL NOT RESET. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS, TECHNICIAN STATED LIGHT CAUSED BY FAULTY AIR BAG SENSING UNIT
Brake pedal travel to floor tied to ABS actuatorSERVICE BRAKES12 complaints2016-06 → 2022-01murano-2012-brake-pedal-abs-actuator
  • 11372373 ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY VEHICLE LOST BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE AND HAD EXCESSIVE TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR REQUIRING EXTRA DISTANCE IN ORDER TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP ABS TO AVOID A COLLISION
  • 11258170 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE WAS DETECTED AND THE ABS AND ANTI-SKID WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED
  • 11254576 WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO FIND IT WAS SPONGY AND TRAVELED VERY FAR BEFORE THE BRAKES FINALLY ENGAGED
Vehicle stalls while driving and fails to restartELECTRICAL SYSTEM5 complaints2018-02 → 2026-06murano-2012-electrical-stall-no-restart
  • 11702102 While driving, vehicle just quits and all dashboard lights flash quickly and then the car stalls out and won't restart. This has happened 4 times now. Had battery replaced, alternator replaced for a 2nd time, sensor replaced
  • 11066887 1ST INCIDENT- DRIVING ON MAIN STREET OF TOWN HWY 31 S, CAR SIMPLY QUIT WHILE IN MOTION, WHILE DRIVING- NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS. COULD NOT MOVE, START ETC
  • 11103359 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED; HOWEVER, THE STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY STILL OPERATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
1352012-08-292026-08-2341POWER TRAIN:30; AIR BAGS:26; UNKNOWN OR OTHER:23; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:13; SERVICE BRAKES:13

Recalls all years →

campaign_numberreport_received_datecomponentsummaryconsequenceremedy
12V06800022/02/2012TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMSNISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 MURANO AND ROGUE VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM NOVEMBER 23, 2011 THROUGH JANUARY 11, 2012. DURING ASSEMBLY, THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) WAS NOT ACTIVATED. THUS, THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 138,”TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM.”A NON-ACTIVE TPMS CANNOT WARN A DRIVER THAT A TIRE IS UNDERINFLATED. UNDERINFLATED TIRES CAN RESULT IN TIRE OVERLOADING AND OVERHEATING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A BLOWOUT AND POSSIBLE CRASH.ALL OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE STILL IN DEALER INVENTORY. DEALERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ACTIVATE ALL OF THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS.

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_yearsoccupant_deathsmatch_typevpic_recovered
2010-202442legacy-code0

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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Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2012 Nissan Murano vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2012/nissan/murano
@misc{wrenchpro_2012_nissan_murano_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2012 Nissan Murano},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2012/nissan/murano}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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