2004 Nissan Murano defect investigations
Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Nissan Murano. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.
- DRIVER SEAT ANCHOR FAILUREPreliminary Evaluation PE08065 · opened Nov 18, 2008 · closed Jul 2, 2009
This investigation concerns structural failure of the anchor/bracket on the left rear side of the driver's seat.the concern is that such failures may alter the driver's seated position so as to reduce effectiveness of the occupant protection system or potentially compromise vehicle control.failure of the subject anchor…
- FUEL TANK PUNCTURES FROM ROAD DEBRISPreliminary Evaluation PE05050 · opened Sep 13, 2005 · closed Jan 31, 2006 · led to recall 06V003000
Odi opened a preliminary evaluation based on four vehicle owner questionnaires (voq's) indicating that the fuel tanks werepunctured by road debris under normal, non off-road driving conditions.as of november 30, 2005, the complaint total increased to 12.nissan supplied odi with 31 complaints of fuel tank punctures, inc…
- ALTERNATOR FAILURE / ENGINE STALLINGEngineering Analysis EA05006 · opened Mar 25, 2005 · closed Aug 17, 2005 · led to recall 05V319000
Odi received 14 reports of alleged engine stalling due to alternator failure on my 2003-2004 murano (subject) vehicles.all of the complaints reported that the vehicle could not be restarted after the stall occurred.based on these complaints, odi opened pe04-077 and later upgraded to ea05-006 for the subject vehicles.du…
- ALTERNATOR FAILURE/ ENGINE STALLINGPreliminary Evaluation PE04077 · opened Nov 19, 2004 · closed Mar 25, 2005
Odi opened pe04-077 based on 14 reports of alleged engine stalling due to alternator failure.all of the complaints reported that the vehicle could not be restarted after the stall occurred.during pe04-077, additional failure data was identified as noted in the failure report summary above . During the investigation, ni…