2006 Nissan Murano Seats

GOT IN 2006 NISSAN MURANO AND SAT ON DRIVER'S SEAT WHEN THE SEAT COLLAPSED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND REAR OF THE SEAT. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY STARTLING AND CAUSE A COLLISION. I TOOK IT IN TO NISSAN DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY SAID THEY HAD SEEN AND REPAIRED SEVERAL OTHERS. THEY INDICATED ON THE RECEIPT THAT "FOUND THAT THE SEAT FRAME HAD BROKEN ON THE WELD ON THE LEFT REAR OF THE SEAT. REMOVED AND REPAIRED SEAT AND WELDED THE FRAME BACK TOGETHER". *TR

DRIVER'S SEAT REAR TUBE IS BROKEN ON LEFT SIDE AFTER 82 KMILES OF NORMAL DRIVING ON PAVED ROADS ONLY, MOSTLY HIGHWAY. BOTH DRIVERS WEIGH LESS THAN 190 LBS. MATERIAL STRENGTH / THICKNESS IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE LOADS THE TUBE NEEDS TO CARRY AT THAT LOCATION. THE WHOLE SEAT (CUSHION AND BACKREST) ROTATES UP/DOWN ABOUT THE FRONT AND TO THE LEFT APPROX. 4-5 INCHES WHEN THE BACKREST IS PUSHED LIGHTLY TOWARD MID CAR DIRECTION. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S SURPRISING THAT THE SEAT PASSED FMVSS 208/301 (DYNAMIC FRONT AND REAR CRASH TESTS) DURING DV AND PV. OK SO NEW CAREFULLY ASSEMBLED SEAT FRAMES MUST HAVE PASSED THOSE TESTS, BUT ISN'T NISSAN ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE THE BUILT-IN SEAT SAFETY FACTOR IS HIGH ENOUGH TO OVERCOME MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES AND FATIGUE ISSUES FROM NORMAL DRIVING FOR PRODUCTION SEAT FRAMES SUCH THAT UNDER A FRONT OR A REAR CRASH EVENT THE SEATS ACTUALLY DO PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION AND AT LEAST DO NOT INCREASE THE DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGERS? THIS IS FAULTY ENGINEERING. THERE ARE MANY CASES FOR PRE-2008 MODEL MURANO WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND, I ASSUME, IN YOUR DATABASE. TO ENSURE NISSAN AND OTHER VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS DESIGN FOR FATIGUE, MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES AND/OR QUALITY, NHTSA SHOULD PROMPT A SAFETY RECALL. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY >$1000 TO FIX A SEAT THAT NISSAN PAYS LESS THAN $150 TO ASSEMBLE IN THE VEHICLE, AS THIS WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO REWARDING AND SUPPORTING FAULTY ENGINEERING. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT JAMMED IN ONE POSITION AND WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WELD ON THE FRAME BROKE AND BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT WARRANT WELDING IT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE FRAME, WHICH INCLUDED ALL MOTORS AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND THE COST WOULD BE $1,400. I THOUGHT THE COST WAS ASTRONOMICAL FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED, BUT NOW OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN IS THAT THE SEAT MAY BREAK AWAY FROM THE FRAME COMPLETELY AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AFTER MY WIFE AND I WENT ONLINE AND VIEWED SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, I FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY SIMILAR INCIDENTS FOR THIS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY DEFAULT!

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MURANO AND TODAY AS I WAS TURNING ONTO A BUSY FREEWAY (WITH 2 OF MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR) , MY DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT CAME LOOSE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A CAR THAT HAS ONLY 53,000 MILES ON IT. I REVIEWED YOUR WEBSITE AND SAW HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. I NOTICED THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. IS THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DEATHS OR INJURIES? I WOULD HOPE A RECALL IS ISSUED BEFORE SOMEBODY HAS BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. ARE YOU ANYWHERE NEAR A RECALL ON THIS SAFETY ISSUE? *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 NISSAN MURANO, I HEARD A SNAP AND MY SEAT COLLAPSED, SHIFTING TO THE LEFT. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND I WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INJURING MYSELF OR ANYONE ELSE. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AS IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I AM BEING CHARGED $1000.00 TO REPAIR, WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATES IS A DESIGN DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD THE SQUEAKING NOISE AND A POP SOUND FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE SEAT THEN BROKE, PUSHING HER TOWARD THE STEERING WHEEL AND INJURING HER AS WELL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000.

DRIVER'S SEAT LEFT SIDE LINK AND MOTOR ASSEMBLIES HAVE FAILED RESULTING IN SEAT TIPPING SIDEWAYS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN TURNING RIGHT. THE SHOULDER AND LAP BELT LOCKS TO THE NOW MOVING SEAT RESULTING IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION SHOULD THE VEHICLE BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

DRIVERS SEAT ON MY NISSAN MURANO HAS BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE FRAME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO MY SEAT (DRIVERS SEAT) SUDDENLY SLOPED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. PULLING OVER I DISCOVERED THAT THE BOTTOM LEFT REAR CORNER OF MAIN SEAT BRACKET BROKE OFF IN TWO PLACES. THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED BY HAVING A BODY SHOP WELD THE PIECES TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT METAL. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY ROLLED BACK AND SANK DOWN WHEN I WAS DRIVING CAUSING ME TO ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF MY CAR. THERE ALSO WAS A LOUD SNAPPING SOUND. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR LEFT BRACKET SUPPORTING THE DRIVER SEAT FRACTURED. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SEAT ANCHOR NO LONGER WORKS. THE DRIVERS SEAT IN MY WIFE'S 2006 MURANO IS TILTED TOWARDS THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND ROCKS AND APPEARS "LOOSE" WHEN ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. IN MY OPINION THERE IS THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAT THE SUIT CAN MORE EASILY BECOME FULLY UNANCHORED IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED A COLLISION. A. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY DEFECT IN THAT AN OBVIOUS LAYER OF DRIVER PROTECTION HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY COMPROMISED. I DO NOT FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME INJURED BEFORE THE MANUFACTURER IS REQUIRED TO FIX THE DEFECT AND URGE THE NHTSA TO MANDATE THAT THE MANUFACTURER CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 MURANO S MODEL WHEN SUDDENLY THE DRIVER SEAT LURCHED DOWN TO THE LEFT. IT HAD A BROKEN WELD IN THE SEAT FRAME. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000. I WOULD HOPE THAT A NEW INVESTIGATION CAN BE INITIATE. THAT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED, THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SHIFT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT WOULD NEED TO BE RE-WELDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

DRIVER'S SIDE LEFT REAR SEAT HINGE BROKE IN TWO PIECES. NO EXTREME WEAR OR TEAR DONE TO THIS SEAT, AND THE METAL BROKE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PROBLEM ARE OBVIOUS, IF EVER IN AN ACCIDENT OR SIMPLY NORMAL DRIVING, THE SAFETY OF THE SEAT IS COMPROMISED. NISSAN CHARGES AROUND $1000 TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. SEAT BRACKETS SHOULD NEVER FAIL, ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE NUMBERS BEING REPORTED. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE ELECTRIC SEATS ADJUSTMENT/TRACK BROKEN...ONLY 38,000 MILES. *TR

I HAVE 2006 NISSAN MURANO AND I WENT INTO MY CAR AND WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK, I SAT IN MY CAR AND WHEN I PUT ON MY SEAT BELT I FELT THAT MY DRIVER SEAT SHIFT TO THE LEFT AND WAS VERY LOOSE AND CONSTANTLY MOVING AS I WAS DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE SEAT IS BROKEN AND THAT IT COST ABOUT $500 FOR THE PARTS ALONE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE DRIVER SEAT HA BROKEN 2X NOW. LAST TIME IT ALMOST CAUSED A ACCIDENT. CAN WE NOT GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY HURT? *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED, BUT AFTER CHECKING THE INTERNET FOUND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE MY FIANCE NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS "WIGGLING" AND DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT. WE BROUGHT IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE RAIL THAT HOLDS THE SEAT IN PLACE HAD BROKE. THEY WELDED IT BUT STATED IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2006 NISSAN MURANO WHEN SHE SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER. THE DRIVER SEAT, WHICH WOBBLES, LEANED FREELY TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSED MY WIFE TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND GO INTO THE DITCH. LUCKILY, SHE WAS NOT INJURED AND THE CAR WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN OUT OF THE DITCH. THIS ISSUE WITH THE SEAT HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED AS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. THE SEAT NOW CONSTANTLY WOBBLES AND LEANS FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. IT MAKES THE VEHICLE FEEL VERY UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE. THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER SAID A NEW BRACKET WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED, WHICH WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $1000. *TR

NISSAN DRIVER SEAT FAILED. COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM BASE. NISSAN SERVICE DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED LIFT LINK ASSEMBLY AND WOULD COST AROUND $600 FOR REPAIR. I PAID FOR THE EXTENDED IN MY NISSAN MURANO AND IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SEAT BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY TILT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER SEAT TRACK HAD FRACTURED. THE DEALER STATED THE FAILURE WAS COMMON IN HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 38,000.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 NISSAN MURANO SL.THE DRIVE SEAT FRAME I S BROKEN. WHENEVER I TAKE A TURN THE SEAT LIFTS AS THE FRAME IS BROKEN. I COMPLAINED TO NISSAN DEALER FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR. THEY SAID THEY WILL REPLACE THE PARTS WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR. BUT ITS BEEN 2+ WEEKS ,THEY STILL WAITING ON PARTS. I DON'T THINK THEY GOING TO REPLACE IT. AS THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON AMONG ALL MURANOS ,I AM FILING THIS COMPLAIN. *TR

POWER SEAT SUPPORT BRACKET ON NISSAN 2006 MURANO BROKEN. WHEN DRIVER SETS IN SEAT THE SEAT TILTS TO THE LEFT. BRACKET LOOKS VERY LIGHT DUTY FOR A AVERAGE DRIVER. *TR

2006 NISSAN MURANO SL AWD DRIVERS SEAT HAS BROKEN AND NOW "ROCKS". AUTO REPAIR STORE ESTIMATES COST TO REPAIR AT CLOSE TO $1000.00. INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NISSAN MURANO. *TR

I HAVE A NISSAN MURANO 2006 THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT BRACKET SUDDENLY BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE SEAT TO LEAN TOWARD THE DOOR. EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE CAR IT FORCES TO SEAT BELT TO LOCK IN PLACE CAUSED BY THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT. ESTIMATE OF REPAIR $1060.00. *TR