2007 Nissan Murano Suspension
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THE REAR SUBFRAME LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED. WHILE DRIVING ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE REAR WHEELS BOTH SHIFTED. LIKE MANY OTHERS ON HERE MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR WHEELS PRACTICALLY FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. LIVES ARE AT RISK, NOT JUST FOR THE OWNERS OF THE CAR BUT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A VEHICLE LOOK LIKE THIS THAT WASN'T IN A ACCIDENT. OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY. THIS 2007.NISSAN MURANO IS NOT DRIVABLE. AND WORST OF ALL THE DEALER WANTS $4900.00
MYA 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ON THE CITY ROADS WHEN THE REAR SUB FRAME BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY
THE REAR WHEELS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE POINTING IN THE REAR AND IT WAS DRIVING WEIRD. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE LOOKED IT OVER AND TOLD ME MY REAR SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED OUT AND HE ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE IT WAS A UN SAFETY TO DRIVE. HE SAID IT COULD FALL APART ON ME
ALL 2007 NISSAN MURANO HAVE A REAR T FRAME THAT RUST OUT AND THE WHEELES GO INWOULD AND THE FRAME GETS SO BAD IT CAN SPLITE AS YOUR DRIVING AND NISSAN NEVER HAD A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF METAL THEY USED AND LET PEOPLE DRIVE THE CAR WHICH ANY MECHANIC WOULD TELL YOU IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE COST OF REPAIR ON THIS IS AROUND 3000 DOLLARS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH WOBBLE. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WAS CONTACTED AND AN UNKNOWN REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND BECAME AWARE THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BILL KAY NISSAN LOCATED AT 1601 OGDEN AVE, DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60515, (866) 496-3333, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.
REAR STABILIZER BAR BROKE OFF THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE. UPON TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR CRADLES WERE ERODED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DRIVING HAZARD.
I WAS BACKING UP AND I HEARD A LOUD THUMP SOUND MY CAR STOPPED FOR A MINUTE AND I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO MY MECHANIC HE PUT IT ON THE LIFT AND TOLD ME THAT MY REAR CRATER SUB PLATE HAD CRACKED THAT HOLDS MY WHEELS TOGETHER ON BOTH SIDES CRACKED AND AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET A COUPLE PEOPLE BLEW THE HORN AT ME AND TOLD ME THAT MY WHEELS WERE TILTED TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF MY CAR AND THAT MY OUT OF WHEELS WAS OFF THE GROUND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE MY SECOND NISSAN THAT I OWN IN I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SUBFRAME . IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE USING VERY CHEAP METAL FOR THIS SUBFRAME THE SAD THING ABOUT IT I LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY A NEW CAR OR MONEY TO EVEN FIX THIS FRAME IS VERY SAD THAT THE CONSUMERS AT A. OF TIME HAVE TO BE STUCK WITH THIS TYPE OF REPAIR THIS CAR IS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD IS NO WAY THIS METAL SHOULDN'T TRUST LIKE THIS I AM CALLING NISSAN OUT TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE FRAMES THAT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THEIR CARS
THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS FLOATING. TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THE REAR SUBFRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.
REAR SUBFRAME IS RUSTED AND FALLING APART. WHEELS CAN NOT STAND STRAIGHT. ITS LIKE THEY ARE NATURALLY CAMBERED. WHILE DRIVING THE WHEELS WILL SHAKE AND IF YOU IT A BUMP ITLL GET WORSE
DRIVING ON A SLICK HIGHWAY THE REAREND OF THE MURANO WAS FISHTAILING. THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS MAKING NOISES, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SUDDENLY WAY OFF CENTER. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO INSPECT. IT WAS NOTED THE THE REAR SWAYBAR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE REAR CROSSMEMBER /SUBFRAME AND THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND CRACKED AND RUSTED THROUGH TO FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND WAS TOLD TO IMMEDIATELY STOP DRIVING IT. THE REAR WHEELS WERE TILTED OUTWARD AND A BIG SAFETY HAZARD. SUBFRAME NEAR TOTAL SEPARATION FROM VEHICLE. MURANO IS NOW A TOTAL LOSS. COST TO REPAIR TOO EXTENSIVE.
MY NISSAN 2007 MURANO SESUBFRAME RUSTED AND CRACKED AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I COULD HAVE HAD A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR EVEN KILLED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. NOW COSTING ME AT LEAST $1500-$2000 FOR REPAIRS. *AS 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB
REAR SUB-FRAME (K-FRAME) RUSTED AND SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING. 174,000 MILES ON THE CAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. NISSAN HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL.
NOTICED A CHANGE THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE OVER LITTLE BUMPS AND IN WET CONDITIONS, ALSO HAD EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE INNER SIDES OF BOTH REAR TIRES. DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME HAD COMPLETELY ROTTED AWAY IN SOME SECTIONS AND OTHERS SECTIONS WERE PAPER THIN.
THE REAR CROSSMEMBER RUSTED COMPLETELY INTO. VERY DANGEROUS.
NOTICED THERE WAS SOMETHING OFF ABOUT MY CAR WHEN MY TIRES LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE TILTING IN. WHEN I HAD IT LOOKED AT THEY NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE BACK SUSPENSION FRAME WAS COMPLETLY RUSTED OUT AND BROKEN IN TWO PLACES. I WAS TOLD I WAS LUCKY THAT I HADNT LOST THE BACK END ALREADY AND IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF A TIME OR A BAD BUMP AWAY. MY MECHANIC ADVISED THAT MY TODDLER AND I ARE NOT TO USE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE INCREASED POTENTIAL OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AFTER DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND WAS SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON SOMETHING AS FAULTY AND DANGEROUS AS THIS.
WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT GOING 25 MPH HEARD A SNAP AND COULD FEEL THE BACK OF THE CAR FISHTAIL. WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED AND BROKE. REPAIRS WERE 4 I TO 6K AND THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. COMPLAINED TO NISSAN AND ALL THEY DID WAS APOLOGIZE CAN PROVIDE A PHOTO IF NECESSARY
REAR SUBFRAME RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AT 134,000 MILES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS REPORTED ONLINE.
TAKATA RECALL MY ENTIRE SUBFRAME BROKE IN TWO AND MY BACK TWO TIRES ANGLE BAD NOW. OT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED GOING ALL OVER THE ROAD, THANKFULLY I WASN'T GOING FAST AND STOPPED BEFORE I HIT ANY TREES OR DITCHED IT. I WAS ON A PAVED ROAD AND DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING.
WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT ON HWY GOING 70 MPH WHEN I WENT OVER A NORMAL HWY BUMP, FELT A SNAP AND COULD FEEL THE BACK OF THE CAR FISHTAIL. THIS FISHTAILING OCCURRED A FEW DAYS. WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED AND BROKE. REPAIRS WERE $3-4K FOR A NEW SUBFRAME AND LABOR AND THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FILED COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN. ALSO THE BRAND NEW TIRES THAT WERE PUT ON AT 110K MILES NOW NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE 4 DAYS OF WEAR BECAUSE OF THE SUSPENSION ISSUE.
REAR CROSSMEMBER SUB-FRAME CRADLE ALL RUSTY THROUGH AND FAIL COMPLETELY. IT IS BROKEN IN PIECES. BOTH REAR TIRES ARE COMPLETLY OFF ALLIGNMENT .
THE REAR SUB FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT, CAUSING THE CONTROL ARM TO SNAP WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED.
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO STOP, IT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT, ALMOST INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THEY INDICATED THE ENTIRE REAR SUB FRAME BROKE IN HALF AND SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. I HAVE READY MANY THREADS OF DRIVERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. THESE VEHICLES ARE A DANGER ON THE ROAD.
REAR SUB-FRAME OF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND IS STARTED TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. IT IS NOW UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN, NISSAN WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY WERE VERY ABRUPT, RUDE AND NOT WILLING TO HELP IN ANY WAY.
REAR SUB FRAME RUSTED
CPSC: I1340149A. 2007 NISSAN MURANO. CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED TWICE. *LN
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The 2007 Nissan Murano has 51 Suspension complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.