Transfer case poll

[yeroc1982]

I bought my 09 murano 1 month ago with 48,000kms. One week later I noticed wetness on the TC, brought it in and they replaced the seals, they lasted 1 week and leaking again. Brought it back in and they replaced the TC with a new one that is "revised". Picked it up today, all covered by warranty. The day we bought it we tried the awd lock, not knowing about the TC issues so maybe that caused it. I will NOT be using that damn button ever again now. I have warranty for 3 more years so if it happens again for some reason, it will b covered. Ditch it juuuust before warranty ends or keep it??? I love the ride! They gave me a Honda ridge line while murano was getting fixed, I hated it.

[heliskiier]

...and a new TC costs $4k and a TC seal replacement is $1200. You don't want to have a TC blow on the highway and lock you up...could get ugly. NNA will do absolutely NOTHING FOR YOU because the CVT warranty doesn't include the TC. It's a serious design flaw. Go to the NHTSA site to see all the complaints. Also, check out this...

Got rid of mine 1 week after the TC leak was diagnosed.

Nissan Refuses to Recall Murano Despite Major CVT Problems

Shame on Nissan. Even the new models have the same TC design...exactly. They've never fixed it even though they know it's a major issue.

[Florin Ionescu]

Murano 2003 SE. The transfer case failed a second time! How bad is this car?! How horrible can this car be?! After 23 k ! Changed it and spent 5k and now it failed again? After only 23,000 km?

I will make it my purpose in life to make NEGATIVE PUBLICITY to Nissan every time I can. I have already convinced 2 colleagues that were almost decided to buy a Murano - not to buy Murano and not to buy Nissan!

Every time That I will have the chance to give advice about cars, and it happens often, I will try all I can to change the persons mind from buyng Nissan!

[turbizzy]

How did you drive the thing? What kind of tires and how much were they worn differently?

[cliffymiracle]

Originally Posted by Florin Ionescu

Murano 2003 SE. The transfer case failed a second time! How bad is this car?! How horrible can this car be?! After 23 k ! Changed it and spent 5k and now it failed again? After only 23,000 km?

I will make it my purpose in life to make NEGATIVE PUBLICITY to Nissan every time I can. I have already convinced 2 colleagues that were almost decided to buy a Murano - not to buy Murano and not to buy Nissan!

Every time That I will have the chance to give advice about cars, and it happens often, I will try all I can to change the persons mind from buyng Nissan!

Welcome to the club...as I've posted many times before.

[nafddur]

Originally Posted by turbizzy

How did you drive the thing? What kind of tires and how much were they worn differently?

Sure makes me wonder as well. Especially considering how many (hundreds of) thousands of these cars have been sold since 2003, and that a few people have even managed to go through more than one TC. Amazing!

[woofster]

Originally Posted by Florin Ionescu

Murano 2003 SE. The transfer case failed a second time! How bad is this car?! How horrible can this car be?! After 23 k ! Changed it and spent 5k and now it failed again? After only 23,000 km?

I will make it my purpose in life to make NEGATIVE PUBLICITY to Nissan every time I can. I have already convinced 2 colleagues that were almost decided to buy a Murano - not to buy Murano and not to buy Nissan!

Every time That I will have the chance to give advice about cars, and it happens often, I will try all I can to change the persons mind from buyng Nissan!

Thank you for your post. My search for a Murano SE has been certainly an interesting journey. I'm looking for a 2nd car, a little bigger than my Audi A4, and really liked the look, styling, size, specs and price of the Murano SE. I've read a number of articles online and looked at a number of vehicles as well as joined this forum for more information...and as much as I hate to say it, things aren't looking too good for this car right now.

I was initially excited about the idea of a Murano since my wife didn't want anything too large. Personally, I would've gone with a Range Rover or a Touareg, as there isn't too much in the compact SUV market that I really like. In any case, many of the Muranos for sale do seem to be at the mileage where the CVT extended warranty is just about to expire while the newer ones appear to be satisfactory but once the 10 year mark is reached, who knows what to expect. Where I live, neighborhoods are fairly sprawled out and it's typical for cars to accumulate mileage rather quickly. I'd expect the 120k mile or 200k km warranty period to be reached before the 10 year mark, meaning how many years can one realistically drive a Murano for before wanting to dump it too?

[Halwg]

I personally don't believer the transfer case is that fragile. For a car introduced in 2003, that doesn't even make sense.

[marius]

Sitting at the dealership right now, in for a routine oil change. Just got the bad news that my TC is leaking, estimate to remove, redo seals, and reinstall is $2500. Ugh. 72,250 miles on a 2004 SL AWD.

Power steering hose also leaking.

FML.

[koenig]

Originally Posted by Halwg

I personally don't believer the transfer case is that fragile. For a car introduced in 2003, that doesn't even make sense.

Are you serious..., or just trolling? 29 pages of people that don't know each other but are complaining on the same topic??? Hope you have good luck with your's, as when the TC does fail and a $5K bill is presented to you, you'll just open up your wallet and pay up! Lots of these people are long time Nissan owners...seeing many state that this will be their last Nissan certainly would 'disturb' a business owner. I've already emptied my wallet on a TC, and very nearly did a 2nd time. I was under the Murano doing a routine oil change when I noticed the TC seal leaking on the 'new' TC (8K kms((still under parts warranty)). Off to the dealer once again.... this time on Nissan's bill! Between the TC, 4hr $800. alternator changeout, driver's seat chassis breakage, frt wheel bearings, other minor incidentals.... I've had it! Before you think that maybe I've 'beaten' on this car.... I`ll state I`m Retired... and have slowed down considerably in the last 10 yrs! We`ve had a stable of Nissans over the years... but this will be the LAST!

[Halwg]

Originally Posted by koenig

Are you serious..., or just trolling? 29 pages of people that don't know each other but are complaining on the same topic??? Hope you have good luck with your's, as when the TC does fail and a $5K bill is presented to you, you'll just open up your wallet and pay up! Lots of these people are long time Nissan owners...seeing many state that this will be their last Nissan certainly would 'disturb' a business owner. I've already emptied my wallet on a TC, and very nearly did a 2nd time. I was under the Murano doing a routine oil change when I noticed the TC seal leaking on the 'new' TC (8K kms((still under parts warranty)). Off to the dealer once again.... this time on Nissan's bill! Between the TC, 4hr $800. alternator changeout, driver's seat chassis breakage, frt wheel bearings, other minor incidentals.... I've had it! Before you think that maybe I've 'beaten' on this car.... I`ll state I`m Retired... and have slowed down considerably in the last 10 yrs! We`ve had a stable of Nissans over the years... but this will be the LAST!

I sense anger issues!

[koenig]

Originally Posted by Halwg

I sense anger issues!

Heheh! Good one!
Yes, my frustration lies over a car that I love, while paying out big $$ on design flaws. I have never seen repair bills in the thousands on any of my other vehicles, as most repairs/maintenance are done by myself. Just give me 5min with the engineer who thought 4 hrs to change out an alternator makes good sense. LOL! There is a shorter way of doing this repair but it requires cutting/evac the AC, still a 3hr operation and not many of us have a AC evac machine handy.... Did I mention lower control arms...ball joints... the list goes on.... feeling my blood boil again... better get off! LOL!

[mymurano1]

My 04 murano transfer case went bad at 16,000 miles. It was replaced under warranty. Just found out this week by the dealer it is bad again at 76,000 they quoted me a price of $3,000 to fix. I called Nissan's customer affairs to see if they would fix it and am currently waiting for an answer. I feel the TC has a design flaw and Nissan should take responsibility for it as they finally did for the CVT. My TC never leaked any oil and I also changed the gear oil in it just as a preventive measure and it still failed. Has anyone had any luck getting their TC replaced out of warranty?

[nitely]

What do they mean bad again? Did you get stranded or are you hearing grinding sound or its just leaking?

[mymurano1]

my murano is making a grinding noise that gets worse with speed. The dealer put it up on a rack with a technician inside the car. They spun the wheels up to forty miles per hour then a tech on the ground took a stethoscope and listened to each wheel hub bearing. When he listened to the TC he said it was screaming. The TC was not leaking and prior to taking it in, I changed the fluid which was full and not burnt. The tech said the only way to check the hub bearings on an AWD car is to get all the wheels off the ground at the same time.He also said if I keep driving it the car will eventually just stop and won't move.So now I am fighting with Nissan customer affairs to replace it free of charge.This will be the second time mt TC failed.I have 76k on the car.