| Calimar75 |
| Last night I experienced a new issue with my Murano. Went to dinner with the GF and when we left I opened the back door to put the bag with leftovers on the back floor. When I got into the car the little indicator light for door ajar was on and the computer said the rear left door was ajar. Got out, opened it, closed it...light still said it's ajar. Well I drove home anyway and when I got home, got out of the car. The automatic lights wouldn't shut off after the 30 second setting. 1 minute, 2 minutes..nothing. Not only that but the alarm wouldn't engage either because the car still thought the door was ajar. I had to manually lock each door and shut off the automatic light setting as well as all the interior lights... VERY FRUSTRATING. My only guess is it was caused by the deep freeze we had here in Massachusetts last night..but even if that is the case...that sucks! This morning I went out there and started the car..everything is fine now. Going to complain to the dealer anyway. |
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| bob1 |
Regarding the mystery light ajar. Day 2 of Murano, back to the dealer to install mud guards that were supposed to be on the MO,
In my garage the car doors were closed and driver door warning light was on.
Got out and checked doors and light was still on! After 30 seconds light went out. Why? Dunno! Happened again a few minutes later after exiting and entering the MO.
Got to dealer and told them, they thought I was wacko. It would not do it there nor has it ever happened again.
I chalked it up to a brand new car with maybe a sensor that was a bit sticky. The weather was not a factor as it sat in a 58 degree garage.
A one time episode.
Bob |
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| GMTURBO43 |
| We just had the same thing - same door. If I would push on the door - the light would go out. We took it in to the dealer and they couldn't reproduce it. It hasn't done it since. |
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| jpburk |
Several cars back, I had a Honda Accord EX-V6. After I had owned it for about a year, the dome light would spontaneously come on whenever I made a right turn. It was really disconcerting at night to have an interior light suddenly come on! I discovered that the car's body sway and/or centrifugal force involved with making a right turn caused the driver's side door to ever-so-slightly open, causing the button that turns off the dome light to pop out, which caused the dome light to come on. I ended up putting a quarter-inch thick piece of rubber on the door at the spot where the button hit, and that kept the button pressed in even through right turns.
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| brandt irvine |
| same thing happened to me, but it was right-rear door. it's been below 0 around here, and since it's this door ajar nonsense has never happened before, i'm assuming it has something to do with the cold. of course, once you turn the car off for awhile and start it again, the symptoms go away. that is, until you open the right-rear door. anyway, next oil change i'll have it checked out. |
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| MVTCFP |
One thing that's really cool about the MO, is that is tells you which door is open (or at least thinks is open). My wife's wagon has an occasional "door ajar" warning when all doors and hatches are definitely closed. It would be nice to be able to immediately determine which switch is bad.
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| jaak |
Had it happen to me and I would have sworn the back door was latched, but it complained, I triple checked and finally discovered that yes, it was latched, but not all the way.
Never had a false message on it... Hope if it is, it's like yours instead of the other way around! |
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| stonemaster |
| Happened to me, too. I noticed that the interior lights did not go out and I could not activate the security system. All the doors seemed shut and I pulled on the hatch and it felt secure. So I went around and opened/slammed each door. Still couldn't activate the system. Finally, I opened and slammed the hatch (though it felt like it was latched when pulled upon). That did it. Apparently the hatch has to be shut pretty firmly when closing. Otherwise it latches, but is not completely secured. |
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| Calimar75 |
| Well it's Wednesday now and the temperatures dipped to below zero again here in New England. After going away on Sunday morning and not recurring for three days the dreaded "door is ajar" message has returned. My issue is definitely temperature related and exclusive to the rear door on the driver side. After the MO sits in the midday sun for a while the message will go away the next time I start it up. I'm supposed to take it to the dealer tonight after work. I can only pray that when they look at it tomorrow morning it's cold enough out there that they will be able to "duplicate the problem". |
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| brandt irvine |
As I said in a post a few days ago, when I got bogus right-rear door readings, I thought it was the cold too. Well, it definately was and is. Saturday was warm - no false reading. Today (-15 windchill) it's back. Since it hasn't gotten this cold up here since '91, and since it only comes up when O open and close the right rear door, I'm not going to worry about. Of course, if for some reason I move to Chicago or Toronto or Alaska, I'll definately have it checked out.
Tomorrow is supposed to the coldest it's been here since 1943. If that's the case, I wonder if I can get both rear doors to register. (So far the left one is OK.) |
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| jaak |
Won't be a problem in Toronto... Buffalo, now there's another story!
It could be a switch problem, or a tolerance issue where the metal shrinks enough at that temperature to cause a problem. Never looked at the door switches.... Hmmm.... |
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| sonny |
| Does the info. screen display door ajar info? I only have the little icon on the dash board. Is this a special setting? |
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| brandt irvine |
| yeah, it actually specifies which door on the screen. In my case it's been (bogus as it is) the right-rear door. Like I mentioned before, it's been strictly because of the cold. This morning it was 15 degrees, and no faulty display. Anyway, the specificity makes it a useful little tool when you don't shut a door (or rear hatch) properly. |
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| bob1 |
Sonny, yes only on the dash will you see the little car. Not on the Nav screen.
I'm still troubled that everyones door ajar lit up in the really cold weather and the one time mine did it was in the somewhat toasty 58-degree F. garage.
Still not sure of the tie between cold and the bogus warning.
Just to update, only day two of ownership did this happen to me and never again.
Bob |
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| sonny |
brandt, I don't see any info on the screen at all. Do you have the Nav option? If not, is it something that has to be changed in the set up? I've had my MO for two days and haven't seen info on the screen about doors being open.
Bob, I'm a little confused, you say you only see the little car on the dash. Brandt says he sees info on the screen!!
Thanks, Sonny |
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| brandt irvine |
| yeah, Sonny - it's on the screen, in type. example: "R-rear door open". Of course the little car icon is on the dash at the same time. I don't have nav option. My Mo is an 03 SE. Maybe you can use the toggle to set it. It's probably in the manual. |
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| Tyler_Canada |
| It only shows on the display if you are in gear and moving. |
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| sonny |
| Tyler / Brandt Thanks for the info. I will test it out tonight. |
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| bob1 |
Sonny, just to make it a little easier. I do not have the NAV option but we all have the little TV screen deal. Mine will show fuel useage, radio stations, a/c and heat functions, temps ect.
I can't imagine the NAV screen will show this little car with door ajar warning on the NAV screen but on the Dash by the speedometer.
If the NAV people have this little car symbol picture on the NAV screen please jump in.
Bob
Sorry to duplicate info, I started to type my answer and was delayed and Tyler and Brandt responded before I hit the enter button.
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| sonny |
Bob,
I get the little car symbol on the dash. I've never noticed the door ajar info on the screen. Tyler pointed out that the car has to be in gear and/or moving for the info to come up. I will test it out tonight. |
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| jpburk |
quote:
Originally posted by bob1
I can't imagine the NAV screen will show this little car with door ajar warning on the NAV screen but on the Dash by the speedometer.
If the NAV people have this little car symbol picture on the NAV screen please jump in.
The NAV screen doesn't display a little car like the dashboard does. What it does do, though, is turn a large portion of the screen (if not the entire screen) RED with a graphic of the car positioned vertically and indicating which door is open. The first time it happened to me, let me just say that it REALLY got my attention! :eek:
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| stonemaster |
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Originally posted by jpburk
"...The first time it happened to me, let me just say that it REALLY got my attention!" :eek:
Jeff
No kidding!! Same here! It was pretty shocking to see the entire screen go RED :17: (plus it was night time).
I wonder what other warning signs are programmed into the system (that I hope I never see)? |
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| sonny |
| I tired it out last night. While in motion (with the door not closed all the way) an alert came up on the screen. No big red alert! I have an 04' MO. Maybe they changed it. Everything stayed as is, with the exception of "left front door open" I wonder why it waits until you're moving to give you this alert!!! :confused: |
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| jpburk |
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Originally posted by sonny
I wonder why it waits until you're moving to give you this alert!!! :confused:
I'll have to try it again. It's been a while since I've seen the screen. When it came up for me, it was the hatch that wasn't closed all the way. If I remember correctly, I think the screen came up when I shifted to Drive, not when I moved the car. Either my memory's faulty (which is very possible!), or maybe they've made a change for the '04 model.
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| ZUV18 |
I have to try this sometime.
I think they display the "Door is Ajar" msg only on the move because when you are stopped and 3-4 ppl open their doors, the screen either cannot display all the messages or it would look funny having:
Right Door is Ajar
Left Door is Ajar
Left Rear Door is Ajar
all in a row. :D |
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| Snowride |
| OK, it happened to me too. Right rear door is ajar. I know some of you think it is temp related but it has been -32C and no problems. The car sleeps in a heated garage and the problem was still there the next morning when it was at room temp. The other day I got in the car and started driving. beep, beep, beep and I got the message on the screen. Stopped got out and tried all the doors, they were all properly closed. OK, no big deal, so I keep on driving. After about 12 hrs and 3 seperate trips, it finally went out and has not returned since. (7 days) The day it happened, it was -8C. I did notice a few things afterwards which may be of interest to some. I think it is some kind of bug/glitch in the computer/memory chip because after it was over, I noticed that my screen was blank, meaning the radio was off and I know I did not turn it off, I never do. Then that evening I noticed the instrument lights were at full intensity and I had adjusted them when I got the car to a very low setting because this is what I prefer. As mentioned, the puter thinks a door is open so the auto headlights did not go off nor the dome light. According to the posts I've read, it seems to happen only once and then it's gone. Time will tell I guess. |
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| generator |
| I have not had the door ajar symptoms that you all are experiencing...YET. I say that with caution because I did notice something about my rear hatch, especiailly when it is cold. When I initally open my hatch I notice the alignment of the hatch being off with respect to the frame of the car. It is a minute flex of the door/hinge area of the hatch. You have to carefully watch the hatch as you open it in the morning. It is very small movement but I see it all the time. Once you open the hatch the door sort of un-stresses itself and you will not see it again unless you let the door sit closed for a while. I imagine that this synthetic/plastic door is going to become a point of stress failure in the months/years to come. Check your hatches. If it is a high failure item I want to know now. I dont want Nissan telling me it is a out-of warranty issue. I even remeber a member of this forum say he had to have his hatch replaced for a similar alignment problem. The fact that the door may expand/contract at a different rate than the metal frame could lead to alignment problems and maybe the occasional falure of the door switch to close its contacts properly. Let me know if any of you see the same result. |
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| Snowride |
| Well I sure hope you are wrong because between my heated garage and the severe cold we get here and parking outside all day when at work, I should be one of the first to have stress issues IF they are going to happen. |
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| bob1 |
Please draw your attention to my original post the first reply on page one.
I'm down here in Georgia, not exactly the tropics but night time lows 30's and 20's. My MO only had one episode on day two. She sat in the garage all night with temps in the high to mid 50's. I never checked the hatch as it was showing front driver door on the little car symbol. I don't think it's a hatch nor temp related. Maybe the little plunger deal (I assume that's what it is) got stuck. Now have the MO since DEC-28. Never happened again.
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