| TexInFla |
The 07 Muranos won't be on dealer lots until November or December, if Nissan follows past practice. I haven't seen a verified list of what will change on the 07, but it's likely to be pretty much just cosmetic. The 06 MOs got a new instrument cluster and display screen, so I 'd be surprised if Nissan changes them again so soon. Asking if a car salesperson is feeding you a bunch of hooey is like asking if the sun rises in the east. Of course they do! When I bought my 03 MO, the salesperson told me that the AM/FM stub antenna was also the NAV system GPS antenna and that I would receive updates to the NAV system through that antenna. Lots of times, they just make it up as they go along, and they expect that the customer is an idiot who doesn't know anything about the vehicle.
I traded my 03 MO for a special-order 06 MO and got it at the end of May. I don't have the actual figures in front of me, but the no-haggle price I paid was right at dealer invoice, and that was good enough for me! |
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| Tyler_Canada |
| Wow, am I ever glad I didn't have this done. I saw one on the 401 this past weekend, and was shocked at how bad it looks. Worse than I expected, that's for sure. |
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| zebelkhan |
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Originally posted by Tyler_Canada
Wow, am I ever glad I didn't have this done. I saw one on the 401 this past weekend, and was shocked at how bad it looks. Worse than I expected, that's for sure.
I did mine a while back but can't hardly see anything from the sides because my nerf bars cover the view. I have to get a digital camera to post some pictures as the wife got mine as part of the settlement.......:D |
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| Stephan625 |
| zebelkhan - your lucky cause it's awful looking. |
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| HuskyFan |
| I had the fuel tank shield installed and I don't even notice it anymore. I think the muffler is more noticeable. The fuel tank shield looks like a frame member like you see on many truck based suv's. |
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| ssmurano |
After calling Nissan Canada and being told they would not put the aluminum fuel shield on as they would only supply the ugly plastic shield. I was willing to pay for the aluminum shield part # A7285-CC25A and installation cost. Was then instructed to have the Parts Manager call their Tech helpline as they had not been able to find the part on their computer to order. He was then able to have it ordered from Japan. I paid for the part and installation. I am very happy with my local Service and Parts Manager as they have looked after my Murano since new August 20 2003.
2003 SL AWD Bordeaux |
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| njjoe |
ssmurano-
Nice idea. I wish I had thought of that. Did you approach the dealership and ask that they absorb at least part of the costs?
If you don't mind me asking, what was the cost of the aluminum shield?
-njjoe |
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| bob1 |
Just did mine today along with oil and tire rotate and balance.
Yeah, looks like a cross member from some SUV. Not too pretty but neither is the muffler that has always been visible. :headshake
Probably better than having the wife say there is gasoline spilling from the tank. Gassed up on the way home 50 bucks! Jeez Louise, I can't afford a hole in the tank spilling that liquid gold on the street!
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| fdonaghy |
I had the recall done for the fuel shield a few months ago...didn't really liked the way it looked but I was able to live with it.
Last week, I was in the passing lane and was suddenly confronted with tire debris in my lane (looked like part of a trailer truck tire). I had no where to go and was able to slow down, but unable to avoid it. It passed under the drivers side and broke the plastic fuel shield in two.
So I guess the fuel shield did it's job...the fuel tank is intact. But now the shield is flapping at highway speeds. Has anyone that had the recall done, had to have it replaced? Anyone have idea how much this part costs? Anyone have any idea how easy it is to remove? Or install? |
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| Eric L. |
quote:
Originally posted by fdonaghy
I had the recall done for the fuel shield a few months ago...didn't really liked the way it looked but I was able to live with it.
Last week, I was in the passing lane and was suddenly confronted with tire debris in my lane (looked like part of a trailer truck tire). I had no where to go and was able to slow down, but unable to avoid it. It passed under the drivers side and broke the plastic fuel shield in two.
So I guess the fuel shield did it's job...the fuel tank is intact. But now it is flapping at highway speeds. Has anyone that had the recall done, had to have it replaced? Anyone have idea how much this part costs? Anyone have any idea how easy it is to remove? Or install?
I have a feeling this is a question only the dealer can answer. Glad to hear the rest of the MO came out relatively unharmed though.
I hope this also puts to rest the notion that the fuel shield is unnecessary because its not the prettiest piece. I'll take an ugly shield that 99% of everyone else will *not* notice over a punctured fuel tank anyday. |
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| ekaxel |
| It is unlikely that "tire debris" would damage the tank. The shield is designed to deflect small sharp objects, not big chunks of rubber. |
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| Eric L. |
quote:
Originally posted by ekaxel
It is unlikely that "tire debris" would damage the tank. The shield is designed to deflect small sharp objects, not big chunks of rubber.
A lot of tire debris I've seen on the highway have exposed belts and metal chords sticking out, so I think its possible to damage the gas tank if you ran over one of those mean looking ones. |
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| bob1 |
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Originally posted by Eric L.
A lot of tire debris I've seen on the highway have exposed belts and metal chords sticking out, so I think its possible to damage the gas tank if you ran over one of those mean looking ones.
My cousin had been cruising the interstate when a tire-gator (recap from a truck) broke loose. It hit the side view mirror and tore it off the car!
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| mgthe3 |
I have had the gators and a 2 foot piece of aluminum ladder that was badly mangled go under mine after the shields, dam glad I have them.
The shields are actually in two pieces. It is a piece of cake to get them on and off in one piece. I belive it has two bolts, the rest of the attachments are with plastic tongues slid into chassis holes.
I do wish I had the aluminum ones, but hey, as Bob said, you have always seen the nasty center muffler hangin there.... |
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| Gonzo |
A while back my wife was behind a flat bed truch caring of all things a crank shaft.... guess what it fell off the truck and she ran over it.
As crapy as the Ford Probe was they build the car pretty beefy and damage was minimal. |
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| hfelknor |
I assume if the build the bretty was not brefft, the damage would have been extensive?
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| Gonzo |
Don't know what you mean homer. ;)
Sorry I was doing three things at once. |
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| Darrell Sheldon |
| Like others previous, I too last week was unable to avoid truck tire debris on I-40 during a coast to coast run. It was huge and did make the pass thru without damaging anything underneath(had it checked yesterday during the oil change) however, it was able to break the front bumper (also plastic) in 2 places. Cant help but think that the shield-ugly as it is-probably helped deflect damage to an exposed tank.The colgan bra helped reduce damage to the bumper and I'll live with the barely noticeable damage to the front. Seems like there should be some laws enacted about these re-treads that litter our highways and create damage and accidents as well as death and injury. I'm a biker and have been hit with this garbage at 70 mph-try that for fun! Why is this allowed to happen all the time? |
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| fdonaghy |
Just an update on fixing my damaged fuel shield.
I removed the drivers side portion of the shield as the passenger side was not damaged. It came off with very little effort.....a plastic push-type bolt through the frame and a nut attached to the outer tank.
The tag with the part number was still on it, so I tried to find it on the web, but no luck. While passing by my local Nissan dealer on Saturday, I dropped by the parts department....$145.00 for the part. They did not state whether that was for both pieces or if they were even available as separate pieces. At that price, it didn't matter, as I was not forking over that kind of money for a small piece of plastic that was not on the car in the first place. That price feels like out and out gouging on Nissan's part. No thanks, Mr Ghosn. I'll take my chances without it. |
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| bob1 |
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Originally posted by fdonaghy
. At that price, it didn't matter, as I was not forking over that kind of money for a small piece of plastic that was not on the car in the first place. That price feels like out and out gouging on Nissan's part. No thanks, Mr Ghosn. I'll take my chances without it.
At that price, I'd also pass but if I had been determined to replace it, I'd check a local junk yard to see if any MO's have been totaled, I'd ask them how much for this piece of plastic?
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| mgthe3 |
Ok, I will try to reply one more time...seems our server is being bad.
Maybe you can fashion one yourself out of aluminum, and a better looking one as well. Don't forget to roll the trailing edge down though so a gator won't ram it into your tank. That is more than likely why they made it out of plastic, (besides saving a penny or two).
One of mine is flapping in the wind. It's because it has been whacked a few times and the outside is not bolted down due to the dealer not wanting to unbolt my rocker bars. I'll have to drag my tired ass out there sometime soon and look at what I can do.
As Rosanna Anna Danna said, "It's always something".
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| ekaxel |
| I hit something with the unmodified right side plastic shield. Left side had beem modified earlier-posted somewhere back in the thread. Knocked out both fasteners, didn't break the shield. Went to dealer and he sold me a fastener out of a mod kit for $8.91! I suspect he thought it was made of gold instead of plastic! |
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| mgthe3 |
I saw your mod shield for the first time today scanning your gallery.
Cool!
I got mine from flapping in the wind with a spring from a D cell flashlight (had it in my spring bin) that I put under a nylon insert nut.
Now it has suspension! LOL
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| njjoe |
ekaxel-
You just thought it was plastic. It is actually a space-age titanium alloy with a microscopic honeycomb structure for light weight and a polymer coating for the plastic-like appearance.
For $8.91 you got yourself a good deal on a deceptively well-engineered fastening device.
Either that or Nissan screwed you on a 33 cent part. :moon:
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| ekaxel |
"Either that or Nissan screwed you on a 33 cent part. "
YES.... |
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| jballchat |
| Finally had the fuel shield (aka snow plow) installed. Not it seems like I hear a lot of low speed wind noise. Are others experiencing this or am I just imagining it? |
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| Gonzo |
| I wish I had more noise, it would give me an excuse to rip it off. I have not noticed any more noice from the snow plow.... I mean fuel shield. |
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| my06murano |
| Is this a recall for 06 MO also - just leased a MO and i haven't had any problems yet with it but i do hear a lot of wind noise - thought it was just the wind??:confused: |
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| Kris |
| I drove 5k miles with it. Atlanta - New Mexico - Atlanta. Did not notice any noise. And my car is dampened very well so any unusual noise would be noticed.... |
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| WrenchGremlin |
How is the snow plow ...uhm.. fuel shield holding up?
I've been noticing a loud rattle that gets worse with speed and found it was the fuel shield half disconnected and wagging around.
This happened when I was backing out of my drive and some snow snagged the shield. I guess its only designed to plow going forward.
I was just wondering how others are holding up in the snow and cold. And at -9 deg here in Chicago I really don't want to hear from all you southerners who are all warm. :3: |
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| njjoe |
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Originally posted by WrenchGremlin
This happened when I was backing out of my drive and some snow snagged the shield. I guess its only designed to plow going forward.
WG-
I call it tunnel-vision. The engineers at Nissan were so focused on protecting the tank from debris kicked up by the front tires that they probably did not consider the shield's vulnerability to damage when traveling in reverse.
So now what do you do? Pay to have another one installed?
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| WrenchGremlin |
I think I'll remove it for now and keep an eye out at the wrecker's yard for an '06 or '07 murano that I can snag the good metal protection plate from.
I would love to have the nissan engineer (more probably the bean counter) sit next to me in the car as I'm driving down the expressway and listen to what sounds like a torn metal seam - eminating up from the back of the car. Then tell me it was a quality solution. |
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| Stoker |
quote:
Originally posted by WrenchGremlin
How is the snow plow ...uhm.. fuel shield holding up?
I've been noticing a loud rattle that gets worse with speed and found it was the fuel shield half disconnected and wagging around.
This happened when I was backing out of my drive and some snow snagged the shield. I guess its only designed to plow going forward.
I was just wondering how others are holding up in the snow and cold. And at -9 deg here in Chicago I really don't want to hear from all you southerners who are all warm. :3:
I am North and west of you and so far the fuel tank sheilds have been handling fine. It just allows more snow to melt in the garage.
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| WrenchGremlin |
quote:
I am North and west of you and so far the fuel tank sheilds have been handling fine. It just allows more snow to melt in the garage.
This is one POSITIVE side effect of the wagging snow plow tank shield - it shakes itself clean :2: :2: :2: |
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| Corin |
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Originally posted by WrenchGremlin
And at -9 deg here in Chicago I really don't want to hear from all you southerners who are all warm. :3:
I'm up North like you, in the bitter freezing cold here in Seattle. My thermometer tells me it got all the way down to 45 degrees today!!! BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :p
No problems here, yet, but then again I haven't had any situation where it could catch on anything. Yet. |
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| Eric L. |
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Originally posted by Corin
I'm up North like you, in the bitter freezing cold here in Seattle. My thermometer tells me it got all the way down to 45 degrees today!!! BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! :p
No problems here, yet, but then again I haven't had any situation where it could catch on anything. Yet.
45F? Thats TROPICAL! Its still between 0 and 5F here in the midwest. |
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| jeffse |
| I am here in Pittsburgh and similar weather and temperatures to Chicago. My wonderful snowplow has also become disconnected on the drivers side. Have an appointment tomorrow, we'll see what the dealer says. |
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| mgthe3 |
My driver's side was bashed off months ago. By chance I saw it on the side of the road the next day. I still have it, but it has severe road rash, to the point of it having lost the outer attachment point.
When I get time I will try to fashion one from aluminum alloy sheet like I threatened to many moons ago. |
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| SExyMurano |
| I have been trying to get the aluminum fuel shields vs the butt ugly plastic one's from they day I heard of the recall. What really makes me mad is that Nissan's official (teaser site) http://www.nissanhelp.com/Ownership...6/NTB06-023.htm shows the aluminum part that they have made, but according Nissan, the part number for it is super-ceded by the plastic shield. I have called Nissan 3 times with complaints, without any prevail. I told them that the Mo that I purchased at the dealership did not look like it had an extra set of mud flaps when I payed over 35k. It is obvious that this horrendous plastic covers not only look ugly, but they create less ground clearance, more wind drag, and more noise. I noticed the 07' mo's do have an aluminum cover, which contradicts the lier's at Nissan that say that an aluminum one is simply not available. It's evident that Nissan wanted to save some money by giving everybody with the recall these ugly plastic eye sores vs they evidently superior aluminum covers. Every Mo owner needs to call Nissan 1(800)647-7261 and complain like me, please. We do not deserve these plastic eye sores (because our cars did not originally look this way), especially when an aluminum shield that does not protrude is made!!! |
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| jeffse |
| Visited the dealer on Saturday and they did not have the clips to fix the drivers side of the snowplow. They did have the kit for that side so for now they replaced it. I will be contacting Nissan about this pitful excuse for a recall solution as what will happen the next time there is siginificant snow fall. |
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| odeonmax |
Does anyone know where I might replacement rivets for the plastic fuel shield? Snow piles get you all the time. Popped one side off. Now it bangs against the frame at highway speed.
I really don't want to go back to the dealer for just one rivet. |
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| Gonzo |
I had tried to order the metal schield from 1stnissanparts.com (very nice honest people) but they sent me the plastic one. They took back the part without problems. The interesting thing is that they told me that they can not get the metal schield as Nissan told them that it was not available and was not safe.
OK so I know its a line from someone.... somewhere but I still found it interesting that IF true the part they used for a recall is now demed unsafe. Got to love this story. |
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| zebelkhan |
quote:
Originally posted by odeonmax
Does anyone know where I might replacement rivets for the plastic fuel shield? Snow piles get you all the time. Popped one side off. Now it bangs against the frame at highway speed.
I really don't want to go back to the dealer for just one rivet.
PM risaralda see if he still has the extra ones we saved when we changed from plastic to metal. If he still has them he might be able to send you one. |
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| OurMO |
I have a quick question. I have an 03 Murano that needs the fuel shield recall done. I ordered the metal one instead of the plastic. Will the dealer give me hard time if I install this myself? I imagine they won't care but just wanted to make sure.
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| njjoe |
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Originally posted by OurMO
I have a quick question. I have an 03 Murano that needs the fuel shield recall done. I ordered the metal one instead of the plastic. Will the dealer give me hard time if I install this myself? I imagine they won't care but just wanted to make sure.
Thanks,
No, the dealer will not give you a hard time if you install the shield yourself. My bet is that he will not even notice.
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| mgthe3 |
I replaced my plastic ones with the aluminum ones from abc last weekend, piece of cake.
Best dam $20 I ever spent! |
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| zebelkhan |
quote:
Originally posted by OurMO
I have a quick question. I have an 03 Murano that needs the fuel shield recall done. I ordered the metal one instead of the plastic. Will the dealer give me hard time if I install this myself? I imagine they won't care but just wanted to make sure. Thanks,
I could be wrong but I think there is a fuel line modification that needs to be done to install thes things. I recommend you let the dealer put the plastic ones on first so the modification is done and then you replace them with metal ones you got, or take the metal ones to the dealer and have them put those on to start with. |
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| njjoe |
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Originally posted by zebelkhan
I could be wrong but I think there is a fuel line modification that needs to be done to install thes things. I recommend you let the dealer put the plastic ones on first so the modification is done and then you replace them with metal ones you got, or take the metal ones to the dealer and have them put those on to start with.
It is no big deal. The "fuel line modification" is nothing more than sliding a plastic clip a few inches along the fuel line. Check out the pic below.
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| Jo's MO |
| I too ordered the abc metal fuel tank protector, then went to my local Nissan dealer and asked them to perform the recall, but to put the abc parts on instead of the plastic snow plow parts. To my surprise, they agreed to do it at no cost since it didn't require any extra work and I could show them that the metal part was a Nissan part from a Nissan dealership. I now have the plastic pieces and plastic push pins in my garage just in case someone in this forum interested, but I seriously doubt anyone would want them. As someone said earlier, $20 well spent. |
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| gensok |
| Does anybody know if that recall is effective in Canada ? |
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| Taiser |
| Mine has it...the butt ugly plastic one, was on when I bought it, so I'd say the Canadian ones are covered as well! |
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| njjoe |
Earlier today I had my dealer install the metal fuel shields from ABC Nissan. They had no problem what so ever with using my shields to perform the recall.
The guys in the service department were intrigued by the fact that I was able to still get the metal shields even though they can not. The general consensus is that ABC Nissan bought up the remainder of the metal shields and are now the sole source. So if you are interested in the metal shields I suggest you act now, because the supply may be limited.
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