Folks,
I've been lurking and shopping for a month or so now. The wife and I are pretty serious about buying a Murano.... so a few questions to the wiser and more experienced crowd here.
I tend to buy vehicles and keep them a while. I like to maintain them well - often myself. Most of my cars I keep until 150- 200K miles. How have owners found the Murano for maintenance? Think it will hold up this long? Any unusually large expenses in the maintenance cycle?
I have looked for info on the Nissan 3.5L engine. Good reviews in the car mags and no negatives I have found. How is the longevity on this engine? Is there a timing belt change interval (or is it a timing chain)? Any idea what that would cost to replace? Any other items to be concerned over?
I saw info on the CVT tranny fluid cost. I would still change it around 30K.
We are looking at a low mileage 2003, and hope to make a decision in the next week. Thanks for all the great info so far.
Chuck
I've been lurking and shopping for a month or so now. The wife and I are pretty serious about buying a Murano.... so a few questions to the wiser and more experienced crowd here.
I tend to buy vehicles and keep them a while. I like to maintain them well - often myself. Most of my cars I keep until 150- 200K miles. How have owners found the Murano for maintenance? Think it will hold up this long? Any unusually large expenses in the maintenance cycle?
I have looked for info on the Nissan 3.5L engine. Good reviews in the car mags and no negatives I have found. How is the longevity on this engine? Is there a timing belt change interval (or is it a timing chain)? Any idea what that would cost to replace? Any other items to be concerned over?
I saw info on the CVT tranny fluid cost. I would still change it around 30K.
We are looking at a low mileage 2003, and hope to make a decision in the next week. Thanks for all the great info so far.
Chuck