[MM90]

Has anyone with the 2nd generation with an awd been in the snow or rain yet and if yes how did it handle honestly?
Thanks
MM90

 

[MM90]

Bump Bump Bump

 

[MM90]

can anyone help here?

 

[njjoe]

MM90-

Patience is a virtue. :4:

-njjoe

 

[Mr3Putt]

I don't think second generation MOwners like to get their cars wet.

I know my 03 performs like a champ in slippery, snowy conditions. The thing I like about the AWD system is that it's seamless, it just knows when to work.

And it works well.

I imagine the 09's are just as capable, if not better.

 

[MM90]

thanks and i know sometimes i have trouble with patience,
and i just wonder if i got an AWD Murano and i was in the snow would i be able to make it down the mountain or to the store without chains in real snowy conditions?

 

[9495]

thanks and i know sometimes i have trouble with patience,
and i just wonder if i got an AWD Murano and i was in the snow would i be able to make it down the mountain or to the store without chains in real snowy conditions?

Um... Well, regarding your DOWN the mountain comment, I'm finding that with the idiotic drivers we have in Seattle in the winter I'm constantly having to remind people that 4WD does NOT mean your brakes work better in snow and ice. AWD and 4WD systems help you to keep GOING, and get STARTED on snow and ice, but it does NOTHING to help you stop.

Anti-lock brakes and a stability control system certainly help in snow and ice, but that has nothing to do with AWD (well, not when trying to stop anyway).

Amazes me that people don't seem to understand that.

Every year we get some good amounts of snow, there are all of these interviews on the news where people are saying "I don't know WHY I couldn't stop sliding down the hill, I have 4WD!!!" <sigh>

Anyway, I'll step off my soap box now. As for my 2005 AWD Murano, I am really impressed with how well it does in the snow, but I still feel that there is no substitute for chains or a set of good snow tires.

If I lived in an area that had bad winters, I would actually rather have a FWD with good snow tires (and chains in the trunk) than an AWD without snow tires.

 

[MM90]

thanks and i dont mean going down the hill like as in going into good amounts of snow im talkin a lil bit of snow slush and ice not a lot but i understand what u mean and thanks for the help but i think the 09 m uano is a very nice suv and im def considering it thanks again,
mm90

 

[The Reaper]

I owned an 03 and now have the 09 LE and live in Niagara Falls NY. My 03 never once went into awd mode and the same with my 09, and I am not a big snow shoveler so I drove through some pretty big drifts. I had An 88 pathfinder and also a 96 Pathfinder and they couldn't hold a candle to the Mo for handling unless they were in 4wd. Hope this helps , wouldn't trade my Mo for anything.

 

[Eric L.]

I owned an 03 and now have the 09 LE and live in Niagara Falls NY. My 03 never once went into awd mode and the same with my 09, and I am not a big snow shoveler so I drove through some pretty big drifts. I had An 88 pathfinder and also a 96 Pathfinder and they couldn't hold a candle to the Mo for handling unless they were in 4wd. Hope this helps , wouldn't trade my Mo for anything.

The AWD is automatic, so there really isn't a way to tell that AWD is engaged unless you had AWD Lock manually switched on. But otherwise, its "auto AWD" and will kick in AWD (no indicator light) when necessary. The 09 is also automatic AWD but due to different programming it uses the rear wheels more often, such as during initial acceleration and also during cornering.

 

[MM90]

thanks guys

 

[Busted Yuppie]

Yeah, I drive mine in the snow and it works better than my 05 Pathfinder.

Here's my post from this previous thread on the topic of: Driving in the snow

I drove my 09 LE to the ski hills in Washington State and up to Whistler, B.C. numerous times this past Winter and it handled GREAT ! That was on plowed, sanded, deiced road surface as well as compact snow and ice on the road with new snow falling on it. On one trip, I also drove it on about 2-4 inches of unplowed new snow over compact snow and ice and I was amazed at how well the 'Mo handled.

Let's put it this way: I felt far more confident in the road-holding capability of my 'Mo than I did in my 05 Pathfinder AWD. The PF broke loose far quicker than the 'Mo and it definitely had a lower slipping threshold than the Murano.

My driving on all those surfaces was from 20-50 mph with temperatures down into the 'teens. I was on the stock 20" inch Proxes tires and no chains.

I always keep a full tank of gas in my cars during the winter and I throw in a 50 lb. sand tube in the back over the rear wheels. So far, so good.