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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / July 20052003 MURANO ALTERNATOR
The alternator went out leaving us without breaks. Car has 14,000 miles on it sheeesh . We had to pay for a 150 mile tow to get it to a dealer . This sucks any advise who to talk to at Nissan to get reimbursed? TIA The local dealer is saying he is not going to be any help in dealing with Nissan cuz I did not buy it from him. I did actually try to but he did not understand the part when we purchased it I was going to buy one the week I went looking. It is the SE version. This same dealer provided the same type service in repairs to me to a friend who bought a 350 z from them . The Z ended up being bought back by Nissan as a lemon they now drive a Honda happily.I think the national highway people are about to issue a recall on these alternators. It sucks to be stopped dead in the water in traffic with no breaks as the engine dies. The only symptom something was wrong was the battery light & break light came on and it died. Any help would be appreciated. > The alternator went out leaving us without breaks. Car has 14,000 miles on > it sheeesh . We had to pay for a 150 mile tow to get it to a dealer . This [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > battery light & break light came on and it died. Any help would be > appreciated. You still had brakes, you just needed to push the pedal harder. Some parts on some cars (even Hondas) will fail prematurely, it's just a fact of life. Thought it would be useful to have a more consolidated listing of members reporting alternator failures, so I compiled this from postings on freshalloy.com (F.A.) as well as nissanmurano.org (N.M.). (A column item is left blank if that information was not included in the member's post.) Please note that this is not a complete listing of alternator failures in all Muranos sold, nor is it intended to represent a specific percentage of failures in relation to the general population. Instead, it is a listing of forum members who have reported alternator failures at freshalloy.com and nissanmurano.org. The actual number of alternator failures affecting all new Muranos is known only to Nissan. There is a poll regarding alternator failures at link to poll. Although it is not a scientific sampling, there appears to be a disproportionate number of members reporting alternator failures in their new Muranos. Currently, the poll indicates approximately a 40% failure rate among respondents, but a greater overall sampling of members is needed. Please participate in the poll, whether you have experienced an alternator failure or not. This list is intended to expand on the poll to include model year and mileage at failure. If you would like to add an alternator failure report to this list, please post it below as a reply to this message and I'll update the list with your information. Please include the number of miles at failure and model year of your vehicle, and whether one or more replacement alternators failed as well. If any information listed below is incorrect or missing, or your report is listed more than once, please let me know and I'll correct it. I'll do my best to keep the list up-to-date. You are also encouraged to file a complaint about a failed alternator with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at the NHTSA website. The status of the NHTSA investigation can be found at this link. Code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEMBERS' REPORTS OF FAILED ALTERNATORS NAME FORUM MILES/KM MODEL YR 4031 F.A. 13000 mi 2003 6arrond N.M. 38000 mi 2003 aksong F.A. 17200 mi 2003 arkmo F.A. 13000 mi 2003 Arturo N.M. 18000 mi 2003 audracutler N.M. 30000 mi 2003 baltobuz N.M. 17500 mi 2003 bbowen N.M. 7900 mi 2004 beemer-biker N.M. 14500 mi 2003 bgrimes N.M. 2x(4100 & 21000 mi) 2003 BINNER F.A. 8000 mi 2004 Bling F.A. 3000 mi Blsny N.M. 9000 mi bobn61 N.M. 9600 mi 2003 briant F.A. 4500 mi 2003 bsdx N.M. 2003 Calimar75 N.M. 12700 mi 2003 Caruso N.M. 10000 mi 2003 Cheryls MO N.M. 3000 mi 2003 chita1987usa N.M. 14000 mi 2004 Cisco_Kid F.A. 13000 mi clam F.A. 36835 mi 2003 cmy004 N.M. 24400 mi 2004 cobbhouse4 N.M. 2x(1st @ 36000 mi) 2003 dageo N.M. 2003 Dalt F.A. 11000 mi 2004 datchineseguy F.A. 32500 mi 2003 Deuky F.A. dhinson03 N.M. 36000 mi 2003 dirlink F.A. 6993 mi 2003 dmtreff N.M. 12416 mi 2003 Donna F.A. 6500 mi 2004 eager N.M. Eager1 F.A. 20000 mi Eagle100 N.M. 42000 mi 2003 elansp N.M. Eric L. N.M. 13870 mi 2003 ezbentrider N.M. 4900 mi 2004 fcifelli N.M. 25000 km FlyerNo9 N.M. 21240 mi 2003 fireball N.M. 12000 mi 2003 folgersoldier N.M. 20000 mi FreeStylerX F.A. 6800 km 2003 gbcat N.M. 23500 mi 2003 Guitarslinger F.A. 4500 mi Halo N.M 10500 mi 2003 Hasaan F.A. 29000 km 2003 helloseth N.M. 13200 mi 2004 higbyz F.A. Himself N.M. 1795 mi 2003 idyss F.A. 13000 mi 2003 ilmmproductions N.M. 1000 mi 2003 imhoff1 F.A. 2x(2nd @ 20000 mi) 2003 JaxKen N.M. 3000 mi 2003 JBarr668 N.M. 38000 mi 2003 jbug N.M. 4026 mi 2004 jchrist10 F.A. 45000 mi 2003 Jeannie N.M. 6835 mi 2004 jefferdy1 N.M. 7600 mi 2004 jijusino F.A. 3x(16K,25K,29K mi) 2003 jljonsn N.M. 17000 mi 2004 jloebick N.M. 13000 mi 2003 JMcDonald N.M. 27400 mi 2003 JohnrC N.M. 10000 km 2003 kdichter N.M. 8300 mi 2004 Kimberly F.A. 13000 mi kitesurfer N.M. 7000 mi 2003 kmrtuc FA/NM 1274 mi 2003 KrisKringle F.A. 35000 km lifeisMDhoops F.A. linzybel F.A. 26000 mi 2003 liquidiq N.M. 2400 mi 2003 mackmurr F.A. 16000 mi malaycobra N.M. 2004 mattsmurano N.M. 20000 mi mcfaddrj N.M. 21000 mi 2003 mfish N.M. 15000 mi 2004 midnitexpress N.M. 2004 MightyMo N.M. 34000 mi 2003 mldva101 N.M. 19000 mi 2003 MO_for_Elsie_our_dog F.A. 4800 mi 2004 mobetta F.A. 2003 MoForMe N.M. 5500 mi 2003 moisture N.M. 8500 mi Moors9 F.A. 28500 mi Mr3Putt N.M. 22500 mi 2003 MrHemiHead F.A. 6500 mi MSEAWD FA/NM 11800 mi 2003 MURANIML F.A. 27000 km 2003 muranoAl03 F.A. 22560 mi Murano2K3 N.M. 13375 km 2003 MuranoLvr N.M. 7000 mi Murben F.A. nansumner F.A. 14900 mi 2003 nicci N.M. 2x NinjaR N.M. 12000 mi NYC_Murano F.A. oreo F.A. 15900 mi 2003 ouiving N.M. 18000 mi pbailey F.A. Peter F.A. 11000 mi phamien56 N.M. 3500 mi 2004 pizzaman6 N.M. 8000 mi 2003 ppeter78 N.M. 11000 mi pumice99 N.M. 33000 mi 2003 Quelo F.A. 2x(8000 & 11000 mi) 2004 Red2003G F.A. 15000 mi 2003 rocmo N.M. 9500 mi Roger N.M. 7000 km 2004 rrenner N.M. 17800 mi 2003 rugiles N.M. 29400 mi 2003 rwmiller N.M. 17500 mi 2003 Schneikeys N.M. 2003 sebrex13 N.M. 2003 senza N.M. 19500 km SFMO N.M. 5600 mi 2004 Shift_less N.M. 28600 mi 2003 snickers N.M. 2x(15900 & 18900 mi) 2003 Snow MO N.M. 2003 spritz2 N.M. 8200 mi Stacy N.M. 2x(6000 & 24000 mi) 2003 stefnfloyd F.A. 32000 mi 2003 Stoker N.M. 34000 km 2003 SuperBlk MO N.M. 28000 mi 2003 susan118 F.A. 4000 mi 2004 Sw1tched N.M. 24300 mi 2003 SyntaxSinner N.M. 1938 mi thecanuck N.M. 12000 mi 2003 ThisIsOly N.M. 2003 Trushar F.A. 3x(1st @ 15500 mi) 2003 toysr4fun F.A. 3500 mi 2004 umjim F.A. 20051 mi 2003 vettewon N.M. 38050 mi 2003 wchandler N.M. 24100 mi 2003 werkie N.M. 20000 mi 2003 wheeling N.M. 15000 mi 2003 whuang228 N.M. 16582 mi 2003 WillyV F.A. 19000 mi 2003 woogi4u N.M. 8650 mi 2004 YJGUY's Dad N.M. 12000 km 2004 yoyash N.M. 500 mi z3rr0 N.M. 22140 mi zagato27 F.A. 15000 mi 2003 zofsuvs F.A. 36500 mi 2003 ZR1_Guy F.A. 24000 mi 2003 TOTAL ALTERNATOR FAILURES POSTED BY FORUM MEMBERS: 155 Total includes 11 repeat alternator failures reported by members as indicated. List started on 9/5/04 with 70 reports, updated with new reports > You still had brakes, you just needed to push the pedal harder. Some parts > on some cars (even Hondas) will fail prematurely, it's just a fact of > life. True enough parts fail , my wife was driving she is a small person ,luckly we were only blocking four lanes when it died in the middle of the highway Certainly looks damming, but unless you know the total sample size it's not statistically significant. > Thought it would be useful to have a more consolidated listing of members > reporting alternator failures, so I compiled this from postings on [quoted text clipped - 196 lines] > True enough parts fail , my wife was driving she is a small person ,luckly > we were only blocking four lanes when it died in the middle of the highway Mario, thanks for re-posting our Alternator Failure List from freshalloy.com and nissanmurano.org. The list is simply a compilation of posts from those forums, so therefore does not in itself have scientific statistical significance. However, it does give an idea of how many people are posting alternator failures on those forums. You can view the on-going updated list at http://www.nissanmurano.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4240&perpage=15&pa genumber=1 There is also a poll at http://www.nissanmurano.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2113 which shows a high percentage of respondents having experienced alternator failures. We are currently trying to get a larger sampling for the poll. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently conducting an investigation of Murano alternator failures and we hope that they will reach a determination soon. zofsuvs Mario, let me also mention that if you would like to be added to the list, please click on one of the previous links and I would be happy to do so. Simply register as a member if you are not already one, then post in either the Alternator Failure List or Alternator Failure Poll threads. There is a lot of discussion there on the topic. I hope they were able to finally replace your alternator and get you back on the road. And everyone please note, when the Brake and Battery lights come on together, it means an imminent alternator failure which will completely disable your vehicle. Contact Nissan service immediately to have the alternator replaced. zofsuvs New Information Added Since : July 8, 2005 Make / Models : Model/Build Years: NISSAN / MURANO 2003-2005 Manufacturer : NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 05V319000 Recall Date : JUL 12, 2005 Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR Potential Number Of Units Affected : 125466 Summary: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A WIRE BREAKING INSIDE THE ALTERNATOR COULD STOP THE BATTERY FROM CHARGING. Consequence: IF THIS HAPPENS, THE CHARGER WARNING AND BRAKE WARNING LAMPS WILL IMMEDIATELY COME ON AND THE BATTERY WILL BEGIN TO DISCHARGE. AFTER A SHORT TIME, THE ENGINE WILL GO INTO A "FALL SAFE" CONDITION WHICH WILL LIMIT VEHICLE SPEED. THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR WITH A NEW VERSION WHICH HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE COIL. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON AUGUST 3, 2005. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261. Notes: CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR Sheesh now we all get to get our new alternator replaced again what a crock . Thanks zofsuvs U DA MAN > Mario, let me also mention that if you would like to be added to the > list, please click on one of the previous links and I would be happy to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > zofsuvs File your complain with NHTSA Found this as well . Thanks JimV seems a lot a of ppl got this problem. The link above would be more useful so I posted it hope it works LOL http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/ > File your complain with NHTSA > > Found this as well . Thanks JimV seems a lot a of ppl got this problem. > The link above would be more useful so I posted it hope it works LOL >WELL SHUCKS ADD ONE TO THE STATS FOR ME . Suppose that is my point instead of JimV's attitude you would think with the known facts when you google it Nissan would be putting out fires instead of starting them. FAN THE FLAMES makes real good sence. That is why Nisssan got to buy back my buddy's 350Z plus interst BRILLIANT THINKING Where is the FIREMAN ??? How long does take to switch out an alternator? It has been a week? The car has handicap license plates. We bought for our mother& father who are 94 years old, fact the we bought the car to be able to haul them around. It seems to us while Nissan does not have to legally give us a loaner common business sense would tell them they are going to lose a customer & anyone we know who might think of buying one. It is a new car. I cant even remember the last car we had with an bad alternator 40 years ago maybe I switched it out in 10 minutes after buying it a parts house.This is getting comical WFJ |
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