2006 Nissan Murano In-Depth Review At 100,000 miles

My Murano turned 100,000 miles about 4,000 miles ago, so I decided to review the vehicle when it matters most; after the 100,000 mile mark. So far, only two problems have surfaced; watch this video to find out!

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[themsmproduction]

is it easy park by looking back or good back view?

[bbishoppcm]

@themsmproduction Use, and trust, your mirrors. Only people who don't know how to drive a car need backup cameras.

[dave777blaster]

I never had either problem with my pathfinder , Maxima  or M35

[bbishoppcm]

@dave777blaster ...And you never will. Neither of those models were affected by the seat frame defect.

[dave777blaster]

@bbishoppcm It hought you said all Nissan vehicles were affected

[bbishoppcm]

@dave777blaster Nope!

[melgibson1997]

I love my murano..It is great in the snow. I have pushed snow out of my way..You are right about the seat, my husband broke it..The vents in the rear by the door don't push out enough heat..I am looking at a new one..Thanks for your review..

[Raygreene22]

It does not cost $500 to replace the CVT fluid. The CVT transmission takes 12 quarts of CVT fluid and if you take the plug out of the pan, 6 Qts. will drain out. Most people will do 60-75k 6 quart changes. BTW... Quarts of the Nissan oil, which you must use are $20 a quart at the dealer.

[the0skull0dj]

this car so awesome

l like it so much

:)

[701914]

@defendingdog No, I bought a Range Rover L322 after all.

[defendingdog]

@701914 Well, I see it has been 7 months. Have you bought one yet? What year is it what model?

[defendingdog]

@snowdog90210 Mine is great.

[snowdog90210]

It's a shame they wrap that gem of a motor in that turd of a car. Mine has been a laundry list of problems that many people seem to have had. No issues w/ the CVT yet, though.

[CEOofMcDonalds]

im going to get my 2005 murano is few days. im going to spluge my pants.

[Zhu8]

I see the mount for your GPS!

[Zhu8]

@dave777blaster I believe that's the sun visor.

[TheAndrey]

awesome review. Discouraged from buying used murano... cvt seems to be a risky affair

[dave777blaster]

soundedlike you said the problem affects every nissan ever built after replaying it

you mumbled the word almost prior to that statement Though I know of three and I know there are more that is not effected by it

[701914]

it`s funny how everybody has been told by his dealer that the previous owner had been an old women, who used the 4x4 only to go to church :)

great review by the way. I am thinking of buying one of those these months

[bbishoppcm]

@juliemcskimming Driving a CVT generally takes some getting used to, as they don't shift like traditional automatics; some people take these characteristics as being "defective," or believe there's "something wrong." This is simply not the case. Yes, there have been many failures in the first two years of the Murano's production, so AVOID 2003-2004 models. The 2009 and newer models use a totally re-designed transmission, so is not subject to the early failures.

[juliemcskimming]

@bbishoppcm

so are people complaining that they dont like the cvt transmission, or are they complaining of actual problems occuring? im just wondering if" problems" are a common thing on the murano. i heard the murano is to heavy of a car for the paticular tranny they are using. i REALLY LOVE this car, but the bad reviews are making me worry. who knows if the reviews i read were some mad buyer trying to savatoge nissan. my 87 sentra (manual trans) took a beating and never let me down.

[bbishoppcm]

@juliemcskimming Another thing; Nissan was so sick of hearing these complaints (they fixed most of the design flaws after the first model year), that they extended the warranties of all 2003-2010 Nissan CVT transmissions to 10 years, 100k, and lowered the cost of a new transaxle to something like $3k.

[bbishoppcm]

@juliemcskimming I honestly love CVT transmissions, but the truth is, they cannot take as much punishment as a traditional automatic (at least the belt-style units) but can (and do) last for over 200,000 miles. You have to also realize how many automatic transmissions fail before the 100,000 and 50,000 mile mark. My 2007 Nissan Versa's CVT was still going strong at 60,000 miles when I traded it in, and the Murano's transmission was still running flawlessly at 110,000 miles when I traded it in.