2015 Nissan MURANO problems and owner complaints
Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.
Key facts
203 owner complaints analyzed
5 distinct recall campaigns
23,150 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2015 model year. Data snapshot: . 124 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Most common problems
Power Train is the most frequently named component, appearing in 50 of 203 complaints (24.6%). A complaint can name multiple components.
| Topic | Matching reports | Share of complaints |
|---|---|---|
| Transmission and shifting | 45 | 22.2% |
| Braking behavior | 40 | 19.7% |
| Engine operation | 11 | 5.4% |
| Electrical and battery issues | 10 | 4.9% |
| Steering behavior | 6 | 3.0% |
| Fuel system concerns | 1 | 0.5% |
Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.
Component breakdown
Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Power Train | 50 |
| Air Bags | 36 |
| Unknown Or Other | 32 |
| Service Brakes | 25 |
| Electrical System | 21 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 20 |
| Engine | 18 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 9 |
Power Train: 50; Air Bags: 36; Unknown Or Other: 32; Service Brakes: 25; Electrical System: 21; Vehicle Speed Control: 20; Engine: 18; Fuel/Propulsion System: 9
Reported problems by failure mileage
Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Under 25,000 | 63 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 | 26 |
| 50,000 to 74,999 | 23 |
| 75,000 to 99,999 | 8 |
| 100,000 to 149,999 | 2 |
| 150,000 and above | 2 |
Under 25,000: 63; 25,000 to 49,999: 26; 50,000 to 74,999: 23; 75,000 to 99,999: 8; 100,000 to 149,999: 2; 150,000 and above: 2
Under 25,000 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (63). 79 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.
Complaints over time
Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 40 |
| 2017 | 22 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| 2026 | 6 |
2015: 16; 2016: 40; 2017: 22; 2018: 13; 2019: 19; 2020: 30; 2021: 15; 2022: 12; 2023: 11; 2024: 9; 2025: 10; 2026: 6
Pattern summary
Power Train leads the component reports. Transmission and shifting appears in 45 complaint narratives. Braking behavior appears in 40 complaint narratives. Engine operation appears in 11 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.
Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.
Complaint evidence
Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.
Owner report 10787425 · 2015-10-31 (October 31, 2015)
WHEN OVERRIDING INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL TO PASS A CAR, OCCASIONALLY THE XTRONIC CVT TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO GO INTO NEUTRAL, RPM INCREASES RAPIDLY AND CAR DOESN'T SPEED UP. MOST OCCASIONS HAVE BEEN TRAVELING ON INCLINE. WHEN TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGES IT JERKS SOMETIMES VERY HARD. ON ONE INSTANCE TURNED CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND TRANSMISSION RE- ENGAGED. MOST OCCASIONS HAVE BEEN AT SPEEDS 60-65 MPH CARRIED CAR TO DEALER COULD NOT WARRANTY BECAUSE IT DID NOT SHOW UP ON COMPUTER.
Owner-reported narrative. 7,100 miles reported. Look up ODI 10787425 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10819140 · 2016-01-09 (January 9, 2016)
WHEN OVERRIDING THE CRUISE SET SPEED, PASSING A CAR THE TRANSMISSION FREQUENTLY SLIPS AND JERKS WHILE THE VEHICLE LOSES SPEED AND THE ENGINE RPM INCREASES TREMENDOUSLY, LATER THE TRANSMISSION REENGAGES VIOLENTLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH SAME RESULTS. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED BY THE FACTORY REP. THAT IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH THE INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL AND COULD NOT BE CORRECTED. FACTORY REP. HAS NOT RETURNED MY MANY PHONE CALLS TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
Owner-reported narrative. 7,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10819140 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10703779 · 2015-04-05 (April 5, 2015)
POOR HOOD DESIGN NEAR THE WIPERS, THE INCLINATION OF THE HOOD NEAR THE WIPERS REFLECTS THE SUNLIGHT DIRECTLY ON TO THE DRIVER EYES AND THE INTENSITY IS SO HIGH THAT IT OBSTRUCTS VISION AND COULD LEAD TO FATAL FRONT COLLISION AND THE DRIVER MAY NOT ASSESS THE DISTANCE OF BRAKING BEFORE THE IMPACT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED TO ME WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 12:30 PM AND 1:30 PM AND THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN DRIVING ON I76 TURNPIKE PHILLY TO PITTSBURGH WEST BOUND AROUND 3:30 PM TO 6:00 PM THE SUNLIGHT REFLECTION …
Owner-reported narrative. 320 miles reported. Look up ODI 10703779 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10735464 · 2015-07-21 (July 21, 2015)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 NISSAN MURANO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V364000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,700.
Owner-reported narrative. 2,700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10735464 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10839112 · 2016-03-01 (March 1, 2016)
THE CAR IS INTERMITTENTLY STALLING WHEN I GET TO ABOUT 1/4 TANK OF GAS. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS, OTHER TIMES IT STALLS OUT AND TURNS OFF COMPLETELY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT HAS DONE SO WHEN I PULLED OUT IN TRAFFIC AND THREE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY. TWICE THE CAR WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES PER HOUR AND WHEN I TRIED TO SPEED UP THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT GO OVER THIS SPEED. I HAD TO PULL OFF OF THE INTERSTATE. AGAIN, IT HAPPENED GOING ABOUT 5MPH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED OFF.
Owner-reported narrative. 20,100 miles reported. Look up ODI 10839112 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10919848 · 2016-10-28 (October 28, 2016)
TWO TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE ROADS. MY GAS GAUGE AND TRIP MONITOR INDICATED I HAD ABOUT 60 MILES UNTIL EMPTY THEN AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES IT SAID ABOUT 30 MILES TO EMPTY AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT CAR STARTED SPUTTERING AND LOSING POWER AND I HAD TO MAKE EMERGENCY MOVES TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO PULL UNTO THE SHOULDER AND DRIVE A SHORT DISTANCE TO A GAS STATION TO FILL THE TANK WHICH TOOK ONLY SLIGHTLY OVER 15 GALLONS AND THE TANK HOLDS 19 GALLONS. I HAVE …
Owner-reported narrative. 16,400 miles reported. Look up ODI 10919848 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 11193824 · 2019-04-04 (April 4, 2019)
WIFE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM WORK AT 2330 HOURS AND SMELLED PLASTIC BURNING. SUV IS EQUIPPED WITH CLIMATE CONTROLLED HEATED/COOLED SEATS. THE CONTROL KNOB FOR THE DRIVER SEAT NO LONGER LIGHTS UP. SEAT INOPERABLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR INSPECTION. TECHNICIAN STATED " LEFT FRONT CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT HAS MELTED TERMINALS AND HARNESS CONNECTOR". THIS ACTION NEVER BLEW A FUSE? TECHNICIAN COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW THIS HAPPENED. CONTACTED NISSAN ON 25 MARCH AN 1 APRIL, 2019. NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT? THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY RESULTED…
Owner-reported narrative. 68,300 miles reported. Look up ODI 11193824 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 11229060 · 2019-07-02 (July 2, 2019)
I HAVE HAD SEVERAL "ELECTRICAL" PROBLEMS WITH THIS VECHICLE- I PURCHASED IT FEB. 2016. IN JULY 2018- MY XM RADIO STOPPED WORKING. MADE 12 TRIPS TO NISSAN-THEY FINALLY REPLACED IT IN DEC. 2018!! NOW JUNE 2019 MY BACK UP CAMERA STOPPED WORKING AND THE DASH BOARD DOESN'T SHOW THE COMPASS AND THEN THE CONTROLS ON MY STEERING WHEELS DOESN'T WORK WHEN I'M DRIVING. UGH! THIS IS RIDICULOUS CAR ONLY HAS 17,000 MILES I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING SO MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS I'M ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. DEALING WITH NISSAN IS ALSO HORRIBLE-…
Owner-reported narrative. 17,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 11229060 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10690932 · 2015-02-26 (February 26, 2015)
ADAPTIVE STEERING FAILED AT BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURE. LOST ABILITY TO STEER IN A CURVE AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. AFTER, CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN, AS STEERING WAS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE. STEERING WHEEL ACTUALLY TURNS 360 DEGREES OVER AND OVER WITH NO AFFECT ON THE FRONT WHEELS. FRONT WHEELS ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN A "PIGEON TOE" ALIGNMENT AND THE CAR COULD NOT BE TOWED...UPDATED 03-16-15 *BF.....UPDATED 03-23-15 *BF UPDATED 9/26/2017*CN
Owner-reported narrative. 1,400 miles reported. Look up ODI 10690932 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 11118128 · 2018-08-06 (August 6, 2018)
AT ABOUT 10,000 MILES AT LOW SPEEDS ON LOCAL CITY ROADS, I COULD SOMETIMES FEEL VIBRATIONS AND A LACK OF ACCELERATION THAT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION COULDN'T DECIDE WHAT TO DO. ALWAYS AT SPEEDS UNDER 20 MPH AND GENERALLY WHEN EITHER SLOWING DOWN FOR AN INTERSECTION OR STARTING TO SPEED UP WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED GREEN IN TIME THAT I DIDN'T NEED TO FULLY STOP. AFTER A FEW OF THESE I TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO ERROR CODES GENERATED AND TO JUST KEEP DRIVING IT. AFTER THE SECOND OR THIRD TIME I TOOK…
Owner-reported narrative. 21,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11118128 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 11436065 · 2021-10-08 (October 8, 2021)
My drivers side door is locked. I started my car, drive off and it auto locks at a certain speed. When I stopped I was unable to unlock the door. I was forced to climb out the passenger side. The car had a manual key lock, this also failed, it will lock the other doors but will not unlock any of them. It failed and there is no manual way to open the door. This is a major safety issue, if I was involved in an accident I would have been trapped in the car. I approached Nissan. They laughed it off and say my car is out of warranty so I must pay to…
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 11436065 at NHTSA ↗