WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (55MPH), THE DRIVERS SEAT SUDDENLY FELL BACKWARDS. LUCKILY, IT WAS ONLY FELL BACK ON THE LEFT SIDE. IF BOTH SIDES HAD BROKEN, MY WIFE MIGHT HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. LOOKING AT THE SEAT, THERE IS A CROSS BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT BACK THAT HAD ONE SIDE SHEAR OFF. I'VE READ A NHTSA REPORT (SEE HTTP://X.NISSANHELP.COM/FORUMS/MURANO/12811-NO-RECALL-MURANO-SEAT.HTML) THAT SAYS THAT "WHILE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM IS RELATIVELY HIGH, ONLY THREE VERY MINOR, UNDOCUMENTED INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE REPORTED INJURIES OCCURRED DURING DRIVER INGRESS, NOT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE APPARENT RISK OF COMPROMISE TO VEHICLE CONTROL HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED." WITH THE SEAT BROKEN, I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT AN INVESTIGATOR WOULDN'T FIND THIS NOT BEING A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. IF THE RIGHT SIDE ALSO BROKE, IT MAY CAUSE THE BACK OF THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS AND I WOULD EXPECT THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE POSTING THIS COMPLAINT ONLINE, I'M AMAZED THAT THIS HASN'T RESULTED IN A RECALL. ALSO, SINCE I'VE READ THAT NISSAN HAS REDESIGNED THE SEAT BRACKET, THEN THIS WOULD CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS INFERIOR ENGINEERING DONE PREVIOUSLY. OTHERWISE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FIXED IT. *TR
2006
VISIBILITY
2006 NISSAN MURANO DRIVERS SIDE VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. THE SPRING THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND MADE IT SAFETY ISSUE AS I CANNOT SEE THE STREET LIGHTS IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT. IF I PUT IT TO THE SIDE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY IT IS IN THE WAY OF MY SIDE VISION. *TR