2009 Nissan Murano S 2WD

Pros

Great look

Cons

New owners beware. We lemon lawed ours!

Everyone beware! The Murano is a beautiful car but workmanship is shoddy and you will end up paying for it if you don't lemon law your car! Our brakes squeeled from the day 2 of ownership- so loud it made all of our neighbors wince /people in shopping parking lots jump. ( 2006 Murano ) Nissan has known about this brake pad rotor problem for years and has not addressed it,even in 2009. I did alot of researching and found that i was among many who had this problem. Very dismayed that I got dupped by looks! We were really lucky we lemon lawed ours.
Another BIG defect was our AC vent tubing disconnected in the front part of the dash and flooded our vehicle w/ 2 inches of water! We did not know this till I noticed a musty smell after a week and noticed a drip on the underneath of the outside of the drivers side. Nissan had to pull out the whole carpet and dry the car out and replace carpet. I have to say that our dealership service dept. in Kahului was great. They were really nice people but could not make up for Nissan's problems. I felt so sorry for them because they had to face customers for Nissan who just won't address problems. Vehicles look great but have LOTS of problems. I was not the only new customer that had problems in line at the service dept.
They never got the squeel fixed. I tell all of my friends who own newer Muranos to take it in to the dealer /have it looked at ASAP and start a paper trail in case you have to lemon law it. Nissan has not addressed this problem/they still are working on a "fix" because they are selling on looks.
BEWARE of buying for style and not quality! I loved my Murano's style and looks but my car was in the shop every month for one problem or another. We owned the vehicle for a year. I tried to have faith but lost it after a year. Others who are starting to have a problem should report it so Nissan does not keep selling defective cars!