While accelerating mixed between pulling from zero mph upwards of 40mph the vehicle has a high pitched squealing sound. this happens on any roadway while the car is in motion. it does not happen when the brakes are being used, only while accelerating and pushing the throttle. my transmission will sometimes hesitate or 'think' when shifting from reverse to another gear. sometimes it is very loud was a large 'thunk' sound coming from underneath the car. the car also seems to make a whining noise when shifting out of different gates. (park, reverse, drive, etc) i have had the dealership check multiple times and they say it is normal operation. i've taken out other nissan murano's in the same model and it does not do this.
When making sharp turn (left or right) into fast moving traffic and driving straight after the turn, while pushing accelerator pedal hard, the rpm will go up high but the speed will not (it will increase very slowly). the rpm would stay high (5000 to 6000) there will be lots of noise from the drive train but nothing will happen to lower the rpm. in order to make the cvt work properly after that, the accelerator pedal has to be fully released and the rpm will have to go down. i can replicate this condition most of the time (it depends on whether the accelerator pedal is pushed hard enough while turning), and it has been happening ever since purchase of this car. at the dealership garage i was told that since there is no fault code they can't help and refused to take a ride in the car.
This has happen numerous times, the transmission a cvt has big problems that has caused my wife and i great concern. when we go to take off and really have to step down on the peddle because of traffic flow. we have semi's traveling on our road and other roads, when this occurred the first time after purchasing the car we thought it was bad gas, but since then we have been in critical situations because the transmission is not working. the transmission in question is very unsafe in this vehicle it almost stops for a few seconds. we have seconds away from 18 wheelers crashing into us, or cars where you have to pull out in traffic. what bothers me is my wife drives this vehicle at least once a day. sometimes with my daughter, and grandson. where we live big trucks hauling wood to the paper mill have almost crashed into us on numerous occasions, same with cars.some even showing road rage when my wife is minding her own business, and same with me. this problem has caused us to know that the transmission is doing this on a regular basis. when the car is in motion, we have even been put in the medium because of this cvt problem, and we believe by looking on the web now, and asking the mechanic we always use has said the same. we have had this car since july 2018. we know now it isn't bad gas, or the injectors needing clean, or the transmission oil needing change. we however know that with this safety problem it will be just a matter of time if not us but someone driving this type of vehicle will either get hurt, or may start causing people to die. we live right off of a two lane road, sometimes it is when we are pulling out, sometimes when we are going on the expressway way, sometimes when passing slower traffic, or on a city intersection. it acts at first like the engine is going to stall, seconds count in driving, we don't feel safe in this car anymore.
In 9000 miles, i've had this occur 3 times. immediately after turning - straightening out, acceleration will not kick in. i see the rpms going up as i am hitting the gas, but the vehicle is not getting any power to the wheels - i was actually slowing down from my turn inertia. i had my car up to 5000 rpms, but i was still only going ~25-35 mph. very dangerous if i pull into traffic. i had my vehicle looked at by the dealership, however since there were no codes, they could not find anything wrong. i contacted nissan customer care and they are not interested in troubleshooting if there are no codes. the date listed is approximate.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 nissan murano. while driving 10 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the rpms increased; however, the vehicle failed to move. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was taken to a local dealer (girard nissan, 425 gold star hwy, groton, ct 06340). the failure was unable to be duplicated; however, the software module update was completed. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was notified and did not assist. the failure mileage was 5,800.