AutoUtility currently tracks 202 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Nissan Murano. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 52 complaints (25.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 10 filings cite a crash, 5 cite a fire, 3 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 202 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (52 reports • 25.7% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Air Bags & Restraints (39), Brakes & Traction Control (30)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 10 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 5 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 3 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
202
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
10
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
5
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
3
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2015 Nissan Murano

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 25.7% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

52 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 19.3% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

39 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 4 crash reports 🩹 6 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 14.9% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

30 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 3 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report 🔥 4 fire reports 🩹 1 injury report entry
#4 Problem Area 12.4% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

25 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 10.9% of complaints

Electrical System

22 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🔥 1 fire report
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Nissan Murano

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.

Powertrain & Transmission 4% of complaints

Loss of Motive Power While Driving

8 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Symptom Identification Method: A complaint may describe more than one symptom, so percentages may sum to more than 100%. Symptom identification reflects text contained in consumer-submitted complaint records and does not establish a confirmed mechanical diagnosis.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Nissan Murano

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11754887
Filed: 08/05/2026

"The transfer case on my Nissan Murano developed an oil leak. a leaking transfer case that is low or complete loss can cause overheating, internal damage or sudden failure of the transfer case while driving, resulting in a loss of power to the wheels, unexpected vehicle deceleration, loss of..."

Incident Date: 08/05/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Steering System NHTSA ODI ID: #11736981
Filed: 05/11/2026

"While driving down the highway 5/10/26, the vehicle completely shut down at 75 MPH. The dash went black, everything shut down, and the steering wheel locked. No warning lights came on. I immediately hit the brakes and tried to veer to the right. Luckily, I was in the right lane and was able to get..."

Incident Date: 05/10/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11725576
Filed: 03/19/2026

"This statement is to the best of my knowledge. I was driving my 2015 Nissan Murano and when I was almost back to mine [XXX] house the transmission stopped working. I took it and had it towed over Gilman Nissan in Rosenberg. I have a warranty on it through endurance warranty company. They came and..."

Incident Date: 03/02/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Suspension NHTSA ODI ID: #11714597
Crash Cited Filed: 01/30/2026

"Summary of Incident: On August 16, 2025, while my daughter was operating the vehicle at approximately 35 MPH, the front driver-side wheel detached entirely from the vehicle, resulting in a catastrophic loss of control and the vehicle being declared a Total Loss. Technical Details & Safety Hazard:..."

Incident Date: 08/16/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION,WHEELS
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11712482
Filed: 01/21/2026

"On Saturday, December 6, 2025 my [XXX] mother and I were driving back to my mom’s Saint Peters, Missouri home around 5:15 pm. I had just exited Missouri Highway 364 at Woodstone/Jungermann Road. I turned right onto Woodstone and heard a thud/clunk. Never heard that sound before. One hundred yards..."

Incident Date: 12/06/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Nissan Murano

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Nissan Murano Current Page 202 10 5 Current
2016 Nissan Murano 107 3 5 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Nissan Murano 107 8 3 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Nissan Murano 15 0 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Nissan Murano 43 1 1 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Nissan Murano 45 1 2 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Nissan Murano 16 1 0 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Nissan Murano 6 2 0 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Nissan Murano 7 2 0 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Nissan Murano 4 0 1 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Nissan Murano 21 2 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Nissan Murano 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Nissan Murano

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 59 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 39 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 29 3 0 5 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 22 2 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 10 0 3 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 8 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 7 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 6 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 5 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 4 1 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 4 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 4 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 3 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 2 2 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 1 0
AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 1 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 1 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
INTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,AIR BAGS,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS 1 1 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
VISIBILITY,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (202). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Related Official Reports for 2015 Nissan Murano

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.