AutoUtility currently tracks 15 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2018 Nissan Murano. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 4 complaints (26.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 cites a fire.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 15 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (4 reports • 26.7% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (4), Brakes & Traction Control (3)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 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
15
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2018 Nissan Murano

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

#1 Problem Area 26.7% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

4 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.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 26.7% of complaints

Electrical System

4 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🔥 1 fire report
#3 Problem Area 20% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

3 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.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 13.3% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
🔥 1 fire report
#5 Problem Area 6.7% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
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%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2018 Nissan Murano

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

Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11740505
Filed: 05/27/2026

"I am filing a safety complaint regarding my Nissan Murano due to a recurring water leak caused by clogged sunroof/moonroof drain tubes. This problem has now happened for the third time, even after prior repairs by an authorized Nissan dealership. Water repeatedly enters the interior of the vehicle,..."

Incident Date: 05/27/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11728180
Filed: 03/31/2026

"When my car gets to about 20mph the abs light comes on and stays on until I restart the car and drive it again then at 20 mph it come on again I know there are recalls on other Nissan Murano midnight edition for there abs system issues the nhtsa number is 19v807000 other numbers were r1916 and 1920..."

Incident Date: 02/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SERVICE BRAKES
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11725940
Filed: 03/20/2026

"Forward collision warning light comes on and off while driving. When the light comes on the cruise control will not work and when the light goes off I need to reset the cruise control. This started about two months ago."

Incident Date: 01/15/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11702093
Filed: 11/30/2025

"The panoramic sunroof front glass on my 2018 Nissan Murano shattered unexpectedly while I was driving on the highway. Fortunately, I had the interior sliding sunshade closed, which prevented the shattered glass from falling directly onto me. The explosion sound was extremely loud — at first, I..."

Incident Date: 07/19/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Brakes & Traction Control NHTSA ODI ID: #11698422
Filed: 11/09/2025

"My car several times while driving randomly had the traction control loss light pop up randomly (dry conditions) several times through a 45 minute drive. Around the 35 minute mark it popped up again, and my car completely stalled out. My VIN is allegedly not apart of one of their recalls but it..."

Incident Date: 11/09/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES
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 202 10 5 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Nissan Murano 107 3 5 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Nissan Murano 107 8 3 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Nissan Murano Current Page 15 0 2 Current
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 2018 Nissan Murano

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 11 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 1 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 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 (15). 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.
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.