MODELYEARINDEX

Nissan Murano

795 complaints across 12 scored model years and 13 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Nissan Murano Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2015 vs model median 2.6×
Model median3× median
Airbags & Restraints 32
Drivetrain 15
Brakes 14
Avoid

2015 · 2018

Best

2011 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.77× 39 B
2011
0.46× 25 A
2012
1.07× 40 B
2013
0.70× 34 B
2014
1.68× 61 C
2015
2.62× 128 F
2016
1.58× 81 D
2017
2.26× 105 F
2018
2.62× 124 F
2019
0.71× 39 B
2020
0.93× 42 B
2021
0.54× 18 A
2025 P
1.05× 39 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG23
City / Highway21 / 27
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,650

Recalls

13 campaigns on record, 2 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V244000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION 2015, 2016 3,296,947
19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2018, 2019 1,228,830
19V807000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2015–2018 391,479
18V601000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2015–2017 215,124
16V636000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2015–2017 120,329
25V821000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2025 64,085
17V184000 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS 2013, 2014 56,766
21V170000 STEERING:LINKAGES 2020 15,223

+ 5 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2015 Murano
Complaints in window
128
Severity-weighted
159.5
Model median (weighted)
61
vs model median
2.62×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
0
Score 19.6 F