Good day house,
You will all agree with me that Nissan Murano (2003-2007) is still a very beautiful CUV that can still be placed almost in the same category with Lexus Rx330 & d Ford Edge. The difference between a Murano and the cars just mentioned is the Price. This is my personal opinion because the Murano has a very stylish interior, Bose sound system and other amazing features that can complete with other SUVs.
However, Nissan Murano has a poor 2nd hand value in Nigeria with a clean fairly used one going for 700k or less while the Toks is 1.3-1.5 Mill.
The reason being that people are scared of the complicated & fragile CVT transmission which many have been a victim of. The true fact is when the Car was introduced to Nigeria in 2004, the early birds who bought it serviced their transmissions with ATF fluid instead of using the CVT fluid made for the gearbox thereby damaging their transmission system. This didn't go well for the owners as replacing the CVT transmission cost a fortune (about 450k) hence the stereotype.
The Nissan Murano uses a 3.5L Nissan engine(almost same found in pathfinder& infinity Qx4) which has been proven to be very durable.
My Questions are:
-Is Nissan Murano a good ride?
-Are there Nissan Murano owners in the house who can tell is how they are coping with this lovely Baby as regards maintenance cost, reliability issues etc?
-What are the measures put in place to prevent this Ride from falling apart?