Nissan Murano reliability by year
24 recall campaigns and 4,363 owner complaints across 20 model years. Best year to buy: 2025. Year to avoid: 2005.
Worst model years to avoid → — the single year to avoid for every model line we track, ranked side by side.
Years to avoid — and why 1 flagged on the NHTSA record
Cleaner on the data: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025 and others. Still verify the specific vehicle.
At-a-glance: every year color-coded
Each cell shows the last two digits of the model year and its 0–10 reliability score from NHTSA data. Click any year to see the full record. ★ best year · ✕ year to avoid.
Year-by-year reliability 20 model years · newest first
Per-year recall counts add up to 40, more than the 24 campaigns above, because a single NHTSA campaign often covers several model years and is counted once in each.
Common trouble spots across the Murano aggregated across 20 model years
Common questions
What's the best year to buy a Nissan Murano?
Based on NHTSA complaint volume and severity weighting, the 2025 Nissan Murano scores 8.2/10 — the strongest in the 2005–2025 range. 21 complaints on file, 2 active recalls. Reliability scores reflect the federal complaint record, not subjective owner reviews.
Which Nissan Murano year should I avoid?
The 2005 Nissan Murano scores 5.8/10 — the weakest in the lineup. 986 owner complaints with NHTSA, 6 active recalls. That doesn't mean every 2005 is a problem — it means failure rates run higher than peer model years on the same platform.
Which years of the Nissan Murano should I avoid?
On the NHTSA complaint and recall record, the model years to be most careful with are 2009 (high-risk ownership — brakes: 241 complaints, classified severe, failures cluster 69,000–112,000 mi). The cleaner years on the data are 2025, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2013. This is our read of the federal data, not a substitute for a pre-purchase inspection of the specific vehicle.
How many years of the Nissan Murano are tracked?
20 model years (2005 through 2025) with NHTSA records on file. Total across the lineup: 24 distinct recall campaigns and 4,363 owner complaints. Those campaigns land on 40 model-year entries in total, because one campaign often covers several years at once — which is why per-year recall counts add up to more than the campaign count.
What's the most-reported problem on the Nissan Murano?
visibility is the most-reported category — 482 complaints across 13 model years. Average shop repair runs about $350.