NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Nissan Murano Recalls
The 2012 Nissan Murano has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 22, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Nissan Murano. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 135
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Nissan Murano, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2012 Nissan Murano
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 12V068000
- Reported
- February 22, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,983
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Nissan Murano complaints by year
NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2012 Nissan Murano, the newest on August 23, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Nissan Murano, the component group named most often is the power train (22%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the electrical system (10%).
The 2012 Nissan Murano's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2012 Nissan Murano owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train30
- Air Bags26
- Unknown Or Other23
- Electrical System13
- Engine13
- Service Brakes12
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 21 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2012 Nissan Murano peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 21. 19% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Nissan Murano drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Murano year in the same window: 13th highest of the 17 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 135 complaints about the 2012 Nissan Murano are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Murano by model year
Other 2012 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: August 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted