Model-year matrix

Nissan Murano
which year?

Compare every Nissan Murano model year the EPA recorded, 2003 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Nissan Murano year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Nissan Murano?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Nissan Murano years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2005

986 indexed complaint reports; seats is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2005 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2006

803 indexed complaint reports; seats is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2006 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2003

800 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2003 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Nissan Murano model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2025 Nissan Murano

NHTSA complaint allegations: 21
Combined EPA economy: 23 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,650
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelselectrical system 7forward collision avoidance 5lane departure 5

Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2026 Nissan Murano

NHTSA complaint allegations: 1
Combined EPA economy: 23 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,650
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsback over prevention 1unknown or other 1

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2026 has 20 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2025.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Nissan Murano by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Nissan Murano model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2026	1	back over prevention 1unknown or other 1	23	1	$2,650	Dossier →
2025	21	electrical system 7forward collision avoidance 5lane departure 5	23	2	$2,650	Dossier →
2024	4	unknown or other 2engine 1power train 1	22–23	2	$2,650–2,800	Dossier →
2023	7	service brakes 3forward collision avoidance 2unknown or other 2	22–23	2	$2,650–2,800	Dossier →
2022	6	unknown or other 2electrical system 1exterior lighting 1	22–23	2	$2,650–2,800	Dossier →
2021	16	forward collision avoidance 8unknown or other 4electrical system 2	22–23	2	$2,650–2,800	Dossier →
2020	42	forward collision avoidance 18unknown or other 10suspension 6	23	2	$2,650	Dossier →
2019	42	forward collision avoidance 13unknown or other 10vehicle speed control 6	23	2	$2,650	Dossier →
2018	113	unknown or other 29forward collision avoidance 26service brakes 26	24	2	$2,550	Dossier →
2017	107	unknown or other 27electrical system 17vehicle speed control 15	24	2	$2,550	Dossier →
2016	107	unknown or other 19power train 15service brakes 14	24–29	4	$2,100–2,550	Dossier →
2015	202	power train 52air bags 36unknown or other 31	24	2	$2,550	Dossier →
2014	144	unknown or other 39power train 31steering 22	19–20	3	$3,100–4,000	Dossier →
2013	72	power train 13unknown or other 13electrical system 11	19–20	3	$3,100–4,000	Dossier →
2012	134	power train 30air bags 26unknown or other 23	19–20	3	$3,100–4,000	Dossier →
2011	148	service brakes 38power train 37unknown or other 23	19–20	3	$3,100–4,000	Dossier →
2010	190	service brakes 55power train 40electrical system 23	20	2	$3,800	Dossier →
2009	635	service brakes 253air bags 92electrical system 83	20	2	$3,800	Dossier →
2007	676	seats 221suspension 94structure 72	19–20	2	$3,800–4,000	Dossier →
2006	803	seats 402visibility 150power train 43	19–20	2	$3,100–3,250	Dossier →
2005	986	seats 457visibility 124latches/locks/linkages 119	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2004	678	power train 147visibility 124electrical system 120	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →
2003	800	power train 271electrical system 227seats 111	20	2	$3,100	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.