The Lemon Index$5,000 middle bill · most between $4,300 and $6,000
Higher than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 87,000 miles (32 reports).
Nissan Murano owners reported paying a median of $5,000 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $4,300 and $6,000. That's from 39 owner reports (39 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5003%
- $2,500–$5,00036%
- $5,000 and up62%
Share of the 39 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2003 Nissan Murano14$5,000 middle bill
- 2004 Nissan Murano10$5,200 middle bill
- 2005 Nissan Murano4$5,900 middle bill
- 2006 Nissan Murano1too few for a middle
- 2007 Nissan Murano1too few for a middle
- 2009 Nissan Murano2too few for a middle
- 2010 Nissan Murano1too few for a middle
- 2011 Nissan Murano3$7,000 middle bill
- 2012 Nissan Murano1too few for a middle
- 2013 Nissan Murano1too few for a middle
- 2016 Nissan Murano1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2003 Nissan Murano36 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Nissan Murano23 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Nissan Murano13 complaints name it9% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Nissan Murano13 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2011 Nissan Murano12 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Nissan Murano reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Nissan Murano owners reported
Transfer case replacement (42) · ABS module replacement (15) · Alternator replacement (7) · Lifter replacement (6) · Valve body replacement (6) · Door lock actuator replacement (5) · Engine mount replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11728892, 11724430, 11605560, 11541094, 11405984, 11299794, 11297088, 11207021, 11162576, 10750368, 10690486, 10662380 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Nissan Murano?
Nissan Murano owners reported a median of $5,000, and the middle half paid $4,300 to $6,000, from 39 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Nissan Murano transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Nissan Murano middle bill of $5,000 is higher than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Nissan Murano repair costs come from?
From 39 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Nissan Murano years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2003 (36), 2004 (23), 2014 (13) Nissan Murano named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.