# 2005 Nissan Murano - Loses power **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan\ **Created:** [April 28, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520 "2020-04-28T17:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lynette04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lynette04](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lynette04)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/1 "2020-04-28T17:40:08Z")
Car driving good then loses power. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/2 "2020-04-28T18:04:38Z")
Is the Check Engine Light lit-up? Or–much worse–is that light flashing/blinking? ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/3 "2020-04-28T18:12:29Z")
Is that a question? More information would help. Or is it haiku? ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/4 "2020-04-28T18:17:08Z")
> [@Lynette04](#): > > loses power. Loses power - or RPMs go up when you push the gas pedal, without the acceleration you’d expect? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/5 "2020-04-28T18:49:23Z")
You really need to provide some useful information and which might help to narrow it down from a 100 things to 20 or so. IF the CEL is not on, not flashing, and there are no codes present then one might suspect a failing fuel pump. Another often overlooked problem which can cause this are scaled over battery terminals. Both of those are just WAGs. Battery terminals are easily checked and cleaned. ---
**Author:** ![Lynette04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lynette04](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lynette04)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/6 "2020-04-28T23:08:33Z")
How long foes it take to change alternator ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/7 "2020-04-28T23:12:16Z")
A good mechanic can do it in a couple of hours , An inexperienced do it yourself person a whole weekend. Do you actually know you need an alternator ? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/8 "2020-04-29T03:44:48Z")
Details are as murky as a London fog. ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/9 "2020-04-29T12:51:56Z")
> [@Lynette04](#): > > How long foes it take to change alternator what astounding leap are we taking to get from: > [@Lynette04](#): > > Car driving good then loses power. to > [@Lynette04](#): > > How long foes it take to change alternator we need some details @Lynette04!! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/10 "2020-04-29T13:22:04Z")
> [@Lynette04](#): > > How long foes it take to change alternator As Pyrolord mentioned, this is a quantum leap from asking for diagnostic help (while providing almost no important details) to the OP’s apparent decision to replace the alternator–especially in light of her failure to respond to the following questions: > [@VDCdriver](#): > > Is the Check Engine Light lit-up? > Or–much worse–is that light flashing/blinking? > [@shanonia](#): > > Loses power - or RPMs go up when you push the gas pedal, without the acceleration you’d expect? ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/11 "2020-04-29T14:45:05Z")
What we have here is failure to communicate (another haiku!) ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-murano-loses-power/163520/12 "2020-04-29T17:15:38Z")
> [@Lynette04](#): > > Car driving good then loses power. First things first. Electrical power or motive power?