SUV hatch not working.

I understand this is not new info for many here, but it may help someone. After the latest ice storm, the hatch on my 2017 Murano stopped working.  Not even a click when I pushed the button.  I assumed it was a fuse, but I was too lazy to hunt through the 3 fuse panels to find the right fuse. So I went for the easy target first. I disconnected the negative terminal on the battery for an hour.   The hatch works perfectly.   Now I have to reset the clock.

I’m surprised! I expected it to be that the non-click was the result of a cable mechanism immediately breaking because its servo motor, or connection to same, was so brittle and frozen. Glad it was as simple as a disconnect-reconnect! In my mind Nissan, and the Murano in particular, is notorious for being over-engineered.

Hi Ned,

I knew about the Murano’s rep before I bought it.  To make it worse, mine is  a Platinum… which means it has every toy.  My problem is I bought it new at $10,000 under sticker.  I used it for work traveling around the country, so I was reimbursed for everything I paid for it plus  gas, insurance, etc.  At 150,000 miles, I am waiting for the CVT to give up.   My only debate is if I will be better off trading it in or driving it til it drops. If it was a regular transmission, I would continue to drive it.  With the rep of the Nissan CVT, I am not so sure.  The one positive here is that a huge % of those miles were on the interstate, so I suspect the transmission may have a little less wear.

Good approach. Glad the problem is solved.

Though it suggests a bigger problem -- our vehicles are now computers with wheels. So many problems are software problems. The first thing you do is reboot, then connect to the Internet, check for updates, run a virus scan ... hoo boy.

Hi Douglas,

It is much more scary.  I went out to the car to reset the clock.  The car had taken care of that. It had also done a number of other updates. In fact, the only info lost were my old destinations on the Navigation.