Nissan Armada Complaints

1,854 consumer complaints on file.

#10732628July 8, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE, SLIP AND VDC OFF LIGHT COME ON AT ONCE. LOSE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR WITH NOISE LIKE THE ABS IS ON, GRINDING SOUND SHUDDERING HAPPENS. TURN OFF AND TURN ON VEHICLE, ISSUE GOES AWAY FOR ANYWHERE FROM A DAY TO A FEW WEEK THEN HAPPENS AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED ON MOSTLY DRY SMOOTH PAVEMENT. IT COULD HAPPEN FEW TIMES A DAY OR FEW TIMES A WEEK AND SOMETIMES NOT FOR WEEKS. I AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE BECAUSE LUCKILY IT HAD HAPPENED EVERY TIME I WAS 20 MPH OR BELOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732327July 6, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA AND HAVE HAD IT FOR ALMOST A YEAR. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN ACTING UP. WHEN I AM DRIVING MY BRAKE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AND I GO TO STOP AND THE I CAN'T STOP. I HAVE TO STOP MY VEHICLE WHERE EVER I AM DRIVING WHETHER IT IS A HIGHWAY OR MAIN ROAD AND STOP THE CAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN PUSH THE VDC LIGHT BUTTON AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND THEN RESTART MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK TO ME AND EVEN UP TO 4 OR 5 TIMES A DAY THIS HAS HAPPENED. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU CAN'T STOP YOUR CAR. THIS REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL TO THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND DEFINITELY IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731206June 30, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FALL 2014. DEC 2014 (1ST INSTANCE) I WAS LEAVING PARKING LOT WHEN MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY BRAKES MADE A WEIRD GRINDING NOISE & I COULDN'T STOP. WHEN I DID GET IT TO STOP I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES THINKING IT WAS FLUID, BUT I CHECKED AND FLUID LEVEL WAS FULL. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND SEEM LIKE IT WAS FINE. DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN TIL MTH HALF LATER, SAME THING. I PUMPED BRAKES, SHUT VEHICHLE OFF, RESTARTED AND IT CLEARED UP. HOWEVER, YESTERDAY JUNE 29, 2015 I WAS TRYING TO GET OFF INTERSTATE AND WAS COMING DOWN OFF RAMP BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES TRYING TO EXIT AND MY BRAKES STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN. I KNOW THAT I HAVE NEW BRAKES AND PLENTY OF BRAKE FLUID. I TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE WHERE I NORMALLY HAVE WORK DONE AND WAS TOLD I NEED TO TAKE IT TO DEALER. SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED, THERE IS NO LONGER WARRANTY AND I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE TO HAVE VEHICLE, IM SINGLE MOM TAKING CARE OF MY MOM AND 2 DISABLED SISTERS. IM THE ONLY ONE DRIVING BUT I DON'T WANT TO RISK THEIR LIFE, SOMEONE ELSES LIFE OR MINE IF I CANT GET BRAKES TO WORK PROPERLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10731351June 30, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730720June 26, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE REAR OVERHEAD CONSOLE BECAME LOOSE AND FELL WHILE I WAS AT WORK ONE DAY, WHEN I CAME OUT TO MY VEHICLE THE WHOLE CONSOLE WAS HANGING BY ONE OF THE WIRES THAT CONNECTS TO THE AC AND RADIO IN THE CEILING. I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN THAT SIT IN THE SECOND SEAT OF MY VEHICLE WHERE THE CONSOLE HAD FALLEN, THANK GOODNESS THEY WERE NOT SITTING THERE THAT DAY! I HAD ASKED MY MECHANIC TO ATTEMPT TO FIX THE CONSOLE, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO AND SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. FROM THE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ ONLINE REGARDING THIS ISSUE, NISSAN IS NOT CONSIDERING IT A RECALL ITEM .... WHY NOT??? IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BAD DESIGN, IT IS TOO BIG, IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CEILING SECURELY ENOUGH FOR SUCH A BIG CONSOLE AND ONCE THE PLASTIC BECOMES OLDER AND BRITTLE .... IT BREAKS! NOW, I DO NOT HAVE AC OR LIGHTS THROUGHOUT MY VEHICLE DUE TO THE VENTS AND LIGHTS BEING IN THE CEILING FOR ANYONE RIDING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD SEATS AKA MY CHILDREN!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726996June 24, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS GOING DOWN 4 LANE HWY AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN APPROACHING INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. IT FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO SHAKE OFF THE AXEL. I JUST KNEW I WAS GOING TO HIT THE CAR NEXT TO ME. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME 15 MPH BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TOUCHED THE BRAKES THE CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY SHAKE TO THE POINT OF PULLING ME OFF OF THE ROAD. WHEN I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, IT MUST HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. IT HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES. I RECENTLY STARTED LOOKING ONLINE FOR ANY INFO ON THE MATTER AND FOUND THAT IT IS HAPPENING PRETTY REGULAR TO PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MODEL AND MAKE AS MINE AND ALSO IN A PRETTY CLOSE TIME FRAME. IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO FIGURE OUT THAT THIS IS A DEFECT. A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY NISSAN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730165June 24, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ARMADA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A RUST MARK ABOUT THE SIZE OF A NICKEL ON THE UPPER DRIVER SIDE OF THE ROOF RAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND REPAIRED WITH TOUCH UP PAINT. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE DISPLAYED SIGNS OF RUST ON THE ENTIRE ROOF FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER TROUGH THE PAINT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. ....UPDATED 08/20/15 *BF UPDATED 12/4/2015*JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726326June 20, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN
RIGHT REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLE BRACKET SNAPPED. CABLE DROPPED DOWN ON TO RIGHT REAR DRIVE AXLE AND A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725004June 12, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR OVERHEAD CONSOLE FELL ONTO MY TWO KIDS WHILE DRIVING. SUB PAR MATERIAL USED IN THE FLIMSY PLASTIC BRACKETS CRACKED AND THE WHOLE THING CAME FALLING DOWN. ONLY THING HOLDING IT UP WAS THE MAIN POWER CABLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE THERE A GREAT NUMBER OF THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724542June 10, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I'M HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH MY2004 ARMADA.I TURN THE CAR ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHT COMS ON THE BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISE I TURN THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON AND THE BRAKES RESET NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY CAN T FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS NO CODE PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND HAVE A RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724129June 8, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE, SLIP AND VDC OFF LIGHT COME ON AT ONCE. LOSE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR WITH NOISE LIKE THE ABS IS ON. SLOWLY CAN GET TRUCK TO STOP. TURN OFF AND TURN ON VEHICLE, ISSUE GOES AWAY FOR ANYWHERE FROM A DAY TO A FEW WEEK THEN HAPPENS AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED ON MOSTLY DRY SMOOTH PAVEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10724010June 8, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, FUEL STARTED TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10723348June 4, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY MARKED REDUCTION IN BRAKING POWER. BRAKING CAUSED A GRINDING AND SPRINGY SOUND. ONCE CAR WAS TURNED OFF PROBLEM RESOLVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS. TWICE EVEN AFTER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED (CODE C1179). THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO FIND ONLINE. SAFETY IS DEFINITELY IMPACTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10722910June 2, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING UP IN THE ARMADA WHEN THE BREAK LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REAL REASON. THE BREAKS SOUNDED AS THOUGH THEY WERE GRINDING OR SLIPPING. THE BREAKS DID NOT STOP THE CAR PROPERLY ANYMORE . WE PULLED INTO GAS STATION WHERE WE SHUT THE CAR OFF . WHEN RESTARTING IT THE BREAK LIGHT WAS OFF AND BREAKS WORKED NORMAL AGAIN. 1DAY WHILE DRIVING THE BREAKS DID IT AGAIN, I COULD BARELY STOP THE ARMADA. ONLY WAY TO FIX IT WAS TO SHUT CAR OFF. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A BREAK BOOSTER MALFUNCTION. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS BY NISSAN BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED FROM LOSS OF BREAKS! THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE ON LINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND STORIES OF THE ARMADA BREAKS FAILING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721587May 27, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO BRAKE THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH AND IT WAS MAKING GRINDING NOISES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED AGAIN AND IT WAS OK. IT HAPPENS PERIODICALLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10721221May 24, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AT APPROXIMATELY 45-50 THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND STALLED MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER WITH NORMAL EFFORT . IT WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED. OF NOTE THIS IS MY 2ND ARMADA MY 2004 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I CAN'T IMAGINE NISSAN DOES NOT KNOW AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX IT. ANY THOUGHTS ?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10720926May 21, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
LEFT REAR PARKING BRAKE CABLE BRACKET SNAPPED CAUSING THE BRAKE CABLE TO WRAP AROUND THE LEFT REAR DRIVE AXLE, PULLING THE DRIVE AXLE OUT OF THE TRANS-AXLE, AND CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE SHAFT AND DRIVE TRAIN. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE AND WOULD DRIFT IN PARK, AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ALSO, DUE TO THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE WRAPPING AROUND THE DRIVE AXLE, THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE HAD EVENTUALLY SNAPPED, RENDERING NO FUNCTION OF THE PARKING BRAKE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE. I HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE BACK UP AGAINST A CURB TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM DRIFTING WHEN IN PARK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717663May 21, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES - WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES BEGIN TO GRIND, STUTTER, AND STOP WORKING. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, AND PULL OVER. THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE AS THIS OCCURS. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT MUST BE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS, AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO "NORMAL." THIS HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY - NOT SAFE! AIRBAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. MANY OF THE ELECTRICAL PARTS ARE NOT WORKING. WE THOUGHT NISSAN WOULD BE THE BEST VEHICLE TO BUY. BUT HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. PLEASE SEND RECALL FOR BRAKES AND AIRBAGS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10716164May 13, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TRAVELING UP A SLIGHT HILL AT ABOUT 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER. THE ENGINE DIED RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT OFF THE IGNITION. I HAD NO POWER AND NO POWER STEERING. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE I TRIED AND SUCCESSFULLY STARTED THE VEHICLE. IT ATTEMPTED TO DIE AGAIN, BUT I REVVED THE ENGINE AND KEPT IT RUNNING. IT WAS FRIGHTENING TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE WERE ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND LOST POWER. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THANKFULLY THE INCIDENT WAS ON A COUNTY ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC AS WE HAD TWO OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715489May 9, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON MAY 5 2015 MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE 84 GOING EAST. WHEN SUDDENLY WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE NISSAN ARMADA STARTED VIBRATING AND WE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN MY HUSBAND LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BROKEN OFF COMPLETELY WITH OUT ANY WARNING. THE DRIVE SHAFT DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND THE MUFFLER THE EXHAUST AND ANOTHER THING I DONT KNOW THE NAME. WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THE TRUCK DIDN'T FLIP OVER. I CALLED NISSAN LETTING THEM KNOW OF THIS ISSUE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL GET BACK TO ME ON MONDAY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND ALL DRIVE SHAFTS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED FREE. MY HUSBAND ALREADY REPLACED OURS BUT JUST THE COST OF ALL THE REPAIRS IS WELL OVER 2000 DOLLARS WHICH IN MY OPINION NISSAN CORP SHOULD BE PAYING FOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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