Nissan Armada Complaints

1,854 consumer complaints on file.

#10630831September 4, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED THE BRAKES SEIZED AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE OR THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT WHICH DID NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH SAFTY TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE A DEFINATE DIAGNOSIS INDICATING THAT THE PART SPECIFICALLY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABS FAILURE AND TO HAVE THE AUTHORIZED DEALER REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V072000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,500. DYD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10630550September 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. I COULD FEEL VIBRATIONS AND HEARD GRINDING WHENEVER I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE WHILE WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE, I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. I PULLED OFF TO TEST THE BRAKES AT THIS POINT AND THEY WORKED FINE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 WHILE DRIVING AT MINIMAL SPEED, BUT ONLY THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED. AGAIN, AFTER COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LIGHT TURNED OFF AND THE BRAKES WERE OPERATIONAL. AFTER HAVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM CHECKED I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED CODE 1179. I CALLED NISSAN'S CORPORATE NUMBER TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND WAS OFF HANDEDLY TOLD THAT ALL 2008 NISSAN ARMADAS ARE NOT EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED BY THE CENTRAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN HOUSTON TEXAS, AND I WILL REPORT THE FINDINGS TO THE NORTH AMERICAN NISSAN CORPORATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10630543September 3, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH A GRINDING NOISE. NO BRAKES WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND BRAKE LIGHT LIT UP ON DASH. ONCE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, PROBLEM RESET ITSELF AND BRAKES WORKED LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO OTHER TIMES SINCE THEN WITH PROBLEM BEING RESOLVED BY TURNING CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO RESET. ONLY REMEDY NISSAN GIVES IS TAKE IT TO NEAREST DEALER WHEN THE PROBLEM EXISTS. THIS IS OVER AN HOUR AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE, AND ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN. WITH NO BRAKES, THIS IS SOMETHING I AM NOT WILLING TO RISK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10630036September 2, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10628885August 27, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INDEPENDENTLY AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE CAME FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627847August 24, 2014
STEERING
THE FIRST INCIDENT TOOK PLACE APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AFTER PURCHASE, BUT IT WAS NOT AS SEVERE, SO I WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SEVERE OCCURRENCE, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE SUMMER OF 2009. AT ABOUT 55 MILES PER HOUR THE VEHICLE SHAKES, AND THE STEERING SEEMED A BIT LOOSE. BUT BECAUSE I LIKE MY NISSAN, I JUST DROVE IT VERY CAREFULLY. THEN IN 2014, IT BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH PROBLEMS THAT OTHERS WERE HAVING AS ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING WAS RELATED TO THE BRAKE SYSTEM. BUT IT WAS SHAKING EVEN WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. I HAVE OWNED VEHICLES THAT COST CONSIDERABLY LESS, AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WHERE THE STEERING SHAFT CONNECTION TO THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY BECAME SO WORN THAT BOTH THE STEERING SHAFT AND THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ENGINEERING DEFECT OR POOR WORKMANSHIP, AND A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD, AND IF I HAD NOT HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, OR THE FINANCES TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, IT WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE RESULTED IN A CAR CRASH AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE, AS WHEN THE STEERING STARTED TO DEGRADE WITHOUT MY APPLYING THE BRAKES, IT DEGRADED QUITE RAPIDLY. I PAID AUTO-NATION NISSAN OF MEMPHIS $1989.60 TO REPAIR, AND IT ONLY PUT ME BACK TO THE POINT WHERE THE SHUDDERING OR SHAKING ONLY OCCURS WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE IN GOOD CONSCIOUS TO SALE THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE, THOUGH I AM SURE THAT NORTH AMERICAN NISSAN WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING SO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627745August 23, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN PRESSING THE PEDAL IT DID NOT BRAKE AS USUAL AND IT TOOK MUCH LONGER TO STOP AND THE PEDAL WOULD VIBRATE AND THE CAR MADE A GRINDING NOISE. WE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND ON AND THEN IT WORKED. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE BUT IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN, IT HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK, TO THE POINT THAT WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE IT SINCE THIS MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627340August 21, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
ON A REGULAR NORMAL PERFECT TO DRIVE DAY, BRAKE BECOMES SPONGY AND MAKING A COMPRESSED-SPRING LIKE NOISE. WILL NOT STOP CAR RIGHT AWAY. HAD TO TURN ENGINE AND RESTART TO GET RID OF PROBLEM. ON OCCASION, ABS LIGHT COME ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626772August 20, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW NISSAN ARMADA BACK IN 2004. STARTING AROUND 2006 I HAD A BRAKE FAILURE ISSUE. THE EMERGENCY LIGHT COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT APPLY PROPERLY. YOU CAN HEAR A GRINDING, CRANKING, SPRING NOISE WHEN "TRYING" TO STOP THE BEHEMOTH VEHICLE. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO SEVERAL NISSAN DEALERS (WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY) BUT THEY ALL COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE... IT WAS NOT HAPPENING AT THE TIME I TOOK IT IN. THIS WENT ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS!!! HOW CAN I GET IT FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, IF THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP CAN'T TELL ME THE PROBLEM? RECENTLY NISSAN THEN ADVISED ME TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. SO AFTER PAYING $115 OUT OF POCKET TO PROVE SOMETHING IS WRONG, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER BOOSTER SENSOR WAS "DEFECTIVE". SO I LET NISSAN NORTH AMERICA KNOW ABOUT THE "DEFECT" AND OF COURSE THEIR RESPONSE WAS "YOUR VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY". HOW HEINOUS OF A COMPANY CAN NISSAN BE? NOT CARE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES (IT IS A FAMILY CAR) AND OTHERS WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT! ON TOP OF THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE! THEY HAVE SOLD ME A VEHICLE WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY NEED TO BE FINED AND BE ACCOUNTABLE AND FIX THE DEFECTIVE PROBLEM FOR ALL THE CONSUMERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE STRESSFUL ISSUE NOT KNOWING WHEN YOUR VEHICLE CANNOT BRAKE! THIS IS A BIG SAFETY AND LIABILITY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND ADDRESSED BY NISSAN ASAP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626297August 19, 2014
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING AND CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE BRACKET ON THE SUBFRAME ASSEMBLY FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,671. UPDATED 02/09/15*LJ UPDATED 08/28/2017*CT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626388August 19, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAS A BRAKE LIGHT THAT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT STOP PROPERLY. THE ABS IS ACTIVATED AND THE CAR MUST BE RESTARTED TO CLEAR THE BRAKE LIGHT AND FOR THE BRAKES TO WORK PROPERLY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IT HAPPENS AT RANDOM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626036August 18, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. I HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP AND TURN OFF THE CAR. AFTER CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES, I RESTARTED THE CAR. THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN, NOT ONLY WITH ME BUT ALSO WITH MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE TOO. AFTER LOOKING AT THE ONLINE FORUM (CLUB ARMADA) I DETERMINED THAT THE VDC SYSTEM NEEDED REPROGRAMMING (ACCORDING TO ALL OF THE MANY OTHER POSTS ABOUT THE SAME INCIDENT). I'M HERE AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW AND IT SHOULD COST ABOUT $100 TO FIX. WE'LL SEE..... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622601August 15, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAVELING ABOUT 15MPH. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ONE, THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND AS HE APPLIED THE BRAKE, THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. IT FINALLY ROLLED TO A STOP AS HE WAS PRESSING THE BREAK COMPLETELY DOWN TO THE GROUND. HE PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. HE RE-STARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED TO RESET ITSELF AND DRIVE NORMALLY. WE ARE CONCERNED AS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON LONG DISTANCES OR JUST ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER. WE ARE READING OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622440August 15, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS, STRUCTURE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENTERING THE VEHICLE THE INTERIOR ROOF PANEL WAS DISCOVERED HANGING FROM THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE PANEL HAD TO BE HELD TO AVOID IT FROM FALLING DOWN ONTO THE DRIVER. IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE INTERIOR ROOF PANEL DETACHED FROM THE ROOF AND FELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE MAKING CONTACT WITH A PASSENGER SEATED IN THE SECOND ROW MIDDLE SEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622424August 14, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
ON 8/12/14 I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 PM AND I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO CLARKSON AVENUE FROM NOSTRAND AVENUE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND A I HEARD A SPRING POPPING NOISE WHEN I HAD PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES. I WAS SCARED AND DROVE HOME VERY SLOWLY STOPPING AT SEVERAL LIGHTS AND THE SPRING POPPING AND NOW GRINDING NOISE CONTINUED EVERY TIME I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES. I HAD TO SLOWLY PRESS THE BRAKES BECAUSE IT SEEMS AS IF IT LOST SOME POWER. THE NEXT MORNING ON 8/13/14 I CALLED AAA TO TOW ME TO NISSAN. NISSAN TOLD ME MY ROTORS, BRAKE PADS AND BRAKE FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAD THE REPAIR THEY SUGGESTED AND DROVE HOME AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. NOW TODAY ON 8/14/14 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE BRAKES AGAIN AND ITS 8 P,M, I WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO CONTACT NISSAN TO SEE IF THEY CAN RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621926August 13, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
KNOWN ABS ISSUE IF RESEARCHED ONLINE. ABS LIGHT TURNED ON WITH BRAKES SCREECHING SOUND . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621277August 11, 2014
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY, STRUCTURE
I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE ONE MORNING ABOUT 3 MILES FROM HOME. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RAIN STARTED COMING IN THE CAR BC THE SUNROOF DRAIN LINES WERE IMPROPERLY WORKING AT 10% BECAUSE WHEN MANUFACTURED THEY WERE PLACED THE WRONG WAY. THIS CAUSED WATER TO POUR INTO MY CAR AS I WAS DRIVING . MY FEET WERE SOAKED AS RAINWATER POURED ON THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS. IT ALSO STARTED TO COME THROUGH THE DVD PLAYER ,THE SUNROOF WHEN CLOSED AND THE SIDE TOP PANEL IN FRONT. MY LIGHTS AND SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO GO IN AND OUT AS THEN WATER CONTINUED TO FLOOD MY CAR . MY CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 2 MONTHS AND HAD TO BE COMPLETELY GUTTED DUE TO THE WATER RUINING THE SEATS AND THE CARPET. NISSAN DIDN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THERE FACTORY DEFAULT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED MORE UNKNOWN PROBLEMS . WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN DEC. 2012 BRAND NEW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621210August 10, 2014
ENGINE
CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD IDENTIFIED. DEALER TOOK 2 MONTHS AFTER REQUESTING A TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP (200 MILES RT) TO DENY ANY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE VEHICLE IS OVER 8 YEARS NEW. BEEN CRACKED FOR YEARS AND THEY KNEW ITS AGE BEFORE REQUESTING AN INSPECTION. WE WERE TOLD BY DEALERSHIP TO BE WARY OF EXHAUST LEAKING INTO THE CABIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621156August 9, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
ROOF CONSOLE CRACKED AND IS HANGING FROM THE ROOF. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FROM WHAT I HAVE RESEARCHED. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND FOR THEM TO REPLACE IT ITS GOING TO COST ME 3000 THAT IS ABSURD. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NISSANS PROBLEM FOR USING CHEAP BRACKETS TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. I WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO DO A RECALL ON THESE AND FIX THEM. I OWN 3 NISSAN CARS AND AFTER THIS NOT SURE I WANT A CAR THAT WILL FALL APART AND NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO FIX IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619477August 7, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS GAUGE DOES WORK, ALWAYS STUCK 1/4 EVEN TANK WERE EMPTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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