2008 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE FELL DOWN WITHOUT WARNING GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH. *TR

I PURCHASED THE 2008 NISSAN ARMADA BRAND NEW. AROUND MID SUMMER OF 2011 I NOTICED SMALL GAPS IN MY OVERHEAD REAR OEM CONSOLE. I CAME OUT FROM WORK STILL DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME AND NOTICED THAT MY ENTIRE OVERHEAD REAR OEM CONSOLE HAD FALLEN. IT WAS ONLY HANGING BY A FRONT SCREW AND A REAR SCREW. I WENT TO THE NISSAN DEALER IN TOWN ONLY TO BE TOLD LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD BEEN HANGING ON IT AND PULLED IT DOWN. THE NISSAN MECHANICS UNPLUGGED AND UNHOOKED EVERYTHING CONNECTED TO THE CONSOLE AND TOOK IT DOWN. I CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE AND EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD USED SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS. NISSAN TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. I CALLED MY INSURANCE AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. MY INSURANCE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD RESEARCH IT TO SEE IF ANY OTHER ARMADA OWNERS HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THEY CLAIMED NOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANY. A FEW WEEKS LATER I STARTED NOTICING CRACKS IN THE FRONT OVERHEAD CONSOLE. IT ALSO FELL WITHIN A FEW DAYS. WHEN THE REAR CONSOLE FELL I PRICED THE PART AND IT WAS OVER $900. I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER PRICING THE FRONT. I DID IN TURN DO RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND AN ENTIRE SITE DEDICATED TO 2008 AND OTHER ARMADA OWNERS THAT EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR USING SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS WHEN CONSTRUCTING THEIR VEHICLES. THE PAINT ON THE HOOD IS ALSO STARTING TO WEAR AWAY ON THE HOOD. AFTER PAYING MY HARD EARNED MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE I THINK NISSAN SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A VEHICLE THAT WASN'T GOING TO CRASH IN AROUND ME. I OWN A SECOND 06 NISSAN AND THE PAINT IS WEARING AWAY ON THE TOP OF IT ALSO. I WILL NOT BE BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN UNTIL THEY CAN IMPROVE ON THEIR MATERIALS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS DELAYED AND FELT AS IF IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,250 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,475.

WHEN ENTERING INTO THE VEHICLE WE NOTICED THE FRONT PORTION OF THE CENTER OVERHEAD CONSOLE WAS SAGGING. WE OPENED THE FIRST COMPARTMENT AND THE PIECE IN WHICH THE SCREW IS PLACED INTO TO CONNECT THE CONSOLE TO THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE CRACKED OFF AND HAD FALLEN OFF CAUSING THE CONSOLE TO LONGER BE CONNECTED. HAD THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE OF MY VEHICLE WAS HANGING FROM THE CEILING. MY CAR WAS PARKED AS IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS AT WORK. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO MY CAR SINCE THERE WAS BROKEN PLASTIC EVERYWHERE. THE FRONT HALF OF THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE WAS HANGING. I WAS ABLE TO DISCONNECT THE WIRES SO THAT I COULD DRIVE IT HOME. I ORDERED THE REPLACEMENT PART FROM THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND IT CAME IN A WEEK LATER. WE TIGHTENED THE BACK PART OF THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE BECAUSE AFTER LOOKING IT OVER WE NOTICED THAT IT WAS ALSO LOOSE AND CRACKING. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE BACK PART WILL ALSO BREAK OFF AND FALL. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE NISSAN TO ILLINOIS FROM OHIO AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND SHE PROCEEDED TO HIT THE BRAKES WHICH WERE NOT THERE THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND MADE A GRINDING SOUND AS IF THE BRAKE LINES WERE CUT. SHE CALLS ME IN A PANIC AND I TELL HER HOW TO DOWN SHIFT THE CAR. SHE FINALLY GETS IT TO A STOP AND TURNS OFF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN SHE GOES TO START IT AGAIN THE BRAKES ARE COMPLETELY BACK WITH OUT ANY MALFUNCTION. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO HER DESTINATION WERE SHE TOOK IT TO COURTESY NISSAN IN MOLINE ILL. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING GRINDING CAUSING ABS SENSOR TO THINK WHEEL SPEED WAS DIFFERENT, WHICH THEY REPLACED RIGHT FRONT HUB AND SENSOR AND SENT HER ON HER WAY WITH $829.16 BILL. THAT WAS JULY 25, 2012 SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR A DAY ON JULY 27, 2012 SHE WAS GOING DOWN A HILL WHEN THE BRAKES DECIDED TO FAIL AGAIN SHE DOWN SHIFTED AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A ATM TO STOP FROM GOING INTO BUSY TRAFFIC. SHE DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE THE BRAKES WERE STILL IN FAIL MODE WHERE THEY PROMPTLY PLUGGED IT INTO THE COMPUTER AND THE SCAN SHOWED CODE C1179 DELTA SENSOR, THEY SAID THEY PERFORMED TEST TO DETERMINE INTERNAL ABS CONTROLLER FAILURE AND THEN REPLACED ABS CONTROLLER AT A VERY STEEP PRICE. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE NISSAN HOME WITH MY FAMILY INSIDE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THEN ON JUNE 14, 2012THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN WHEN WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN OF MANSFIELD MMG THEY GOT THE CODE BUT ONCE THE CAR WAS TUNED OFF THEY COULD NOT GET THE PROBLEM TO DUPLICATE. CORPORATE AND THE LOCAL DEALER SAID THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR ME SINCE THE PROBLEM WILL NOT DUPLICATE AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO BRING IT RIGHT OVER WHICH IS A 40 MINUTE DRIVE FOR ME FROM MY HOUSE LET ALONE PUTTING MYSELF AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE AT RISK. *TR

AFTER GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP, MY SON NOTICED THE CEILING CENTER CONSOLE COMING LOOSE. AFTER PARKING THE CAR, THE CONSOLE FELL. LUCKILY MY SON CAUGHT IT, HAD HE NOT NOTICED IT WAS LOOSE THE CONSOLE WOULD'VE FELL IN HIS HEAD. *TR.... UPDATED 02/19/15 *BF

I WAS APPROACHING INTERSECTION WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED AND MY TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VERY BAD AND MADE VERY LOUD NOISES. I THEN NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. I THEN PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND INSPECTED BRAKE SYSTEM. WHEN I PRECEDED TO TURN VEHICLE BACK ON I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS OFF. THE BRAKES WERE FINE AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. WHEN I GOT HOME I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND NOTICED THOUSANDS OF OTHER NISSAN OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE ISSUE AND THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION!! *TR

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE STORE, MY FAMILY AND I RETURNED TO THE ARMADA AND FOUND THE FRONT CONSOLE HAD FELL FROM CEILING OF VEHICLE.. IF YOU LOOK YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF THESE CONSOLES FALLING OUT OF THE CEILING. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. THERE IS A DEFECT WITH WHERE THE SCREWS GO IN TO HOLD THIS UP. THE PLASTIC JUST CRUMBLES AROUND IT. AFTER THIS HAPPENED I CHECKED THE REAR ONE TO INSPECT THE CONDITION IT IS IN. THE RIGID PLASTIC IS CRACKED AROUND THEM TOO. ANY DAY NOW I AM WAITING FOR THIS ONE TO FALL OUT AS WELL. THESE CONSOLES FALLING COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WILL DEFINITELY HIT THE DRIVER IN THE HEAD AND CAUSE A DISTRACTION. WE WILL CHECK TO SEE IF ANY CLASS ACTION SUITS HAVE STARTED OR CAN BE STARTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONSOLE IN THE CEILING OF THE VEHICLE BECAME DETACHED, STRIKING THE CONTACT IN THE CRANIUM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE CONSOLE WOULD HAVE TO BE RE-ATTACHED BUT NO CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE REAR CEILING CONSOLE BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.