2006 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON SPONTANEOUSLY. WHEN I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL A LOUD GRINDING AND SPRING LIKE NOISE CAME FROM THE ARMADA, AND THE BRAKE POWER WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GONE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS GONE AND THE BREAKS WORKED PERFECTLY. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BREAK TO STOP. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THE ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM IS GOOD, NOT ONE ISSUE. HE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED THOUSANDS OF TIMES. THERE IS EVEN A VIDEO POSTED OF THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. AFTER CALLING MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS CONCERN I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE CASE FILED. HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED ALL STATE THAT NISSAN IS NOT PROVIDING A SOLUTION. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT IS LIKE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN A VERY LARGE VEHICLE WITH A 6 MONTH OLD BABY IN THE BACK AND SUDDENLY LOSING YOUR BREAKING POWER, BUT IT SCARED ME BEYOND EXPLANATION. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS! *TR

FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. EVERY SEVERAL WEEKS SOMETIMES MONTHS. WHEN I GO TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND A HORRIBLE GRINDING FROM MY FROM BRAKES CAN BE HEARD. THE BRAKES SEEM LIKE THEY ARE BARELY ENGAGING AND VEHICLE HAS A HARD TIME STOPPING. THIS MOSTLY HAS HAPPENED AT SLOW SPEEDS. HOWEVER, THIS SAME SITUATION HAPPENED TO MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY WITH MY 6 YR OLD CHILD. SHE HAD TO MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND VERY SLOWLY TRY TO COME TO A STOP. I ALSO NOTICED THAT ONCE YOU TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON THE PROBLEM IS GONE. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF POST ONLINE WITH PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE. PEOPLE HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS CHANGING BRAKES, ROTORS ETC... AT DEALERSHIPS WITHOUT ANY LUCK RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. I CANNOT BELIEVE NISSAN HAS NOT COME OUT WITH A RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM? *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT FLASHED. THE CAR LOST THE USE OF THE BRAKES, AND I HEARD A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME SINCE I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. I'VE HAD TO MANAGE TO PULL OVER, CUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART TO GET THE BRAKE LIGHT TO TURN OFF AND THE GRINDING TO STOP. LUCKILY, I HAVEN'T HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE FIVE OR SO TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

MY NISSAN ARMADA CAUGHT FIRE WITH NO WARNING. NISSAN HAS ADMITTED THIS IS DUE TO A RECALLED AIR COMPRESSOR UNIT WITH LIKELIHOOD TO CATCH FIRE. NISSAN WILL NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION AND IS NOW NEGOTIATING IN BAD FAITH. NISSAN HAS OFFERED TO BUY OUT THE CAR SO THEY CAN SELL THE COMPONENTS AT AUCTION - HOWEVER, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO MAKE US WHOLE. *JB

THIS EXPERIENCE HAPPENED YESTERDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 WITH MY FAMILY IN TRAFFIC. I'M ENTERING THIS REPORT FOR THE TIME IT FIRST HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED MORE TIMES FOR MY WIFE WHO IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER. IN TOTAL THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES. ONE SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 I WAS DROPPING KIDS OFF IN SCHOOL WHERE THE TEACHERS CONTROL HOW WE APPROACH AND ALLOW THE KIDS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I WAS IN THE NEXT GROUP TO PULL FORWARD. AS I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THERE WAS NOT ANY REDUCTION IN SPEED. THE BRAKES MADE A HOLLOW METAL SCRAPING SOUND BUT DID NOT STOP THE CAR. I RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF US SINCE THERE WAS WAY TO TURN WITH SCHOOL KIDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR. WE GOT OUT AND DETERMINED THE SUV I HIT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND WE SETTLED THE ACCIDENT WITH A LUNCH SINCE WE WERE FRIENDS. MY FRONT BUMPER WAS SCRAPED COSMETICALLY SINCE THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD A TRAILER HITCH. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, I COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD THIS EXPERIENCE ABOUT 5 TIMES IN RANDOM SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH APPROACHING LIGHTS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO FIND A WAY TO NOT HARM PEOPLE OR CRASH. I'VE EVEN DRIVEN OVER CURBS INTO SIDEWALKS AVOIDING PEOPLE. MY WIFE HAS HAD THIS EXPERIENCE MORE THAN MYSELF. IT'S AN AMAZING FLAW IN THE VEHICLE THAT I'VE FOUND NO ANSWER TO ONLINE OR AT THE 6 TO 8 DEALERS I'VE ASKED. NISSAN DEALERS ONLY RECOMMEND SERVICE, ACT SYMPATHETIC AND WAIT FOR YOU TO BACK OFF THE ISSUE. WOW, I WAS AMAZED THIS IS NOTED SO MUCH IN THIS NHTSA DATABASE BUT NOT AN INVESTIGATION, RECALL, ETC. THIS IS AN AMAZING PROBLEM THAT I'VE SPOKE ABOUT WITH ANY NISSAN OR INFINITI OWNER I CAN AND THEY HAVE ALL HAD IT HAPPEN AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL CRASH AVOIDANCE STORIES. *JB

I HAD MY MOM, AUNT AND 2 SMALL KIDS IN THE TRUCK WE WERE ON THE WAY TO DROP MY MOM OFF AT HER HOME. ONCE I PULLED UP IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE WE NOTICED THE TRUCK SMOKING. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. I OBSERVED WIRES BURNING FROM THAT POINT I CLOSED THE HOOD SO THAT THE VEHICLE COULD COOL OFF. I THEN WALKED MY MOM TO HER FRONT DOOR AS I WALKED BACK TO MY VEHICLE I OBSERVED MY TRUCK ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY RUSHED TO THE VEHICLE AND GOT MY KIDS AND AUNT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND RESPONDED WITHIN 7 MINUTES. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED MY TRUCK WAS IN FULL FLAMES. *TR

WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON AND I HAD NO BRAKES. I HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER CARS TO AVOID AN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. NISSAN HAS NO RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. WHY? WHY? WHY? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. OR WILL IT TAKE PEOPLE DYING??? BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTING ON-LINE REGARDING THIS ISSUE. BUT STILL NO RECALL. THIS HAPPENED TO ME TWO WEEKS AGO AS WELL. PULLED THE CAR OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. SON OF A GUN...IT RESET THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE BRAKES WORKED AGAIN. SO, I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A ONE TIME THING. BUT NO IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. I WAS LITERALLY TERRIFIED ABOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND BEING ABLE TO GET HOME TO MY KIDS. *TR

I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND WENT TO USE THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL HESITATED AND WOULD NOT GRAB NORMAL LIKE THEY USUALLY DO. THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOW ON, SO I DECIDED TO PULL OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND TRY AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD TO MAKE SURE I HAD FLUID AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING OBVIOUS. EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOT ON ANYMORE AND THE BRAKES WERE WORKING. A FEW MONTHS WENT BY AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY. I SAW A TREND WHERE IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING FOR ONE-TWO HOURS ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WOULD NOTICE THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD START SLOWING DOWN AND TRYING TO BRAKE A LOT SOONER THAN I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO. RECENTLY THIS HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY EVEN WHEN I AM DOING SHORT DISTANCE DRIVING NEAR MY HOME. I HAVE BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT SHOPS TO LOOK AT MY BRAKES AND EVEN SPENT OVER $600 TO GET NEW BRAKES AND CHECK EVERYTHING OUT AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE WORKING PROPERLY, BUT IT STARTED HAPPENING A WEEK AFTER. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THIS TO A NISSAN DEALER AND THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE. I PLAN ON BRINGING MY ARMADA TO A DEALER LATER THIS WEEK. I FELL UNLESS THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING RIGHT WHEN I BRING IT IN, THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. THE BRAKE PEDAL / BRAKES NOT WORKING WHEN I GO TO BRAKE HAVE HAPPENED WELL OVER 25 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. I HOPE IT DOES NOT TAKE SOMETHING TRAGIC TO HAPPEN FOR NISSAN TO ADDRESS THIS AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ENTERING THE INTERSTATE FROM THE ON RAMP A CAR IN FRONT OF ME HIT THEIR BRAKES. AS I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES THEY MADE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND, THE BRAKE LIGHT FLASHED AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A CRASH. DROVE CAR TO NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP DOING APPROX 20MPH AND AVOIDING OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN I GOT THERE I SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND HAD THE SERVICE DEPT TEST DRIVE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD RESET ITSELF ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED (FOUND THIS OUT ONLINE AFTERWARDS WHEN RESEARCHING AND DISCOVERING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ARMADAS.) THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THIS HAS SINCE HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES AND NISSAN IS STILL REFUSING TO ASSIST WITH FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE LOST BRAKES, FORTUNATELY AT LOW SPEED. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, TERRIBLE NOISE COMES FROM THE BRAKES AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. EXACTLY 1 WEEK AGO, I HAD THE SAME INCIDENT AND TOOK IT TO "JUST BRAKES". THEY CHANGED ALL MY BRAKES (600.00 LATER) AND IT SEEMED THE ISSUE WAS FIXED (BECAUSE I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WHICH RESET THE BRAKE MECHANISM).. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NISSAN SEEMS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE HAD THERE BEEN MORE TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING OFF TRUCK AND TURNING BACK ON AGAIN, THE PROBLEM RESOLVES. BUT I WILL NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR