2006 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

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 YEAR AGO, WE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS AND TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY FOUND A CODE C1170 AND PERFORMED A REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER. THIS IS INTERMITTENT SO IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL ALMOST A YEAR LATER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NISSAN SEEMS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE HAD THERE BEEN MORE TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING OFF TRUCK AND TURNING BACK ON, THE PROBLEM RESOLVES. BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WE HAVE MET 4 OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL AREA WITH ARMADAS AND THEY ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING! *TR

I'VE OWN MY USED NISSAN ARMADA FOR (4) YEARS. A MONTH AFTER I HAD IT THE VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHT WARNING CAME ON AND I HAD NO BRAKES. WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR MAKING A LOUD CRUNCHING SOUND. I PULLED OVER AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND ON AGAIN AND IT ALL WENT AWAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPEN. THE ENGINE AND THE TRUCK SOMEHOW RESETTED ITSELF. I'VE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIME AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I STILL HAVE THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN RID OF IT YET DUE TO THE FACT ITS NOW PAID FOR. ITS JULY 2013 AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING BUT MORE OFTEN. I'M THINKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF IT IF THERE IS NO RECALL. I'M WONDERING IF NISSAN IS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE THEY RECALL THESE VEHICLES. I SEE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH A BRAKE ISSUE WITH OUR 2006 NISSAN ARMADA AND WOULD HOPE SOMETHING COULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT NISSAN HAS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR BRAKE ISSUES. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO A DEALER IN SEBRING FLORIDA LAST YEAR AND I BELIEVE I TRIED TO HAVE ANOTHER DEALERSHIP LOOK AT IT BEFORE LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS IN WARRANTY. OF COURSE, THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. THEY JUST WANT TO TELL YOU IT IS THIS OR THAT...BRAKE BOOSTER...CYLINDROID...SENSOR...WELL, THE DEALERSHIP IN SEBRING DID DO SOMETHING WITH THE SENSOR AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE IS GARAGED KEPT AND HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN 2000 MILES SINCE THEY DID WHATEVER THEY DID. IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU WILL FIND MANY OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THEM TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM? .....SOMEONE TO DIE...SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE ANYONE WILL DO SOMETHING. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN YOU PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR A VEHICLE THAT YOU WOULD QUALITY AND IT TO LAST MORE THAN A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE MAJOR REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE. I HAVE A 2003 FORD FOCUS THAT WE BOUGHT USED AND HAS OVER 120,000 AND WELL MAINTAINED AND ONLY MINOR NORMAL REPAIRS. THE ISSUE WITH BRAKES DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME...WHEN IT DOES, THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN AS YOU TRY TO BRAKE ....THE BRAKE PEDDLE WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, MAKE A HORRIBLE CRUNCH NOISE AND NO BRAKES. WE BOUGHT THIS TO PULL OUR 2006 FORREST RIVER TOY HAULER WHICH WE HAVE ONLY USE UP TO OR AT MOST 3-4 TIMES TO DAYTONA, WHICH IS ONLY 3 HOURS AWAY....WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE NEXT TIME WE USE OUR TRAILOR WITH THE ARMADA .AND NO BRAKES? PLEASE I ASK THAT YOU VIEW OTHERS COMPLAINTS TO MAKE A RECALL ON WHAT COULD HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH LOST OF LIVES AND COULD BE PREVENTED. WE/OTHERS ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF. *TR

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL GOES REAL LOW AND THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND WITH NO BRAKING. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF ENGINE AND TRUCK RESETS BECAUSE I CAN DRIVE AWAY AS IF NOTHING OCCURRED. HAD CHECKED ONCE AND NOTHING FOUND, THERE ARE NO RECALLS BUT SEVERAL BLOGS AND COMPLAINTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE FOR SAME ISSUE. NOW DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $927 FOR BOOSTER. I HAVE READ AND FOLLOWED UP ON SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND THIS ACTION DOES NOT FIX PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO DECELERATE. THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AS THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WOULD TURN OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED TO RESOLVE FAILURE MOMENTARILY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

BRAKE LIGHT FLICKERED AND, WHEN BRAKE WAS APPLIED IT MADE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND WITH GREATLY REDUCED BRAKING POWER. IT HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES AND I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS LOW BRAKE FLUID. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE AGAIN WITH THE FLUID LEVEL AT PROPER AMOUNT. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY SAY IT IS A BAD BRAKE BOOSTER. A REVIEW OF ARMADA AND NISSAN TITAN MESSAGE BOARDS REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON (AND VERY DANGEROUS) PROBLEM THAT IS KNOWN TO NISSAN. *TR

IN THE PAST WEEK IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME ON THE FREEWAY, I NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHT TURN ON. THEN WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT MADE AN AWFUL GRINDING NOISE BOTH WHILE BEING PRESSED AND WHILE LETTING OFF OF THE BRAKE. THE BRAKES WERE VERY SLOW TO WORK. I PULLED OVER CHECKED THE E-BRAKE TO BE SURE IT WAS OFF AND STILL THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WHEN I GOT TO WORK I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND HAD A CO-WORKER CHECK MY BRAKE FLUID WHICH WAS FINE. UPON TURNING ON THE CAR IT DID NOT SHOW THE SAME SIGNS, IT "RE-SET" THE BRAKE LIGHT. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE MORE SINCE THEN, ONCE ON A BUSY STREET, WHILE AT THE REDLIGHT I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND AGAIN, ALL BETTER. THEN AGAIN YESTERDAY ON THE FREEWAY. I PULLED ALL THE WAY OVER TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN AND YET AGAIN ALL BETTER. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. LUCKILY MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE CAR AND I NOTICE THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON SO I CAN SLOW BY LETTING OFF THE GAS THEN ONCE SLOW ENOUGH USE THE GRINDING BRAKES TO PULL OVER. MY HUSBAND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO NISSAN TODAY AND THEY ACT LIKE THEY NO NOTHING OF THIS PROBLEM. EVEN WANTED TO CHARGE US $150 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THEY SAID THAT EVEN IF THERE WERE A RECALL IT WOULD NOT COVER AFTER THE VEHICLE REACHES 75,000 MILES. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH IT. A RECALL SHOULD COVER THE VEHICLE AT ANY POINT IN ITS USE. THE MANUFACTURER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO BRAKE WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD, ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE BRAKE PADS WHERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

I HAVE LOST BRAKING ABILITY SEVERAL TIMES WHEN THIS SYMPTOM HAPPENS. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD, BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE IS GRINDING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END TOWARD THE WHEELS. SOUNDS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE SPRING ACTIVATED. VEHICLE BRAKING ABILITY IS REDUCED TO 10% OR LESS. TURNING IGNITION OFF/ON RESOLVES FOR SHORT TIME, BUT NOT A PERMANENT FIX. *TR