2006 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

AS I WAS DRIVING AT STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SPEEDS OF 25 MPH OR LESS, MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WITH A SPONGY FEELING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AS WELL AS A GRINDING NOISE FROM THE BRAKES. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO SEARS AND THEY DID A BRAKE INSPECTION (MECHANICAL) AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. PAID FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION AND THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE PADS BUT I HAD RECENTLY INSPECTED BRAKES AT ANOTHER SHOP THAT DID NOT RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT. ON 2/28/12, SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, INSPECTED BRAKE FLUID (SAT) AND STARTED THE ENGINE BACK UP WITH NO SIGNS OF FAILURE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC AND CODE READER FOUND C1179 DELTA STROKE SENSOR FAULT. HE RESET IT AND PROBLEM HAS SINCE GONE AWAY BUT I AM WEARY OF BRAKE RELIABILITY IN THE FUTURE. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS MY RECENTLY PURCHASED 2006 ARMADA HAS HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES WHERE THE BRAEK LIGHT COMES ON, THERE IS A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND, & I LOSE ABOUT 75% OF MY BRAKE FUNCTION. I ONLY PURCHASED THIS TRUCK ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO & IT HAS HAPPENED 3X. NO TELLING HOW MANY TIMES IT HAPPENED TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NISSAN FAILS TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS HAPPENING EVEN THOUGH A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH WILL SHOW 100S, IF NOT 1000S OF ARMADA OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE ASAP!! THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T "RECREATE" THE PROBLEM TO FIX IT, BUT IT'S LIKELY IF THEY COULD, THEN THEY'D HAVE TO ADMIT WHAT WAS WRONG & THAT IT IS NISSAN'S FAULT. BEWARE!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING @ APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, I NOTICED THAT MY PARKING BRAKE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE IT ON. WHEN I TRIED TO STEP ON THE BRAKE TO STOP, A GRINDING NOISE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM MY TIRES AND THE VEHICLE SHAKING AS IF MY BRAKES LOCKED ON MY TIRES. SAME THING HAPPENED AFTER I MADE A LEFT TURN AND STOPPED ON A 4- WAY STOP. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING THERE WERE FUMES SEEN BEING RELEASED FROM THE VEHICLE INCLUDING AN ABNORMAL FUEL SMELL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TANK ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL LINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO REPAIRS THAT WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V074000 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM). THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WITH THE HEATER ACTIVATED WHEN A FLUCTUATION OF COLD AIR EMITTED THROUGHOUT THE VENTS. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. ON ONE OCCASION WHILE STARTING THE IGNITION, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE HEATER COIL VALVE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE PART. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT PRODUCED THE PART FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE DEALERS. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED NUMEROUS DEALERS AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE PART. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING, THE FOLLOWING INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON: VDC, ABS AND BRAKE. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THERE WAS A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WHICH SCARED ME TO DEATH. I CONTINUED ON CAUTIOUSLY AND FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT MAKE THE SAME SOUND THE NEXT TIME I BRAKED. THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS A SENSOR THAT WENT BAD AND THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM THAT POSSIBLY WAS BAD. I PAID OVER $500 TO GET IT FIXED AND HAD TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT THAT WHAT THEY DID MAY NOT FIX IT, AND IF SO, THE BRAKE BOOSTER WOULD THEN NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1000. I FOUND OUT AFTERWARDS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL OF THE VERY SAME ISSUE BUT NOT ON MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VIN DID NOT MATCH THE RECALL. VERY SUSPECT. *TR

WHILE CROSSING A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, I ALMOST GOT TO THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE WHEN ANOTHER CAR CRASHED INTO THE FRONT END OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. I NEVER SAW THE CAR WHEN I PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, AND I HAD EVEN BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR. I JUST FELT A HORRIBLE IMPACT, AND WE BOTH LANDED INTO THE STREET OF MY DESTINATION. THE CAR WAS IN MY BLIND SPOT. THERE ARE TWO DANGEROUS AND DEADLY BLIND SPOTS ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD ON EITHER SIDE. THE DIVIDERS OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND SIDE DOOR WINDOWS ARE EXTREMELY WIDE AND IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE SIDEVIEW MIRRORS ARE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS THE BLIND SPOT FURTHER BLOCKING THE DRIVER'S VISION. NOT ONLY DOES THE DRIVER NOT SEE OTHER VEHICLES, THE DRIVER ALSO DOES NOT SEE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN. I HAVE HAD A JOGGER IN MY BLIND SPOT, AND IT SCARED ME TO DEATH. OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW WHO HAVE NISSAN ARMADAS HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT ALMOST RUNNING OVER PEOPLE AND CHILDREN. I AM NOW PROCEEDING WITH TRADING IN THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS VEHICLE. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT AN INVESTIGATION WILL RESULT IN SOME TYPE OF CORRECTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

I WAS OPERATING MY 2006 NISSAN ARMADA AND WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. I TESTED THE BRAKES AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD A GRINDING AND POPPING NOISE AND NOISES THAT INDICATED TO ME THAT THE ABS WAS ACTIVATING OFF AND ON. THE PEDAL WAS VERY SOFT AND MY BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS WAS SEVERELY DIMINISHED. HAD I NEEDED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP OR BEEN EXPECTING MY BRAKES TO REACT NORMALLY, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IN A SAFE DISTANCE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND VISUALLY INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND FOUND NO ISSUES. I CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL AND SAW THAT IT WAS FINE (JUST BELOW THE MAX MARK AND WELL ABOVE THE MIN). BY THIS TIME MY BRAKE LIGHT, VDC OFF, AND SLIP LIGHT WERE ALL ILLUMINATED. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTARTED IT. THE THREE LIGHTS WERE STILL LIT, BUT THE BRAKES WERE REACTING NORMALLY. ERROR CODE C1179 WAS PULLED FROM THE VDC MODULE. EVENTUALLY, THE BRAKE BOOSTER (WITH THE DELTA STROKE SENSOR) AND THE PRESSURE SENSORS WERE REPLACED BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AT MY EXPENSE. I ALSO FOUND THAT MANY CONSUMERS HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR BRAKING ISSUES ON CONSUMERAFFARIS.COM. NISSAN ARMADA FORUMS DESCRIBE SIMILAR ISSUES WITH BRAKE FAILURES AND WARNING LIGHTS. MANY TAKE THEIR CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT A PROBLEM CANNOT BE FOUND. THE FOLLOWING LINK DISPLAYS OVER 25 PAGES OF FORUMS RELATED TO THIS ISSUES WITH THE NISSAN ARMADA: HTTP://WWW.CLUBARMADA.COM/FORUMS/GTSEARCH.PHP?CX=PARTNER-PUB-7865546952023728%3AO3K5UC-I2BL&COF=FORID%3A11&IE=UTF-8&Q=VDC+SLIP+BRAKE&SA=SEARCH&SITEURL=WWW.CLUBARMADA.COM%252FFORUMS%252FSHOWTHREAD.PHP%253FT%253D12666#1190 THIS THREAD DETAILS A CRASH THAT OCCURRED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE ON A NISSAN TITAN (SAME PLATFORM AS THE ARMADA) WHERE THE DRIVER WAS INJURED: HTTP://WWW.TITANTALK.COM/FORUMS/TITAN-PICTURES-MEDIA-POST/120896-DEATH-FAMILY.HTML *KB

DRIVING OUR NISSAN ARMADA AT APPRX 15MPH AND WENT OVER A TREE BRANCH THAT COULD NOT BE AVOIDED THAT HAD FALLEN, WITH NO INJURY TO OUR VEHICLE BUT CAUSED A LARGE LEAK IN THE GAS TANK. NOW THE PUNCTURED GAS TANK HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE RISK OF THIS LARGE PUNCTURE IN THE TANK FROM SUCH A MINOR IMPACT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION OF THE VEHICLE. FUEL TANKS SHOULD NOT BE MADE IN A MANNER THAT THEY ARE SO VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE BECAUSE IT IS A HAZARD. *TT