2006 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA LE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED REPLACING. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED HAVING THE BRAKE BOOSTER FROM A LATER MODEL INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

I BOUGHT MY NISSAN ARMADA BRAND NEW IN 2007. IT IS A 2006 MODEL. THE VEHICLE IS VERY STYLISH BUT IT IS LIKE A DEATH TRAP. WHEN THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY RAN OUT @ 36,000 MILES, MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. EVERY YEAR I HAVE HAD TO GET BRAKES PUT ON THE ARMADA AND IT HAS TO BE NISSAN BRAKES BECAUSE I TRIED OTHER BRAKES AND THEY SQUEAL AND GRIND. NOW I HAVE AN RATHER SCARY SITUATION. I WAS DRIVING 25MPH AND PUT MY BRAKES ON AND MY SUV STARTED NOSE DIVING IN THE FRONT END AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, NOT TO MENTION, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT WAS CATCHING AND RELEASING ABOUT 4 TIMES, EACH TIME I WOULD BRAKE. I ALMOST HIT A CAR. I DROVE IT TO A MECHANIC RIGHT THEN, AND THEY RAN SCAN ON THE BRAKE CODE SINCE THE LIGHT CAME ON DURING THIS EVENT. THE CODE IS C1179. APPARENTLY THIS IS A DEALER ISSUE. I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE ARMADA FROM AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM. REALLY? THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE? I HAVE READ SEVERAL REVIEWS AND THEY ARE ARE HAVING ABS ISSUES. COME ON NISSAN, HOW MANY LIVES HAVE TO BE LOST OR INJURED BEFORE YOU RECALL THIS ABS PROBLEM? WHY WOULD THEY CHARGE CONSUMERS $120 FOR A COMPUTER UPDATE TO THE SYSTEM IF IT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT... THE OTHER ISSUES ARE: DRIVERS SIDE SEAT IS RIPPING, POOR MATERIAL, THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR MAT IS SLIDING UNDER THE DRIVER PEDAL, THE BLIND SPOT IS A SEVERE ISSUE ON THE LEFT DRIVERS SIDE, PAINT CHIPS EASILY, BAD GAS MILEAGE, RADIATOR LEAKS, STRUT IS BAD ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE, WHICH IS CAUSING IT TO LEAK ON THE PAVEMENT WHEN PARKED. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH SMOKE WAS EMITTING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE WIRE HAD MELTED. A MECHANIC WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED TO CONTACT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO VERIFIED THE FAILURE, AND ALTHOUGH THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSED WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM THEY STATED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, BUT DID NOT STOP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FELT SPUNGY WHEN DEPRESSED. DURING THE FAILURE, THE BRAKES SOUNDED LIKE CANS WERE BEING CRUSHED WHEN THEY WERE ENGAGED. VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE FAILURE WAS GIVEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE FINE AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AFTER REPEATED PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY SIX DIFFERENT TIMES ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHERE THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD BECOME INOPERABLE WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. WE HAD NO BRAKING POWER AT ALL. I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES ALREADY AND THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD!!!!! ONE OF TIMES IT HAPPENED AT 40 MPH WHAT IF I CANT STOP THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS WHO IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. *KB

1. WHILE DRIVING ON I-285 EASTBOUND, I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE DRIVERS THAT MY 2006 NISSAN ARMADA WAS ON FIRE. 2. FIRE STARTED ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR. I AM NOT AN EXPERT, THEREFORE, DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED FIRE. HOWEVER , I WANT TO FILE A CLAIM FOR SOMEONE LOOK INTO. H.E.R.O UNIT MENTIONED TO ME THAT IT COULD BE DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT. I HAVE HEARD THINGS ABOUT NISSAN ARMADA'S ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I NEVER KNEW IT COULD CAUSE FIRE LIKE THAT. MY VEHICLE IS TOTALED. I HAVE PICTURES AND VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *TR

THE BRAKES ON OUR 2006 NISSAN ARMADA HAS MADE A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE AS YOU BRAKE AND THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE. THE LATEST WAS THIS MORNING AS I DROVE TO WORK. IT CONTINUED UNTIL I ARRIVED AT MY PARKING SPACE. ONCE BEFORE WHEN WE HEARD THIS SOUND, WE TOOK IT AND HAD THE BRAKE PADS CHANGED AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME TO NOT HAVE ANY NORMAL PUT ON THE TIRES, THIS MIGHT CAUSE THE SOUND AS WELL (WHAT?). ANYWAY, THE SOUND IS LIKE SPRINGS POPPING AND AS YOU BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES UP AND DOWN AND SCRUBS REALLY LOUD. WE'VE PAID TO HAVE THE PADS CHANGED AND THE NEW ROTORS. THIS REALLY EXPENSIVE. WHAT'S NEXT? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING FOLLOWED BY BRIEF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND STALLING. THE VEHICLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESTART AS THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR AT LEAST TWICE WITHIN ONE MONTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) RELAY FAILED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BUT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V517000- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.