2006 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE EQUIPPED WITH CHROME WHEELS. THE CHROME WHEELS WERE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHEN THE CONTACT ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. A USED WHEEL WAS PURCHASED AND INSTALLED AS A REPLACEMENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,800.

AROUND 7/09, MY ARMADA JUST STOPPED ON THE FREEWAY (ACCORDING TO THE GAS GAUGE, WE HAD A 1/2 TANK LEFT)... THEN FOUND OUT ON 7/27/09 THAT GAS GAUGE WAS FAULTY, SO I HAD TO PAY $560.21 TO ANTIOCH NISSAN TO HAVE THAT REPLACED. ON 3/3/10, HEARD ON THE NEWS THERE'S A RECALL ON FUEL GAUGE ON MY NISSAN & GOT MY REIMBURSEMENT & HAD FUEL GAUGE REPLACED AGAIN ON 4/2/10... ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN I PUT GAS IN MY ARMADA, IT TAKES FOREVER FOR THE GAS GAUGE TO GO UP TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE (IE. I PUT $40 WHICH SHOULD PUT IT IN 1/2 TANK... I DROVE 5 MILES BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOT FROM 1/4 TANK TO 1/2 TANK... I TOOK PICTURES OF THIS OCCURRENCE). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA LE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH DURING A RAIN STORM THE PARKING BRAKE, ABS, VDC AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES WHEN THEY WERE ENGAGED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS MOVING UP AND DOWN AND THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITANT WHILE DRIVING. HE DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THE VEHICLE STARTED BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING AND SOME OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THE ABS COMPUTER HAD BURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,327.

MY 06 NISSAN ARMARDA HAS OVER 78000 MILES ON IT. ONE DAY WITHOUT WARNING, THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON - THE SOUND THAT THE ABS MAKES WHEN ITS IN USE HAPPENS & BRAKES BECOME SPONGY. IT FELT LIKE THEY FELL RIGHT OUT THE BOTTOM. NEXT MORNING IT WAS AT MY LOCAL GOOD YEAR. THEY REPLACED THE CALIPERS, AND BRAKE PADS - ALL WAS WELL, SO I THOUGHT. 2 WEEKS LATE THE SAME THING. BACK IT WENT TO THE SHOP & NOTHING COULD BE FOUND SINCE THIS DEFECT SEEMS TO CORRECT ITSELF WHEN THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF. THIS 3RD TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 30 MILES AN HOUR, JUST A SLIGHT TAP & THE BRAKES WERE LOST. I DROVE IT RIGHT TO THE SHOP & THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO HEAR THE GRINDING SINCE I NEVER PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK. BUT THE NEXT DAY THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT. I NOW HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE NISSAN DEALER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ABS COMPONENTS. THANKFULLY FOR GEICOS MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN INSURANCE SO FAR I'VE ONLY HAD TO PAY THE $250 DEDUCTIBLE. ITS GOOD FOR UP TO 7 YEARS/100,000 MILES. *TR

WHEN STARTING OUT FROM A PARKED POSITION, SOMETIMES THE BRAKES WILL MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN PRESSED. IF YOU HIT YOUR BRAKES DURING THIS PERIOD THERE IS A GRIND PULSATING FEELING IN THE BRAKES. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BRAKES ARE REALLY EVEN WORKING DURING THIS TIME, BUT THE ONLY THE WAY TO CLEAR THIS IS TO SOMEHOW STOP THE CAR WITHOUT DESTROYING SOMETHING AND TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING IT. THIS SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY DO IT AGAIN IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO. IS NISSAN DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? I NEVER REALLY FEEL SECURE DRIVING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN I 'M AT FULL SPEED AND REALLY NEED THE BRAKES! *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. IF YOU HIT YOUR BRAKES DURING THIS PERIOD THERE IS A GRIND PULSATING FEELING IN THE BRAKES. VERY UNSURE BRAKING WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THE ONLY THE WAY TO CLEAR THIS IS THE SOMEHOW STOP THE CAR WITHOUT DESTROYING SOMETHING AND TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING IT. THIS SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY DO IT AGAIN IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO. WHAT'S THE DEAL? *TR

MY FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING CORRECT AND I AM MOVEING FROM FLORIDA TO NEW YORK SOON. I DID NOT HAVE A INCIDENT.

DOOR LATCH INOPERABLE - UNABLE TO EXIT VEHICLE IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY, UNABLE TO ACCESS SLOT TO RELEASE SPARE TIRE, UNSURE IF DOOR IS SECURE FOR SAFELY OPERATING THE VEHICLE AS RELEASE WAS ATTEMPTED.

I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY WITH MY 3 KIDS IN THE CAR AND THE VDC SLIP AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON OUT OF NO WHERE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND I BROUGH THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED AFTER PAYING FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSIS IT THEY SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE LIGHT CONTINUED TO CCOME ON SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME I WOULD TAKE IT IN AND THEY WOULD SAY NOTHING WAS WRONG. ONE PARTICULAR DAY I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 3 KIDS AND I WENT TO STOP AND THE BRAKES BEGAN TO DO A PULSING ACTION AND SOUNDED AS THOUGH THEY WERE GRINDING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I STARTED TO CRY AND PANIC BECAUSE I HAD ALL OF MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO SO I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND LET THE CAR ROLL AND JUST PULLED AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS I COULD. FINALLY I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE I HIT THE BREAKS AND EMERGENCY BREAK TO MAKE IT STOP. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND WAS TERRIFIED TO DRIVE AFTER THAT SO I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND ASKED IF I COULD BRING IT IN IMMEDIATELY. ONCE AT THE DEALER I WAS TOLD AGAIN NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THAT MY BRAKES WERE FINE AND THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME 2 MORE TIMES AND STILL NO ONE SEEMS TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND EACH TIME I PRESS ON THEM I AM TERRIFIED THAT THE CAR IS NOT GONNA STOP. THE BRAKES ALWAYS FEEL AS THOUGH THEY AREN'T GONNA STOP AND THEY HAVE AN UNEASY FEELING WHEN YOU PRESS THEM. I CANNOT CLAIM THE CAR AS A LEMON BECAUSE I BOUGHT IT USED WITH 29,000 MILES WHICH IS NOT ALOT. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM FOR THE NISSAN ARMADA BECAUSE MY CAR DID NOT HAVE ALOT OF MILES WHEN THIS STARTED AND IT IS STILL HAVING ISSUES.

TEMPORARY LOSS OF BRAKES AND CONTROL OF CAR; ABS LIGHT COMES ON. THIS OCCURRED TWICE AND EACH TIME BROUGHT TO DEALER. THEY WERE AWARE OF PROBLEM AND MADE AN ADJUSTMENT. STILL DRIVE UNCERTAIN WHETHER IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS IN MY OPINION.