2008 NISSAN ARMADA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF FUEL, BUT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THAT THE VEHICLE STILL HAD ABOUT ONE QUARTER TANK OF FUEL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V0740000 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 194,000.

MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. DURING MY WIFE'S COMMUTE HOME THE INSIDE CONTROL PANEL FEEL FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING HER TO ALMOST COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALER AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THE REASON IT FELL WAS DUE TO THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HELD IT UP WERE BRITTLE FROM EXTREME HEAT EXPOSURE. THEIR IS NO BARRIER PROTECTION FROM THE ROOF OF THE CAR TO THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLD IT. THIS CONSOLE WEIGHS ABOUT 25-30 POUNDS, AND COULD HURT ANY PASSENGERS IN THE MIDDLE OR BACK OF THE VEHICLE. IF INSULATION WAS INSTALLED IN BETWEEN THE VEHICLE'S SHELL AND THE INTERIOR OF THE ROOF THIS COULD BE AVOIDED. THIS WOULD AVOID EXTREME HEAT FROM HURTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PLASTIC CLIPS, OR METAL CLIPS SHOULD BE USED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATED AND BRAKING POWER SEIZED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH I BEGAN TO PRESS ON THE BRAKES WHEN A GRINDING NOISE SUDDENLY OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS NORMAL. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, T/C LIGHT POPPED UP ON THE DASH BOARD. I ACCELERATED AGAIN TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS I PRESSED THE BRAKES AGAIN THE GRINDING NOISE OCCURRED AND NO MATTER HOW HARD U PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP UNTIL IT LOST MOVING MOMENTUM. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND ALL LIGHTS WERE OFF AND THE BRAKES OPERATED NORMAL UNTIL A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WOULD REOCCUR AND NOW HAS BECOME A RANDOMLY REPETITIVE ISSUE.

NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE JANUARY 2013 WHEN WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS THE RED BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND MAKES NOISES. THE CAR IS VERY HARD TO STOP AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS. ONE OF THE TIMES IT HAPPENED I TOOK THE CAR TO FIRESTONE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR IT STOPPED DOING IT BUT THEY DID HAVE CODE C1179/ABS CONTROL UNIT COME UP. WE CONTACTED NISSAN AND LEFT OUR CAR AT SUNTRUP NISSAN FOR A MONTH. THEY TOLD US THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING EVEN WHEN I GAVE THEM THE CODE. WE MET WITH A NISSAN SPECIALIST WHO TOLD US THE PROBLEM WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND GAVE US A PRICE OF JUST OVER $1,000 TO FIX IT. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE DOING MY OWN RESEARCH AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND CODE AND HAVE ALL SAID THE ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND THERE IS A FIRMWARE UPDATE TO FIX A KNOWN BUG. I AM NOT SURE WHY NISSAN CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND TELL ME IT IS THE BRAKE BOOSTER BUT WHEN I DO RESEARCH I FIND WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM AND NOW HAVE TO TAKE MORE TIME OUT AND GO TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED BEFORE MY FAMILY IS IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT FIXED RIGHT AWAY AND I THINK NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO NISSAN THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR US. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AND ALSO THE PROBLEM WITH DEALERSHIPS WHO THINK THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT CARS.

IN JULY 2013, I NOTICED THE FRONT OVERHEAD CENTER CONSOLE STARTED TO CRACK ON BOTH SIDES AT AROUND THE SAME POINTS. I DIDN'T LOOK ANYMORE INTO IT BECAUSE THE APPEARANCE WAS MINIMAL. MY CONCERN CAME ONCE I REALIZED THE CONSOLE WAS LOOSE. I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN REGARDS TO THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A CONSUMER ISSUE WHICH HAD TO BE PAID OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A RECALL ON THE ITEM. AFTER PRICING THE REPLACEMENT PART I WAS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE DUE TO THE COST WHICH IS ALMOST $1500 TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THE ENTIRE CONSOLE. SINCE THEN THE SMALL CRACKS HAVE SINCE TURNED INTO A COMPLETE CRACK STRAIGHT ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE CONSOLE. EVEN WITH THE CRACK THE CONSOLE CONTINUED TO BE LOOSE BUT WAS STILL SOMEWHAT STABLE. I WENT TO WORK AND AS I CAME OUT TO LEAVE NOTICED IT WAS HANGING BY STREWS. AFTER LOOKING INSIDE WHERE THE CONSOLE WAS BASED THE STREWS WERE STILL STREWED IN ALONG WITH THE PLASTIC FROM THE CONSOLE WHICH HAD BROKEN OFF. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, I HAVE SINCE REALIZED THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRUCK.

THE REAR OVERHEAD CONSOLE BECAME LOOSE AND FELL WHILE I WAS AT WORK ONE DAY, WHEN I CAME OUT TO MY VEHICLE THE WHOLE CONSOLE WAS HANGING BY ONE OF THE WIRES THAT CONNECTS TO THE AC AND RADIO IN THE CEILING. I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN THAT SIT IN THE SECOND SEAT OF MY VEHICLE WHERE THE CONSOLE HAD FALLEN, THANK GOODNESS THEY WERE NOT SITTING THERE THAT DAY! I HAD ASKED MY MECHANIC TO ATTEMPT TO FIX THE CONSOLE, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO AND SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. FROM THE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ ONLINE REGARDING THIS ISSUE, NISSAN IS NOT CONSIDERING IT A RECALL ITEM .... WHY NOT??? IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BAD DESIGN, IT IS TOO BIG, IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CEILING SECURELY ENOUGH FOR SUCH A BIG CONSOLE AND ONCE THE PLASTIC BECOMES OLDER AND BRITTLE .... IT BREAKS! NOW, I DO NOT HAVE AC OR LIGHTS THROUGHOUT MY VEHICLE DUE TO THE VENTS AND LIGHTS BEING IN THE CEILING FOR ANYONE RIDING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD SEATS AKA MY CHILDREN!

THE REAR OVERHEAD CONSOLE FELL ONTO MY TWO KIDS WHILE DRIVING. SUB PAR MATERIAL USED IN THE FLIMSY PLASTIC BRACKETS CRACKED AND THE WHOLE THING CAME FALLING DOWN. ONLY THING HOLDING IT UP WAS THE MAIN POWER CABLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SINCE THERE A GREAT NUMBER OF THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, FUEL STARTED TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY MARKED REDUCTION IN BRAKING POWER. BRAKING CAUSED A GRINDING AND SPRINGY SOUND. ONCE CAR WAS TURNED OFF PROBLEM RESOLVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS. TWICE EVEN AFTER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED (CODE C1179). THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO FIND ONLINE. SAFETY IS DEFINITELY IMPACTED.