Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 01/26/2011 | 93470 | ||
| Symptom: nissan vehicle looses braking ability 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. vehicle braking ability is reduced to 10% or less. turning ignition off/on resolves for short time, but not a permanent fix. nissan has tsb ntb06-040 to clear the code c1179 from brake module. i had preformed at my cost and issue came back. called nissan and opend a file number 7181591, but they are blaming it on me, not the flaw that is happening to 100's of other armadas including me. i am requesting safecar.gov to probe nissan about the brake issue that is affecting 2004 armada, titan, and infinity qx56 and to find out if they are doing anything to fix it. links of discussion on different forums: http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0ffea4/0 http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-problems-dealer-service/111660-brake-light-came-soft-abs-feeling-pedal-2.html http://www.clubarmada.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12333 | |||
| 01/26/2011 | 93460 | ||
| Brake failure on 2004 nissan pathfinder armada: there is a known issue that nissan is not doing anything to prevent accidents from catastrophic accidents due to failure of abs system. they have a tsb ntb-060 out and dealer would re-flash the abs system to fix the issue for an hour labor charge. i had this happen to my armada on 1/26/2011 and found 1000's of user wth issue on different discussion fourms on the internet. i am filing this complain to make sure nissan usa will take this matter seriously. symptom if issue: brake light comes on, brake paddle will go to the floor and spring cracking noise comes from front end. brake does not work 95% to the capacity. nissan dealer will try to sell a new brake booster pump for $1000 if customer is not aware this is a known issue with 2004-2005 nissan armada, and titan. i had my baby in the back and had to drive 5 miles to home with non existing brake. please follow through nissan to make sure they take care of issues so it does not happen to other people and lives are lost due to a defect that manufacturer should recall. i have uploaded a 23 second ling video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3lvsfqjxxq rajesh surana (206) 915-5709 rajesh.surana@att.com | |||
| 06/23/2010 | 59812 | ||
| Today, my family & i almost bought the farm when the brakes went out on a freeway off ramp on our way back from phoenix. we exited the freeway at 70 mph and i applied the brakes to stop at the light. the brakes made a loud scraping noise, were non-functional and we were approaching cross traffic at 60 - 70 mph. i immediately dropped the car into neutral, started to apply the parking brake and headed for the dirt on the side of the road, figuring i would rather hit a tree or fence than t-bone a vehicle in the cross traffic. i was able to stop the vehicle by rubbing the passenger tires on the curb to create friction to stop. the vehicle mileage today is 61,707. the problem could not be duplicated as we had turned the vehicle off & apparently when restarted, it rebooted a sensor that caused the problem. (info from nissan dealer). this is the 3rd time in less than 3 months that this has happened. it is a severe safety issue and someone will end up dead due to this problem if nissan does not fix it. | |||
| 05/11/2010 | 30000 | ||
| Brakes on suv have failed to work as designed on multiple occasions due to non-mechanical issues. problems may stem from electrical or sensor issues. the brake light indicator displays on the dashboard and the suv automatically locks up the brakes. the problems has been duplicated with a repair technician but they cannot find the source of the problem. | |||