Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||||
| 06016 | 03/02/2006 | 10019412 | Groan noise from front brakes. nissan. *tt | 03/14/2006 | |
| 04066D | 06/03/2005 | 10015990 | Brake judder. *sc | 08/18/2005 | |
| 04066C | 03/23/2005 | 04066 | 10015838 | Brake judder. *sc | 08/15/2005 |
| 04066B | 06/03/2005 | 04066C | 10007548 | Brake judder from front brakes.*mr | 07/01/2004 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||||
| 02120A | 11/02/2005 | 02120D | 10002224 | Antilock braking system (abs) light on and / or diagnostic trouble code for abs wheel speed sensor. *tt | 08/15/2003 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK - ABS WARNING LIGHT | |||||
| 06040 | 05/12/2006 | 10020026 | Abs and/or brake warning light on with dtc c1179. *tt | 06/15/2006 | |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - PEDALS AND LINKAGES | |||||
| 04104 | 03/09/2005 | 04104A | 10009759 | Brake pedal feels mushy, soft, or pedal stroke feels too long. pedal height adjustment. *tt updated *eh | 10/20/2004 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 11/29/2011 | 58000 | 1 | |
| While driving down the freeway the brake light came on and the brakes were soft until you reached the bottom. then the brakes would engage but would bring the truck to a sudden stop. in the middle of the freeway with 4 kids ranging from 2-12 and 3 adults it could have been a serious if not fatal accident. i managed to control the truck and get off the freeway. this has happened before but not in these driving conditions. my family was very distressed. i pulled into a local dealership to check it out since turning the vehicle off will reset the problem. i was told that the brake booster needed to be replaced because of a bad delta stroke sensor. this will cost approximately 928 dollars. this has been an ongoing problem and as i have researched the inherent i am not the only one. i pray no one has a serious accident. if the issue is recurring all over the country with the brake problem then recall it. i guess we will have to major accident for nissan to do something. *tr | |||
| 11/29/2011 | 58000 | ||
| While driving down the freeway the brake light came on and the brakes were soft until you reached the bottom. then the brakes would engage but would bring the truck to a sudden stop. in the middle of the freeway with 4 kids ranging from 2-12 and 3 adults it could have been a serious if not fatal accident. i managed to control the truck and get off the freeway. this has happened before but not in these driving conditions. my family was very distressed. i pulled into a local dealership to check it out since turning the vehicle off will reset the problem. i was told that the brake booster needed to be replaced because of a bad delta stroke sensor. this will cost approximately 928 dollars. this has been an ongoing problem and as i have researched the inernet i am not the only one. i pray no one has a serious accident. if the issue is reoccuring all over the country with the brake problem then recall it. i guess we will have to major accident for nissan to do something. | |||
| 12/11/2007 | 57000 | 1 | |
| Fuel gauge not working correctly leaving you stranded while reading 1/4 tank of gas, brakes fail forcing you to pull over and turn off truck pull out key then restart, seat belts do not retract getting caught in door when closing. *tr | |||
| 12/11/2007 | 57000 | ||
| Fuel gauge not working correctly leaving you stranded while reading 1/4 tank of gas, brakes fail forcing you to pull over and turn off truck pull out key then restart, seat belts do not retract getting caught in door when closing | |||
| 10/03/2005 | 20000 | 1 | |
| Multiple issues with the brake system rotors, pads, calibers, sensors, brake booster. nissan acknowledge issues and extends brake warranty but not for long enough and does not address the problem since it continues to re-occur. *tr | |||
| 10/03/2005 | 20000 | ||
| Multiple issues with the brake system rotors, pads, calibers, sensors, brake booster. nissan acknowledge issues and extends brake warranty but not for long enough and does not address the problem since it continues to re-occur. | |||
| 10/01/2009 | 40000 | 1 | |
| While my wife was taking our kid to school, the brake light came on, and as she pressed on the brakes a grinding noise was heard and the truck was having a hard time stopping. luckily, she was far behind from any car or she would have hit someone. as soon as you turn off the vehicle, the problem goes away for a while. we have been fighting this for a while now. we took it to nissan the first time and they couldn't find anything wrong. last year, i decided to take it again to nissan when the problem reappeared and they told me that they had to reprogram the computer but since it was out of warranty i would have to pay. funny how as soon as the warranty had expired, they had a fix. i went ahead and pay thinking that would fix it. it's happened again several times and we normally just stop, turn off the vehicle and problem goes away. i finally decided to write this complaint since nissan does not appear or is unwilling to fix the problem. *tr | |||
| 10/01/2009 | 40000 | ||
| While my wife was taking our kid to school, the brake light came on, and as she pressed on the brakes a grinding noise was heard and the truck was having a hard time stopping. luckily, she was far behind from any car or she would have hit someone. as soon as you turn off the vehicle, the problem goes away for a while. we have been fighting this for a while now. we took it to nissan the first time and they couldn't find anything wrong. last year, i decided to take it again to nissan when the problem reappeared and they told me that they had to reprogram the computer but since it was out of warranty i would have to pay. funny how as soon as the warranty had expired, they had a fix. i went ahead and pay thinking that would fix it. it's happened again several times and we normally just stop, turn off the vehicle and problem goes away. i finally decided to write this complaint since nissan does not appear or is unwilling to fix the problem. | |||
| 09/30/2012 | 1000000 | 1 | |
| While driving my nissan armada 2004, my brakes light came on, brakes locked up, brakes pedal did not work and there was a loud grinding sound. was very scary for my children, husband and myself. pull my vehicle over to the side as far as i could. brake pedal did not work properly, was as if the vehicle was stopping dead in its tracks, but still moving. put my vehicle in park, turned off ignition and restarted it. brake light went off, no noise and pedal seemed to be working! *tr | |||
| 09/30/2012 | 1000000 | ||
| While driving my nissan armada 2004, my breaks light came on, breaks locked up, breaks pedal did not work and there was a loud grinding sound. was very scary for my children, husband and myself. pull my vehicle over to the side as far as i could. break pedal did not work properly, was as if the vehicle was stopping dead in its tracks, but still moving. put my veichle in park, turned off egnition and restarted it. break light went off, no noise and pedal seemed to be working! | |||
| 08/01/2012 | 1 | ||
| I own a 2004 nissan armada le that i have owned since 2004. in 2007, i had an issue with the brakes, brake light coming on, brakes feeling crunchy, grinding noises and decreased braking power. that issue resolved on its own, but now it is happening again and more often. the brake light comes on, decreased braking power, etc. i have researched the web and found multiple forums where hundreds, if not thousands, of people who own the same vehicle are having the same problems. this is a major safety issue. with so many people having this issue, i feel it is a problem with the design and should be recalled. *tr | |||
| 07/20/2012 | 67000 | 1 | |
| I purchased my nissan armada 2004 which has less than 68000 miles on it. recently i have been experiencing many problems with my truck. first, there was a brake recall in 2006 and the dealership replaced the front rotors and brake pads. once again there is a problem with the breaks. i was driving down the highway at 70mph and all of a sudden the brakes failed; luckily i was able to stop the car by using the parking brakes. after this event i took it to the dealership and advised that i needed a new break booster. my issue is that once i told nissan about my problems they informed me that the warranty is expired and they are no longer held accountable. but after doing some research i discovered i am not the only owner of an armada that is having difficulties. http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/armada/18281-armada-brake-problems-dealer-telling-truth.html http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0ffea4/0 i have provided two links that share what other customers are experiencing with the armada. if there are so many people that are having these difficulties nissan should have called for a recall or informed all customers to get trucks fixed of their problems before warranty expires. issues with brakes could result in serious injuries or death. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2012 | |||
| I own a 2004 nissan armada le that i have owned since 2004. in 2007, i had an issue with the brakes, brake light coming on, brakes feeling crunchy, grinding noises and decreased braking power. that issue resolved on its own, but now it is happening again and more often. the brake light comes on, decreased braking power, etc. i have researched the web and found multiple forums where hundreds, if not thousands, of people who own the same vehicle are having the same problems. this is a major safety issue. with so many people having this issue, i feel it is a problem with the design and should be recalled. | |||
| 07/20/2012 | 67000 | 1 | |
| I purchased my nissan armada 2004 which has less than 68000 miles on it. recently i have been experiencing many problems with my truck. first, there was a brake recall in 2006 and the dealership replaced the front rotors and brake pads. once again there is a problem with the breaks. i was driving down the highway at 70mph and all of a sudden the brakes failed; luckily i was able to stop the car by using the parking brakes. after this event i took it to the dealership and advised that i needed a new break booster. my issue is that once i told nissan about my problems they informed me that the warranty is expired and they are no longer held accountable. but after doing some research i discovered i am not the only owner of an armada that is having difficulties. http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/armada/18281-armada-brake-problems-dealer-telling-truth.html http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0ffea4/0 i have provided two links that share what other customers are experiencing with the armada. if there are so many people that are having these difficulties nissan should have called for a recall or informed all customers to get trucks fixed of their problems before warranty expires. issues with brakes could result in serious injuries or death. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2012 | |||
| I own a 2004 nissan armada le that i have owned since 2004. in 2007, i had an issue with the brakes, brake light coming on, brakes feeling crunchy, grinding noises and decreased braking power. that issue resolved on its own, but now it is happening again and more often. the brake light comes on, decreased braking power, etc. i have researched the web and found multiple forums where hundreds, if not thousands, of people who own the same vehicle are having the same problems. this is a major safety issue. with so many people having this issue, i feel it is a problem with the design and should be recalled. | |||
| 07/20/2012 | 67000 | 1 | |
| I purchased my nissan armada 2004 which has less than 68000 miles on it. recently i have been experiencing many problems with my truck. first, there was a brake recall in 2006 and the dealership replaced the front rotors and brake pads. once again there is a problem with the breaks. i was driving down the highway at 70mph and all of a sudden the brakes failed; luckily i was able to stop the car by using the parking brakes. after this event i took it to the dealership and advised that i needed a new break booster. my issue is that once i told nissan about my problems they informed me that the warranty is expired and they are no longer held accountable. but after doing some research i discovered i am not the only owner of an armada that is having difficulties. http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/armada/18281-armada-brake-problems-dealer-telling-truth.html http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0ffea4/0 i have provided two links that share what other customers are experiencing with the armada. if there are so many people that are having these difficulties nissan should have called for a recall or informed all customers to get trucks fixed of their problems before warranty expires. issues with brakes could result in serious injuries or death. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2012 | |||
| I own a 2004 nissan armada le that i have owned since 2004. in 2007, i had an issue with the brakes, brake light coming on, brakes feeling crunchy, grinding noises and decreased braking power. that issue resolved on its own, but now it is happening again and more often. the brake light comes on, decreased braking power, etc. i have researched the web and found multiple forums where hundreds, if not thousands, of people who own the same vehicle are having the same problems. this is a major safety issue. with so many people having this issue, i feel it is a problem with the design and should be recalled. | |||
| 07/20/2012 | 67000 | ||
| I purchased my nissan armada 2004 which has less than 68000 miles on it. recently i have been experiencing many problems with my truck. first, there was a brake recall in 2006 and the dealership replaced the front rotors and brake pads. once again there is a problem with the breaks. i was driving down the highway at 70mph and all of a sudden the brakes failed; luckily i was able to stop the car by using the parking brakes. after this event i took it to the dealership and advised that i needed a new break booster. my issue is that once i told nissan about my problems they informed me that the warranty is expired and they are no longer held accountable. but after doing some research i discovered i am not the only owner of an armada that is having difficulties. http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/armada/18281-armada-brake-problems-dealer-telling-truth.html http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0ffea4/0 i have provided two links that share what other customers are experiencing with the armada. if there are so many people that are having these difficulties nissan should have called for a recall or informed all customers to get trucks fixed of their problems before warranty expires. issues with brakes could result in serious injuries or death. | |||
| 07/04/2012 | 100000 | 1 | |
| I have an 04 armada we were driving it a week ago, when we came to a stop sign and the brakes failed. it made a grinding noise, brake lights were on but no brakes very scary for us. this has happened numerous times and nissan told me its the brake booster that's failing but it is not under warranty and therefore not covered. researching this there is hundreds if not thousands of the same brake issue with these armadas. *tr | |||
| 07/04/2012 | 100000 | ||
| I have an 04 armada we were driving it a week ago, when we came to a stop sign and the brakes failed. it made a grinding noise, brake lights were on but no brakes very scary for us. this has happened numerous times and nissan told me its the brake booster thats failing but it is not under warrantee and therefore not coverered. researching this there is hundreds if not thousands of the same brake issue with these armadas. | |||
| 07/08/2011 | 130000 | 1 | |
| Brakes stopped working! brake light came on when i tried to come to a stop i had maybe 20% brake usage. if i had not noticed the light coming on and had to stop in an emergency would have crashed for sure! i have 3 kids, a great grandmother and 2 other kids that i watch 5 days a week. these will be a tragedy if the problem is not fixed. i have taken it to the dealer a number of times to be told there is no problem. only for it to keep happening. please help us a force nissan to recall these models and repair so that we can be safe on our roads. *tr | |||
| 02/07/2008 | 80000 | 1 | |
| Over the last few years my brake light comes on and brakes fail. this is a large suv, it is and will be fatal to not fix this problem. i have taken it to the dealer on numerous occasions for them to tell me that the can not find anything wrong with it. we have replaced the brakes alot to help the problem, still with no results. now i am being told it is a brake booster sensor that needs to be replaced. i have researched and their are 1,000's + of people having the same issue. please look out for the safety of us consumers and force nissan to recall the 2004-2006 models of pathfinder armadas. help before someone is seriously injured or killed. the brakes do not work properly!!!! if you turn the vehicle off and then restart the engine, it magically goes away- for a little while. but, the problem always returns. *tr | |||
| 07/08/2011 | 130000 | 1 | |
| Brakes stopped working! brake light came on when i tried to come to a stop i had maybe 20% brake usage. if i had not noticed the light coming on and had to stop in an emergency would have crashed for sure! i have 3 kids, a great grandmother and 2 other kids that i watch 5 days a week. these will be a tragedy if the problem is not fixed. i have taken it to the dealer a number of times to be told there is no problem. only for it to keep happening. please help us a force nissan to recall these models and repair so that we can be safe on our roads. *tr | |||
| 02/07/2008 | 80000 | 1 | |
| Over the last few years my brake light comes on and brakes fail. this is a large suv, it is and will be fatal to not fix this problem. i have taken it to the dealer on numerous occasions for them to tell me that the can not find anything wrong with it. we have replaced the brakes alot to help the problem, still with no results. now i am being told it is a brake booster sensor that needs to be replaced. i have researched and their are 1,000's + of people having the same issue. please look out for the safety of us consumers and force nissan to recall the 2004-2006 models of pathfinder armadas. help before someone is seriously injured or killed. the brakes do not work properly!!!! if you turn the vehicle off and then restart the engine, it magically goes away- for a little while. but, the problem always returns. *tr | |||
| 07/08/2011 | 130000 | ||
| Brakes stopped working! brake light came on when i tried to come to a stop i had maybe 20% brake usage. if i had not noticed the light coming on and had to stop in an emergency would have crashed for sure! i have 3 kids, a great grandmother and 2 other kids that i watch 5 days a week. these will be a tragedy if the problem is not fixed. i have taken it to the dealer a number of times to be told there is no problem. only for it to keep happening. please help us a force nissan to recall these models and repair so that we can be safe on our roads. | |||
| 02/07/2008 | 80000 | ||
| Over the last few years my brake light comes on and brakes fail. this is a large suv, it is and will be fatal to not fix this problem. i have taken it to the dealer on numerous occassions for them to tell me that the can not find anything wrong with it. we have replaced the brakes alot to help the problem, still with no results. now i am being told it is a brake booster sensor that needs to be replaced. i have researched and their are 1,000's + of people having the same issue. please look out for the safety of us consumers and force nissan to recall the 2004-2006 models of pathfinder armadas. help before someone is seriously injured or killed. the brakes do not work properly!!!! if you turn the vehicle off and then restart the engine, it magically goes away- for a little while. but, the problem always returns. | |||
| 06/14/2012 | 130000 | 3 | |
| This is the 3rd time the brakes have failed since i purchased the used 2004 armada about 1.5yrs ago. the armada when purchased had approximately 123,000 miles on it. not long after i purchased while driving at 50mph the brake pedal went soft the brakes were at approximately 5% and there was an electrical grinding noise. after turning the vehicle off and on again the problem went away. i took the vehicle to nissan and was told that the rotors needed to be replaced because they were so thin the brake pads were having trouble gripping them and that was confusing the abs which is what i was hearing. i was also told the brake software needed to be updated at additional cost. i paid for everything to be done only to have the problem again a couple months later while driving slowly on a gravel surface. i contacted the dealer again and was told just to turn the vehicle on and off again and if it happens again to bring it in. while driving through a shopping center parking lot it happened again. brakes go out, peddle goes soft and electrical noise. i took the armada to the dealer again and was told this time the brake fluid needed to be replaced. i asked why wasn't that done when all the other work was performed only a few thousand miles earlier. they said it was not part of the work to replace the brakes. i paid to have the brake fluid replaced. recalls have been done on 2004 armadas for brake issues in the past, during my last visit to nissan i was told the module that controls all the braking system in my vehicle could be bad which may need to be replaced. i have to wait until my brakes fail again before they supposedly will know. nissan knows there are problems still with the 2004 armada braking system and should be made to recall them all to fix them. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - DISC | |||
| 05/13/2004 | 826 | 1 | 05/12/2004 |
| We bought a brand new 2004 nissan armada from brown&brown nissan in tempe arizona on may 12, 2004. the car has problem with alignment and brakes. the steering always lean to the right even run on the floated road, the whole car shaken when running on the rough road and breaking, window making noise when car shaken. we brought the vehicle back to the dealer and notify them about the problems that we had experienced on may 13, 2004. the service tech told us it is normal nothing wrong with the vehicle and said that nissan made all vehicles like that. we don't think this is right because all vehicles have to run straight not leaning to neither right or left side of the floated road and should moving smoothly not shaking when run on the rough road. this is concerned me about my family safety. brown&brown nissan sale managers wanted us to bring the car to service to get fix. since their service tech said the problems are normal and nothing wrong with the vehicle when those symptoms above occurred. we don't think it is a good idea to bring it to the service and let them fix it. so we had request to switch for another vehicle but the dealer general sale managers disputed and ignored my request and didn't care about customer satisfaction nor customer's safety. brown&brown's head manager don't talk to us since we don't want to bring the vehicle to the service even though we had call in a lot of times and request to talk to him or left him a message on his answer machine. now we are stuck with the lemon vehicle and don't know what we need to do next to protect our customer rights and our family safety. please help us to solve this problem and also save other people from bad car dealerships which selling bad car, treat customer with no respect, don't care about customer's satisfaction and specially don't care about customer's safety like brown&brown nissan dealership in tempe, arizona. *ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - DISC - CALIPER | |||
| 11/09/2004 | 13000 | 3 | 04/24/2004 |
| Car began shaking when brakes applied at 13,000 miles. called dealer to see if this was uncommon or if other armada drivers were complaining and told they knew of no problem. took car into local auto store and was told the rotors were bad and to take back to the dealer since it was not common for this to happen so early. dealership turned rotors. same problem occurred 3000 miles later and brought back to dealer and asked for rotors not to be turned, but to fix the problem. they just turned the rotors again. seems they are just putting a bandaid until i have to pay for the problem myself. i have kids and feel very unsafe. i am ready to bring it in again because the car is shaking again. i have other issues, but they are just bothersome. this brake problem scares me and it is expensive to keep fixing this when it is out of warranty. help!!!! | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - DISC - PADS | |||
| 11/09/2004 | 13000 | 3 | 04/24/2004 |
| Car began shaking when brakes applied at 13,000 miles. called dealer to see if this was uncommon or if other armada drivers were complaining and told they knew of no problem. took car into local auto store and was told the rotors were bad and to take back to the dealer since it was not common for this to happen so early. dealership turned rotors. same problem occurred 3000 miles later and brought back to dealer and asked for rotors not to be turned, but to fix the problem. they just turned the rotors again. seems they are just putting a bandaid until i have to pay for the problem myself. i have kids and feel very unsafe. i am ready to bring it in again because the car is shaking again. i have other issues, but they are just bothersome. this brake problem scares me and it is expensive to keep fixing this when it is out of warranty. help!!!! | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - DISC - ROTOR | |||
| 08/20/2005 | 3000 | 4 | 09/10/2004 |
| Continuous brake shudder vibrates thru steering wheel. seats squeek. fuel gauge doesn't move to the full mark when fuel nozzle shuts off. this is the fourth time for the brake problem and the third time for the fuel gauge. they replace the brake pads and resurface the rotors and they replaced the fuel pump assembly all these problems in less than a year for my 2004 armada. why hasn't there been any recalls i see all these complaints and i've complained many times. i think we should be refunded our money on the vehicles or get a brand new vehicle. i have 22,000 miles. and i'm still waiting for these so called repair kits that there suppose to have its been months. what are we suppose to do when our warrenty runs out!!! | |||
| 04/22/2005 | 3900 | 5 | 12/30/2004 |
| I purchased my 2004 nissan pathfinder armada in december 2004 with approx. 10 miles. around the turn of 4,000 miles, my vehicle began to shake uncontrollably when the brakes were applied. this shaking was so bad that the truck was unable to stop or steer properly. my wife and i have both narrowly avoided major potentially injurious accidents as a result of this problem. we stopped driving the vehicle because of safety conerns, but when this was brought up to the dealerships and nissan north america we were assured there was no safety issue. the dealership has assisted with the problem and provided a temporary fix to the problem. the dealer also explained that this temporary fix will not last very long and i'll have to come back within a few hundred to a thousand miles. the dealer assured me that they'd attempt to get the hardware to replace the source of the problem, inferior rotors that are too small for the truck, but until then i'll have to continue to pay for my inferior product. the most damaging statement made by the dealer, against the corporation, was that since so many vehicles had this problem and the corporation could not order enough parts fast enought to fix the faulty vehicles, nissan motors will not allow me to get a hardware package until you bring the vehicle in the third time. this was actual guidance put out by nissan motors to dealers to avoid a backlog. this was confirmed when i spoke with nissan motors north america on june 09, 2005. i have documented all of this information if anyone is interested in it. no one in my family was injured as a result of this, but it is probably only because we took our vehicle out of service voluntarily. | |||
| 11/09/2004 | 13000 | 3 | 04/24/2004 |
| Car began shaking when brakes applied at 13,000 miles. called dealer to see if this was uncommon or if other armada drivers were complaining and told they knew of no problem. took car into local auto store and was told the rotors were bad and to take back to the dealer since it was not common for this to happen so early. dealership turned rotors. same problem occurred 3000 miles later and brought back to dealer and asked for rotors not to be turned, but to fix the problem. they just turned the rotors again. seems they are just putting a bandaid until i have to pay for the problem myself. i have kids and feel very unsafe. i am ready to bring it in again because the car is shaking again. i have other issues, but they are just bothersome. this brake problem scares me and it is expensive to keep fixing this when it is out of warranty. help!!!! | |||
| 02/25/2005 | 3 | ||
| The nissan armada has been designed with a much inferior brake system, regarding to the size and weight of the armada. they had cut costs by installing a nissan frontier brake system which weighs about half the weight of a nissan armada. this has caused the brakes to give out every 5000 miles and also creates an unsafe braking system. it also allows the vehicle to dive when braking not giving a safe braking reaction time. the dealerships have constantly replaced my brakes (3 times within 15,ooo miles) and did admit that nissan has admitted to putting an inferior braking system. | |||
| 02/17/2005 | 6500 | 2 | 11/04/2004 |
| Bought new armada in november 2004. it has been at the service center at bankston lewisville twice now. repeat problem with brake failure and steering wheel shaking. unibody creaks all the time. 2nd row seat belt failed twice, which threw my baby and her car seat into the back of the driver's seat!!! dash and consoles rattle all the time. wind noise is horrible! dealer said they will work on it. i called nissan consumer affairs and are waiting for a response from a regional specialist.*ak | |||
| 05/13/2004 | 830 | 1 | 05/12/2004 |
| The vehicle steering wheel kept on veering to the right while vehicle in occupying and got worse at braking. i have to constantly hold the steering wheel firmly and veer it to the left in order to keep the vehicle running straight. this will cause hundred of dollars to fix and could cause serious injury or death to people who driving it. the dealer said this is normal crown drift and don't do anything to fix the problem. i had contacted nissan manufacture concern about this problem. nissan addressed all vehicles are supposed to slightly veer to the right when your hand is removed from the steering wheel. this is a safety precaution that keeps vehicles from going into oncoming traffic in the event the driver falls asleep, has a heart attack, stroke, etc. i had been driving for 10 years and never hear about this before. i had drive the honda, toyota, dodge ram, acura, malibu, chevy and never experienced any veering of the steering wheel either to the right or left. i have been asking a lot of people about this everyone said all the vehicles have to go straight when running on a good leveled road. nissan didn't put any kind of writing or note on the contract, vehicle safety features or vehicle description to let the customers know that the vehicle will veer to the right due to safety precaution. accordingly to the contract the dealer has to let the customers any problem that the vehicle has. i had never been told that this vehicle will slightly veer to the right by sale rep, sale manager, and so on. please help me and other for our safety. thanks. *ak | |||
| 05/13/2004 | 826 | 1 | 05/12/2004 |
| We bought a brand new 2004 nissan armada from brown&brown nissan in tempe arizona on may 12, 2004. the car has problem with alignment and brakes. the steering always lean to the right even run on the floated road, the whole car shaken when running on the rough road and breaking, window making noise when car shaken. we brought the vehicle back to the dealer and notify them about the problems that we had experienced on may 13, 2004. the service tech told us it is normal nothing wrong with the vehicle and said that nissan made all vehicles like that. we don't think this is right because all vehicles have to run straight not leaning to neither right or left side of the floated road and should moving smoothly not shaking when run on the rough road. this is concerned me about my family safety. brown&brown nissan sale managers wanted us to bring the car to service to get fix. since their service tech said the problems are normal and nothing wrong with the vehicle when those symptoms above occurred. we don't think it is a good idea to bring it to the service and let them fix it. so we had request to switch for another vehicle but the dealer general sale managers disputed and ignored my request and didn't care about customer satisfaction nor customer's safety. brown&brown's head manager don't talk to us since we don't want to bring the vehicle to the service even though we had call in a lot of times and request to talk to him or left him a message on his answer machine. now we are stuck with the lemon vehicle and don't know what we need to do next to protect our customer rights and our family safety. please help us to solve this problem and also save other people from bad car dealerships which selling bad car, treat customer with no respect, don't care about customer's satisfaction and specially don't care about customer's safety like brown&brown nissan dealership in tempe, arizona. *ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 06/17/2011 | 87000 | ||
| When driving the abs light comes on then when you press the breaks they grind then goes to the floor | |||
| 05/21/2011 | 94875 | ||
| Nissan armada brake issue for 2004-2006 model year. nissan usa is not acknowledging armada has issue with the brake system. while driving approximately 10-15 mph,i applied pressure to the brake pedal and the brake pedal fell to the floor. i heard a grinding noise coming from the brakes. i contacted nissan and they had me do a diagnostic at the dealer. nissan is still not doing anything to repair the brake. | |||
| 05/20/2011 | 94875 | ||
| Brake issue in 2004 nissan armada. brake in my vehicle came to less than 10% and with a 6000 pound vehicle with no brakes, i am prone to get into an accident. i have complained this issue to nissan file number 7181591 on 06/01/2011. they are not doing anything until there are enough complains to resolve the brake issue. my initial report for this issue was on 02/06/2011 confirmation number (odi number) is: 10380868. | |||
| 04/07/2011 | 126000 | ||
| Abs system on my 2004 nissan armada disengages while driving. leaving the driver with only the emergency brake. it appears to be a problem with thousands of armadas. abs re-engages after you shut down the motor and re-start the vehicle. it is my understanding the problem is due to a faulty abs sensor. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 01/10/2010 | 20000 | 1 | |
| Sometimes brakes make grinding noise, shutter through steering wheel, and massive front end vibration. during this time the brakes don't work very well. restarting car will alleviate problem. had a computer module changed but problem continues. brake light comes on. there are many many complaint about the same problem! it is very unsafe! *tr | |||
| 12/16/2009 | 1 | ||
| I own a 2004 nissan armada. we bought this vehicle brand new in 2005 from the dealer. for aprx. 3 years now every couple of months the abs brake light comes on and the brake pedal get very hard, it makes it very difficult to brake. we found it that we can reset it back to normal by stopping, turning off the engine, waiting a minute and restarting the engine. when i took it to the dealer to get checked, they told me that nothing was wrong with the engine or brakes. since they couldn't get the problem to occur in front of them, they said that there's nothing they can do. i expressed my concerns about being a safety issue, they told be to take the vehicle without turning it off whenever this happens, i explained that i will not put my family in danger, driving with a hard to brake vehicle, they said then just to turn off the vehicle and reset it and the problem will go away. this problem happens maybe about every 3 months for apx the past 3 years. fortunately we haven't got into and accident but this a concern to me. up to now i didn't know who to report it to, but after watching resent reports about another veh company on tv, i decided to notify you. *tr | |||
| 11/24/2009 | 45000 | 1 | |
| About once a month my brakes go out for no apparent reason. the dealer doesn't know what's wrong and through research online i am not the only one having this problem. it's only a matter of time before they go out when i really need them. the dealer re-did my computer but the problem happened again after this supposed fix. *tr | |||
| 07/12/2009 | 28815 | 1 | |
| The first incident happened twice just prior to july 1st, again on july 4th, and the last incident was july 12th, 2009. after the first 3 incidents once i turned off the vehicle it went back to normal and the dashboard lights went off. however, on july 12th, while driving on the highway, the dash board lights for the breaks and abs system all lit up. there was vibration and then the back brakes made this horrible sound like metal hitting metal. i turned the vehicle off and the problem didn't correct and the brake was not engaging properly. i took the vehicle back to the dealership where i bought the car only to find out that they were no longer a nissan dealer. i took it to the mechanic i use for my other vehicle and he put my nissan armada 2004 pathfinder on the lift and checked the brakes. the brakes were in good condition but he said the abs system would have to be checked by a nissan dealership. i only have 28,815 mile on my vehicle and the downey nissan dealership told me that they would update the abs computer system but that the vehicle needed a new brake booster because there was an electrical problem in the brake booster and it would need to be replaced. i googled the nissan brake booster problems and found that this has been happening to many nissan armada and could not find a recall. i am afraid to drive my vehicle because of the possibility of crashing if the brake fails to engage or worse. the dealer asked nissan to honor in good faith the warranty because my car was in very good condition and hd only at 28,815 miles less than the 36,000 mile warranty albeit past 3 years. nissan refused. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2008 | 80000 | 1 | |
| Once every 2 to 3 weeks, i hit the brakes in my 2004 nissan pathfinder armada and it makes a horrible grinding noise and nothing happens, the vehicle doesn't stop. the emergency brake light comes on. i was told by a friend that repairs nissans for the employees at the nissan canton plant that this was a common occurrence for that model vehicle and it was a sensor that was bad. he said they have replaced numerous sensors on employees vehicles. i'm wondering why there was never a recall. apparently, they have improved things since the initial armada was created, but that doesn't get my vehicle fixed. i have 3 children and someone is going to get hurt one day. i am a single parent and can't afford the repair. i have taken it to the shop numerous times, but apparently when the vehicle is cut off, the sensor resets and the vehicle won't mess up for my repair person. i can't afford to take it to a dealership for them to investigate the problem. also, my main window switch will not roll up my windows. my rear hatch will not unlock. my main switch will not unlock all of my doors. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 04/02/2012 | 76491 | ||
| While driving my vehicle at approx 45mph i was coming up upon a traffic light intersection and attempting to slow down. when i applied the brakes, the brake pedal went to the floor and i heard a loud grinding noise from the front of the vehicle. luckily i was able to get through the intersection without injuring or killing someone. i immediately pulled to the side of the road and called for assitance. the vehicle was checked out by my mechanic and he advised me that a c1179 dtc was showing up in the computer. he also said tsb was on file for this problem but that i would need to take it to the dealer to have it fixed. i scheduled an appointment with the dealer and they performed the repair. a week later, i was driving the vehicle and the same thing happened, the brake pedal went to the floor, the grinding noise was heard. i have another appointment scheduled with the dealer. nissan must be aware of this serious problem and should do something about it. there are many complaints for this problem when i searched the web. i also found a lawsuit against nissan that is being heard in us district court on 4/26/12. the nhtsa should act on this quickly before someone is injured or killed. nissan has done nothing accept charge for the repairs. | |||
| 12/07/2003 | 3000 | ||
| When i first purchased car the brakes went out at 3000 miles and i've continued to have a problem ever since.nissan fixed the brake judder but another issue arose.now whenever it wants the brakes just go out.i've had the car in the shop multiple times for this problem.i have to shut car off and restart as if some electrical component is resetting.this has never been fixed and now i'm out of warranty.nissan can't find the problem or just doesn't want to take the time to fix.this is leading to a very unsafe vehicle because there is no telling when it will happen again. | |||
| 10/16/2008 | 59000 | ||
| While exiting the interstate, went around the exit ramp. the brakes depressed farther than normal and made a grinding sound. the brake indicator lights came one. the vehicle shook while i tried to brake. i narrowly missed the guardrail and managed to keep the vehicle in control. i was able to slow down, although it took longer than it should have, and i drove slowly to a service station nearby. the vehicle was examined, and i was told i had been driving with the parking brake on and that the brakes had just heated up. i wasn't driving with the parking break on though. it happened again a few weeks later and was taken to a different service station. they informed me that it needed to go to the dealer to have the service codes pulled, and that there had been braking issues with the model and year. further investigation online revealed it can be fixed by shutting car off. it has happened several times since then, at random times with no antecedent. i drive cautiously and leave plenty of braking room, as i am nervous about the performance of the brakes and my ability to stop. please have nissan address and fix this dangerous problem! | |||
| 03/18/2009 | 86000 | ||
| I was driving down highway when i heard a light knock and noticed brake light on. when i tried to apply brakes they started making a grinding sound and it was very hard to stop the vehicle. i pulled over to a nearby parking lot and turned vehicle off, when i restarted brake light was off and brakes where working. this has happened several times. mechanic said brakes were fine each time. | |||
| 01/22/2009 | 85000 | ||
| With in five minutes of driving the brake light came on and when the brakes were applied, there was a lack of brake pressure and a grinding sound was heard. the vehicle had very minimal breaking power and i would not be able to stop the vehicle by the brakes alone, coasting is required. if the vehicle is turned off and restarted, the system will reset and the brakes will return to normal operating condition. within the last year this has happened at least once a month. last year, the brake light came on and i carefully drove it 2-3 miles to a local nissan dealership. they ran a diagnosic test, while the brake light was on, which revealed a failure of the delta stroke sensor (c1179). i asked the mechanic to drive it and experience the lack of brakes but by the time he drove it the system had reset itself. the diagnosis cannot be done unless the brake light is on. there are numerous complaints online about other's having this problem as well as class action lawsuit pending. | |||
| 01/01/2011 | 75000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving 25 mph, the contact applied pressure to the brakes but they failed to operate and did not stop the vehicle. she would turn the vehicle off and then on again but the brakes remained operable. the failure occurred intermittently since january 2011. the dealer replaced the rear parking brake shoe on the passenger side and both rotors however, the failure persisted. the contact was awaiting further repairs. the current mileage was 83,000 and the approximate failure mileage was 75,000. kmj | |||
| 01/22/2009 | 85000 | ||
| With in five minutes of driving the brake light came on and when the brakes were applied, there was a lack of brake pressure and a grinding sound was heard. the vehicle had very minimal breaking power and i would not be able to stop the vehicle by the brakes alone, coasting is required. if the vehicle is turned off and restarted, the system will reset and the brakes will return to normal operating condition. within the last year this has happened at least once a month. last year, the brake light came on and i carefully drove it 2-3 miles to a local nissan dealership. they ran a diagnosic test, while the brake light was on, which revealed a failure of the delta stroke sensor (c1179). i asked the mechanic to drive it and experience the lack of brakes but by the time he drove it the system had reset itself. the diagnosis cannot be done unless the brake light is on. there are numerous complaints online about other's having this problem as well as class action lawsuit pending. | |||
| 01/01/2011 | 75000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving 25 mph, the contact applied pressure to the brakes but they failed to operate and did not stop the vehicle. she would turn the vehicle off and then on again but the brakes remained operable. the failure occurred intermittently since january 2011. the dealer replaced the rear parking brake shoe on the passenger side and both rotors however, the failure persisted. the contact was awaiting further repairs. the current mileage was 83,000 and the approximate failure mileage was 75,000. kmj | |||
| 01/01/2011 | 75000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving 25 mph, the contact stated that she applied pressure to the brakes when they failed to operate and did not stop the vehicle. she would turn the vehicle off and then on again and the brakes were operable again. this failure occurred intermittently since january 2011. the dealer replaced the rear parking brake shoe on the passenger side and both rotors; however, the failure continued to occur. the vehicle was awaiting repairs. the current mileage was 83,000. the approximate failure mileage was 75,000. bw | |||
| 03/11/2009 | 100000 | ||
| While driving at only 10 mph coming to a stop at a stop sign, the brake light came on and the brake failed to work. a grinding and scrapping noise was made and eventually the vehicle came to a stop. turned the car off and on again then brake light turned off and brakes worked fine. this has happened 7-10 times since then at spuratic times. the last time i was on the highway going 60 mph with my 3 children in the car. this is going to kill someone if it is not taken care of. i have had the brakes and rotors done twice. i continually take it to the dealer for them to find something wrong and repair it, each time i am told nothing can be found. please fix this problem!!! it is extremely dangerous. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 90000 | ||
| Sudden and complete failure of the braking system. brake pedal becomes hard to push and the brakes issue a scrapping and grinding noise. very scary. brakes become unusable and it is clear that the abs controller has somehow come one at an inappropriate time such that the braking system is not operating properly. if this occurred at high speed, it would surely cause a major accident. this has happened several times with this vehicle and there are many other accounts with other vehicle. you are referred to the website of armada.com for the same. nissan should have recalled these vehicles long ago for repairs. i am told that some dealers are reprogramming the computer and are charging owners for this inherent defect in these vehicle and poor design from the factory. this rampant condition which affects thousands of vehicle in the u.s. both nissan armada of all years 2004-present and nissan luxury companion vehicles under the infinity qx design. the above prevalent defect is a clear and present danger to all owners of armada and qx vehicles. nissan knows about this, but has failed and refused to issue a recall. they should be directed to do so, or be heavily penalized for failure to repair these vehicle to prevent future injury to vehicle owners and their families. updated 08/31/11 *bf | |||
| 08/19/2011 | 120000 | ||
| 2004 nissan armada brake failure while driving,this is at random times causing us to panic in traffic.this has been an on going problem with no fix and this is very scary and unsafe.and the only solution is hope that you get to a safe place without injuries or death occuring. turn it off and back on and drive until it does it again. so taking a risk everyday and praying that something be done with this is like an awakening nightmare waiting to happen just don't know when. thanks for your cooperation with this safety issue. | |||
| 08/11/2011 | 165000 | ||
| 2004 nissan armada; i've been monitoring these reports for years and find it ridiculous that nissan is incompetent in dealing with this issue. this has been an issue since the advent of the armada platform. i have had this same abs issue since we purchased the car in feb 2005. although the issue can be resolved or reset by turning off the engine and restarting, it does nothing to ward off close calls in traffic or busy streets with pedestrians. i've heard everything from replacing the computer, brake booster, pressure equalization valve...etc. these are all blind attempts to do something if not anything. the problem needs to be resolved definitely and the remedy applied unilaterally across the armada line. the grinding noise, i believe is not at the rotors, it is a spring like resonance that comes from the brake booster and the millisecond pressure reaction to each of the wheels. it sounds like someone hits a large coil spring with a hammer. i can't tell, but is this problem limited to just the 2004 models? come on nissan...do the right thing before someone gets hurt! | |||
| 08/03/2011 | 71000 | ||
| Driving 2004 nissan armada se off road travelling at low speed (20 mph or less) in traffic. brake light comes on in the dashboard, brake pressure goes to near nothing (have to push pedal all the way to floor to stop car) and brakes make a grinding noise under the steering column. car stops eventually but no confidence car would stop suddenly. problem is fixed temporarily if car is turned off and restarted. happens intermittently could go 3-4 weeks without a problem, but everytime seems to be at low speed in traffic with repetitive use of the brakes. nissan dealer can't replicate problem and can't diagnose problem without seeing car with brake failure indicator still on. they are recommending potentially replacing abs computer $1,500 but no guarantee that will fix problem. | |||
| 07/20/2011 | 95000 | ||
| I have a 2004 nissan armada, and i was driving when the brake light came on and the abs system engaged on its on and i lost braking power. i shut the car off and the problem went away this is a very serious problem that someone can get hurt or be killed from. i contacted nissan, and im going to take it to the dealership for diagnosis. please look into this matter before someone dies. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 06/03/2011 | 121000 | ||
| 2004 nissan armada. brake failure, loud grinding, vibration, would not stop. turned car off, then back on, and problem was gone. i suspect its a computer related issue that will eventually cause a serious accident | |||
| 04/20/2011 | 123000 | ||
| Vehicle brake light comes on, brake makes a springy sound, brakes become spongy and it is difficult to stop. once we came to a stop turned the vehicle off then on and the issue went away. it's scary to put my family back in the vehicle. | |||
| 07/01/2010 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving approximately 35 mph, the contact applied pressure to the brake pedal and came to a complete stop when the brake pedal locked. he then applied the accelerator pedal and the vehicle would not accelerate. the vehicle had to be restarted in order for the brakes to function properly. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics or repairs. the failure occurred three different times. the approximate failure mileage was unknown. | |||
| 07/01/2010 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns 2004 nissan armada. while driving approximately 35 mph the contact applied pressure to the brake pedal and came to a complete stop when the brake pedal locked. the contact stated he applied pressure to the accelerator pedal and the vehicle would not accelerate. the vehicle had to be restarted for the brakes to function properly. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics or repairs. the failure occurred three different times. the approximate failure mileage was unknown. ds | |||
| 02/08/2011 | 67287 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving approximately 20 mph, the contact applied pressure to the brakes when he heard a loud grinding noise then he noticed that they were unable to bring the vehicle to a complete stop, causing the pedal to jerk. he was forced to use the emergency braking system. the vehicle was towed to the dealer where they performed a diagnostic test which concluded that the brake booster failed. the vehicle had not been repaired. the manufacturer did not offer any assistance. the current and failure mileages were 67,287. bw | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 30000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving approximately 15 mph the contact applied pressure to the brake peddle causing the brake peddle to fall to the floor. the brake light also illuminated on the dash board. the contact stated the ignition turned off on it own. the contact had experienced a burning odor prior to the failure. the vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technician stated the passenger side caliper was broken. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 30,000. ds | |||
| 03/01/2010 | 68000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. the contact stated that while trying to decelerate the brakes would pulsate and slowly come to a stop. the abs lights also illuminated on the instrumental panel. the vehicle was inspected by a independent mechanic who informed her to replace the brake pads. the vehicle was repaired and the failure continues to occur. the vehicle was also inspected by the dealer who advised the contact there were no visible signs of a failure. the failure mileage was approximately 68,000. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| 05/01/2010 | 70000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. the contact stated a boat trailer was attached to the vehicle. the vehicle was stationary on an incline with the engine turned off. the gear was shifted into the park position, and suddenly the vehicle rolled in reverse approximately six inches to a foot. the vehicle stopped on its own. the contact entered the vehicle and engaged the emergency brake. the vehicle was not diagnosed. in addition, during the initial start when accelerating the transmission would respond as though it were in neutral gear. also, the transmission would experience the failure in cold weather temperatures. the failure mileage was approximately 70,000. js | |||
| 02/18/2010 | 50000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. the contact stated that on 3-4 occasions, when he applied the brakes, the brake light illuminated and he heard a grinding and pulsating noise; the brake pedal would also extend to the floorboard. the vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. the manufacturer had not been notified. the vin was unavailable when the complaint was filed. the current mileage was approximately 60,000. the failure mileage was approximately 50,000-bk | |||
| 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. | |||
| 06/14/2010 | 19000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. the contact stated that they have had to replace the brakes on the vehicle three times since it was purchased 6 years ago. the dealer stated that the brake system was not designed properly for a vehicle this size and that the system was corrected for the 2005 and younger models. the caller feels this is a safety issue because the brakes do not do a good job of stopping the vehicle. the failure mileage was 19000 and the current mileage was 67000. rl | |||
| 02/28/2010 | 25000 | 1 | |
| We have a 2004 nissan armada that has had complete brake failure. what happens is the brakes begin to jump/jitter and then there is 100% brake failure---there are no brakes period! we've talked to nissan and taken the car to the dealership and they say there is nothing wrong with the brakes. we don't know what else to do, we can't sell the suv because we would be passing a life threatening problem to someone else and we cannot drive it because the brakes will fail. to solve the problem at the time they fail obe has to turn off the car, remove the key from the start switch, and then turn the engine again. this seems like the type of problem that the computer controls since the problem temporarily disappears after resetting the computer. can you help? *tr | |||
| 08/13/2009 | 6000 | 1 | |
| 2004 nissan armada brake failure problem. about every 4-6 months the brake pedal goes all the way to the floor with very limited stopping power. there is a grinding sound while applying brakes. to me seems to be a matter of time when i smash into something. *tr | |||
| 08/17/2009 | 75000 | 1 | |
| Sinking brake pedal with diminished stopping power. pedal sinks to floor. vehicle must be turned off multiple times to regain power . this has happened sporadically. dealer has not offered a solution. *tr | |||
| 01/13/2010 | 5 | 3 | |
| We own a 2004 nissan armada which we purchased less than 1 year ago. since then, there has been 3 or more instances in which i've lost complete braking on the car. the last incident occurred this january 13th. i've taken the vehicle to a local specialized brake shop and was subsequently told that there is a known defect with the abs system and subsequently triggering the brake and abs sensors on the dash to light up. we verified this with nissan and they too acknowledged that there is a known defect with regards to the abs malfunctioning causing the vehicle to lose breaking at low speeds. after calling nissan they have refused to recall this known defect and have offered to try and find the cause by starting out with replacing break sensors, abs computer, master cylinder with all costs incurred on us and no guarantee the problem would be fixed. the car has the abs system disabled at the moment so i can get to and from picking my children up from school. however, i cannot drive the vehicle under wet conditions as it could be dangerous to do so. nissan should be held accountable and we should not have to pay out of our pocket to resolve a known defect that could cause serious injury or death. *tr | |||
| 09/02/2009 | 24500 | 1 | |
| My 2004 nissan armada brakes failed at 24,500 miles. they were replaced by the dealer under a tb due to shaking and premature wear at 16,000 miles. the brake lights suddenly came on and brakes started to shake making me lose control. checked brake and they were down to metal at less then 10,000 miles. *tr | |||
| 06/28/2008 | 73000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada.the contact stated that intermittently when driving the service brake warning light illuminates on the instrument control panel, then the vehicle shimmies. simultaneously he has to use heavy brake application to decelerate. usually he has to restart the engine to reset the brake sensor. brake failure increases the risk of vehicle crash. he took the vehicle to dealer and had the abs sensor replaced. the repair did not remedy the failure. the failure mileage was 73,000. the current mileage was 90,000. | |||
| 08/01/2009 | 2 | 01/01/2005 | |
| 2004 nissan armada intermittent brake failure. *nj the consumer stated the incidents occurred without warning, or any indication on the dashboard that the brakes were malfunctioning. the dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the brake failure. the dealer suggested that the master cylinder and booster be replaced at a cost of $1,200. *jb | |||
| 06/03/2009 | 68000 | 1 | |
| 2004 nissan armada - brake failure. this is an on-going problem. i have contacted nissan in the past to open a claim. the person on the phone recommended i take it to the dealer (which we had done at least 3 times prior). we took it to the dealer and they indicated that there was 'no trouble/problem found' (only one time prior did they update the code to the computer - all other times - no trouble found). i mention that we have taken it to the dealer 3 or 4 times, but according to my wife who drives this car every day, this happens to her at least once a month - that is over 20 times since we have owned it! i cannot afford to keep taking my car to the dealer, renting a car for the day - just to have 'no trouble found'. quite frankly, my wife does not feel safe driving the car. i know there have been other incidents of this problem registered. i just would like it fixed once and for all so my wife and children do not have to keep putting their lives at risk, wondering if the brakes are going to work or not. please help. *tr | |||
| 01/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| 2004 nissan armada shakes uncontrollably when braking especially at speeds in excess of 40mph. has been repaired 4 times so far and still happens. *tr | |||
| 12/05/2008 | 30000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving 60 mph, a warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle has been to the dealer approximately three times for repair. the first time it was taken to have the brakes repaired for making grinding noises. the contact stated that she was using the wrong brakes. when the accelerator pedal is depressed, the pressure goes down and the vehicle decelerates. the contact would have to bring the vehicle to the dealer in order to determine the cause of the failure. in addition, there is a clicking noise coming from the transmission. the dealer cannot locate the cause of the failures. the vin was unknown. the failure mileage was 30,000 and current mileage was 84,000. updated 05/08/09. *lj the right side exhaust manifold was replaced and the engine light had illuminated. updated 05/11/09.*jb | |||
| 08/23/2007 | 50000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving various speeds he experienced unwanted abs activation. the dealer and a technician stated that he needed to reprogram his electronic control module. the contact is responsible for paying $125.00 for the repair. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer didn | |||
| 09/29/2008 | 45 | 1 | |
| I own a 2004 armada i been having many problems with brakes it happens a few times driving the car starts to feel so heavy y slowing down so i stopped and the front brakes where so so hot and smelling burn with smog so after that happens to me like 4 times this past monday the caliper fell off and the dealer people said the recall is not for this truck? *tr | |||
| 08/21/2008 | 1 | ||
| My wife has a 2004 nissan armada and i have a 2004 nissan titan. both vehicles have had a total failure of the abs system twice in the last month. the symptoms are a grinding noise form the brakes, the brake warning light on, and inefficient stopping power no matter the amount of pressure exerted on the pedal. after shutting down the engine and restarting, the symptoms disappear. the computer does not record any failure code and the dealer explained that nissan has a technical bulletin that specifies to reprogram the vehicle computer but it does not guarantee the problem will not recur. neither is this procedure covered under the warranty of the vehicle. i researched the problem in nissan internet forums and it looks like it is a fairly common problem as i was able to find numerous reports of the same. i think this is a major safety issue since it does affect the stopping ability of the vehicle, and almost assures an accident if the vehicle is traveling at anything more than parking lot speeds. *tr | |||
| 07/11/2008 | 68000 | 1 | |
| My brake warning light is or was on, and/or the abs warning light is or was on, and there is a vibration in the brake pedal while braking. i had little or no braking power. i had to stop the vehicle thank god i was going fast. usually this occurs as i start up the vehicle. after the issue i would stop the car and turn off the engine. after a few minutes i would restart the vehicle and the brake light was no longer on and the brake noises were gone as well. please help! *tr | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 5 | ||
| 2004 nissan armada has a brake problem. consumer states that the brakes on his vehicle have been replaced five times. *nj the consumer stated the last time, the brake pedal went to the floor which almost caused an accident. the consumer stated that nissan knew the brakes were too small for the vehicle. *jb | |||
| 05/12/2004 | 13000 | 1 | |
| I have brought my nissan armanda 2004 4x4 le in several times after researching several web-sites the brakes, rotors and abs sensors are a constant issue with this model. to this date my dealer can not fix this issue. i am concerned about the safety of my family and others on the road. this brake issues occurs while driving with no notification until you try to stop. *tr | |||
| 12/28/2007 | 67000 | 1 | |
| The brakes on my nissan armada intermittently go out. this usually happens when pushing hard on the brakes to make a sudden stop. the only solution is to turn the car off and press the e-brake a couple of times then release it. the problem has almost killed me twice, but luckily i was able to swerve out of the way both times. i have brought the problem to my mechanic who has grinded down the rotors and replaced the brakes, but to no avail the problem keeps occurring. so far we have lost our brakes in this mammoth vehicle about 5 times. *tr | |||
| 05/30/2008 | 46423 | 1 | |
| This happens randomly and not on a regular basis. sometimes once a week other times twice a week. when you bring the vehicle to a stop be it a stop sign or light, it does stop the vehicle no problem, but upon taking your foot off the brake and trying to drive away, the brakes will not release. if you try and drive the vehicle, it makes all kinds of noise and will barely move. this has happened so many times, that i learned how to get the brakes to release. upon this happening, you put the car in park, shut the engine off, wait a minute and restart the vehicle and the brakes are fine. i have gone to the dealership many times and they say nothing is wrong with the vehicle, and of course they always say we cannot not duplicate the problem. i know this is a common problem because i belong to a forum for nissan armada's call club armada. there are many complaints of this issue, yet nissan doesn't want to admit this problem. this vehicle is not safe and it scares me to think what these brakes might do. nissan never again! *tr | |||
| 06/22/2007 | 33000 | 8 | 07/24/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. on eight separate occasions, while driving approximately 60 mph, the emergency brake light illuminated. the vehicle then began making a loud noise and vibrated. the failure makes it difficult to maneuver the vehicle. the brake pedal must be depressed to the floor; however, the vehicle still does not come to an immediate complete stop. the dealer stated that they could not duplicate the failure. the brake pads have been changed three times in two and a half years. the current mileage was 34,512 and failure mileage was 33,000. | |||
| 07/29/2004 | 1 | 07/27/2004 | |
| 2004 nissan pathfinder armada with numerous problems. customer states the vehicle has had some of these problems washer tank/motor/level sensor, electrical worked after key was removed from the ignition, and it had brake failure. *kb the tires were wearing unevenly. there was a water leak coming from the passenger front floor board. the dealer installed a hose to the ac drain. the front rotors were replaced due to them being warped and the rear rotors were resurfaced. the passenger window would not roll up, due to it being off track. while driving, the engine suddenly shut down. the consumer removed the key from the ignition, but the wipers, horn ,headlights and other electrical instruments kept on working. the consumer also experienced a flat tire and there was moisture in the transmission connector, the wiring harness was repalced. *jb | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 2 | ||
| 2004 nissan armada brake failure. consumer states that the brakes failed twice almost causing him to be in an accident. he states that it is a major safety hazard and has heard of a lot more armada's having the same problems. *kb the dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. *jb | |||
| 01/11/2005 | 3500 | 4 | 05/30/2004 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving 40 mph, the vehicle took a long time to stop when the brakes were applied. the vehicle felt as if it were misaligned when attempting to stop. the contact took the vehicle to a local dealer and they acknowledged the failure with the brake system, but were unable to determine the cause of failure. she later returned to the dealer and they placed a kit on the brake system. one year later, the brakes began making a loud grinding noise and the vehicle became difficult to stop. the dealer repaired the vehicle again, however, the contact still had to apply pressure to the brakes at least four times in order to stop the vehicle. there were no warning lights present. the manufacturer is conducting an investigation. the current mileage was 30,000 and failure mileage was 3,500. | |||
| 06/22/2007 | 49000 | 2 | 03/23/2007 |
| Extreme brake judder causing severe loss of stopping effectiveness: 1) while driving with my wife and children in our 2004 nissan armada extreme brake judder occurred during normal application of the brakes. 2) this is the second time brake judder has occurred with our 2004 nissan armada and both times the effect has been severely reduced stopping capability. 3) if scenario occurred during a routine traffic stop it's evident that the 2004 nissan armada would of easily entered the intersection potentially causing an accident. thank you. *tr | |||
| 09/05/2005 | 30 | ||
| Right after we purchased this car, the problem started, the brakes locked up the brake light comes on, i have to put it in neutral to turn it off start it back to get it to quit. the brakes grab but the car doesn't stop. took it to the dealer and they couldn't find the problem unless it was doing it when we took it in. i have no warning. i have kids and it amazes me that with close to 100 complaints nissan would take action. all they are doing is putting the cost of a vehicle above a human life. this is the first time i have purchased a nissan and this will be my last. i warn people not to buy this type of car. i will even go out of my way to tell them if i see them looking at them on a lot. if nissan isn't going to do anything to fix this problem even if it means replacing the brake system then we as consumers should warn others before some one looses their life. but that may be what it takes before some big company will fix the problem. everyone is having the same problem so for the life of me i cant figure out why they wont look into it.. makes you wonder if they would drive one of these cars. the number of failures are far more then what i listed. it caused me to go thru a stop sign and by the grace of god no other cars were around. i really don't want my 17 year old driving it with this kind of problem. the funny thing is if nissan would take the time to fix the problem they may have repeat customers. not me not ever again. i am going back to chevy then next time i buy. *jb | |||
| 08/08/2006 | 1200 | 8 | 02/10/2004 |
| I went to apply brakes to stop at a light. the brakes failed to operate, forced to drive off road. myself as well as many others had experienced the same problem. nothing was done to fix!! *jb | |||
| 07/03/2006 | 2 | 02/01/2004 | |
| 2004 nissan armada brakes failed twice. *kb *jb | |||
| 01/11/2006 | 43000 | 1 | 03/07/2004 |
| We purchased a 2004 nissan armada in march of 2004. since almost day one we have had ongoing brake problems (mostly rotor and caliper related). in january of 2006, my wife and three of my children were in the car when the brakes completely failed. fortunately, my wife was able to drive up an embankment and stop the vehicle before anyone was hurt. the diagnosis was a failed delta stroke sensor in the brake booster. a repair was made, but since that time we experienced intermittent warning lights for the vehicle dynamic control and slip. last week we started to experience severe steering wheel and brake vibration. we took the vehicle in for service and the diagnosis was a failed abs unit, a burned out 4 wheel drive computer, and a failed switch in the brake booster. these parts have been replaced, but the vehicle is still showing errors when hooked up to the diagnostic computer and is still under repair, but nobody is sure (including nissan) what the problem is. i feel that this vehicle is unsafe to drive. *nm | |||
| 03/25/2005 | 7515 | 4 | 08/28/2004 |
| Repeated brake system repairs, vibration,wheel lockup,rotors and brake pads. *nm | |||
| 05/05/2005 | 7000 | 2 | 11/10/2004 |
| Brakes quickly waer down to the point of near loss of function due to vibration. this increases stopping distances and can cause accidents. dealer resurfaced rotors, but problem returned within 2 months. *nm | |||
| 07/09/2004 | 7267 | 10 | 05/05/2004 |
| Consumer has had numerous problems with the brakes and air condition on 2004 nissan armada. *ts when the brakes were applied, the consumer felt a vibration, the pads and rotors were replaced. the rear strut, window and moon roof were leaking. the rear ac pipe and o-ring were replaced to rectify the problem with the air condition not cooling. the hatch struts were replaced due to excessive play.*jb | |||
| 06/30/2005 | 5000 | 3 | 10/21/2003 |
| Dt: the brakes were too small for the vehicle. the consumer took the vehicle to the dealership and they replaced the pads. the second time they shaved the rotors. *jb while braking the steering wheel shook and the braked made noise. *nm | |||
| 05/27/2005 | 6000 | 1 | 11/30/2004 |
| Purchased 2004 nissan armada 11/2004. progressively greater shimmy/jutter while braking. unsafe feel while attempting to stop. brake failure could result in serious injury or death. brake system was inspected and found to have underdesigned components for vehicle weight as stated by nissan dealer on 5/27/05. dealer turned rotors, replaced pads, stated this was not a permanent fix. this all done within 8000 miles. | |||
| 10/01/2004 | 1 | 07/31/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact states that he owns a 2004 nissan armada. he has taking his vehicle into a mechanic three times for the same problem. there is a vibration in his brakes. he would have a kit put on his brakes and they told him each time that he would not need to have it fixed anymore his vehicle is messed up now with the same braking problem this is the fourth time. he only has 9500 miles on his vehicle. the braking problem consist of the steering wheel jumping really bad while applying pressure to the brakes. the vibration occurs even in normal braking. the design of braking system is antilock brakes. he does have the repair invoices for each failure. this has came close to causing an accident. *nm | |||
| 10/01/2004 | 3000 | 5 | 11/01/2003 |
| The pads have been replaced, the rotors were turned twice. a new was put on the vehicle, then another kit that was not available. the problem seemed to returned after 3,000 miles. *ak when the brakes were applied there was a pulsation and the steering vibrated. *jb | |||
| 01/02/2005 | 6000 | 1 | 11/05/2004 |
| Violent vibration due to braking at only 6,000 miles fuel gauge is inaccurate, engine gets hot,sunroof leaks, roof rattles excessively, door rattles excessively. *jb | |||
| 08/06/2004 | 2 | 04/03/2004 | |
| Certified ltr information copy addressed to tustin nissan writer owner of 2004 my nissan armada'; return true; onmouseout=window.status=''; return true;>nissan armada reporting defective brakes the consumer demanded full refund for the cost of the vehicle. the front end vibrated badly when the consumer applied the brakes. after the brakes where replaced the consumer traveled three miles and the rims where covered with brake residue. the consumer stated that the braking system is inadequate for the vehicle. *tc *jb | |||
| 11/24/2004 | 24000 | 1 | 09/23/2003 |
| 2004 nissan armada 2x4 le premature brake failure. brake pads and rotors replaced at 24,000 miles dealer threw out parts before they could be inspected. *nm | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 63000 | 1 | 01/01/2004 |
| Brake system on nissan pathfinder armada 2004.*mr the vehicle would vibrate while braking and the vehicle became increasing difficult to stop. the consumer was told that the brakes were not heavy enough for the vehicle and that the rotors were warped. *nm | |||
| 06/17/2004 | 4000 | 2 | 12/04/2003 |
| Purchased 2004 nissan armada in dec. 03. at approx. 4000 mi started noticing vibration in braking and then shimmy in front end shortly thereafter. took the car in to the dealership and they told me i was supposed to use the parking brake about once a week to reset the brakes. they told me this was common in nissan as well as other makes of trucks. have owned 5 other makes of suv's and never have experienced this problem from not using the parking brake. the service dept. turned the rotors and the truck was fine until about 10,000 miles when it started all over again. have it back in the shop today where i was just told that nissan has issued a bulletin on the brake problem. *jb | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 05/01/2008 | 61500 | 1 | |
| Emergency brake light came on suddenly. brake shudders and vibrates through steering wheel. car makes a grinding noise when brake is applied. *tr | |||
| 05/18/2007 | 46000 | 1 | 01/06/2005 |
| I have a 2004 nissan armada and was traveling at low speed when the brakes failed. the vehicle rolled out into the intersection before stopping. just prior to stopping it felt like the abs was trying to engage, but the pavement was not slippery. i drove slowly and tried the brakes a few more times and every time it felt like the abs was kicking in, but the braking was severly diminished. i drove the vehicle slowly)about 1 mile to a dealership. turned the vehicle off, and when we turned it back on again , the problem was gone. the tech nician did a code scan and found that the abs needed to be reprogrammed, which was being done now. i dod a search on the internet and this seemed prevelant in the 2004 armadas and titans. my concern that the complaints i have read showed that this continuedc to recur even after the reprogramming. if this happened unexpectedly at high speed and a panic stop the results will be catastrophic. this should be investigated. thanks. *ak | |||
| 03/02/2007 | 7000 | 3 | 11/05/2005 |
| 2004 nissan pathfinder armada. purchased at 11488 miles on 11/5/05. experienced very slight vibration when braking at high speed on way home. also experienced periodic groan or thump when gently braking, mostly while turning. vibration continued to increase until steering became unmanageable while braking. difficult to be without a car so we couldn't take the car in until 1/10/07 at 22030 miles. our mechanic said they were the worst warped rotors he had ever seen and had them turned. he also replaced 50% nissan pads with carquest ceramic pads. two days later, the vibration was back and dramatically increased over 1000 mile road trip until we took car to dealer on 3/2/07 at 24,140 miles. steering now completely unmanageable! dealer wouldn't honor warranty because we had carquest pads on car. also told us that warranty work had been done on rotors at about 7000 miles under original owner. dealer turned rotors and installed nissan pads and informed us that we were now back under warranty until 36000 miles or 8/07. don't feel safe on road, especially after reading posts of complete brake failure, yet need a car to drive on trips. please issue recall. *jb | |||
| 08/15/2006 | 38000 | 8 | 11/01/2004 |
| On eight different my 2004 nissan aramada had complete brake failure. executive jeep nissan did nothing to fix problem. vehicle very unsafe. been off the road for 3 months. driving down the road went to stop vehicle and brake went to the floor and no stopping power. nothing has been done to fix problem. after looking into this issue many people with 04 armada having same problem.. nissan refuses to fix problem! very dangerous. *nm | |||
| 04/06/2006 | 30000 | 4 | 04/04/2005 |
| One day last summer, the brakes on my armada failed to work properly. the brake pedal felt like it depressed more than normal and the car did not feel like it was going to stop. when the brake pedal was depressed firmly the car would come to an immediate stop. loud noises coming from near the front of the car could be heard. i drove very carefully across town to horizon nissan notifying the service writer that i would be there shortly. i pulled in. turned the car off. a service advisor came with me for a test drive . the car did not have the problem. i was informed that perhaps a rock got stuck in my brakes and fell out after i turned the car off. two more times, the brakes failed to operate in a safe manner. i pulled off the road. turned the car off. turned the car on and the brakes worked normal. once again, today, the brakes failed to work properly. while waiting at the intersection at a red light, i thought i could reset the brakes to work. turned the car off, on, and the brake light stayed on and the brakes did not work. i arrived at my destination and tested the brakes again. turned the car off - on. brake light went off, but came on after about 10 seconds. i then had the car towed to the dealership as i am very weary of driving the car anywhere not knowing when the brakes are going to act up. *nm | |||
| 11/12/2004 | 6000 | 6 | 07/20/2004 |
| Dt: contact stated nissan, armada had a serious brake system problem. on one occasion when depressing the brake pedal the vehicle steered by itself to the right side of the road, and then came to a complete stop. the road conditions were normal. the contact took the vehicle six times to the dealer for service. on four occasions the brake rotors and pads were changed. the contact said the vehicle continued to be driven at a risk of an accident. *ak | |||
| 10/04/2005 | 1 | 04/20/2004 | |
| October 5, 2005 re: vin# 5n1aa08a64n722334 (2004 nissan armada) the brakes are defective and do not work properly when applying pressure to stop. we have never received any notification from nissan disclosing any brake issues or concerns. we have always been the ones to inform the dealer of our problems each time even though there was a nissan bulletin in existence. last month (september, 2005) was the first time we received a letter from nissan with respect to the brakes and they have informed all of the nissan armada owners that they will allow unlimited mileage/or up to 36 months to fix anything that has to do with the brakes. after four times getting the brakes fixed the brakes are still defective. the brakes are a hazard to me and my family as well as to others on the road. the brakes vibrate intensely and causes the whole car to shake and vibrate not just the steering wheel. it is hard to control the steering wheel and the vehicle itself is hard to control. my wife and my child are not riding in the vehicle at all and we had bought this vehicle to have as our new safe family vehicle but it is not safe at all. we have begun the process allowed under the massachusetts new car lemon law and other possible options including court action. just yesterday on october 4th, i (dino) while driving on the highway was almost in a three car accident i had applied my brakes going 50 mph to avoid a another car changing lanes without a signal and when i applied the brakes to avoid the car the brakes vibrated so much and the steering wheel and the whole car shook, i lost control of the vehicle and spun around to the breakdown lane thankfully, and was not hit from behind. i am formally informing the nhtsa of this and am praying that these vehicles are taken off the road before accidents occur and god forbid someone is injured or killed. anastasia papagiannis and dino papagiannis, 245 pond street winchester, ma 01890, h#1-781-721-1927, w#-617-728-7307. *nm | |||
| 09/11/2005 | 34000 | 1 | 04/07/2004 |
| Dt: contact stated vehicle had defective brakes. on 11-12-2004 he took the truck to dealer, and they advised him that it was a defect on the internal parts of the brakes. they fixed the brakes under warranty. on 5-2-05 had the brakes resurfaced. now ,the brakes are grinding when applying them. *ak | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 1 | 09/01/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada 4 wheel drive. the contact complained about a brake problem, especially the front brakes. he has already decided that it was the front brakes because he could not stop the vehicle. . also, brake rotors warped and faded. there was 14,000 miles on the vehicle, and he has been having this problem since purchasing the vehicle. he refused to let his wife or family drive the vehicle because it was unsafe. at first he thought this problem was caused by the disc brakes, pads, and the rotors that rusted, but afterwards he decided that this was caused the vehicle sitting on the lot. but since the problem became progressively worse when braking hard at highway speeds. the brakes will shutter and fade. this vehicle was made with the highest towing package and when towing something he felt like he was going to crash with this vehicle because it got so worse. he contacted a dealership and spoke with the manufacturer. the dealership told him that they were going to replace the brakes by a by owner basis but had no plans in making this a recall. there has almost been several accidents with this problem. he retired from the sheriff' s department and has been to professional driving school. therefore, the contact did know how vehicles were suppose to be handled. *ak | |||
| 07/19/2005 | 1 | 04/17/2004 | |
| Dt: contact owned a 2004 nissan armada. t when depressing the brakes front end shakes. the people at nissan's corporate office thought this was not a big deal because there was not recall. however, the government became involved, and that was why consumer enlisting y help. i began having problems with front rotors in february of 2004. took vehicle to a local nissan dealer who fixed the problem by rotating the rotors. then , on june. i had same the same problem . called the local nissan dealer again and they checked the front end again. this time they said that this was a problem that has been happening with the armada, and that they would have to order the part for the vehicle, and that it would be about three weeks. three weeks were up saturday july 16. consumer called the dealership on july 15 and spoke with someone from service. he advised consumer t that they could not tell when they will be able to fix the truck because they could not order the parts from nissan. also, they have a stack of order forms, and if consumer came in about two or three weeks ago then she would have had about 7 or 8 people ahead. when consume r told him that she do not feel safe driving the vehicle, and it did not make her feel any better to know that they did not know when it will be fixed. dealer then said that the vehicle was safe. consumer asked him how could it be safe when the front end shakes. *ak *nm | |||
| 11/01/2003 | 1500 | 100 | 10/24/2003 |
| Nissan - 2004, pathfinder armada at present 22,000 miles. problem stated at less than 2,000 miles. vehicle has been back to dealer 6 times since acquisition for brake problems. failure of the brake system. take longer to stop with severe shuddering of the steering column. this could result in a crash with loss of lives. delear refinish the existing rotors or install new ones with new pads and bolt assembly.*ak | |||
| 04/10/2005 | 21850 | 2 | |
| Complete brake failure-- vehicle: 2004 nissan armada le this vehicle has been in the shop (dealer) several times with brake issues. the rotors have been turned and replaced and turned again. nissan has not as of yet corrected the problem. about a week ago, i was making a stop at an intersection when the brake pedal went completely to the floor. i pumped the pedal and got enough pedal to be able to stop. on exam of the brake system, i found that the brake fluid reservoir was over half empty. why? i do not know. i added fluid and the brake problem appeared to be corrected. i took the vehicle to the dealer and requested it be examined to see if they could determine if there was a leak of some kind that may have caused the fluid level to get low. in checking out the vehicle, the problem occurred again with the technician. they could not determine the cause.*ak | |||
| 01/26/2005 | 1 | ||
| While applying the brakes and without warning vehicle started shaking uncontrollably. driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove to the dealer for inspection. mechanic informed the driver that a problem was present, but a solution was undetermined at this time. *ak | |||
| 12/20/2004 | 6300 | 1 | 04/04/2004 |
| Complete brake replacement at 6300. *ak | |||
| 09/27/2004 | 2500 | 3 | 08/27/2004 |
| Front brakes made squeaking noises, and steering wheel shook while braking, unsafe to drive. brakes repaired 3 times. truck was only 4 months old with 6000 miles.*ak | |||
| 10/12/2004 | 15500 | 1 | |
| When braking at any speed steering wheel vibrated, and the brakes made a squeaking noise. this caused extended stopping distance. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak | |||
| 03/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| Upon applying the brakes, the vehicle vibrated and did not stop. the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, however,the problem has not been resolved. consumer is still awaiting service on the vehicle. please provide any further information. *jb | |||
| 06/01/2004 | 1 | 01/28/2004 | |
| Defective brakes. *ak | |||
| 08/10/2004 | 1500 | 1 | |
| Consumer stated brakes pads wore out prematurely. dealer advised consumer to continue driving until it was metal to metal.*ak | |||
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| 05/01/2008 | 61500 | 1 | |
| Emergency brake light came on suddenly. brake shudders and vibrates through steering wheel. car makes a grinding noise when brake is applied. *tr | |||
| 06/10/2007 | 37000 | 2 | 08/26/2004 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. the contact stated that the brake light illuminated on the dashboard. the vehicle then lost power and the brake pedal went completely down to the floor. the failure occurred twice while driving 30 mph. he stated that it feels as if the abs is engaging and the vehicle has approximately 20% of its braking power. the contact has an appointment to have the vehicle inspected. the current mileage is 38,000 and failure mileage was 37,000. the consumer stated nissan has tsb for this issue in turn the charge was $85 to reprogram the vsb control. updated 08/23/07 *tr | |||
| 05/11/2007 | 45000 | 10 | 11/04/2003 |
| We have experienced problems with the abs system on our 2004 nissan armada since early 2006. periodically while driving the brake light will illuminate, when brakes are applied the abs system activates and the brakes are very spongy. when released it sounds as though a big spring is released. each time (approx 8 previously) we've driven very slow to a safe location, turned the vehicle off and back which resets the system. the occurrence happens at various speeds from 25-70 mph. on one occasion i was able to take the vehicle to the dealership during malfunction. although observed, the weekend technician failed to properly relay the situation to the regular technician resulting in no action taken. each time we were assured if normal brakes failed, would still have brakes with abs. the system also malfunctions on initial start up, when turned off and restarted the system is reset. most recent occurrence was 5/11/2007, i contacted my current dealership and scheduled an appointment. on 5/14/2007, they found the dtc c1179 delta sensor out of program, it was reprogrammed under ntb06-040 program. malfunction occurred again during initial startup of vehicle on 5/19/2007, taking vehicle back for service. *tr | |||
| 03/10/2007 | 1 | ||
| Repeated brake issues; abs computer shutdown; brake judders. this has been ongoing since buying the vehicle in 2004. vehicle has had at least 5 different brake kits installed and the abs computer has malfunctioned twice in the past 6 months. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK - CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | |||
| 05/11/2007 | 45000 | 10 | 11/04/2003 |
| We have experienced problems with the abs system on our 2004 nissan armada since early 2006. periodically while driving the brake light will illuminate, when brakes are applied the abs system activates and the brakes are very spongy. when released it sounds as though a big spring is released. each time (approx 8 previously) we've driven very slow to a safe location, turned the vehicle off and back which resets the system. the occurrence happens at various speeds from 25-70 mph. on one occasion i was able to take the vehicle to the dealership during malfunction. although observed, the weekend technician failed to properly relay the situation to the regular technician resulting in no action taken. each time we were assured if normal brakes failed, would still have brakes with abs. the system also malfunctions on initial start up, when turned off and restarted the system is reset. most recent occurrence was 5/11/2007, i contacted my current dealership and scheduled an appointment. on 5/14/2007, they found the dtc c1179 delta sensor out of program, it was reprogrammed under ntb06-040 program. malfunction occurred again during initial startup of vehicle on 5/19/2007, taking vehicle back for service. *tr | |||
| 03/10/2007 | 1 | ||
| Repeated brake issues; abs computer shutdown; brake judders. this has been ongoing since buying the vehicle in 2004. vehicle has had at least 5 different brake kits installed and the abs computer has malfunctioned twice in the past 6 months. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | |||
| 08/13/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes developed a bad problem with vibrations when braking which acutally giggled the steering wheel. problem was first repaired at 5,000 miles and they serviced it by turning the rotors. problem reoccured at 11,000 miles and it was serviced again. this time the rotors could not be turned and they had to replace the rotors, pad kit, and boot kit. at 16,000 miles the problem once again reoccured and at the time the service dept. said that nissan has not found a permanent fix for this problem and they once again turned my rotors. i have since called nissan and was told by their representative that nissan is only providing counter-meaures and has not found a fix and has no date when one will be avail. i feel it is a major safety issue since these problems have occured without evening towing anything and i am pursuing the lemon law in the state of washington. it is unreasonable to expect people to drive a vehicle which has to have a major break service perfomed every 5,000 miles just to be somewhat safe.*ak | |||
| 01/10/2005 | 4 | 03/15/2004 | |
| 4th time since april 2004 the brakes deteriorate to the point of iminent failure. the steering wheel vibrates and shakes, the brake pedal travel increases, and brakes become unresponsive. rotors have been cut, pads replaced, rotors replaced, caliper kits installed, pins replaced, grease applied, etc. the problem keeps returning. many other annoyance type problems as well...rattles, navigation system failure, radio replaced, overhead console cracked, replaced window motors and switches, poor wheel alignment from factory.*ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC | |||
| 08/17/2007 | 58000 | 1 | 10/20/2006 |
| 2004 nissan armada se , normal highway driving conditions , partial brake failure, feels like brakes are applying abs ( large pulsations in peddle) brakes feel maybe half as effective at stopping the vehicle as opposed to when the brakes are working properly. this failure is accompanied by a loud metal on metal sound. based on my findings this appears to be a software problem and is easily fixed with a reflash of the vehicles computer. this problem could lead to many accidents and when a vehicle this big and heavy can't stop the accident's could likely be fatal . i'm posting on here in the hope that other people who have not yet had this problem can be at least be aware of it. *tr | |||
| 03/10/2007 | 1 | ||
| Repeated brake issues; abs computer shutdown; brake judders. this has been ongoing since buying the vehicle in 2004. vehicle has had at least 5 different brake kits installed and the abs computer has malfunctioned twice in the past 6 months. *tr | |||
| 10/10/2004 | 16995 | 1 | 12/23/2003 |
| I purchased my nissan armada in dec. 2003. on 10/8/04, my wife told me the vdc off light, the slip light and the brake light were illuminated. i immediately contacted the dealer and he had me bring it right in. the service manager told me on the spot he thought it was the brakes. he was correct. he must have had experience with armada brake problems to know right away. the vehicle had 17000 miles on it and it needed a whole front axle brake job. the price tag was $206.00 and the vehicle was laid up for over a day. i was very upset so i contacted nissan consumer affairs. the customer service rep actually told me that this was normal wear and tear and that i should understand it is a heavy vehicle. i purchased this vehicle for my wife as a pleasure vehicle, but i also wanted a vehicle that could tow a boat in the future. the armada is rated at 9100 pounds towing capacity. i have never towed anything with this vehicle. imagine how soon the brakes would have failed if i used it to tow on a regular basis. also, referring back to the customer service rep, the vehicle may be heavy but it also needs to stop the weight of the cargo it is towing. i would hope the engineers that designed this vehicle took that into consideration and installed heavy duty brakes. this vehicle obviously has brakes installed that are not heavy duty enough. i bought a nissan altima in 1995 and i still own it. there was no question when nissan came out with the armada, that we would consider it first for a luxury sport utility vehicle. well, my love affair with nissan has come to an abrupt halt and now i wish i had taken my $40,000 to toyota. *nm | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - CALIPER | |||
| 09/01/2007 | 5000 | 100 | 06/26/2004 |
| Car shakes when brakes are applied causing the car to become difficult to control. the car was repaired by authorized dealer pursuant to tsb issued by the manufacturer, but the problem recurs continuously. the manufacturer has issued 5 tsbs regarding this exact issue for my vehicle, but the problem recurs. *jb | |||
| 05/10/2004 | 5 | ||
| Brake shudder. *nm | |||
| 03/09/2005 | 3000 | 2 | 11/16/2004 |
| I bought a new 2004 nissan armada. only 3 months after driving, i started to have problems with the brakes. it started with excessive brake dust and squeaking barkes. this turned into a grinding sound when brakes were applying within another month, eventually leadingthe brake shudder. the stearing wheel started to shake as i applieid the brakes. i took the car into nissan of bakersfield to have the car serviced. the employee who scheduled my appointment informed me that all 2004 and 2005 armada and titans had problems with the brake system. she informed me that they were aware of the probelm with the brake system not being able to carry the weight of the car, therfore the brakes buckel under pressure causing damage to the rotors and brake pads. i had to take my car in a month later to get the brakes serviced again, due to the same problem. | |||
| 08/13/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes developed a bad problem with vibrations when braking which acutally giggled the steering wheel. problem was first repaired at 5,000 miles and they serviced it by turning the rotors. problem reoccured at 11,000 miles and it was serviced again. this time the rotors could not be turned and they had to replace the rotors, pad kit, and boot kit. at 16,000 miles the problem once again reoccured and at the time the service dept. said that nissan has not found a permanent fix for this problem and they once again turned my rotors. i have since called nissan and was told by their representative that nissan is only providing counter-meaures and has not found a fix and has no date when one will be avail. i feel it is a major safety issue since these problems have occured without evening towing anything and i am pursuing the lemon law in the state of washington. it is unreasonable to expect people to drive a vehicle which has to have a major break service perfomed every 5,000 miles just to be somewhat safe.*ak | |||
| 08/19/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes jutter and need repair every 5,000 miles. car has had rotors turns, pad replaced, rotors replaced. the first failure was noted with 5,000 miles on it and a repair was made. a repair was again made at 11,000 miles at that time new rotors were installed and another repair was made in march 2005 at 16,000 miles. i called nissan and was told by their representative that the fixes were counter-measures and that at this time no permanent fix has been identified and there is no date for a permanent fix to this safety problem.*ak | |||
| 10/27/2004 | 4600 | 2 | 06/23/2004 |
| Rotors were determined to be warped at 2300 miles(aug). they were resurfaced and new pads, and calipers were installed. now at 4600 miles (oct) steering wheel & vehicle starting to vibrate when applying brakes. usually occurs when coming to a stop from freeway speeds. contaced dealer who informed me that there was a new kit to fix the rotors. another bandaid???? these brakes are not big enough for this vehicle. until nissan replaces the rotors with larger ones, capable of stopping the vehicle properly, this problem is going to continue. *ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - PADS | |||
| 06/13/2006 | 19673 | 2 | |
| I purchased my vehicle (2004 nissan armada) with 4,836 miles...at 19,673 miles while driving i noticed my brake & abs light come on so i went to pull over..as i slowed i pushed my brake and it made a loud springing and grinding noise and the brakes lost at least 80% of its power it felt very soft..turned the vehicle off and then back on again and everything seemed normal, drove about 3 miles to the dealer and left the vehicle there. they changed the rotors, pads, torque member all were no good!!! now again at 23,800 miles the brakes have failed again happening in the same order that it did the first time. the dealer told me yesterday that they think it is electrical.....? so i asked them did you physically check the brakes? they said no....so my husband advised them to check it!!! a day later i am still waiting to hear what is going on? i had researched it over the internet and noticed that i along with hundreds of other people are having the same problem...why no recall!!! having bad breaks can be very very life threatening, i no longer feel comfortable trying my vehicle especially with children ranging in age from 14 month to 7 yrs. old. please help me!!! i want to just get rid of this vehicle, but do not want to just hand over the problem so another innocent person!!!*jb | |||
| 11/12/2004 | 6000 | 6 | 07/20/2004 |
| Dt: contact stated nissan, armada had a serious brake system problem. on one occasion when depressing the brake pedal the vehicle steered by itself to the right side of the road, and then came to a complete stop. the road conditions were normal. the contact took the vehicle six times to the dealer for service. on four occasions the brake rotors and pads were changed. the contact said the vehicle continued to be driven at a risk of an accident. *ak | |||
| 08/27/2005 | 5965 | 1 | 05/24/2004 |
| Bought nissan truck in may 2005 and the truck has been in the shop 6 times for bad brake pads and warped rotor. *jb | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 1 | 09/01/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada 4 wheel drive. the contact complained about a brake problem, especially the front brakes. he has already decided that it was the front brakes because he could not stop the vehicle. . also, brake rotors warped and faded. there was 14,000 miles on the vehicle, and he has been having this problem since purchasing the vehicle. he refused to let his wife or family drive the vehicle because it was unsafe. at first he thought this problem was caused by the disc brakes, pads, and the rotors that rusted, but afterwards he decided that this was caused the vehicle sitting on the lot. but since the problem became progressively worse when braking hard at highway speeds. the brakes will shutter and fade. this vehicle was made with the highest towing package and when towing something he felt like he was going to crash with this vehicle because it got so worse. he contacted a dealership and spoke with the manufacturer. the dealership told him that they were going to replace the brakes by a by owner basis but had no plans in making this a recall. there has almost been several accidents with this problem. he retired from the sheriff' s department and has been to professional driving school. therefore, the contact did know how vehicles were suppose to be handled. *ak | |||
| 12/02/2004 | 3000 | 3 | 10/02/2004 |
| Dt: caller said that 2 months after purchasing the vehicle, when he hits the brakes the car shook. the caller had the problem fixed, and 3 months later it happened again. he had it fixed again and 3 months later it happened again. the caller had it fixed 3 different times. the dealer rotated the rotors, and replaced the brake pads. the dealer said that they were still looking for the cause of the problem and what went wrong. the manufacturer advised the caller to contact nhtsa. the caller believed that he was covered under the lemon law. the manufacturer gave the caller case #4992811. *ak the vehicle would shake so bad that it was easy to lose control of the vehicle. the dealer suggested that the problem could not be fixed. the consumer requested his money back. the rotors were warped and on another repair visit the rotors were found distorted. *sc | |||
| 08/13/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes developed a bad problem with vibrations when braking which acutally giggled the steering wheel. problem was first repaired at 5,000 miles and they serviced it by turning the rotors. problem reoccured at 11,000 miles and it was serviced again. this time the rotors could not be turned and they had to replace the rotors, pad kit, and boot kit. at 16,000 miles the problem once again reoccured and at the time the service dept. said that nissan has not found a permanent fix for this problem and they once again turned my rotors. i have since called nissan and was told by their representative that nissan is only providing counter-meaures and has not found a fix and has no date when one will be avail. i feel it is a major safety issue since these problems have occured without evening towing anything and i am pursuing the lemon law in the state of washington. it is unreasonable to expect people to drive a vehicle which has to have a major break service perfomed every 5,000 miles just to be somewhat safe.*ak | |||
| 08/19/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes jutter and need repair every 5,000 miles. car has had rotors turns, pad replaced, rotors replaced. the first failure was noted with 5,000 miles on it and a repair was made. a repair was again made at 11,000 miles at that time new rotors were installed and another repair was made in march 2005 at 16,000 miles. i called nissan and was told by their representative that the fixes were counter-measures and that at this time no permanent fix has been identified and there is no date for a permanent fix to this safety problem.*ak | |||
| 01/01/2005 | 100 | 1000 | 12/27/2004 |
| Poor braking system been to dealer will not fix. brakes are to small to stop armada properly. needs bigger rotor and pads. dash rattles very loud will not fix. poor paint on blizzard armada. *jb | |||
| 01/12/2005 | 0 | 3 | 12/31/2004 |
| Consistent failures on brake system. rotors and brake pads need to be replaced every 3000 miles. shortage or parts forces ownder to drive vehicle around with severe shudder in the steering wheel and brake pedal, potentially causing driver to loose control in heavy braking conditions.*ak | |||
| 10/06/2004 | 3 | ||
| While driving consumer applied the brakes and pedal went to the floor. steering wheel started vibrating uncontrollably. consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection. mechanic determined that the brake pads needed to be replaced. *ak | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 9830 | 1 | |
| Steering wheel would shake when braking. this was the third time i have had the exact same problem with this car. i took the car back to the service dept. there is now a bulletin on the car and they repaired/replaced the brakes according to the bulletin. a bracket, bolt and pin? does nissan, the manufacturer really think that is the solution? the solution is equipping the vehicle with the proper (size) brakes to begin with. this vehicle is not a small car, it is a large suv and it needs large truck size brakes. a recall or true fix would be nice before these brakes fail and hurt someone. nissan really doesnt seem to care because when you call them they will just let you drive in an unsafe vehicle with failing brakes. if it wasnt for the nissan service dept always putting me in a rental who knows what would happen.*ak | |||
| 05/20/2004 | 5 | ||
| While applying the brake pedal vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection. mechanic determined that the brake pads needed to be replaced, and replaced them four times. however, the problem recurred. *ak | |||
| 08/12/2004 | 4000 | 2 | 04/02/2004 |
| I purchased a nissan armada in april 2004 and two months later had to bring it to dealer for repair as the brakes were shuddering causing tremendous shimmy in the steering wheel. the dealership, nissan thousand oaks, did not replace the warped rotors, instead switching them around and replacing the brake pads. the additional problem of a rattle and squeaking sound from dashboard resulted in the dealership realigning the dashboard properly. two months later i was back at the dealership to fix the brakes again. this time i demanded that the inferior rotors be replaced with higher-quality rotors. they replaced the factory-installed rotors with new rotors (told better quality rotors) and they also had to replace the brake pads again. additionally, there i was experiencing an intermittent problem with the a/c; it would sometimes run very hot air. they checked it out and found that the clutch fan needed to be replaced; this part is on order and i will have to return for installation. also, i asked them to once again fix a squeaking and rattling issue that seemed to be coming from the dashboard again and also intermittent failure of the stereo controls located on the steering wheel. according to their mechanics, the sound problem and stereo controls problem did not occur while my vehicle was in their possession. a week later, august 12, 2004, i had to return to have the clutch fan replaced and this time i also requested that one of their mechanics drive the vehicle with me so that i could point out the squeaking issue. the mechanic heard the sound problem this time and i am told they will try to fix this issue. i have not had a problem again, as yet with the stereo controls on the steering wheel. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - ROTOR | |||
| 01/03/2005 | 10000 | 3 | 06/20/2004 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. while driving 35 mph, the contact began to feel a shuddering in the brake pedal and the brakes failed to respond. the dealer replaced the rotors. twenty thousand miles later, the shuddering in the brake pedal recurred. the dealer replaced the rotors for the second time. fifteen thousand miles later, the brake failure recurred for the third time. the dealer resurfaced the rotors. the current mileage was 59,236 and failure mileage was 10,000. | |||
| 08/19/2005 | 2500 | 3 | 05/19/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada. when applying the brakes at 40 mph, the brake pedal extended down to the floor. the vehicle stopped when the emergency brake was applied. when the contact turned the vehicle off and restarted it, the brakes operated normally. the dealer changed the warped rotors at 2,500 miles. the vdc was reprogrammed at 38,581 miles. the current mileage was 60,186 and failure mileage was 2,500. | |||
| 03/02/2007 | 7000 | 3 | 11/05/2005 |
| 2004 nissan pathfinder armada. purchased at 11488 miles on 11/5/05. experienced very slight vibration when braking at high speed on way home. also experienced periodic groan or thump when gently braking, mostly while turning. vibration continued to increase until steering became unmanageable while braking. difficult to be without a car so we couldn't take the car in until 1/10/07 at 22030 miles. our mechanic said they were the worst warped rotors he had ever seen and had them turned. he also replaced 50% nissan pads with carquest ceramic pads. two days later, the vibration was back and dramatically increased over 1000 mile road trip until we took car to dealer on 3/2/07 at 24,140 miles. steering now completely unmanageable! dealer wouldn't honor warranty because we had carquest pads on car. also told us that warranty work had been done on rotors at about 7000 miles under original owner. dealer turned rotors and installed nissan pads and informed us that we were now back under warranty until 36000 miles or 8/07. don't feel safe on road, especially after reading posts of complete brake failure, yet need a car to drive on trips. please issue recall. *jb | |||
| 09/21/2006 | 4 | 07/03/2004 | |
| Brakes pulsate and steering wheel shakes while applying brake and tires are cupping at5919 miles. dealer said tires needed to be balanced. then at 13539 miles still the same thing dealer turned rotors pad kit,bolt,boot kit. then at 21985 miles same complaint dealer replaced front rotors,pad kit,slide shims, and turned rear rotors. then at 26897 miles the dealer aligned all four tires and said i should replace them because of the cupping. i could not find all of my repair invoices for all the time that i took it in for the same problem all for the tires cupping and the brakes shuddering .i now have it in the shop again for the brake pedal going to the floor and the steering wheel shaking was told can not find problem will have to hold the car another day. today is 9-21-06. *nm | |||
| 09/07/2006 | 9800 | 4 | 12/28/2004 |
| I purchased a 2004 nissan armada on 12-28-04. since that time the vehicle has been in for service on several occasions. the largest problem being the bad vibration and shake of the vehicle when braking. nissan has replaced the pads and rotors, which has not corrected the problem. on september 7, 2006 i was at nissan again, and was told that nissan would no longer make these required repaired repairs. i was also told by a mechanic that the real problem is that the brakes and rotors put on the 2004 armada are too small for the weight of the vehicle, and that is why the problem exists. nissan must correct this problem before someone is injured or killed as a result this serious mechanical problem. the next issue is with the rear sonar system. the problem is that when it rains the rear sonar goes off when the vehicle is placed in reverse. i have taken this to nissan for repair or replacement on several occasions. the replaced the system once, and the problem has recurred. i was told by the nissan service manager that nissan is working to find out what the problem is with the system. however, i have not seen a service bulletin or recall for this problem. the last problem is that since june 17, 2006 nissan has replaced four (4) radios in my vehicle. i was told that nissan uses radios manufactured by clarion in my vehicle, and that there have been problems with the radios. if this is so nissan should go to a more reliable company. on september 8, 2006 i made a call to nissan customer service. i was assigned file # 5460708, and told a company representative would get in touch with me. since nissan is unable or unwilling to correct these important problems, especially with the brakes, i am request the assistance of your agency in this matter. *nm | |||
| 06/29/2006 | 16700 | 2 | 07/11/2005 |
| I took my nissan armada 2004 le to my mechanic and he said the brake rotor were warped. i bought it at 16,500 and it now has 18,500 miles. it has pulsated ever since i purchased it. my mechanic said it was odd that the rotors would warp so soon. he told me to check with nissan before he replaced them, since many of the armadas and titans have had brake problems. i went to the dealer and they charged me 95.00 dollars to diagnose and said the brake rotors were warped. the dealer bay ridge nissan 532 65th st in brooklyn new york 11220 told me it was not covered under warrant. they knew of the defect, but said at 18,000 miles it was due to wear and tear. my mechanic said that is odd. *nm | |||
| 11/12/2004 | 6000 | 6 | 07/20/2004 |
| Dt: contact stated nissan, armada had a serious brake system problem. on one occasion when depressing the brake pedal the vehicle steered by itself to the right side of the road, and then came to a complete stop. the road conditions were normal. the contact took the vehicle six times to the dealer for service. on four occasions the brake rotors and pads were changed. the contact said the vehicle continued to be driven at a risk of an accident. *ak | |||
| 08/27/2005 | 5965 | 1 | 05/24/2004 |
| Bought nissan truck in may 2005 and the truck has been in the shop 6 times for bad brake pads and warped rotor. *jb | |||
| 09/01/2004 | 1 | 09/01/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2004 nissan armada 4 wheel drive. the contact complained about a brake problem, especially the front brakes. he has already decided that it was the front brakes because he could not stop the vehicle. . also, brake rotors warped and faded. there was 14,000 miles on the vehicle, and he has been having this problem since purchasing the vehicle. he refused to let his wife or family drive the vehicle because it was unsafe. at first he thought this problem was caused by the disc brakes, pads, and the rotors that rusted, but afterwards he decided that this was caused the vehicle sitting on the lot. but since the problem became progressively worse when braking hard at highway speeds. the brakes will shutter and fade. this vehicle was made with the highest towing package and when towing something he felt like he was going to crash with this vehicle because it got so worse. he contacted a dealership and spoke with the manufacturer. the dealership told him that they were going to replace the brakes by a by owner basis but had no plans in making this a recall. there has almost been several accidents with this problem. he retired from the sheriff' s department and has been to professional driving school. therefore, the contact did know how vehicles were suppose to be handled. *ak | |||
| 03/25/2004 | 2000 | 1 | 03/25/2004 |
| Dt: the caller complained about a brake problem. she said the brake rotors wore out. the vehicle vibrated all the time and it wad hard to keep control of vehicle. she tried to fix the problem by replacing the tires, the braking system has been replaced three times. manufacturer said she has aftermarket wheels on vehicle, and they were no longer liable. dealer said that was not the problem and the manufacture was trying to get out of paying for it. vehicle is now out of warranty, and if she needed any more work done on brakes she will have to pay for it herself. *ak | |||
| 02/15/2004 | 3000 | 4 | 11/08/2003 |
| Dt: 2004 nissan armada. consumer complained about front brake rotors problem. took vehicle to the dealer four times , and they knew there was a problem, and they were only fixing this in short term. in two or three months this will happen again. consumer spoken with the manufacturer, and they were aware of this problem, but will not issue a recall. when driving at any speed and going down hills, and soon as taking foot off the gas and going to apply the brakes front wheels, steering wheel and brake pedal shake very badly. this caused the car to stop. *ak | |||
| 07/15/2005 | 10000 | 3 | 12/15/2004 |
| On three occassions, at mileage 7500, 15000, and 22000, the front rotors have warped on my nissan pathfinder armanda 4wd, causing dangerous steering and driving conditions. the problem has been described as incorrectly sized brake pads which heat up and warp the rotors. nissan has corrected the problem in each case by grinding and/or replacing the rotors. the problem has been described as the armada brake issue. | |||
| 12/02/2004 | 3000 | 3 | 10/02/2004 |
| Dt: caller said that 2 months after purchasing the vehicle, when he hits the brakes the car shook. the caller had the problem fixed, and 3 months later it happened again. he had it fixed again and 3 months later it happened again. the caller had it fixed 3 different times. the dealer rotated the rotors, and replaced the brake pads. the dealer said that they were still looking for the cause of the problem and what went wrong. the manufacturer advised the caller to contact nhtsa. the caller believed that he was covered under the lemon law. the manufacturer gave the caller case #4992811. *ak the vehicle would shake so bad that it was easy to lose control of the vehicle. the dealer suggested that the problem could not be fixed. the consumer requested his money back. the rotors were warped and on another repair visit the rotors were found distorted. *sc | |||
| 08/18/2004 | 2787 | 4 | |
| Purchased 2004 nissan armada, june 2004 8/04 tech found front rotors to be warped causing pulsation, resurfaced front rotors 1/05tech found front rotors needing to be cut, and hardware replaced, resurfased front rotors, replaced all hardware 4/05tech verified both front brake rotors warped due to excessive heat, resurfaced both front brake rotors 6/05 again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |||
| 02/23/2005 | 14900 | 2 | 10/27/2004 |
| The consumer experienced a surge when the brakes were applied, which made it difficult to stop reliably. the steering wheel shook when the brakes were applied at different speeds. the dealer replaced the rotors twice but the same problem recurs less than 3000 miles later. the harder the brakes are applied, the more violent the shaking of the steering wheel. the vehicle was driven under normal driving conditions. *nm | |||
| 03/12/2005 | 12500 | 1 | 08/12/2004 |
| Purchased a new 2004 armada in august 2004. had nothing but problems with the car. i recently was involved in an accident because of brake failure. the car was taken to nissan immediately after the body was repaired for them ,to repair the brakes. mid city nissan in chicago informed me that they would not repair the vehicle because the body shop damaged the brakes. this was ridiculous because the car was in the accident in the first place due to brake failure. . also, the initial inspection revealed, that previous to any body work done, the rotors/ calipers, and the pads were defective. nissan was well aware of this problem, yet they did nit want to admit it. in addition, the employees of mid city were extremely rude and confrontational. they were not helpful in any way. driver's side window did not always roll up, and the stereo's volume faded in and out. however, mid city did not want to repair these problems either because there was nothing wrong with the car. this was the worst truck i have ever owned, and i will never buy another nissan. i cannot believe how poor their customer service is. i agree with a previous post, i should have brought my $40,000 to toyota. *ak | |||
| 04/10/2005 | 21850 | 2 | |
| Complete brake failure-- vehicle: 2004 nissan armada le this vehicle has been in the shop (dealer) several times with brake issues. the rotors have been turned and replaced and turned again. nissan has not as of yet corrected the problem. about a week ago, i was making a stop at an intersection when the brake pedal went completely to the floor. i pumped the pedal and got enough pedal to be able to stop. on exam of the brake system, i found that the brake fluid reservoir was over half empty. why? i do not know. i added fluid and the brake problem appeared to be corrected. i took the vehicle to the dealer and requested it be examined to see if they could determine if there was a leak of some kind that may have caused the fluid level to get low. in checking out the vehicle, the problem occurred again with the technician. they could not determine the cause.*ak | |||
| 03/28/2005 | 03/31/2004 | ||
| I have taken my 2004 nissan armada in for brake service four (4) times now. 14737 miles and car is almost undrivable. nissan has known about this problem for some time, and yet no fix is available. nissan customer service was supposed to contact my within 2 business days. no call. i am leaving for a 3 week vacation and my car is unsafe to drive. dealer says my rotors can't be turned again(they've been turned 3 times already). dealer says they have no rotors available. dealer told me that i could check with other dealers about the availiblity of rotors. dealer gm told me that he was also having the same problem and was waiting for rotors himself. | |||
| 08/13/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes developed a bad problem with vibrations when braking which acutally giggled the steering wheel. problem was first repaired at 5,000 miles and they serviced it by turning the rotors. problem reoccured at 11,000 miles and it was serviced again. this time the rotors could not be turned and they had to replace the rotors, pad kit, and boot kit. at 16,000 miles the problem once again reoccured and at the time the service dept. said that nissan has not found a permanent fix for this problem and they once again turned my rotors. i have since called nissan and was told by their representative that nissan is only providing counter-meaures and has not found a fix and has no date when one will be avail. i feel it is a major safety issue since these problems have occured without evening towing anything and i am pursuing the lemon law in the state of washington. it is unreasonable to expect people to drive a vehicle which has to have a major break service perfomed every 5,000 miles just to be somewhat safe.*ak | |||
| 08/19/2004 | 5000 | 3 | 05/28/2004 |
| Brakes jutter and need repair every 5,000 miles. car has had rotors turns, pad replaced, rotors replaced. the first failure was noted with 5,000 miles on it and a repair was made. a repair was again made at 11,000 miles at that time new rotors were installed and another repair was made in march 2005 at 16,000 miles. i called nissan and was told by their representative that the fixes were counter-measures and that at this time no permanent fix has been identified and there is no date for a permanent fix to this safety problem.*ak | |||
| 09/02/2004 | 4 | ||
| While applying the brake pedal vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. driver took vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the front rotors needed to be resurfaced, and resurfaced them three times. however, the problem recurred. *a | |||
| 03/16/2005 | 4800 | 1 | 01/05/2005 |
| Steeering wheel shudders making this vehicle undrivable,dealership and manuf. have informed me that they have been aware of this problem and no perm. fix is available.only 4800 mi on vehicle and brake rotors are warped. please order recall.*ak | |||
| 12/01/2004 | 10 | ||
| The vehicle's home-link system failed. *nm the consumer stated that the memory seats for the driver does not work. a vibrating noise was heard from the heat shield from the exhaust manifold. vibrating noise heard from the interior courtesy light lens. the liner on the roof passenger liner is separating. tire pressure sensor malfunctioned. rotors warped on the front brakes as a result of inadequate size to the vehicle and inadequate venting which resulted in overheating. the consumer can not control the vehicle when braking from high speeds. the consumer heard a booming noise from the passenger compartment. the consumer stated that there is a problem with the radio reception. cracks developing in the engine compartment heat shield. headphones for the dvd system where not provided. *tc | |||
| 01/01/2005 | 100 | 1000 | 12/27/2004 |
| Poor braking system been to dealer will not fix. brakes are to small to stop armada properly. needs bigger rotor and pads. dash rattles very loud will not fix. poor paint on blizzard armada. *jb | |||
| 01/06/2004 | 3 | ||
| While applying the brake pedal, the vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. the driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and drove it to the dealer for inspection. the mechanic informed the driver that the rotors needed to be replaced and replaced it three times. however, the problem still occurs at this time. please provide further details. *nm | |||
| 02/09/2005 | 5000 | 2 | 10/01/2004 |
| Front brake began pulsating at 5000 mile. i brought vehicle to dealer who turned rotors and replaced brake shoes with thicker shoe. brakes are again pulsating at 11,000 miles. i believe the vehicle brake components are not sufficient for the weight of the vehicle. *jb | |||
| 01/05/2005 | 13000 | 2 | 04/28/2004 |
| Brake rotor warping issue that has been brought up by many owners. rotors were turned and it needs it again 2500 miles later. i requested that the rotors be replaced but request was denied. it seems that the braking system on the front of the armada is not sufficient for the vehicle weight. i am going to take the vehicle in again for the same service this time demanding that the rotors be replaced. nissan should be forced to change the size of the brake rotors, pads, entire system if necessary. *jb | |||
| 02/05/2005 | 17000 | 3 | |
| When attempting to slow down from high speed vehicle shakes violently. *ak | |||
| 10/15/2004 | 3422 | 2 | 07/10/2004 |
| Front brakes overheating causing premature rotor warpage and steering judder. *jb | |||
| 11/08/2004 | 2 | ||
| Vehicle was having a difficult time stopping when brakes were applied. took vehicle to dealer twice for checkup, and results showed that the rotors needed to be replaced.*ak | |||
| 09/02/2004 | 7500 | 2 | 04/05/2004 |
| Rear collision due to brake failure. the brakes are too weak and vibrate. the dealer replace the brakes pads, then a week later the front break disks were replace because still vibrates. it solve the problem for approximately. 2,000 miles then the vibration starts again. *nm | |||
| 01/12/2005 | 4000 | 6 | |
| The consumer is experiencing a problem with the brakes. when applying the brakes, the vehicle vibrated violently. the has contacted the dealer who says parts needed for the repair are unavailable. also, when the parts needed are used to repair the problem, owners are bringing back their vehicles back after 3,000 miles. provide further details. *jb | |||
| 09/10/2004 | 200 | 4 | 09/03/2004 |
| - i experienced brake judder at 200 miles - dash rattle first week of ownership - 3rd row center seat belt failed at approx 3 months of ownership - low tire pressure light and warning come on at temperatures below 15 deg f - at 13 deg f, approx 4,500 miles, car surged, stalled and would not accelerate and travel over 45 mph. *jb | |||
| 01/12/2005 | 0 | 3 | 12/31/2004 |
| Consistent failures on brake system. rotors and brake pads need to be replaced every 3000 miles. shortage or parts forces ownder to drive vehicle around with severe shudder in the steering wheel and brake pedal, potentially causing driver to loose control in heavy braking conditions.*ak | |||
| 07/03/2004 | 18000 | 3 | 11/15/2003 |
| Major problem with brakes on my 2004 nissan armada:3 times alredy i have had warped rotors and now after less then 2000 miles i have to do it agan.when it happend 2nd time in summer the wating for replasement disks, pads and caliper was more then 4 weeks.one day i got my front brakes lock-up they welded to disks and i can not drive.i can't keep going in every 3k miles to have a brake job.especialy after 6k miles my waranty runs out and then i have to pay for them.*ak | |||
| 11/02/2004 | 7600 | 4 | |
| The consumer stated the steering wheel pulsated when the brakes are applied. please provide more information. *jb front brakes rotors have been replaced 4 times. *eh *jb | |||
| 12/15/2004 | 2500 | 2 | 12/15/2004 |
| Vehicle pulled to the right when braking. vehicle was taken to the dealer, and mechanic turned both front rotors. within 120 days the problem recurred.*ak | |||
| 12/05/2004 | 3700 | 1 | |
| My rotors were warped casing pulsating when i applied the brakes at 3700 miles. the dealer turned the rotors and as i have been reading from the complaints, i will be back during my next oil change. they need to redesign the rotors to handle the weight of this vehicle when stopping. *jb | |||
| 11/10/2004 | 3 | 03/15/2004 | |
| Front brakes warped rotors. 3rd time since purchased in march 2004. 1st repair--turned rotors and replaced brake pads. 2nd repair --replaced rotors and brake pads. 3rd repair---not taken to dealer yet.*ak | |||
| 11/02/2004 | 2 | ||
| The consumer noticed while driving the warning light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. the consumer applied the brakes, but the pedal went to the floor. the consumer drove to the dealer to have the problem inspected. the mechanic informed the consumer that the brake pads were to small for the vehicle and that caused lost of braking power. the brake pads and the rotors needed to be replaced. please fill in additional information.*jb | |||
| 10/27/2004 | 4600 | 2 | 06/23/2004 |
| Rotors were determined to be warped at 2300 miles(aug). they were resurfaced and new pads, and calipers were installed. now at 4600 miles (oct) steering wheel & vehicle starting to vibrate when applying brakes. usually occurs when coming to a stop from freeway speeds. contaced dealer who informed me that there was a new kit to fix the rotors. another bandaid???? these brakes are not big enough for this vehicle. until nissan replaces the rotors with larger ones, capable of stopping the vehicle properly, this problem is going to continue. *ak | |||
| 08/05/2004 | 3800 | 1 | |
| I purchased a nissan armada with 1200 miles sold as new which no problem with that but at 4600 miles my steering wheel start to shake when i press on the brake ?! i called the dealer they turned the rotors but they told me i should expect the same problem again ? please ask nissan to do a recall for american safty ?! it is a nice truck and i love it.*ak | |||
| 08/03/2004 | 3150 | 5 | 06/18/2004 |
| We have been experirencing problems with cabin noise. there is wind getting in the vehicle and you can definitelty hear it. another problem we have had is the right rear power window scrubbing when you let it up or down. i have set an appointment for it and the cabin noise to be serviced. i called the dealership today and asked about recalls on this vehicle, because mine shakes as you are stopping, possibly a brake or rotor problem. i was told there were no recalls, but they didn't even tell me about the service bulletins on this vehicle. | |||
| 09/15/2004 | 5500 | 06/26/2004 | |
| My 2004 nissan pathfinder armada is in serious need of a larger braking system. after only 5500 miles of mostly highway driving my nissan developed a front brake shudder indicating the rotors were warped. i took it to the brown & brown dealer in mesa, az where i bought it. they seemed to know what the problem was and assured me it would be fixed. there are several other problems with my truck suchas, bubbles in the windshield a leaky sunroof that shudders when closing, the dimmer switch for the interior lights wasn't even connected. i found a loose bolt on the floorboard. there was no explanation of where it belongs. i guess i'll find out later. the auto roll-up feature for the front windows is faulty. the service guy says nissan is researching it. its been two months. how long does it take a multi-billion dollar company to come up with a solution? are they too busy designing next year's lemons? i've owned 5 other nissan without any problems. is it canton, mississippi? *nm | |||
| 09/16/2004 | 4000 | 3 | |
| Brakes shuddering-it's been in twice already and fixed under a tsb but the problem is happening again. nissan corp has a case manager assigned already. ida cohen. *jb | |||
| 06/01/2004 | 7000 | 2 | 01/28/2004 |
| Serveral issues, the main issue is the brakes, and rotors. @ 7000 miles, the rotors were turned, steering wheel was pulsating, service department turned rotors. at 11,000 miles, the sterring wheel resumed pulsating along with the brake, slip, and vdc light activated on the control panel. i was told by the service dept. my brake fluid was low, perhaps leaking and the brakes require changing at my cost, the warrenty does not cover the brake issue. i told the service dept. this was unacceptable, i will not pay for new brakes, at such low mileage. my reasearch has led me to believe earlier on this will be a continuing issue regarding the rotors and brakes. to make a long story short, it has been almost a month, the brakes are still on back order, the light signals i had described earlier are still lighting up like a xmas tree. i am more than frustrated with this on going issue. i have contacted nissan, i was assured i would recieve a call back within 2 business days, that was 2 1/2 weeks ago. i am afraid to drive this vehicle. my confidence in nissan is moot. you would think i drive constantly. i use the commuter bus to go back and forward to work. my drive daily is 3 miles. everything is on back order. i am still waiting for an interior part for this vehicle since june.*ak | |||
| 08/26/2004 | 1 | 06/23/2004 | |
| Front rotors warped at only a little under 2400 miles.*ak | |||
| 08/12/2004 | 4000 | 2 | 04/02/2004 |
| I purchased a nissan armada in april 2004 and two months later had to bring it to dealer for repair as the brakes were shuddering causing tremendous shimmy in the steering wheel. the dealership, nissan thousand oaks, did not replace the warped rotors, instead switching them around and replacing the brake pads. the additional problem of a rattle and squeaking sound from dashboard resulted in the dealership realigning the dashboard properly. two months later i was back at the dealership to fix the brakes again. this time i demanded that the inferior rotors be replaced with higher-quality rotors. they replaced the factory-installed rotors with new rotors (told better quality rotors) and they also had to replace the brake pads again. additionally, there i was experiencing an intermittent problem with the a/c; it would sometimes run very hot air. they checked it out and found that the clutch fan needed to be replaced; this part is on order and i will have to return for installation. also, i asked them to once again fix a squeaking and rattling issue that seemed to be coming from the dashboard again and also intermittent failure of the stereo controls located on the steering wheel. according to their mechanics, the sound problem and stereo controls problem did not occur while my vehicle was in their possession. a week later, august 12, 2004, i had to return to have the clutch fan replaced and this time i also requested that one of their mechanics drive the vehicle with me so that i could point out the squeaking issue. the mechanic heard the sound problem this time and i am told they will try to fix this issue. i have not had a problem again, as yet with the stereo controls on the steering wheel. | |||
| 03/29/2004 | 3000 | 2 | 01/18/2004 |
| I purchased the new nissan armada on 1/18/04. towards the middle of march, i noticed my steering wheel was vibrating and that it was getting harder to stop. i took the truck in on 3/29/04 (appx 3000 mi) to find out that the brake rotors were out of round. the dealership resurfaced the rotors and the vibrations stopped. at approximately 5000 miles the issue arose again. i took the truck in 6/17/04 (5760 mi) and found out that the rotors were out of round and that the pads had to be replaced. the advisor told me mine was the 5th armada she had in for the same problem and that one gentleman's rotors were so bad that they were cracked. unfortunately, the dealer was out of parts and i had to drive the car until 7/19 (another month) before the dealer could get the parts replace. during that time, the vehicle was very difficult to keep straight when breaking, even at slow speeds. the vehicle's steering wheel would violently vibrate and twist from side to side, causing me to have to grasp hold of the steering wheel with a lot of pressure. the dealership replaced the rotors and pads on 7/19. i wouldn't recommend weaker individuals try to drive the vehicle, and demand that the dealership provide a rental car. it appears that this is a critical vehicle components that may break, fall apart, or separate from the vehicle causing loss of vehicle control, or injury to persons inside or outside the vehicle. i would recommend an immediate recall. *jb | |||
| 04/30/2004 | 1 | ||
| Brakes warp; steering wheel shakes when stopping. *ak | |||
| 04/08/2004 | 6820 | 1 | 11/05/2003 |
| We purchased vehicle new in november of 2003 with only 10 miles on odometer. after five months of ownership and only 6,280 miles, the front wheels began to shimmy really bad during braking. i took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated the front rotors were warped. the reason or logic they gave was this was probably due to the rotors becoming wet and heated under braking during the rainy period. the repair for this problem was to remove the from tires and do an on vehicle turn of the rotors as i waited which took about an hour and a half. so far, so good, but i expect to be back in a few months. i expressed my concerns to nissan during my feedback on the customer survey form but have not received a reply. *la | |||
| 03/15/2004 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle steering wheel began to shimmy when braking. took to dealer for repair and was told (at 3700 miles) that the rotors were warped. all they could do was resurface the rotors at this time. i was informed it was a quick fix and would happen again. now, the vehicle has 6300 miles and is back in service for the same thing. this time they are replacing the rotors/pads. yet, they will have my car there for 2 weeks. i guess i will see them again in about another 2500 miles or so. my armada is not the only one this is happening to, i know of others and so does the dealer where i take my car. the brakes are not right for this car.*ak | |||
| 04/12/2004 | 2000 | 1 | 01/01/2004 |
| When the brakes are applied vehicle shakes, and the steering wheel shimmies. *ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DRUM - WHEEL CYLINDERS | |||
| 05/13/2004 | 3000 | 5 | 05/13/2004 |
| The brakes are defective, they do not stop the vehicle. the master cylinder failed. dealer stated they do not have the part.*ak after the vehicle reached the 3000 mile mark the brakes began to squeak and whistle. on several occasions the vehicle brakes continued to have problems after service. the consumer stated that the calipers are binding against the rotors causing the rotors to have hotspots. *tc | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - PEDALS AND LINKAGES | |||
| 04/18/2006 | 21087 | 1 | 10/15/2004 |
| Dt*: the contact stated while driving at 35 mph and attempting to stop, the adjustable brake pedal fractured and toggled from side to side. as a result, the pedal could not be depressed in time to stop the vehicle causing a crash. a previous complaint was filed on the brake rotors and pads, odi # 10134217. the dealer was alerted. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - POWER ASSIST - HYDRAULIC | |||
| 04/01/2004 | 3000 | 4 | 02/15/2004 |
| I am having problems with the brakes . have taken vehicle to the dealer 4 times, and problems have not been resolved. they still can't get to fix the problem. the window regulators broke twice. also, seat back broke twice, but was repaired by dealer. main problem are the brakes. *ak | |||
| 03/03/2005 | 4 | ||
| I'm leasing a nissan armada 2004 brakes of the car have defects. the car shakes when you hit the brakes, hard to control the car, very unsafe on speed of 50 miles. i sent the car to the maintanence about 4 times now, and the same defets happened over and over, last week end i lost control of the care and i was on the hiegh way and i had to get out of the road to the shoulder other wise i would be crash other cars. please help me i tired from going back and forth to the dealer taking unpaid days off from work, i worried about my kids and my famliy safety, i don't want to wait until an accident happen. *ak | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - SWITCHES - BRAKE WARNING | |||
| 03/17/2008 | 23500 | 3 | 10/05/2004 |
| This a complaint regarding my 2004 nissan pathfinder armada se which currently has 23k miles. it started on 9/7/05, while driving over the speeds of 55 mph, when applying the brakes they lock up & don't work. the warning light for the brakes came on the dash. i took the car to dealer & they stated the problem was that the rotors were out of round. they replaced the front rotors & pads, they also turned the rear rotors & replaced the rear pads. this was on 9/7/05. on 4/21/07 while driving on a major highway, i attempted to apply my brakes & the brakes did not work & the vehicle would not stop. the brake warning light came on the dash & on the same day, we took the vehicle to the dealer & they ran a diagnostic check on the vehicle & they found that one of the codes had an error. the dealer reprogrammed the computer system to correct the problem. on 3/17/08, i was driving & i attempted to apply my brakes, when the brakes failed, the emergency brakes did not work & the warning light came on again on the dash. once again i took the vehicle to the dealer, i advised them at the dealer that this was the third time i had been there for the same issue. they advised that they would need to do a diagnostic test, in which i would have to pay out of pocket since the vehicle is no longer under warranty. this time they said that it was an internal failure & the brake booster needed to be replaced & that this may not fix the problem. i was advised by the technician at the dealer that the manufacturer is aware of the this problem. of course, this resolution was not offered or advised in my previous visits as it would have been paid under the warranty. conveniently, i was told about this after my warranty expired & after paying $1,000.00 out of my pocket to fix. these vehicles are a safety hazard to have on the road & you never know when the brakes are going to fail. *tr | |||
| 09/29/2005 | 25000 | 8 | 12/20/2003 |
| Ever since i purchased this car (2004 nissan pathfinder armada) in december 2003 i am experiencing some brake problems and the dealer has been trying to solve the problem and it is getting worse. the car had only about 3000 miles when it all started. i cooperated with the dealer because he said they were aware of the problem and that nissan's engineers are working to solve the problem and now i cannot invoke the lemon law because it has been over a year, at least this is what a lawyer told me today. anyway, the car started to brake on its own without anyone applying the brakes and the emergency brake lights comes on when this happens. i had it towed to the dealer and they said there was a leak in the master cynlinder. they replaced it after 2 weeks and while my wife was taking the car home, the same problem occured again. this time the dealer is blaming the problem on the brake boosters. they will not have a replacement available before 3 to 6 weeks. the major incident occured on september 29, 2005 but the overall brake problems started in march 2004. | |||