2004 Nissan Armada

BRAKE FAILURE ON 2004 NISSAN PATHFINDER ARMADA: THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT NISSAN IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS FROM CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENTS DUE TO FAILURE OF ABS SYSTEM. THEY HAVE A TSB NTB-060 OUT AND DEALER WOULD RE-FLASH THE ABS SYSTEM TO FIX THE ISSUE FOR AN HOUR LABOR CHARGE. I HAD THIS HAPPEN TO MY ARMADA ON 1/26/2011 AND FOUND 1000'S OF USER WITH ISSUE ON DIFFERENT DISCUSSION FORUMS ON THE INTERNET. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAIN TO MAKE SURE NISSAN USA WILL TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY. SYMPTOM IF ISSUE: BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, BRAKE PADDLE WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND SPRING CRACKING NOISE COMES FROM FRONT END. BRAKE DOES NOT WORK 95% TO THE CAPACITY. NISSAN DEALER WILL TRY TO SELL A NEW BRAKE BOOSTER PUMP FOR $1000 IF CUSTOMER IS NOT AWARE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2004-2005 NISSAN ARMADA, AND TITAN. I HAD MY BABY IN THE BACK AND HAD TO DRIVE 5 MILES TO HOME WITH NON EXISTING BRAKE. PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH NISSAN TO MAKE SURE THEY TAKE CARE OF ISSUES SO IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE AND LIVES ARE LOST DUE TO A DEFECT THAT MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL. I HAVE UPLOADED A 23 SECOND LING VIDEO AT HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=R3LVSFQJXXQ [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE BRAKE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THE IGNITION TURNED OFF ON IT OWN. THE CONTACT NOTICED 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.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED 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 CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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 CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. UPDATED 01/11/2011*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE CORRECTED. A MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PROBLEM WAS THE ABS OR COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. UPDATED 03/30/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. DURING THE FAILURE A GRINDING NOISE COULD BE HEARD AND THE VEHICLE TOOK A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO STOP THAN USUAL. HE STATED THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING FAILURE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO AUTHORIZED DEALERS AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUES TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/05/10. *LJ

2004 NISSAN ARMADA WITH INTERNAL FAILURE OF THE BRAKE BOOSTER. *KB THE FIST TIME THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, NISSAN AGREED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER AS A GOOD FAITH GESTURE. HOWEVER, ON FRIDAY JULY 9, 2010, SHE AGAIN EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. WHEN SHE TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT AGAIN, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE BRAKES SEEMED NORMAL. ON FRIDAY JULY 16, 2010 WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AND ONCE AGAIN SHE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS ON A STRAIGHT GRAVEL PATH AND WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEY THEN CLAIMED THE PROBLEM WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE MASER CYLINDER, BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE HER WITH A COPY OF THE DIAGNOSTIC CODES TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS INDEED DIFFERENT. *JB

LUCKILY, I WAS ONLY DRIVING 25 MPH ON MY WAY HOME FROM TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL BACK IN MARCH. I APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN BY MY HOUSE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE, BUT TO MY SURPRISE THE TRUCK WASN'T STOPPING. I HELD THE BRAKE DOWN AND NOTHING. I WENT RIGHT THRU THE STOP SIGN AND KEPT BRAKING. FINALLY MY SPEED HAD DECELERATED ENOUGH TO COME TO A STOP. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN AND COULD NOT GET IT TO REPEAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE TRUCK SEEMED TO BE STOPPING FINE NOW. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I HIT A PATCH OF OIL. I TOLD MY HUSBAND AND HE SAID THE SAME THING. THEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM. WE HAVE HAD OUR TRUCK FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND THIS HAD OCCURRED PROB. 4-6 TIMES. WE HAVE HAD THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED. THIS STILL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY NISSAN CAN FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND FIX IT BEFORE SOMETHING AWFUL HAPPENS TO SOMEONE. *TR

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. THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES WITHIN A YEARS TIME. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS A MALFUNCTIONING SENSOR IN THE MASTER CYLINDER OR THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER. THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FAILED AND THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE FELL DOWN WHILE DRIVING. UPDATED IVOQ 07/15/10.*JB *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AND HAS BECOME WORSE. THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE RECEIVED A TRAFFIC CITATION FOR GOING THROUGH A STOP SIGN BECAUSE THE BRAKES FAILED AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO STOP. OFTEN, WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE PEDAL WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND A LOUD METALLIC SCRAPING SOUND COULD BE HEARD AND THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHAKES. THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, PER A TECHNICIAN AT A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WAS TO COAST TO A STOP AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, WAIT 15 SECONDS, THEN START IT AGAIN. THE TECHNICIAN STATED IT RESETS A SENSOR IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND THE BRAKES WILL WORK FINE FOR A SHORT TIME. UPDATED IVOQ 09/15/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED BRAKES WERE REPLACED A TOTAL OF THREE TMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2004. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM OF HIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND MODEL WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR A VEHICLE HIS SIZE AND THE 2005 AND OLDER MODELS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE HE MAY POTENTIALLY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000. UPDATED 08/12/10 *BF UPDATED 08/17/10*JB

BRAKES ON SUV HAVE FAILED TO WORK AS DESIGNED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS DUE TO NON-MECHANICAL ISSUES. PROBLEMS MAY STEM FROM ELECTRICAL OR SENSOR ISSUES. THE BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR DISPLAYS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE SUV AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS UP THE BRAKES. THE PROBLEMS HAS BEEN DUPLICATED WITH A REPAIR TECHNICIAN BUT THEY CANNOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR