2004 Nissan Armada

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.

OCTOBER 5, 2005 RE: VIN# [XXX] (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. [XXX], [XXX] [XXX], [XXX],[XXX], [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

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

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

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

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

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