2004 Nissan Armada

FUEL SENDING UNIT DOES NOT ACCURATELY INDICATE THE FUEL LEVEL. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE NISSAN SERVICE DEPT IN HENDERSON NEVADA WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW AND WITH EVERY VEHICLE SERVICE OR REPAIR SINCE - MOST RECENTLY IN JUNE 2011. I WAS INITIALLY TOLD IT WAS NORMAL DUE THE TYPE OF FUEL INDICATOR. NOW I SEE THERE ARE RECALLS ON OTHER NISSAN ARMADAS BUT DIFFERENT YEARS AND ON OTHER NISSAN MODELS. THIS COULD CREATE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF I AM UNABLE TO DETECT MY FUEL LEVEL ACCURATELY. NISSAN REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. THEY KNOW IT IS A PROBLEM IN THEIR VEHICLES AND WILL HONOR A REPLACEMENT ON SOME VEHICLES BUT NOT OTHERS. *KB

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, GET CAUGHT IN DOOR AND TIGHTEN UP WITH ANY MOVEMENT, EVEN LOOKING LEFT TO RIGHT AT OPPOSING TRAFFIC. IT IS FREQUENTLY NECESSARY TO UN-HOOK SEAT BELT AND ADJUST WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN A DANGEROUS EVENT. NISSAN REFUSES TO REPLACE SEAT BELTS WHEN THIS SAFETY ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION. THE SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED ONLY ON CERTAIN VIN NUMBERS - SINCE MINE IS NOT INCLUDED THEY WILL NOT CORRECT. *KB

FUEL SENDING UNIT DOES NOT ACCURATELY INDICATE FUEL LEVEL- THIS WAS REPORTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW - ESTIMATED DATE ABOVE. WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. NISSAN IS RECALLING ON OTHER MODELS AND ON THE ARMADA BUT ONLY ON SPECIFIC YEARS BUT NOT THE 2004. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I RUN OUT OF GAS AND THE GAUGE IS STILL READING THAT THERE IS GAS. *KB

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 SPORADIC 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. *TR

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 OCCURRING. 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. *TR

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! *KB

2004 NISSAN ARMADA. RIGHT EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS CRACKED. VEHICLE PURCHASED 08/30/10 WITH 75,000 MILES. AT ABELOFF NISSAN IN BARTONSVILLE, PA. 09/07/2010 FOR BACK UP SENSOR AND CONTROL UNIT REPLACEMENT. NO OTHER ISSUES CITED. 03.08.2011, MILES: 83696 BACK AT ABELOFF NISSAN FOR ECM RELAY SAFETY RECALL. INSPECTION DONE AT THAT TIME. NO EXHAUST LEAKS CITED. 08/16/2011, MILES: 89312, VEHICLE AT LOCAL MECHANIC FOR STATE YEARLY INSPECTION. RIGHT EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED, LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN CRACKED FOR A LONG TIME. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT IN 5616 MILES, THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS CRACKING APART. RESEARCH ONLINE HAS SHOWN A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN TITAN/ARMADA EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. I WOULD LIKE BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MANIFOLDS REPLACED BY NISSAN AT NO COST. *KB

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

DRIVING 2004 NISSAN ARMADA SE OFF ROAD TRAVELING 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. *KB

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA, AND I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED ON ITS OWN 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. *KB