2004 Nissan Armada

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.

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!!!!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.