2006 Nissan Armada

GRINDING SOUND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BRAKE LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED IN THE DASH. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE BRAKES WORKING CORRECTLY IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF & BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE & WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT SAID NISSAN WOULDN'T COVER THE COST & I WILL NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE & NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX IT. THIS IS OUR MAIN FAMILY VEHICLE TRANSPORTING MY WIFE & MYSELF ALONG WITH OUR 5 & 7 YEAR OLD. IT WORRIES ME THINKING THE BRAKES COULD GO OUT AT ANY TIME ON THE FREEWAY. SIMILAR BRAKE ISSUES CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.CLUBARMADA.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=918. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT STOP OR SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT OPERATE. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE BRAKES OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,733.

WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO ENTER FREEWAY WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE. HEARD A BOOMING NOISE AND THEN GRINDING. CAR WAS HARD TO STOP AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL CAR WAS STOPPED AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED AGAIN CAR RAN AND BRAKED NORMALLY NO BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I READ A LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF ARMADAS AND NISSAN TITANS. BASED ON THEIR REPORTS THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEFECTIVE SENSOR IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER CALLED THE DELTA STROKE SENSOR. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND SEEK ADVICE. DESPITE ALL OF THE REPORTS I HAD READ, THE REP SAID THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF THIS TYPE OF ISSUE. I OPENED A CASE WITH NISSAN,AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. I DID AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE ISSUE THAT SO MANY HAVE REPORTED. THE COST TO REPAIR THE PART IS $1000. I FEEL THAT THIS AN ISSUE OF A DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURE AND IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY NISSAN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CODE WAS CLEARED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. UPDATED 03/17/15*LJ UPDATED 6/18/2015 *JS

BRAKE INDICATOR ON DASH LIGHTS UP, HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE AND CAR HAS VERY LITTLE BRAKING ABILITY. HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET CAR SLOWLY COAST TO A STOP. SWITCHED OFF ENGINE SET FOR A FEW MINUTES, RESTARTED AND VEHICLE WAS BACK TO NORMAL. MULTIPLE TIMES. TOOK IN TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD COULD POSSIBLY BE A BRAKE BOOSTER AT A COST OF ABOUT 1000.00 .( 1000 DOLLAR GUESS FOR A POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING ISSUE ???) LOOKED IN FORUM AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING QUITE A BIT BUT NISSAN IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO FIX. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE THEY DO RECALL. CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR MONTHS . CAN'T RISK HAVING FAMILY IN CAR AND NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP AT ANYTIME. *TR

THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, DRIVING ALONG AND THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD AND WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND IT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME FOR THE CAR TO STOP. IF YOU GET THE CAR STOPPED AND TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON IT WILL RESET ITSELF BACK TO NORMAL UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO NISSAN AND THEY SAY "WELL ITS NOT HAPPENING TO THE CAR RIGHT NOW SO WE CANT DIAGNOSE IT" NISSAN SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. IF YOU GOOGLE SEARCH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BRAKES ARE NOT A RECALL, THEY ARE PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART TO A CAR NEXT TO THE MOTOR AND NISSAN IS JUST LETTING PEOPLE FLY AROUND AND NOT BE ABLE TO STOP. SHAME ON YOU NISSAN. *TR

DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY IN OUR 2006 NISSAN ARAMADA AT THE SPEED OF 40 M.P.H AND THE BRAKE LIGHT SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON AND TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT DOWN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL STARTED GRINDING AND A STICKILY NOISE AND TOTAL BRAKE LOSS. FELT SCARED AND NERVOUS BECAUSE HAD THE WHOLE FAMILY. CONTACTED LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO VERIFY ANY RECALL DUE TO BRAKES AND NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE NET IN REGARDS TO THE NISSAN ARMADA BRAKE ISSUE. *JS

ON MARCH 18, 2014 THE BRAKE PETAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS COMES ON DASH. VEHICLE MAKES VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISES WHEN BRAKES PETAL ARE APPLIED. I HAVE VIRTUALLY NO BRAKES WHEN THIS OCCURS. I PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD WHEN THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. HOWEVER I AFTER THE SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTART THE MYSTERIOUSLY GOES AWAY. ON THE APRIL 14, 2014 THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE REOCCURS AND AGAIN I APPLIED THE SAME REMEDY BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND PROBLEM MYSTERIOUSLY GOES AWAY. I'M AFRAID THAT WILL BE ONGOING PROBLEM AND OTHER 2005 & 2006 NISSAN ARMADA HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. ON APRIL 15, 2014 I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION BACK DECOMIER NISSAN (MANCHESTER CT) I WAS CHARGED TO RESET THE COMPUTER $124.16. THE DEALER COULD FIND PROBLEM DUE TO NO CODES AVAILABLE I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IF THIS DOESN'T SOLVE IT THE NEXT SET OF DIAGNOSTICS A PIN TEST WILL COST ME $440. I EXPLAINED TO THEM MY FINDINGS ON THE INTERNET AND THAT A LOT OF 2005 & 2006 ARMADA OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS INCIDENT THEY DID NOT OFFER MUCH IN THE WAY OF A EXPLANATION. THIS IS A VERY SCARY AND UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION TO BE IN AND THANK GOD NO VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN WAS IN FRONT OF ME. THE NEXT TIME I MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY!!! HERE'S THE LINK WHERE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LODGED THE SAME COMPLAINTS: HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2005/NISSAN/ARMADA/HYDRAULIC+BRAKE. *TT

I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKES. MY BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN YOU WILL BEGIN TO HEAR A GRINDING NOISE AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE BRAKES GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN BACK ON. IT SEEMS AS IF THE SYSTEMS RESETS AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. THEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MONTHS IT WILL START DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. I THINK NISSAN NEEDS TO CHECK THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING TO MUCH. IN ADDITION, TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND STARTED TO SLOW TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A SCHOOL ZONE WHEN MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND HEARD A GRINDING SOUND. MY BRAKES WERE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST AND MY TURN WAS UP HILL. AFTER STOPPING, I TESTED THE BRAKES AGAIN, BUT THEY STILL WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND THERE WAS STILL A STRANGE GRINDING SOUND WHILE PRESSING ON THE BRAKES. I DROPPED MY SON OFF AT SCHOOL AND PARKED THE VEHICLE UNTIL A TOW TRUCK CAME. I HAVE HAD TWO BRAKE DIAGNOSTICS DONE BY TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE STATIONS AND NOTHING CAN BE FOUND. WHICH ONCE THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME OFF IT STARTED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. APPARENTLY, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO QUITE A FEW OTHER ARMADA OWNERS AND YET THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE PROBLEM OCCURS OUT OF NO WHERE AND CAN NOT BE PREDETERMINED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL! I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *TR