2006 Nissan Armada

THIS EXPERIENCE HAPPENED YESTERDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 WITH MY FAMILY IN TRAFFIC. I'M ENTERING THIS REPORT FOR THE TIME IT FIRST HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAPPENED MORE TIMES FOR MY WIFE WHO IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER. IN TOTAL THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 10 TIMES. ONE SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 I WAS DROPPING KIDS OFF IN SCHOOL WHERE THE TEACHERS CONTROL HOW WE APPROACH AND ALLOW THE KIDS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I WAS IN THE NEXT GROUP TO PULL FORWARD. AS I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THERE WAS NOT ANY REDUCTION IN SPEED. THE BRAKES MADE A HOLLOW METAL SCRAPING SOUND BUT DID NOT STOP THE CAR. I RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF US SINCE THERE WAS WAY TO TURN WITH SCHOOL KIDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR. WE GOT OUT AND DETERMINED THE SUV I HIT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND WE SETTLED THE ACCIDENT WITH A LUNCH SINCE WE WERE FRIENDS. MY FRONT BUMPER WAS SCRAPED COSMETICALLY SINCE THE OTHER VEHICLE HAD A TRAILER HITCH. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, I COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD THIS EXPERIENCE ABOUT 5 TIMES IN RANDOM SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH APPROACHING LIGHTS. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO FIND A WAY TO NOT HARM PEOPLE OR CRASH. I'VE EVEN DRIVEN OVER CURBS INTO SIDEWALKS AVOIDING PEOPLE. MY WIFE HAS HAD THIS EXPERIENCE MORE THAN MYSELF. IT'S AN AMAZING FLAW IN THE VEHICLE THAT I'VE FOUND NO ANSWER TO ONLINE OR AT THE 6 TO 8 DEALERS I'VE ASKED. NISSAN DEALERS ONLY RECOMMEND SERVICE, ACT SYMPATHETIC AND WAIT FOR YOU TO BACK OFF THE ISSUE. WOW, I WAS AMAZED THIS IS NOTED SO MUCH IN THIS NHTSA DATABASE BUT NOT AN INVESTIGATION, RECALL, ETC. THIS IS AN AMAZING PROBLEM THAT I'VE SPOKE ABOUT WITH ANY NISSAN OR INFINITI OWNER I CAN AND THEY HAVE ALL HAD IT HAPPEN AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL CRASH AVOIDANCE STORIES. *JB

I HAD MY MOM, AUNT AND 2 SMALL KIDS IN THE TRUCK WE WERE ON THE WAY TO DROP MY MOM OFF AT HER HOME. ONCE I PULLED UP IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE WE NOTICED THE TRUCK SMOKING. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD. I OBSERVED WIRES BURNING FROM THAT POINT I CLOSED THE HOOD SO THAT THE VEHICLE COULD COOL OFF. I THEN WALKED MY MOM TO HER FRONT DOOR AS I WALKED BACK TO MY VEHICLE I OBSERVED MY TRUCK ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY RUSHED TO THE VEHICLE AND GOT MY KIDS AND AUNT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND RESPONDED WITHIN 7 MINUTES. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED MY TRUCK WAS IN FULL FLAMES. *TR

WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY MY BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON AND I HAD NO BRAKES. I HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER CARS TO AVOID AN CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. NISSAN HAS NO RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. WHY? WHY? WHY? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. OR WILL IT TAKE PEOPLE DYING??? BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTING ON-LINE REGARDING THIS ISSUE. BUT STILL NO RECALL. THIS HAPPENED TO ME TWO WEEKS AGO AS WELL. PULLED THE CAR OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. SON OF A GUN...IT RESET THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE BRAKES WORKED AGAIN. SO, I JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A ONE TIME THING. BUT NO IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY. I WAS LITERALLY TERRIFIED ABOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND BEING ABLE TO GET HOME TO MY KIDS. *TR

I WAS COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND WENT TO USE THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL HESITATED AND WOULD NOT GRAB NORMAL LIKE THEY USUALLY DO. THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOW ON, SO I DECIDED TO PULL OVER IN A PARKING LOT AND TRY AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD TO MAKE SURE I HAD FLUID AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING OBVIOUS. EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOT ON ANYMORE AND THE BRAKES WERE WORKING. A FEW MONTHS WENT BY AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY. I SAW A TREND WHERE IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING FOR ONE-TWO HOURS ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WOULD NOTICE THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT I WOULD START SLOWING DOWN AND TRYING TO BRAKE A LOT SOONER THAN I WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO. RECENTLY THIS HAS STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY EVEN WHEN I AM DOING SHORT DISTANCE DRIVING NEAR MY HOME. I HAVE BEEN TO THREE DIFFERENT SHOPS TO LOOK AT MY BRAKES AND EVEN SPENT OVER $600 TO GET NEW BRAKES AND CHECK EVERYTHING OUT AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE WORKING PROPERLY, BUT IT STARTED HAPPENING A WEEK AFTER. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THIS TO A NISSAN DEALER AND THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE. I PLAN ON BRINGING MY ARMADA TO A DEALER LATER THIS WEEK. I FELL UNLESS THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING RIGHT WHEN I BRING IT IN, THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. THE BRAKE PEDAL / BRAKES NOT WORKING WHEN I GO TO BRAKE HAVE HAPPENED WELL OVER 25 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. I HOPE IT DOES NOT TAKE SOMETHING TRAGIC TO HAPPEN FOR NISSAN TO ADDRESS THIS AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ENTERING THE INTERSTATE FROM THE ON RAMP A CAR IN FRONT OF ME HIT THEIR BRAKES. AS I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES THEY MADE A LOUD GRINDING SOUND, THE BRAKE LIGHT FLASHED AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID A CRASH. DROVE CAR TO NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP DOING APPROX 20MPH AND AVOIDING OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN I GOT THERE I SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND HAD THE SERVICE DEPT TEST DRIVE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD RESET ITSELF ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED (FOUND THIS OUT ONLINE AFTERWARDS WHEN RESEARCHING AND DISCOVERING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ARMADAS.) THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THIS HAS SINCE HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES AND NISSAN IS STILL REFUSING TO ASSIST WITH FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE LOST BRAKES, FORTUNATELY AT LOW SPEED. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, TERRIBLE NOISE COMES FROM THE BRAKES AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. EXACTLY 1 WEEK AGO, I HAD THE SAME INCIDENT AND TOOK IT TO "JUST BRAKES". THEY CHANGED ALL MY BRAKES (600.00 LATER) AND IT SEEMED THE ISSUE WAS FIXED (BECAUSE I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WHICH RESET THE BRAKE MECHANISM).. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NISSAN SEEMS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. I COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE HAD THERE BEEN MORE TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING OFF TRUCK AND TURNING BACK ON AGAIN, THE PROBLEM RESOLVES. BUT I WILL NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE LOST BRAKES, FORTUNATELY AT LOW SPEED. BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, TERRIBLE NOISE COMES FROM THE BRAKES AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. EXACTLY 1 YEAR AGO, WE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS AND TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY FOUND A CODE C1170 AND PERFORMED A REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER. THIS IS INTERMITTENT SO IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL ALMOST A YEAR LATER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NISSAN SEEMS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. WE COULD HAVE KILLED PEOPLE HAD THERE BEEN MORE TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING OFF TRUCK AND TURNING BACK ON, THE PROBLEM RESOLVES. BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WE HAVE MET 4 OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL AREA WITH ARMADAS AND THEY ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING! *TR

I'VE OWN MY USED NISSAN ARMADA FOR (4) YEARS. A MONTH AFTER I HAD IT THE VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHT WARNING CAME ON AND I HAD NO BRAKES. WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES THE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR MAKING A LOUD CRUNCHING SOUND. I PULLED OVER AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND ON AGAIN AND IT ALL WENT AWAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPEN. THE ENGINE AND THE TRUCK SOMEHOW RESETTED ITSELF. I'VE TAKEN THIS TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIME AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I STILL HAVE THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN RID OF IT YET DUE TO THE FACT ITS NOW PAID FOR. ITS JULY 2013 AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING BUT MORE OFTEN. I'M THINKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF IT IF THERE IS NO RECALL. I'M WONDERING IF NISSAN IS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE THEY RECALL THESE VEHICLES. I SEE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH A BRAKE ISSUE WITH OUR 2006 NISSAN ARMADA AND WOULD HOPE SOMETHING COULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT NISSAN HAS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR BRAKE ISSUES. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO A DEALER IN SEBRING FLORIDA LAST YEAR AND I BELIEVE I TRIED TO HAVE ANOTHER DEALERSHIP LOOK AT IT BEFORE LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS IN WARRANTY. OF COURSE, THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. THEY JUST WANT TO TELL YOU IT IS THIS OR THAT...BRAKE BOOSTER...CYLINDROID...SENSOR...WELL, THE DEALERSHIP IN SEBRING DID DO SOMETHING WITH THE SENSOR AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE IS GARAGED KEPT AND HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN 2000 MILES SINCE THEY DID WHATEVER THEY DID. IF YOU GO ONLINE, YOU WILL FIND MANY OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THEM TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM? .....SOMEONE TO DIE...SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE ANYONE WILL DO SOMETHING. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WHEN YOU PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR A VEHICLE THAT YOU WOULD QUALITY AND IT TO LAST MORE THAN A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE MAJOR REPAIRS WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE. I HAVE A 2003 FORD FOCUS THAT WE BOUGHT USED AND HAS OVER 120,000 AND WELL MAINTAINED AND ONLY MINOR NORMAL REPAIRS. THE ISSUE WITH BRAKES DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME...WHEN IT DOES, THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THEN AS YOU TRY TO BRAKE ....THE BRAKE PEDDLE WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, MAKE A HORRIBLE CRUNCH NOISE AND NO BRAKES. WE BOUGHT THIS TO PULL OUR 2006 FORREST RIVER TOY HAULER WHICH WE HAVE ONLY USE UP TO OR AT MOST 3-4 TIMES TO DAYTONA, WHICH IS ONLY 3 HOURS AWAY....WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE NEXT TIME WE USE OUR TRAILOR WITH THE ARMADA .AND NO BRAKES? PLEASE I ASK THAT YOU VIEW OTHERS COMPLAINTS TO MAKE A RECALL ON WHAT COULD HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH LOST OF LIVES AND COULD BE PREVENTED. WE/OTHERS ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF. *TR

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL GOES REAL LOW AND THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND WITH NO BRAKING. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES ON. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF ENGINE AND TRUCK RESETS BECAUSE I CAN DRIVE AWAY AS IF NOTHING OCCURRED. HAD CHECKED ONCE AND NOTHING FOUND, THERE ARE NO RECALLS BUT SEVERAL BLOGS AND COMPLAINTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE FOR SAME ISSUE. NOW DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $927 FOR BOOSTER. I HAVE READ AND FOLLOWED UP ON SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND THIS ACTION DOES NOT FIX PROBLEM. *TR