2008 Nissan Armada

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE IS INACCURATELY DISPLAYING THAT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS SOME FUEL, TYPICALLY ABOUT ONE QUARTER TANK, WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY. It is the same as the recall for Nissan Armada’s with other VIN numbers, however it doesn’t cover mine, despite matching the year of manufacture, description, and diagnosis of issue. I am asking that the VIN numbers be updated to include mine. Also, under the “status” panel of my electronic display, it’s shows 70-80~ miles left of driving range before running out of fuel.

For the past couple of years my 2008 Nissan Armada has been giving me issues with the gas gauge not reading accurately, it has progressed over time. It started out happening around a quarter of a tank with anywhere from 25 to 60 miles to empty according to the reading on the screen display. There has been no warning of running out of gas, it just happens while driving, the vehicle starts to shut down & the steering wheel eventually locks up, I do not have very long to find a driveway or parking lot to coast into before the vehicle completely shuts down. Over time it has happened at different intervals indicating I still have gas according to the gauge & the screen display, one time it showed as much as 147 miles to empty. My husband & I researched what may need to be checked or replaced to remedy the issue, everything led to changing the fuel pump which we did in August 2022. Within a few days it started happening again, at that time we had a mechanic look at my vehicle, they figured out that the fuel pump was missing a cap on the end of it, they replaced it. After about 4-6 months or so it started happening again, at that time we brought it back to the same mechanic to assess. After keeping it for 4 days, they decided that "the fuel pump must be bad & needs to be changed, sometimes fuel pumps just go bad". After paying over $700.00 to replace the fuel pump again (March 2023), it lasted about 2 weeks & happened again! There was a recall back in 2010 I believe for the fuel sending unit on my vehicle, Nissan replaced it at no charge, however, I was not having any issues at that time, when I called Nissan a year or so ago, they told me that a recall can only be done once where they fix the issue at no charge.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE KEY WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED CONTINUOUSLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY ATTEMPT TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH IN ORDER FOR THE ENGINE TO START. THE CONTACT CALLED MIDDLETOWN NISSAN (1153 NEWFIELD ST, MIDDLETOWN, CT 06457, (860) 632-6550) AND WAS INFORMED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS NEEDED. THE TEST WOULD COST $160. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS THE ABS LIGHT WILL APPEAR ON THE DASH ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD VIBRATION AND A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. I HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY ON CORNERS AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LEADING TO A CRASH. ALSO WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE FUEL GUAGE HAS STARTED TO SHOW MORE FUEL IN THE TANK THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE TANK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND PROVIDED THE VIN AND THEY SAID THAT THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR RECALL SERVICE HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS VIN.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND WITHIN THE FIRST 3 DAYS OF HAVING IT NOTICED WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK. I WAS ASSURED IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF NOT TO WORRY. FIVE MONTHS LATER IT IS STILL NOT FIXED AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS CRACKED. NOT JUST ONE SIDE BUT BOTH SIDES. I AM SURE THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? AND WHY ISNT THERE A RECALL SEEING AS THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE. ALSO, ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS I HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF THE REAR HATCH OF THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO OPEN IT EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS UNLOCKED. I EVEN CRAWLED FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK TO TRY THE EMERGENCY LATCH AND NOTHING WOULD ALLOW IT TO OPEN. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH 138K MILES AND SEEMED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION...I GUESS THE OLD SAYING "LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING"

NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE JANUARY 2013 WHEN WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, ROADWAYS AND PARKING LOTS THE RED BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND MAKES NOISES. THE CAR IS VERY HARD TO STOP AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS. ONE OF THE TIMES IT HAPPENED I TOOK THE CAR TO FIRESTONE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT WHEN I TURNED OFF THE CAR IT STOPPED DOING IT BUT THEY DID HAVE CODE C1179/ABS CONTROL UNIT COME UP. WE CONTACTED NISSAN AND LEFT OUR CAR AT SUNTRUP NISSAN FOR A MONTH. THEY TOLD US THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING EVEN WHEN I GAVE THEM THE CODE. WE MET WITH A NISSAN SPECIALIST WHO TOLD US THE PROBLEM WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND GAVE US A PRICE OF JUST OVER $1,000 TO FIX IT. I HAVE BEEN ONLINE DOING MY OWN RESEARCH AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND CODE AND HAVE ALL SAID THE ABS CONTROL MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND THERE IS A FIRMWARE UPDATE TO FIX A KNOWN BUG. I AM NOT SURE WHY NISSAN CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND TELL ME IT IS THE BRAKE BOOSTER BUT WHEN I DO RESEARCH I FIND WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM AND NOW HAVE TO TAKE MORE TIME OUT AND GO TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED BEFORE MY FAMILY IS IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF NOT FIXED RIGHT AWAY AND I THINK NISSAN SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO NISSAN THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR US. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AND ALSO THE PROBLEM WITH DEALERSHIPS WHO THINK THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT CARS.

THE REAR OVERHEAD CONSOLE BECAME LOOSE AND FELL WHILE I WAS AT WORK ONE DAY, WHEN I CAME OUT TO MY VEHICLE THE WHOLE CONSOLE WAS HANGING BY ONE OF THE WIRES THAT CONNECTS TO THE AC AND RADIO IN THE CEILING. I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN THAT SIT IN THE SECOND SEAT OF MY VEHICLE WHERE THE CONSOLE HAD FALLEN, THANK GOODNESS THEY WERE NOT SITTING THERE THAT DAY! I HAD ASKED MY MECHANIC TO ATTEMPT TO FIX THE CONSOLE, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO AND SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. FROM THE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ ONLINE REGARDING THIS ISSUE, NISSAN IS NOT CONSIDERING IT A RECALL ITEM .... WHY NOT??? IT IS OBVIOUSLY A BAD DESIGN, IT IS TOO BIG, IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE CEILING SECURELY ENOUGH FOR SUCH A BIG CONSOLE AND ONCE THE PLASTIC BECOMES OLDER AND BRITTLE .... IT BREAKS! NOW, I DO NOT HAVE AC OR LIGHTS THROUGHOUT MY VEHICLE DUE TO THE VENTS AND LIGHTS BEING IN THE CEILING FOR ANYONE RIDING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD SEATS AKA MY CHILDREN!

MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES - WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES BEGIN TO GRIND, STUTTER, AND STOP WORKING. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT IN ORDER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, AND PULL OVER. THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE AS THIS OCCURS. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT MUST BE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF FOR A FEW MOMENTS, AND THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO "NORMAL." THIS HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY - NOT SAFE! AIRBAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. MANY OF THE ELECTRICAL PARTS ARE NOT WORKING. WE THOUGHT NISSAN WOULD BE THE BEST VEHICLE TO BUY. BUT HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. PLEASE SEND RECALL FOR BRAKES AND AIRBAGS

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING THROUGH ATLANTA, GA (GRADY CURVE) AT 75MPH AND THE FRONT, CENTER CONSOLE FELL AND HIT MY HUSBAND WHO WAS DRIVING. THE PLASTIC HAD BROKEN AND LITERALLY SHATTERED INTO PIECES BUT THE ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE HOLDING ON TO WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE STRUCTURE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS CHARGED ALMOST $1000 TO FIX IT. NISSAN AMERICA SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND I HAD TO PAY FOR IT IF I WANTED IT FIXED. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE BACK, CENTER CONSOLE. THE PLASTIC THAT WAS LEFT WAS SUSPENDED BY THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. WE BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REMOVED PART OF IT SO THE KIDS COULD SIT IN THE BACKSEAT WITHOUT THE PLASTIC SPLINTERS FALLING ON THEIR HEADS. I WAS QUOTED OVER $1000 TO FIX IT AND STILL NO RECALL ON THIS FAULTY PLASTIC. *TR