2008 Nissan Armada

EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSED ALL THE TIRES TO LOCK UP. WHEN THE CABLE BROKE IT WRAPPED AROUND THE LEFT REAR AXLE CAUSING THAT TO BREAK AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENTIAL SEAL. WE NEVER USE THE E BRAKE ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS VERY ODD THAT THE CABLE WOULD JUST BREAK. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. CABLES BREAKING AND TIRES LOCKING UP COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS/ FATAL. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR QUOTE TO FIX THIS IS 2325.00

BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND BRAKES STOP WORKING PROPERLY. LOUD NOISES AND CRUNCHING SOUNDS FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IF I TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART, IT FIXES ITSELF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO. NISSAN SAYS MANY THINGS BUT REALLY DONT KNOW. ABS CONTROL MODULE $1600.00 BRAKE BOOSTER$800.00 WHICH I'VE READ DOES NOT WORK . THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED! SO DANGEROUS. I TOW A 24' TRAILER. NOT ANYMORE. I ALSO READ IN S.CAROLINA, NISSAN JUST LOST A LAW SUIT ON THIS SAME SUBJECT. NISSAN.....DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES!

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH I BEGAN TO PRESS ON THE BRAKES WHEN A GRINDING NOISE SUDDENLY OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AS NORMAL. THE BRAKE LIGHTS, T/C LIGHT POPPED UP ON THE DASH BOARD. I ACCELERATED AGAIN TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS I PRESSED THE BRAKES AGAIN THE GRINDING NOISE OCCURRED AND NO MATTER HOW HARD U PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP UNTIL IT LOST MOVING MOMENTUM. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND ALL LIGHTS WERE OFF AND THE BRAKES OPERATED NORMAL UNTIL A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WOULD REOCCUR AND NOW HAS BECOME A RANDOMLY REPETITIVE ISSUE.

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.

BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY MARKED REDUCTION IN BRAKING POWER. BRAKING CAUSED A GRINDING AND SPRINGY SOUND. ONCE CAR WAS TURNED OFF PROBLEM RESOLVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 OCCASIONS. TWICE EVEN AFTER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED (CODE C1179). THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO FIND ONLINE. SAFETY IS DEFINITELY IMPACTED.

MY HUSBAND WAS BACKING UP IN THE ARMADA WHEN THE BREAK LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REAL REASON. THE BREAKS SOUNDED AS THOUGH THEY WERE GRINDING OR SLIPPING. THE BREAKS DID NOT STOP THE CAR PROPERLY ANYMORE . WE PULLED INTO GAS STATION WHERE WE SHUT THE CAR OFF . WHEN RESTARTING IT THE BREAK LIGHT WAS OFF AND BREAKS WORKED NORMAL AGAIN. 1DAY WHILE DRIVING THE BREAKS DID IT AGAIN, I COULD BARELY STOP THE ARMADA. ONLY WAY TO FIX IT WAS TO SHUT CAR OFF. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A BREAK BOOSTER MALFUNCTION. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS BY NISSAN BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED FROM LOSS OF BREAKS! THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE ON LINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND STORIES OF THE ARMADA BREAKS FAILING.

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

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED OUT, AND OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE BRAKES HAVE HAD NEAR TOTAL FAILURES. A GRINDING SOUND AND STUTTER OCCUR AND BRAKING POWER IS GREATLY REDUCED. THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE DASH. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY GOES AWAY AND HAS DISAPPEARED FOR DAYS OR MONTHS BEFORE RANDOMLY OCCURRING AGAIN. THE LOCAL DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT WAS DRIVEN TO THEM WITH THE LIGHT ON, HOWEVER, IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH THE CONDITION. BOTH THE DEALER AND NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS CLAIM THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE, OR HAVE OFFERED A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT A GRINDING SOUND EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND, AFTER RESTARTING IT, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V072000 (SERVICE BRAKES); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.