2004 Nissan Armada

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS THE BRAKES ON THE 2004 NISSAN ARMADA SEEM TO FAIL. THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON IN THE DASH, THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN PULSES LIKE THE ABS IS ON HOWEVER THE BRAKE POWER IS EXTREMELY DIMINISHED. THE "FIX" IS TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND SHUT IT OFF. IF YOU DO THIS, THE BRAKES RETURN TO NORMAL. THAT WORKS IF AN URGENT STOP IS NOT NEEDED. SHOULD YOU NEED TO STOP URGENTLY A CRASH WILL SURELY RESULT. ON MY ARMADA, THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10-15 TIMES, I PURCHASED IT NEW SO I'M THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER. I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE REPORTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME THING HAPPENING. IT HAPPENED TO ME THIS WEEK WHICH MADE ME RESEARCH THE ISSUE A BIT. MONTHS GO BY WITH NO PROBLEM BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE TO CAUSE A SERIOUS CRASH. NISSAN NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND FAILED TO RESPOND AS THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT FAILURE WOULD RECUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,600.

APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON ABS STOPPED WORKING, BRAKES GROAN. THEY WORK AT 10 %. PLEASE SEE YOUTUBE ENTER ARMADA BRAKE SYSTEM PROBLEM. THERE ARE 100'S OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. ONCE YOU SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT THE ABS RESETS UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURRENCE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, THIS SYSTEM FAILURE WILL CAUSE DEATH IF NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH IN THE EVENING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO ACCIDENT NO FENDER BENDER OR BUMP THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON, SHAKEN AND SCARED SHE CALLED ME TO INFORM ME OF THE SITUATION, THANKFULLY MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE CAR AT THE TIME! I BEGAN TO DO RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE, THIS AIRBAG SENSOR THAT IS BAD ON ALL ARMADAS WERE RECALLED EXCEPT THE 04 MODEL ACCORDING TO NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE, SO INITIALLY I WAS APPALLED, THE NICE LADY AT NISSAN SAID THAT IN ORDER FOR ME TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC OUT OF MY OWN POCKET LIKE THE OTHER POOR GUY ON HERE WHO PAID AND WAS OUT OF A VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS JUST TO END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AFTER THEY FIND THAT THE SENSOR STATES VEHICLE WAS IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T!!! WHAT ARE WE AS CONSUMERS TO DO IN A BAD SITUATION LIKE THIS? CAR HAS ABOUT 137766 MILES DRIVEN. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE GAS STATION, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE IT BEGAN MAKING A POPPING SOUND, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I PULLED OVER TURNED IT OFF THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITH NO OTHER ISSUES. TODAY I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMETHING HASN'T BEEN DONE WITH ALL OF THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I WENT TO GET IT CHECKED AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE ISSUE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE A FATALITY OCCURS. *TR

DRIVING ON SURFACE STREETS GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN A THUD SOUND CAME FROM UNDER THE CAR AND THE BRAKES WHEN PRESSED SCREETCHED AND WERE MUSHY AND NOT EFFECTIVELY STOPPING THE CAR, IN ADDITION THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH LIGHT UP BUT WAS NOT ENGAGED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COME TO A STOP BY REPEATILY LIGHTLY PUSHING ON THE BRAKE AND JUST LETTING THE MOMENTUM OF THE CAR DIE DOWN. ONCE STOPPED I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR FOR ANY SIGN OF DAMAGE OR LEAKS AND POPPED THE HOOD OF THE CAR TO DO THE SAME. FOUND NO EVIDANCE OF ANY DAMAGE OR PROBLEMS. WHEN I TURNED ON THE CAR THE LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS OFF AND THE BRAKES WHEN PRESSED BECAME HARD AND NO SOUND CAME FROM THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WORKED AS THEY SHOULD. *TR

AMAZING HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE ARMADAS "WITHOUT WARNING" BRAKE FAILURE AND YET STILL NO INVESTIGATION? IS IT BECAUSE OF THE CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THIS VERY THING? ARE YOU NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE? I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. DISAPPOINTING THAT YOU ARE STILL WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE. *TR