2004 Nissan Armada

BOUGHT NEW ARMADA IN NOVEMBER 2004. IT HAS BEEN AT THE SERVICE CENTER AT BANKSTON LEWISVILLE TWICE NOW. REPEAT PROBLEM WITH BRAKE FAILURE AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKING. UNIBODY CREAKS ALL THE TIME. 2ND ROW SEAT BELT FAILED TWICE, WHICH THREW MY BABY AND HER CAR SEAT INTO THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT!!! DASH AND CONSOLES RATTLE ALL THE TIME. WIND NOISE IS HORRIBLE! DEALER SAID THEY WILL WORK ON IT. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND ARE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM A REGIONAL SPECIALIST.*AK

THE VEHICLE'S HOME-LINK SYSTEM FAILED. *NM THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE MEMORY SEATS FOR THE DRIVER DOES NOT WORK. A VIBRATING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE HEAT SHIELD FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. VIBRATING NOISE HEARD FROM THE INTERIOR COURTESY LIGHT LENS. THE LINER ON THE ROOF PASSENGER LINER IS SEPARATING. TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. ROTORS WARPED ON THE FRONT BRAKES AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE SIZE TO THE VEHICLE AND INADEQUATE VENTING WHICH RESULTED IN OVERHEATING. THE CONSUMER CAN NOT CONTROL THE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGH SPEEDS. THE CONSUMER HEARD A BOOMING NOISE FROM THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO RECEPTION. CRACKS DEVELOPING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT HEAT SHIELD. HEADPHONES FOR THE DVD SYSTEM WHERE NOT PROVIDED. *TC

I PURCHASED A NISSAN ARMADA IN APRIL 2004 AND TWO MONTHS LATER HAD TO BRING IT TO DEALER FOR REPAIR AS THE BRAKES WERE SHUDDERING CAUSING TREMENDOUS SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP, NISSAN THOUSAND OAKS, DID NOT REPLACE THE "WARPED ROTORS", INSTEAD "SWITCHING" THEM AROUND AND REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS. THE ADDITIONAL PROBLEM OF A RATTLE AND SQUEAKING SOUND FROM DASHBOARD RESULTED IN THE DEALERSHIP REALIGNING THE DASHBOARD PROPERLY. TWO MONTHS LATER I WAS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE BRAKES AGAIN. THIS TIME I DEMANDED THAT THE INFERIOR ROTORS BE REPLACED WITH HIGHER-QUALITY ROTORS. THEY REPLACED THE FACTORY-INSTALLED ROTORS WITH NEW ROTORS (TOLD BETTER QUALITY ROTORS) AND THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AGAIN. ADDITIONALLY, THERE I WAS EXPERIENCING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THE A/C; IT WOULD SOMETIMES RUN VERY HOT AIR. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND THAT THE CLUTCH FAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; THIS PART IS ON ORDER AND I WILL HAVE TO RETURN FOR INSTALLATION. ALSO, I ASKED THEM TO ONCE AGAIN FIX A SQUEAKING AND RATTLING ISSUE THAT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD AGAIN AND ALSO INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE STEREO CONTROLS LOCATED ON THE STEERING WHEEL. ACCORDING TO THEIR MECHANICS, THE SOUND PROBLEM AND STEREO CONTROLS PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION. A WEEK LATER, AUGUST 12, 2004, I HAD TO RETURN TO HAVE THE CLUTCH FAN REPLACED AND THIS TIME I ALSO REQUESTED THAT ONE OF THEIR MECHANICS DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH ME SO THAT I COULD POINT OUT THE SQUEAKING ISSUE. THE MECHANIC HEARD THE SOUND PROBLEM THIS TIME AND I AM TOLD THEY WILL TRY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM AGAIN, AS YET WITH THE STEREO CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL.