2004 Nissan Armada

I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN REGARDS TO THE NISSAN ARMADA BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON WITHOUT WARNING DURING DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE ON AND OFF THE FREEWAY. I WOULD TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND THE BRAKES LIGHT WOULD GO OFF, RESETTING THE BRAKING SYSTEM TO NORMAL FUNCTION. THIS LAST TIME WAS ENOUGH AND I FINALLY TOOK IT INTO NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE BOOSTER, AND IT WOULD BE OVER $1000 TO FIX!! NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FAULTY SENSOR OR PART. ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. THANK GOODNESS MY WIFE AND INFANT DAUGHTER HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE VEHICLE WHENEVER THIS HAPPENED. DO BETTER NISSAN, I'VE HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THIS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. AS I EXITED OFF THE FREEWAY AND TRIED TO STOP THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A TERRIBLE NOISE AND FAILED ME. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING AS MY CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP AT ALL, THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO USE THE TRANSMISSION TO SLOW THE CAR BY DROPPING DOWN TO FIRST GEAR. I HAD MY 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND THANKFULLY WE WERE NOT IN AN ACCIDENT ALTHOUGH WAS VERY CLOSE AS THERE WERE CARS IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN I CAME HOME WE CHECKED THE BRAKE FLUID AND PADS AND BOTH WERE FINE. WHEN WE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR. I HAVE MY CAR MAINTENANCE VERY REGULARLY AND THIS PROBLEM STUMPED OUR NORMAL MECHANIC. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG VEHICLES LIKE MINE AND IS APPARENTLY THE BREAK BOOSTER WHICH NISSAN WILL FIX FOR $800. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING THAT A CAR CAN LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF ITS ABILITY TO BREAK JUST LIKE THAT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING THEN AFTER I TURN IF OFF AND BACK ON BE JUST FINE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. I HAVE NO PROBLEM FIXING THE BREAK BOOSTER BUT HOW IS NISSAN ABLE TO INSURE ME THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN? I FEEL VERY UNSAFE KNOWING AT ANY TIME IT COULD RE OCCUR. *TR

BRAKE JUTTER, GRINDING, SHAKING WHEN BRAKING. ABS VDL SLIP BRAKE LIGHTS UP ON DASH--UNABLE TO TURN OFF. STOPPING VEHICLE AND RESTARTING CORRECTS THE PROBLEM SOMETIMES; OTHER TIMES THE LIGHT STAYS ON. BRAKE PADS ORIGINALLY REPLACED EARLY AFTER PURCHASE IN 2005 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE IS RARELY DRIVEN--THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 36K MILES ON THE VEHICLE--BUT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN PERSISTENT OVER THE YEARS WHEN DRIVEN. LATELY, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE MORE OFTEN AND THE PROBLEM IS CONTINUING AND IT IS MORE APPARENT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BRAKES. I AM ALSO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE LIFT GATE AS IT RECENTLY STOPPED FUNCTIONING WHEN PRESSING THE KEY FOB OR EITHER OF THE SWITCHES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I BEGAN OPENING AND CLOSING THE LIFT GATE MANUALLY AND NOW IT WILL NOT CLOSE SECURELY, I.E., IT IS NOT GETTING THAT FINAL SEAL WHEN CLOSED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW NO LONGER GOES UP OR DOWN AND DOES NOT WORK WHEN USING THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER SWITCH. FINALLY, THE DRIVER'S SEAT DOES NOT RESET TO THE POSITION PROGRAMMED WHEN THE ENGINE STARTS AND TURNS OFF. I DECIDED TO RESEARCH THE INTERNET TODAY AND WAS QUITE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2004 AMADA. CALLED A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TODAY AND THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. JUST AS SO MANY HAVE WRITTEN ALL OVER THE INTERNET, THE DEALER SUGGEST THAT YOU BRING THE VEHICLE IN WHEN THE BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE IS DISPLAYED SO THAT THEY CAN PERFORM DIAGNOSTIC TEST. *TR

2004 NISSAN ARMADA BRAKE ISSUE. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BRAKES START GRINDING AND ITS HARD TO STOP, EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE I AM ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER, I THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES GO BACK TO PERFORMING NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THIS MOST RECENT TIME HAPPENED WHILE TOWING A 6500 LB LOAD. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF US. I HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH ON THE ARMADA AND TITAN FORUMS AND THEY REFERENCE NTP06-040 AS WELL AS A RATHER EXPENSIVE BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACEMENT AT CLOSE TO $1000. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE RATHER PREVALENT WITH THE ARMADA MODEL. THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THIS ISSUE WILL OCCUR AND I AM A BIT WORRIED THAT IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND/OR INJURY. *JB

2004 NISSAN ARMADA BRAKE ISSUE. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BRAKES START GRINDING AND ITS HARD TO STOP. THEN THE E BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE I GET PULLED OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IT SEEMS TO BE FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE GETTING VERY NERVOUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. WORRIED ABOUT TOWING OR HIGH SPEEDS THIS COULD BE FATAL. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON ROAD (GOOD CONDITIONS) THE BRAKE LIGHT (RED) COMES ON AND A GRINDING NOISE ALONG WITH A MODERATE BRAKING COMES ON WITHOUT DRIVER EVER TOUCHING PARKING BRAKE OR FOOT BRAKE. WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED THE VEHICLE COMES TO A SUDDEN STOP ALONG WITH LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THIS GRINDING NOISE CONTINUES UNTIL THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES AND I HAVE BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICING BUT NO RESOLUTION. THIS IS A GRAVE SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 ARMADA I BOUGHT NEW IN 2005. 08/2011 WAS THE FIRST TIME MY ABS VDL SLIP LIGHTS CAME ON AS I WAS BRAKING, ALONG WITH A HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISE WITH MY BRAKES. I WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP. MY BRAKING WAS IMPAIRED, AND IF I TOUCHED THE BRAKES ANYMORE, MY FOOT WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, AFTER TRYING THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES (WHICH WAS MORE GRINDING NOISES) I SHUT THE CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES UNTIL 10/2012 WHEN THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS TIME I WAS GOING 40 MPH ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY. I REPORTED IT TO MY NISSAN DEALER. THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO DRIVE IT IN WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING. THEN 04/24/13 & 04/30/13 THE PROBLEM RECURRED. ON 04/24/13, I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AT THE TIME THAT I ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE. ON 04/30/13, I WAS RIGHT BY AN AUTO ZONE WHEN IT HAPPENED. THEY READ THE CODE WHILE LIGHTS WERE ON, AND SAID THE CODE WAS 1179. AGAIN, THE SAME LIGHTS WERE ON, AND AGAIN, THEY TURNED OFF AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. I CALLED NISSAN SERVICE WHO TOLD ME AGAIN THAT THEY NEED TO READ THE CODE WITH LIGHTS ON. THEY STATED 1179 "MEANT NOTHING TO THEM" BECAUSE IT WASN'T DONE AT A NISSAN DEALER. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS WHO SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING OF THIS PROBLEM. 08/18/13 RECURRENCE OF SAME ISSUE WHILE DRIVING DOWNTOWN CHICAGO IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. BROUGHT IT IN WITH NO LIGHTS ON TO NISSAN SERVICE (WHO HAVE SAID I NEED THE LIGHTS ON TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG). NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE TELLING ME I NEED BRAKE BOOSTER AND TO REPROGRAM ABS = $1100. THAT SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, SHOULD IS WHAT THEY SAID AT SERVICE. I CALLED #2 NISSAN SERVICE, WHO TOLD ME I JUST NEED THE BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACED. CALLED A THIRD DEALER, THEY STATED I JUST NEEDED THE ABS REPROGRAMMED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED AND BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR SUSPENSION WAS CORRODED, CRACKED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. *JB