2005 Nissan Armada

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA, AND WHEN I DROVE THE SUV AND SUDDENLY I HEARD THE BRAKE MAKE A GRINDING LOUD NOISE AND THE BRAKES LOCKED IN. THEN THE BRAKE LIGHT TURNS ON AND THE MASTER CYLINDER FOR THE BRAKE SYSTEM JUST LOCKED IN. I WAS DRIVING 15 MILES IN THE PARKING LOT. I THEN CHANGED THE BRAKE FLUID AND MASTER CYLINDER. THE BRAKES STILL LOCKED IN. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA AND THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT THE SUV. INITIALLY IT WAS ONLY WARPED ROTORS AND EXCESSIVE BRAKE PAD WEAR, BUT NOW THE BRAKES HAVE NEARLY FAILED ON ME THREE TIMES. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, IT APPEARS THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES KICK IN, THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSES FURTHER, AND A LOUD GROANING NOISE CAN BE HEARD EMANATING FROM THE BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN THE RAIN UNDER VERY MODERATE BRAKING CONDITION (PARKING LOT CONDITIONS) AND WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE HAS BEEN USED DUE TO PARKING ON A HILL. WHEN THE EVENT OCCURS THE PARKING LIGHT , THE SLIP, AND VDC LIGHTS COMES ON. *TR

WE HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA (WHICH WAS PURCHASED NEW) IT HAS HAD AN ISSUE WHERE THE "BRAKE" LIGHT COMES ON AND THERE IS RAPID PULSATING/GRINDING NOISE FROM THE BRAKE SYSTEM. DURING THIS EVENT, THE BRAKE STOPPING DISTANCE IS SEVERELY IMPACTED AND BRAKING IS DANGEROUSLY INCONSISTENT. WE HAVE BROUGHT VEHICLE INTO NISSAN DEALER AND BEEN TOLD BECAUSE THERE "IS NO CURRENT STORED CODE" THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR US AND THAT WE NEEDED "TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN WHILE THIS EVENT OCCURRED", SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT HAPPENED. THERE IS NO WAY IT WOULD BE REMOTELY SAFE TO DO SO!!!! NISSAN YOU ARE REQUESTING A VERY UNSAFE PROCEDURE!!!!!! EACH TIME THIS BRAKE ISSUE HAS HAPPENED (AT LEAST 6 WITH MY WIFE AND 1 WITH ME), WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND TURN IT OFF. IN DOING SO IT APPEARS THE VEHICLE "RESET" AND ONCE TURNED BACK ON THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. HERE ARE OUR OCCURRENCES: - ONCE ON/OR AROUND 9/2005- DIDN'T THINK MUCH AT THIS POINT AS WE ALREADY HAD HEARD ABOUT ISSUES WITH ROTORS AND THOUGHT THAT WAS CONNECTED - 4/23/2007- WENT TO DEALER - 8/13/2008- CALLED DEALER TOLD TO DRIVE IT IN WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING BY DEALER - RIGHT BEFORE 10/8/2008 ON 10/8 WE BROUGHT INTO DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM AND A COUPLE OTHER ISSUES - 5/14/2009 - 5/18/2009 - 5/26/2009 IT HAPPENED TO ME WITH BOTH OF MY GRADE SCHOOL BOYS ON VACATION IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE VEHICLE HAD A VERY CLEAR ISSUE AND I HAD TO MAKE SOME TOUGH TRAFFIC NEGOTIATIONS TO GET OFF OF THE FREEWAY. ONCE OFF I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND SAT THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I TURNED IT BACK ON AND LUCKILY MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I WILL BE SPEAKING WITH THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AGAIN, TO GIVE THEM ONE LAST CHANCE TO TRY AND FIX THIS ISSUE. THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING AS OF YET AND APPEAR TO LACK ANY INTEREST IN FIXING THIS PROBLEM. TAKE A LOOK AT ANY FORUMS OR CAR COMPLAINT WEB-SITES THERE ARE NUMEROUS SUCH COMPLAINTS FOR SAME ISSUE. *TR

I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON, THE VEHICLES BRAKE SYSTEM WAS ACTING ERRATIC EVERY TIME I PRESSED ON THE PEDAL. SEEMS LIKE THE ABS TOOK OVER AND ASSUMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOOSING TRACTION. THE LIGHT STAYED ON AND SO WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM AS I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. I PULLED OVER TO THE CURB AND TURNED OFF THE CAR, WALKED AROUND ASSUMING SOMETHING WAS UNDER THE CAR AND THERE WAS NOTHING. STARTED THE CAR AND THE AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH WENT AWAY AND SO DID THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE AND IS VERY UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THERE IS A FORUM ON NISSANHELP WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ISSUE AS IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE LIGHT COMES ON UNEXPECTEDLY AND GOES AWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED AND UNTRACEABLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED BECAUSE BRAKE PRESSURE IS LOST. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. HE NORMALLY PULLS OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNS OFF THE VEHICLE TO ALLOW THE ABS LIGHT TO RESET. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKES AND THE ABS WAS NOT AT FAULT. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE BRAKES OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED BY REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY. ALSO, WHILE IN TRAFFIC, THE ELECTRICAL PARKING BRAKE SPONTANEOUSLY ENGAGED ITSELF AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE HALT. THE DEALER STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $600 TO REPAIR THE PARKING BRAKE. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000. UPDATED 05/13/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM 8 TIMES. UPDATED 05/13/09.*JB

BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES SOFTLY AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A DEEP, MECHANICAL GROAN. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT UNTIL I REACHED MY FIRST STOP. I APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE AND THE SOUND WAS THERE AGAIN. MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND THEY KEPT ASKING WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. I DECIDED IT WOULD BE SAFER TO TAKE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE-STREETS. I PROCEEDED VERY, VERY SLOWLY BECAUSE THE BREAKS WERE UNPREDICTABLE AT THAT POINT. I WAS SCARED TO APPLY ALL THE PRESSURE BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT IF I PRESSED AS I NORMALLY DO , THE BRAKES WOULD JUST GIVE OUT, SO I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE VERY LIGHTLY, WHICH ONLY MADE IT WORSE BECAUSE THE SOFTER I PRESSED THE LESS IT FUNCTIONED, THE PEDAL JUST KEPT GOING DOWN- MAKING THAT DEEP METAL-GRINDING NOISE, IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE BREAKS TO ACTUALLY KICK IT AND STOP THE VEHICLE. I DROVE ON EGG-SHELLS THE REST OF THE WAY HOME, THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC AT THE TIME, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. I FEAR THIS HAPPENING IN THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TRAGIC- ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *TR

REGARDING 2005 NISSAN ARMADA BRAKE ISSUE...I WAS DRIVING REACHING TO THE SPEED OF 35MPH AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP AT INTERSECTION I NOTICE THAT MY BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS NO BRAKES. YOU COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END LIKE METAL GRINDING. I PULLED OVER THE A PARKING LOT AND CHECK UNDER THE HOOD TO SEE IF THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW, BUT IT WAS FULL. DROVE THE CAR THE ELK GROVE NISSAN AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. IN RESPONSE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM AND CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AND DRIVE IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY CAN PULL THE COLD. I TOLD THEM THAT THEY ARE CRAZY, BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I CAN PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER BY DRIVING THE SUV THERE WITHOUT PROPER BRAKES. THEY TOLD ME AT THE TIME, THEY CAN NOT HELP ME UNTIL THE LIGHT COMES BACK ON. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE'S A RECALL OR BULLETIN OUT FOR THIS AND THEY TOLD ME NO. FURTHER INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS BECAUSE TONS OF PEOPLE WHO OWNS THIS MODEL COULD DIE FROM ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE SUV HAVING THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, PROPER PROTOCOL NEEDS TO BE FOLLOW WITH THE MFG AND DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS ISSUE. PLEASE ADVISE. THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FIX THE DARN PROBLEM BEFORE MANY LIVES ARE LOST DUE TO THIS MATTER. THEY NEED TO SEEK PROPER PROCEDURES BEFORE A BIG LAW SUIT IS IN PLACE. *TR