2005 Nissan Armada

2005 NISSAN ARMADA. MY AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT HAS TURNED ON AND REMAINED ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND WAS RECENTLY SERVICED BY THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP ABOUT A WEEK AGO. PRIOR TO THE ISSUE OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT THE BRAKING SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE INTERMITTENT IN STOPPING THE SUV, WHICH IS ALSO FELT IN THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE BRAKING. I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE. THIS ALL MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SAFETY OF DRIVING. TO MY KNOWLEDGE SIMILAR PROBLEMS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE 2007 AND 2008 NISSANS VEHICLES BUT NOTHING YET FOR MY 05 ARMADA. HOW CAN YOU HELP? I WOULD HATE FOR THESE PROBLEMS TO BE THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT ONE DAY. THESE COMPLAINTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHERS ON YOUR WEB SITE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA THAT IS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHT/BRAKE FAILURE. THE SYMPTOMS HAPPEN AFTER INITIALLY TURNING ON THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH FRONT BRAKE NOISE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL BE VERY "MUSHY", BUT THE VEHICLE WILL STOP. AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, THE ERROR RESETS. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIM THERE ISN'T ANY ERROR CODE STORED SO THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM TO FIX IT. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER INCIDENTS, INCLUDING THIS WEBSITE TO REPORT THIS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN ARMADA SE WHEN COMING UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES TO STOP AND THEY FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL SHUDDERED AND COULD HEAR A METAL SQUEAL COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. SCARED ME TO DEATH. HAD MY INFANT SON WITH ME AND WAS REALLY SHAKEN THAT I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME. SINCE I WASN'T IN A AREA TO WHERE I COULD PULL OVER RIGHT AWAY, I BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STOP LIGHT VERY SLOWLY. WHEN NO CARS WERE AROUND AND I FELT IT SAFE TO APPLY MY BRAKES AGAIN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED! THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON AND I FELT A GRINDING NOISE, AND SHUDDER FEELING WHEN APPLY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I FINALLY PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER RIGHT AWAY AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW TO DEALER. EXPLAINED TO DEALER WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM BEFORE AND THAT NISSAN HAD RELEASED A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT. MY SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A VDC (VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL) MODULE FAILURE. HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES YOU CAN TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURN BACK ON AND IT WILL RESET ITSELF. VERY SCARY!!! I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED MY ARMADA AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED AND IT WOULD COST ME $115 TO FIX. I THINK NISSAN WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO ISSUE A RECALL ABOUT THIS SITUATION. I WOULD HATE TO BE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75 MPH AND HAVE TO APPLY MY BRAKES SUDDENLY AND HAVE THEM NOT WORK PROPERLY OR SCARY YET SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND APPLYING BRAKES, THE BRAKES SUDDENLY BEGAN TO GRIND AND SHUTTER VERY LOUDLY AND WOULDN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY - IT WAS AS IF THEY WERE LOCKED UP. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO COME TO A STOP BY DOWN SHIFTING AND APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. ALL THE WHILE IT WAS GRINDING TERRIBLY. I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE BRAKES WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR - BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005. I PROCEEDED VERY SLOWLY TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP (RPM AUTOMOTIVE) WHERE THEY DID A COMPUTER CHECK ON THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THEY HAD SEEN THIS SAME PROBLEM ON SEVERAL ARMADAS ALREADY THIS YEAR. THE REFERRED ME TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE "CODE" NUMBER NEEDED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY THAT I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP FEELS THAT THIS IS NO BIG DEAL AND THE BRAKES WILL BE FINE ONCE THEY FIX THE COMPUTER. I AM VERY FRIGHTENED ABOUT DRIVING IT AGAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA. WHENEVER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS HAD GROOVES IMPRINTED ON THEM FROM THE BRAKE PADS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,575 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500. UPDATED 6/9/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE ROTORS AND BRAKES CONTINUE TO GO BAD. UPDATED 06/09/08

I ROUNDED A CORNER AT ABOUT 35 MPH (PULLING A TRAILER) AND MY ANTILOCK BRAKES SYSTEM WENT HAYWIRE. THE BRAKES WERE PULSING MADLY, AND THE TRUCK SLOWED SLIGHTLY. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I COULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK!! LUCKILY, NOBODY WAS ON THE STREET AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF WHILE STILL MOVING ABOUT 25 MPH AND RESTART THE ENGINE AT WHICH TIME THE SYSTEM RESET ITSELF. UPON GOING TO THE NISSAN DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VCD SYSTEM (BRAKE ACTUATOR) NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND THAT THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM FROM NISSAN. I'M APPALLED THAT THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM WHERE THE DRIVER CANNOT CONTROL THE BRAKES OR STOP THE VEHICLE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, YET THERE IS NO RECALL, OR ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY OWNERS... SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT AS A RESULT OF THIS. NOT TO MENTION THAT NISSAN MADE ME PAY $170.00 TO REPROGRAM THIS FAULTY CRITICAL COMPONENT... OWNERS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT. *TR

HAD A NEAR MISS VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO THE VDC (VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL) MODULE/COMPUTER FAILURE AND CAUSED BRAKE SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION AND NOT STOP CAR. WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH +/- IN A LEFT TURN LANE AND TRIED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. THE BRAKES DID NOT GRAB RIGHT, HAD A SEVERE METAL SQUEAL. THE BRAKE PEDAL SHUDDERED. THE CAR WENT THROUGH THE STOP LINE INTO THE INTERSECTION AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE ONE CAR COMING HEAD ON WAS ABLE TO STOP. THEY MADE AN EMERGENCY STOP. HAD TO TURN LEFT INTO THE PARKING LOT AND TO A CLEAR AREA IN THE LOT TO LET VEHICLE SLOW ON ITS OWN AND FINALLY STOP. VEHICLE BRAKE LAMP WAS LIT ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK AND LIGHT STAYED LIT. PUT VEHICLE BACK IN DRIVE AND TESTED BRAKES. THEY STILL WOULD NOT BRAKE CORRECTLY AND HAD THAT LOUD NOISE WITH A SHUDDER FELT ON THE PEDAL. CALLED THE DEALER WHERE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SAME COMPLAINT 2 TIMES. THEY ASKED IF I COULD DRIVE IT IN, I SAID NO AND HAD TO PAY FOR A TOW. WHEN CAR WAS AT DEALER AND RESTARTED BRAKE LIGHT WAS OFF AND NO PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. DEALER DID A CHECK OF CODES FROM ONBOARD COMPUTER. HAD A C-1179. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS COMPLAINT AND THE VDC FAILURE. THERE WAS A TSB FOR THIS CONDITION, IT HAD BEEN OUT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR IN FOR A COMPLAINT OF SUDDEN BRAKE PEDAL SHUDDER AND SCREECH NOISE 2 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. NISSAN DEALER SAID IT WAS A BRAKE AND ROTOR PROBLEM AND HAD A TSB FOR THE REPLACEMENT. DEALER DID TSB WORK FOR A BRAKE JUDDER 2 TIMES. TOLD DEALER THIS WAS THE WORST TIME THIS HAPPENED. THAT PRIOR TIMES THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS GONE WHEN WE RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE BRAKE PROBLEM WAS GONE. BOUGHT CAR PRE-OWNED. CAR SHOWED A BRAKE ROTOR TSB WAS DONE. CURRENT DEALER PERFORMED 2 MORE BRAKE ROTOR TSB'S. I QUESTION WHETHER OTHER COMPLAINTS OF A BRAKE PEDAL SHUDDER VS JUDDER IS NOT A MILD FORM OF THE VDC FAILURE? THANKS TO THE OTHER DRIVER ON BEING ALERT AND MAKING THIS A NEAR MISS ACCIDENT AND NOT A FULL ON COLLISION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT'S MOTHER OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING ABOVE 40 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED, THE BRAKE ICON ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE MAKES A HARD STOP AND THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER THREE TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN ARMADA, PUSHED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP ONLY TO FIND THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES MADE A "GRINDING" NOISE AND I WAS ABLE TO PUT IN NEUTRAL UNTIL STOPPED AND THEN TO PARK. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, AND PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG AND I WAS OK TO KEEP DRIVING! *TR