2005 Nissan Armada

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE I STARTED TO HEAR A METAL ON METAL SQUEALING NOISE. MY PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE THINKING I HAD FORGOTTEN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE. HOWEVER, IT DIDN'T WORK. AFTER DRIVING AGAIN I COULDN'T USE THE BRAKES SO I CALLED THE TOW AND WENT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP I WAS USING BEFORE. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A BRAKE BOOSTER REPLACEMENT. THIS WAS ALMOST $1000! I ASKED IF IT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD YES AND THAT I NEEDED TO FIX IT BEFORE IT CAUSED A FATALITY. OF COURSE THIS SCARED ME AND I TOLD THEM TO FIX WHATEVER WAS NEEDED. TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS LATER AND A FEW MONTHS AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENING AGAIN. WHEN I NOTIFIED NISSAN THEY HAVE BEEN TOO "BUSY" AND SAID TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. UM, EXCUSE ME I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR! THE NONCHALANT ATTITUDE, COUPLED WITH THE SUBPAR RESOLUTION, HAS ME FURIOUS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY OR THINK. I FEEL HELPLESS. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE, IT'S COMPLETELY PAID OFF AND I DON'T HAVE ROOM TO GET ANOTHER ONE. I'M WITH THE OTHER POSTS HERE THAT NISSAN SHOULD VALUE OUR PATRONAGE AND LOOK INTO A FIX FOR THIS. IF THAT HAPPENS TO BE A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE THEN SO BE IT. BUT, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SOON BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE. *TR

I WAS IN A SCHOOL ZONE PICKING UP MY DAYCARE KIDS. AS SOON AS I TOOK OFF THE PARKING BRAKE AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT SHOWED THE BRAKE LIGHT ON. CONFUSED I CHECKED EVERYTHING AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME. AS I REACHED THE STOP SIGN WITH A CROSSING GUARD ESCORTING KIDS ACROSS I REALLY HAD TO PUSH DOWN ON THE BRAKE AND A LOUD CRUNCHING LIKE METAL TO METAL AND SHAKING OCCURRED. IT SCARED THE DAY LIGHTS OUT OF ME! I TURNED THE CORNER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE TOOK A DEEP BREATH. I TOOK THE STREETS HOME AND DROVE VERY SLOW PRAYING THAT WHEN I WOULD COME TO A STOP SIGN THAT MY BRAKES WOULD WORK. I GET TO MY OTHER STOP TO PICK UP MY CHILD FROM HER BUS STOP. COMING TO THE STOP STILL HAVE ALL THE GRINDING NOISE AND PRAYING IT WILL STOP. I TURNED OFF MY CAR AND WAITED FOR THE BUS. I WAIT FOR ALL THE KIDS TO CROSS AND COMPLETELY CLEAR THE AREA. I STARED MY CAR AND WHAT I COULDN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I CAME HOME CALLED MY HUSBAND HE CALLED THE DEALER AND I BEGAN TO RESEARCH. TO MY DISBELIEF THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE CODE:C1179 DELTA SENSOR AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. MOST PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF PURCHASE A LARGE VEHICLE BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO DRIVE AROUND, LIKE MY KIDS I WATCH RANGING FROM 1-12YRS. THIS FLOORS ME! I WAS AT A CROSS WALK WHEN THIS HAPPENED WITH KIDS CROSSING WHAT IF I COULDN'T STOP I WOULD OF HIT THE KIDS!!!! WHAT IF I CRASHED I HAD THREE OTHER KIDS THAT I WATCHED IN THE CAR WITH ME. IT IS DISGUSTING TO ME THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS!! TO MY FEAR SOMETHING WILL FATALLY HAPPEN FOR YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS!!!. OH AND NOT TO MENTION YOU HAVE NO WARNING WHEN THIS OCCURS AND WHEN U TURN OFF YOUR CAR ITS LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. COME TO FIND OUT IT RESETS THE CODE. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE READING OTHERS IT HAPPENS AGAIN! RECALL!!! *TR

PROBLEM WITH CAR ACCELERATING SPONTANEOUSLY WHEN BRAKE BOOSTER SENSOR FAILS AT RANDOM TIMES. INITIAL PROBLEM WITH BRAKE PEDDLE GOING SOFT AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM GETS ACTIVATED WHEN BRAKING TRYING TO DO STANDARD BRAKING. THE BRAKE LIGHT TURNS ON, THE PEDDLE GOES TO THE FLOOR, BRAKES ARE NOT NORMAL AND VERY TOUCHY AND THE CAR SHUDDERS VICIOUSLY TO A STOP WHILE. LOUD NOISE IS SCARY WHILE BRAKES NOT FIRING IN THE USUAL PEDDLE POSITION AND FEEL LIKE MUSH. NOW IN JANUARY A NEW SITUATION STARTED OCCURRING WHEN THE BRAKE BOOSTER WOULD FAIL IS THAT THE ARMADA WOULD ALSO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE ON PRESSING THE BRAKE. I WENT TO STOP MY ARMADA'S AND THE ENGINE SURGED ITS RPMS WHILE THE ANTI-LOCK RELAYS WERE FIRING. I STOOD ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE WITH MY EVERY MUSCLE IN MY BODY TO TRY TO GET THE NISSAN ARMADA TO STOP. I COULD NOT SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BECAUSE THE SHIFTING LOCK SEEMED TO ENGAGED. I ENDED UP TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP. I CALLED NISSAN AMERICA TO REPORT THIS ISSUE. ALSO STOPPED BY THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE MANAGE INFORMED ME THAT THE BRAKING ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY THE DELTA SENSOR IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND WAS A KNOW ISSUE BUT THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HEARD ABOUT THE SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED AND THAT HE ONLY HAD HEARD ABOUT THE SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT HIGHER SPEEDS. HE SAID THIS WAS CAUSED ALSO BY THE DELTA SENSOR IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I THINK I UNDERSTOOD HIM IN SAYING THAT WHEN THIS SENSOR FAILS IT ALLOWS THE BOOSTER TO INJECT AIR INTO THE INTAKE THAT CAUSES THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. I REPLACED MY BRAKE BOOSTER YESTERDAY TO FIND TODAY THAT MY ARMADA HAS THE SAME DEADLY ISSUE! PLEASE HAVE NISSAN FIX THIS KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT (20 MPH) AND SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN AND THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE, AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. HE LEFT ME A NOTE TELLING ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR IN THE MORNING - "SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE BRAKES". WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO CHECK IT IN THE MORNING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKES. WE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY.TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS PULLING INTO PARKING LOT (2MPH), THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, CLUNKING NOISE, BRAKES DID NOT WORK.AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND READING THESE COMPLAINTS AND SEEING THAT ONCE YOU RESTART THE CAR THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY, I WENT OUT TO START THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WORKED FINE. NOW 2 WEEKS LATER, BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY LAST NIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, CLUNKING NOISE AND BRAKES DID NOT WORK. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SOLD ME THE CAR AND HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. I CALLED A DISTRICT MANAGER AT CARMAX AND HE, TOO, WAS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. HAPPENING 3 TIMES IN 5 WEEKS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I CAN NOT LET MY CHILDREN DRIVE THE CAR. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. CAN'T BELIEVE NISSAN WON'T RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM. I MAY GET AN ATTORNEY. CLASS ACTION? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AS THE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE ONLY DECELERATED AFTER AN EXTENDED TIME FRAME. THE FAILURE RECURRED ELEVEN SUBSEQUENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO CAUSE FOR FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND TRAFFIC CAME TO A HALT. WHEN SHE WENT TO APPLY HER BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ARMADA WOULD NOT STOP. SHE SWERVED INTO THE GRASS AND IT FINALLY ROLLED TO A STOP. PUMPING THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND THERE WAS A BRAKE LIGHT THAT CAME ON AND IT WAS MAKING A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND. SHE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES TO COLLECT HER THOUGHTS AND WHEN SHE TURNED IT BACK ON EVERYTHING WAS O.K. NO LIGHT, NO BRAKE PROBLEMS. FROM WHAT I READ ON-LINE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND OR A RECALL FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITH THE SIMILAR INCIDENT IN JUNE 2013. WHILE DRIVING, BRAKE LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH BOARD. EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT ENGAGED. WE EXITED THE FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY. LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN BRAKES IS APPLIED. THE BRAKE PEDAL IS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IT TOOK AWHILE TO COMPLETELY STOP.THANK GOD. WE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD IS GONE AND BRAKE IS FINE AGAIN. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESSED BY NISSAN. LIFE IS REALLY AT STAKE HERE. *TR

SIMILAR TO OTHER OWNER COMPLAINTS, I WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 NISSAN ARMADA AND ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS FOR A YEAR NOW TRYING TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THIS. MY BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, ETC. ARE ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I RECENTLY HAD THE VDC CONTROL UNIT REPROGRAMMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NTB06-040 TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AT THE SUGGESTION OF MY MECHANIC. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE CONDITION, AND THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AS THE LIGHT CAME ON THE BRAKES GAVE AN ANTI-LOCK TYPE RESPONSE. AS THIS WAS HAPPENING, WE WERE TRYING TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SLOW DOWN, BECAUSE IF THIS ONGOING REACTION THOUGH, OUR BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 25% BRAKING POWER. THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO MY WIFE ON THE ROAD AS SHE WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MILES AND HOUR. EXACT SAME ISSUE ONLY TWO DAYS EARLIER. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ONLINE IT IS A DEFECTIVE DELTA STROKE SENSOR AND BRAKE BOOSTER. AND SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON IN THE ARMADA, TITAN, AND INFINITI QX VEHICLES. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AT A STOP LIGHT AND WE CAN'T STOP WE WOULD ROLL RIGHT INTO THE INTERSECTION, CREATING A HAZARD TO US AND OUR CHILDREN. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE ISSUE IS TO TURN OF THE CAR AND IT REBOOTS TO SAYING THE BRAKE IS OFF. *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT ON MY BRAKES ON THERE WAS THIS GRINDING SOUND AND MY BRAKE PEDAL SHUTTERED AND THERE WAS A SOUND LIKE A SPRING BEING POPPED. MY HUSBAND SAID THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ABS SYSTEM AND I HAVE READ ONLINE WHERE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THERE VEHICLE BUT NISSAN WONT ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF THE PROBLEM GO AWAY UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THAT IT HAPPENS. *TR