2007 Nissan Armada

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ARMADA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND TOOK A LONGER DISTANCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. UPDATED 09/06/16*LJ

APPLIED THE BRAKES WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD GRINDING SOUND FROM THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. ALSO, MADE A STRANGE SOUND LIKE A SPRING. PUMPING BRAKES AND PUSHING THEM REALLY HARD DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THE BRAKES HAD ALMOST NO EFFECT IN STOPPING THE CAR. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED THIS TIME, BUT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED A MINUTE EARLIER ON THE STEEP HILL WE LIVE ON THE RESULT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN THE BRAKES APPEAR TO WORK FINE. A QUICK SEARCH TURNS UP MANY OTHER NISSAN OWNERS WITH THE SAME EXPERIENCE WHEN THIS BRAKE SYSTEM GLITCHES. THIS IS A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM THAN THE TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM DISABLES THE BRAKES WHEN IT OCCURS!! ALSO, MANY OWNERS REPORT THAT THE NISSAN TSB INSTRUCTIONS TO RE-PROGRAM ABS AND ECM COMPUTERS DOES NOT RELIABLY FIX THIS PROBLEM AS MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED REOCCURENCES AFTER THIS REMEDY. NISSAN NEEDS TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL AND ENSURE A RELIABLE REMEDY FOR BRAKE FAILURE OR SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED BY THIS.

INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) DROVE 2007 NISSAN ARMADA SE W/ MILEAGE 30,756 AND HAVE NOTICED IN THE MONTHS PRIOR THAT WHEEL SHAKES WHEN COMING TO A STOP BUT THOUGHT THE TRUCK NEEDED ALIGNMENT, GOT IT ALIGNED AND PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. YESTERDAY 4/10/2010 WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN I GOT TO SUPER TARGET AND AS I WENT INTO THE ENTRANCE AND CAME TO THE STOP SIGN I NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN. TRUCK BARELY STOPPED AND MADE A VERY LOUD GRINDING SOUND LIKE THE ABS WAS FAILING. I PULLED OVER AS CUSTOMERS AT THE STORE WERE ALL LOOKING AT MY TRUCK BECAUSE THE NOISE WAS VERY LOUD. ALSO BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. I THEN GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND INSPECTED FOR BRAKE FLUID PROBLEMS AND SUCH AND FOUND NOTHING. I CALLED NISSAN "MAROONE NISSAN OF DELRAY" AT AROUND 1:35PM AND THE SERVICE GUY THERE [XXX] TOLD ME TO TURN TRUCK OFF AND ON. I DID, THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OFF. WAS ADVISED IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM. TRUCK WAS FINE TO DRIVE. I TOLD THEM I WAS NOT DRIVING A DEATH TRAP AND HAD THE TRUCK TOWED VIA BLAKES TOWING THROUGH ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. MAROONE NISSAN SAID TRUCK IS 2 WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY, WILL SEE ABOUT PROBLEM. IF PROBLEM IS FOUND, THEY WILL CONTACT NISSAN TO SEE IF THEY WILL FIX IT FOR FREE IF IT'S A BOOSTER BRAKE PROBLEM, IF NOT I WILL JUST HAVE TO DRIVE UNTIL IT ACTS UP. MY BIGGEST FEAR, BRAKES GOING OUT ON HIGHWAY OR IN TOWN, NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP THIS 8K LB. TRUCK AND POSSIBLY DYING OR KILLING SOMEONE BECAUSE MY TRUCK CANT STOP. ONCE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF THE COMPUTER RESETS - NOBODY WOULD EVER KNOW IT WAS THE BRAKES. AND I AM TERRIFIED OF THAT BECAUSE I HAVE (2) SMALL CHILDREN AND A TEENAGER. I DRIVE DAILY. I BEG FOR YOUR HELP GETTING THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED. [XXX] *TR

HAVING ISSUE WITH BRAKES, MY BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND I GET THE AWFUL SQUEALING SOUND. MY BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. BUT WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES THIS WEEK. I HAVE SPOKEN TO TWO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES. ALSO I CHECKED AN ONLINE FORUM FOR ARMADA OWNERS (CLUBARMADA.COM) AND THE PROBLEM IS LISTED THEIR ALSO. *TR

SINCE APPROXIMATELY 34,000 MILES I HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. PERIODICALLY WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES. THE BRAKES BEGIN TO GROAN, ARE SPONGY, HAVE REDUCED BRAKING POWER, AND MAKE A SOUND LIKE A LARGE SPRING BEING RELEASED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES THESE SYMPTOMS UNTIL THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. THE SPEED AT WHICH THE EVENT OCCURS VARIES FROM 5 TO 50MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED AN AVERAGE OF ONCE EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEKS SINCE MAY 2007. IF THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN THE SYSTEM RESETS AND PERFORMS NORMALLY. EACH TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP NO PROBLEM CODES COULD BE FOUND AND THERE WERE NO SYMPTOMS. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHILE THE MALFUNCTION WAS OCCURRING AND TAKE A TEST DRIVE WITH A TECHNICIAN. HIS FIRST WORDS UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE WERE ?SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE THE ABS ACTING UP.? HE THEN CHECKED FOR CODES AND FOUND C1179. THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE ABS UNDER NTB06-040 PROGRAM. ONE WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEKS SINCE. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR IN AGAIN WHILE MALFUNCTIONING AND THE SAME PROBLEM CODE C1179 WAS FOUND EVEN AFTER THE TSB FIX. *TR