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2019 Nissan Armada

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Owner complaints for the 2019 Nissan Armada do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 23.

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Limited mileage data: 19 of 73 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

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What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Electrical System. Review the 39 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Service Brakes. Review the 11 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine. Review the 9 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

4 crash reports0 fire reports1 injury reports

Forward Collision Avoidance complaints

7 reports
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Mileage unknown · Apr 28, 2025
Back Over PreventionForward Collision AvoidanceService Brakes

Bci message appears on dash. Then a number of other dash lights (see picture attached)

NHTSA ODI #11657142

Mileage unknown · Aug 24, 2022
Electrical SystemForward Collision Avoidance

Repeatedly drained battery, and won’t start.Nissan dealership Has the worst scheduling system that takes 1 week to get an appointment. Still unknown issue, car turns on, replaced battery worked for one week and then issue appeared again. The Armada drains the battery for no reason. The frontal collision warning comes on while dr…

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Repeatedly drained battery, and won’t start.Nissan dealership Has the worst scheduling system that takes 1 week to get an appointment. Still unknown issue, car turns on, replaced battery worked for one week and then issue appeared again. The Armada drains the battery for no reason. The frontal collision warning comes on while driving even if no car are near and stays on. Car has power but will not start or release the gear to neutral. This has happened on several occasions and then it starts later after a jump. Can’t turn car off or I will get stranded.

NHTSA ODI #11481100

Mileage unknown · Jan 24, 2022
Forward Collision AvoidanceUnknown Or OtherVehicle Speed ControlCrash

12/2/2021 SUV accelerated on its own incident happened in my daughters driveway. SUV is available for inspection I have possession as of 1/22/22 picked up from Nissan dealership. I pulled in the her driveway then I backed up so I would be half on the driveway and half on grass in the event her or her husband needed to leave B…

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12/2/2021 SUV accelerated on its own incident happened in my daughters driveway. SUV is available for inspection I have possession as of 1/22/22 picked up from Nissan dealership. I pulled in the her driveway then I backed up so I would be half on the driveway and half on grass in the event her or her husband needed to leave Backed up the car and soon as I put the car in drive the car accelerated on its own. I pushed my foot on the brake pedal as hard as I could would not stop till it hit my daughters car which then shoved her new car through her garage door. A warning message came up on the screen stating SONAR Malfunction as this was all going on. There was a police report filed that same day. Car was taken to Nissan Dealership We were told to leave the car and contact Nissan Consumer hotline. I called they said they would assign someone to the case and they would call me. The first contact from the Nissan Consumer hotline case manager was1/3/2022. This person was very hard to reach. Called me and Stated inspection would be done in a couple weeks she would contact me when she had a date. She calls me the same day they were doing the inspection. Then called me back on 1/21/2022 to inform me the inspection results were in. Stated they could find anything wrong and were unable to duplicate. When I went to pick up my Nissan SUV we were handed a paper from the inspection did not have any details regarding the test. What did they do to come to the conclusion there is nothing wrong? They code is gone that came up when car was accelerating (sonar malfunction) . They told us the car is safe to drive. I have had so much anxiety about driving period since this incident. Since Nissan stated it’s safe to drive my husband said he would we have no choice The day Nissan called back to inform us of that we’re be a scheduled inspection. I called back forgot to ask a few questions . Is the car safe we can drive this was before inspection results no return call.

NHTSA ODI #11448622

Mileage unknown · Nov 4, 2021
Electrical SystemForward Collision AvoidanceUnknown Or Other

The Armada drains the battery for no reason. The frontal collision warning comes on while driving even if no car are near and stays on. Car has power but will not start or release the gear to neutral. This has happen in several occasions and then it starts later on and no code for draining battery was found at dealer. They try t…

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The Armada drains the battery for no reason. The frontal collision warning comes on while driving even if no car are near and stays on. Car has power but will not start or release the gear to neutral. This has happen in several occasions and then it starts later on and no code for draining battery was found at dealer. They try to blame it on the trailer brake. I remove it and it still does the same. Trailer brake wiring was done at factory. Car only has 20428 miles.

NHTSA ODI #11439405

Mileage unknown · Sep 30, 2021
Electrical SystemForward Collision AvoidanceService Brakes

Vehicle does not recognize that the brake pedal is being depressed when trying to start the car. Pushing the start button only cycles the ignition through the on and acc options. The only way to start the vehicle is to use the remote start function on the FOB. Additionally, the vehicle experiences and displays a BCI malfuncti…

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Vehicle does not recognize that the brake pedal is being depressed when trying to start the car. Pushing the start button only cycles the ignition through the on and acc options. The only way to start the vehicle is to use the remote start function on the FOB. Additionally, the vehicle experiences and displays a BCI malfunction, AEB braking warning, and traction control indicator light is now on. These errors occur while using both key FOBs even after replacing the FOB batteries. There is a Nissan Service Bulletin for replacing the brake light switch for multiple Nissan vehicles.

NHTSA ODI #11434998

15 miles · Mar 22, 2021
Back Over PreventionForward Collision Avoidance

BCI MALFUNCTION EARRING, SHOWS ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED SINCE JANUARY, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHUTS OFF, PRE COLLISION, BACK UP WARNING, CRUISE CONTROL, AND SONAR SYSTEM, ALL GOES OFF. MOREOVER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START, HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKES 3 TO 6 TIME IN ORDER TO TURN THE CAR ON. MORE TO THAT, FEW TIME THE GEAR SEEME…

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BCI MALFUNCTION EARRING, SHOWS ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS ISSUE OCCURRED SINCE JANUARY, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHUTS OFF, PRE COLLISION, BACK UP WARNING, CRUISE CONTROL, AND SONAR SYSTEM, ALL GOES OFF. MOREOVER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START, HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKES 3 TO 6 TIME IN ORDER TO TURN THE CAR ON. MORE TO THAT, FEW TIME THE GEAR SEEMED TO BE STUCK ON PARK AND WOULDN'T SWITCH TO D OR R.

NHTSA ODI #11404335

39,900 miles · Mar 10, 2021
Electrical SystemForward Collision Avoidance

WE HAVE A GROUP OF CUSTOMERS MUST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED A STOP LAMP BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH GONE BAD THAT CAUSES THE COMPUTER TO TROW CODES ABS,TC,COLLISION DISTANCE FROM THE CAR IN FRONT ,BCI MALFUNCTION,DEALERS ARE CHARGING NISSAN CUSTOMERS TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE $200+

NHTSA ODI #11400177

Official recalls

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19V654000 · Back Over Prevention: Sensing System: Camera

Sep 12, 2019

Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX80 vehicles. Additionally included are 2019 Nissan GT-R and Taxi and Infiniti QX50, QX60, Q70, Q70L vehicles. The back-up camera and display settings can be adjusted such that the rear view image is no longer visible and the system will retain that setting the next time the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility."

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: The lack of an image in the back-up camera display increases the risk of a crash.

Remedy: Nissan will notify owners in phases, having dealers update the back-up camera settings software, free of charge. The recall began November 11, 2019 and all affected VINs should be activated. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669 or INFINITI customer service at 1-800-662-6200.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

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