2004 Nissan Crew

I WOULD BE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRUCK WOULD SHAKE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME I WENT IN TO HAVE THEM CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM AT NISSAN OF ELK GROVE I WAS CHEWED OUT ON HOW BAD OF A DRIVER I AM. HE GOT SO LOUD HE WAS CONSIDERED YELLING BY OTHER CUSTOMERS OF NISSAN. HE TOLD ME HOW I MUST HAVE BEEN POWER BRAKING THE TRUCK TO GENERATE THE KIND OF HEAT NECESSARY TO WARP THE ROTORS LIKE THAT. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I BOUGHT THE TRUCK ON DECEMBER 12, 2003 AND THIS WAS HAPPENING APPROXIMATELY ON JANUARY 15, 2004. IT HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. I BOUGHT A TRUCK THAT COST ME $42,000 I HAVE NO REASON TO RUN IT INTO THE GROUND RIGHT OFF THE BAT. I WANT THIS TRUCK TO LAST ME AS LONG AS LAST TRUCK OVER 300,000 MILES. I EVEN USE FULL SYNTHETIC OIL TO HELP PROTECT THE ENGINE. THIS TRUCK HAS HAD THREE COMPLETELY NEW BRAKE SYSTEMS IN IT AND HAS HAD BRAKES AND ROTORS RESURFACED FOUR TIMES. THIS LEAD TO THE TIRES BEING WORN OUT BY 11,000 MILES. IT WAS FUNNY WHEN THERE WAS THREE NISSAN TITANS TO BE REPAIRED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY DENIED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND TOLD ALL OF US WE WERE VERY HARD ON OUR VEHICLES. THE TIRES ALL HAD THE SAME WEAR PATTERNS ALSO. I SENT $800 DOLLARS TO GET NEW TIRES AFTER THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED AND THEY ONLY HAD TO DO ONE MORE BRAKE JOB SINCE AND THE TIRES ARE LESS THAN 50% WORN AND THE TRUCK HAS 31,118 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. I AM WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED. *JB

I RECEIVED LETTER FROM NISSAN CORP ABOUT RECALL ABOUT "BRAKE JUDDER'. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TO COMPLETE RECALL SERVICING BUT FOR THREE MONTHS THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. I CONTINUED TO GET MY VEHICLE SERVICED AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. IN ADDITION TO THE JUDDER RECALL MY BRAKE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AT A LATER DATE BUT THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL WERE STILL UNAVAILABLE. I HAD MY TIRE ROTATED AND BALANCED AT REGULAR SERVICE INTERVALS. AFTER THREE MONTHS, THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AGAIN, WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REGULAR SERVICING THE TECHNICIAN SAID THAT I NEEDED NEW TIRE AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES OF REGULAR TRAVEL. THEY FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN POOR ALIGNMENT, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTED FROM MY MANY SERVICE VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF NISSAN TO CHECK THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BRAKE JUDDER, TO SEE IF IT COULD CAUSE ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS THAT WOULD LEAD TO THIS KIND OF ABNORMAL WEAR. THERE IS NO PROOF AVAILABLE FROM NISSAN THAT THE ALIGNMENT ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE BRAKE JUDDER PROBLEM. I REQUEST A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT THE EFFECTS OF THE BRAKE JUDDER ISSUE WOULD HAVE ON ALIGNMENT OF MY VEHICLE. THE FACT THAT PROBLEM REMAINED UNFIXED ON MY VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE OF UNAVAILABLE PARTS IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT DELAY. *JB

I PURCHASED A NISSAN TITAN IN APRIL 2004. MAY 2004 WITH 1000 MILES ON IT, IT WAS IN TO HAVE BRAKE CALIPERS REPLACED. I DROVE IT 23 MILES AND THE CALIPERS WENT OUT AGAIN. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN IN 4 OTHER TIMES WITH A TERRIBLE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WORSE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. ONE OF THOSE TIMES NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT. THE LAST 3 TIMES ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED (X2), AND THEN THIS LAST TIME THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED, THE BACK ONES TURNED, BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND BOLT CASINGS CHANGED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 17,500 MILES ON IT. IT LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3000-5000 MILES BEFORE THE "BRAKE JUDDER " BEGINS. I PULL A HORSE TRAILER WITH THIS TRUCK AND I WORRY OF THE SAFETY OF THIS AS THE PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY WORSE WITH A LOAD ON THE BACK. OTHER THEN PULLING THE TRAILER THIS TRUCK HAS NO STRESS WITH ONLY CITY AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. *NM

NISSAN'S TITAN BRAKES, ESPECIALLY THE FRONT DISC, FAILED 3 TIMES. THE ROTORS WOULD BUILD UP HEAT, THEN SHIMMY UNDER BRAKING. NISSAN RETRO FIT AN UPGRADE KIT WITH LARGER, VENTED FRONT DISC AND A DIFFERENT BRAKE PAD. THEY ALSO MACHINED THE REAR ROTORS AND INSTALLED NEW PADS. THIS WAS AT 19954 MILES. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS 32200 MILES AND THE BRAKES GRIND UNDER LOAD. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATES THAT THIS IS NORMAL. THE GRINDING IS FELT THROUGH THE PEDAL AND IS ABLE TO BE FELT BY THE PASSENGER VIA THE FLOORBOARD. IT IS ALSO AUDIBLE. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE PAD MATERIAL MAY BE CHANGED, BUT THAT THE SHIMMY WOULD RETURN. THE GRINDING INDICATES ADDITIONAL WEAR ON THE ROTORS, LEADING TO MORE RECURRENT AND MORE COSTLY REPAIRS. THE FEAR OF A FAILURE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE "BREAK PROBLEMS " I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN TO GET THE BREAKS JOBS 10 TIMES IN 40,000. MILES THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM! TO THIS DAY I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE BREAKS AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR NOW. I CAN'T CONTINUE THE OF RISK DRIVING THIS CAR KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT SAFE. *NM

I BOUGHT MY NISSAN TITAN BRAND NEW DECEMBER 2003, MATTER OF FACT I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BUY ONE IN MY COUNTY. WE'VE HAD ALL SORTS OF INTERIOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. FRONT DOOR BOLTS COMING LOSE, WEATHER STRIPING KEPT COMING OFF, HEADLINER ATTACHMENT KEEPS COMING OFF, PLASTIC KNOBS COMING OFF. JUNE 2004 - 6 MONTHS ( 6,548 MILES) AFTER I HAD MY TITAN, I HAD MY BRAKES CHECKED AND ALL THE FLUIDS TOPPED OFF. FEBRUARY 2005 - 8 MONTHS (16, 025 MILES), VEHICLE STARTED TO JUDDER IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING AND MAKING NOISE, FRONT BRAKES WARPED. APRIL 2005 - 2 MONTHS LATER (17, 836 MILES) MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED JUDDERING WHEN BRAKING, FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND MY FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE TO THIN. THEY REPLACED MY BRAKES AT THAT TIME. JUNE 2005 - 2 MONTHS LATER (20,000 MILES) I LOST ALL BRAKES IN THE POURING DOWN RAIN. LUCKILY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHERE I USUALLY DRIVE. FRONT END SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL OFF. HAD TO HAVE THE TRUCK TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 14 DAYS AND IT STILL IS NOT FIXED. I NOTIFIED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA WITH NO RESULTS AS OF YET.

MY SUV WAS NOT EVEN 30 DAYS OLD WHEN I HAD SERIOUS VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING.HAVE TAKEN THE SUV IN FOR SERVICE A MIN OF 10TIMES TO FX THE BRAKES ALONE. DEALER TELLS ME THAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE ROTORS BRAKE PAD BUT EVEN AFTER THEY DID THAT A MONTH LATER I WAS BACK IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME THING. I HEARD A NOISE OF METAL ON METAL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AGAIN GO BACK TO DEALER I NEEDED NIEW FRONT SHOCKS. BACK DOOS WAS CATCHING HAD TO TAKE TAKE IT TO THE DEAL 4 TIMES FOR THEM TO FINALLY FIX PROBLEM. RT FRONT PASSAGER SEAT CONTROL CAME OUT . IT WAS AT TEH DEALER AGAIN 3 TIMES FOR THEM TO FIX THE CONTROLLS. ROOF RATTLES