2004 Nissan Armada SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN FROM HIGH SPEED VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY. *AK

DT: CALLER SAID THAT 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, WHEN HE HITS THE BRAKES THE CAR SHOOK. THE CALLER HAD THE PROBLEM FIXED, AND 3 MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. HE HAD IT FIXED AGAIN AND 3 MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CALLER HAD IT FIXED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. THE DEALER ROTATED THE ROTORS, AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY WERE STILL LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND WHAT WENT WRONG. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CALLER TO CONTACT NHTSA. THE CALLER BELIEVED THAT HE WAS COVERED UNDER THE LEMON LAW. THE MANUFACTURER GAVE THE CALLER CASE #4992811. *AK THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE SO BAD THAT IT WAS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED HIS MONEY BACK. THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND ON ANOTHER REPAIR VISIT THE ROTORS WERE FOUND DISTORTED. *SC

DT: THE BRAKES WERE TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE PADS. THE SECOND TIME THEY SHAVED THE ROTORS. *JB WHILE BRAKING THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND THE BRAKED MADE NOISE. *NM

THE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THE ROTORS WERE TURNED TWICE. A NEW WAS PUT ON THE VEHICLE, THEN ANOTHER KIT THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO RETURNED AFTER 3,000 MILES. *AK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THERE WAS A PULSATION AND THE STEERING VIBRATED. *JB

ON THREE OCCASSIONS, AT MILEAGE 7500, 15000, AND 22000, THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE WARPED ON MY NISSAN PATHFINDER ARMANDA 4WD, CAUSING DANGEROUS STEERING AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS INCORRECTLY SIZED BRAKE PADS WHICH HEAT UP AND WARP THE ROTORS. NISSAN HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM IN EACH CASE BY GRINDING AND/OR REPLACING THE ROTORS. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE "ARMADA BRAKE ISSUE".

DT: 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES , AND THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM, AND THEY WERE ONLY FIXING THIS IN SHORT TERM. IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. CONSUMER SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND GOING DOWN HILLS, AND SOON AS TAKING FOOT OFF THE GAS AND GOING TO APPLY THE BRAKES FRONT WHEELS, STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL SHAKE VERY BADLY. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO STOP. *AK

PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN ARMADA, JUNE 2004 8/04 TECH FOUND FRONT ROTORS TO BE WARPED CAUSING PULSATION, RESURFACED FRONT ROTORS 1/05TECH FOUND FRONT ROTORS NEEDING TO BE CUT, AND HARDWARE REPLACED, RESURFASED FRONT ROTORS, REPLACED ALL HARDWARE 4/05TECH VERIFIED BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT, RESURFACED BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS 6/05 AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN ARMADA 11/2004. PROGRESSIVELY GREATER SHIMMY/JUTTER WHILE BRAKING. UNSAFE FEEL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. BRAKE FAILURE COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE UNDERDESIGNED COMPONENTS FOR VEHICLE WEIGHT AS STATED BY NISSAN DEALER ON 5/27/05. DEALER TURNED ROTORS, REPLACED PADS, STATED "THIS WAS NOT A PERMANENT FIX". THIS ALL DONE WITHIN 8000 MILES.

OCTOBER 5, 2005 RE: VIN# [XXX] (2004 NISSAN ARMADA) THE BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE AND DO NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO STOP. WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FROM NISSAN DISCLOSING ANY BRAKE ISSUES OR CONCERNS. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE ONES TO INFORM THE DEALER OF OUR PROBLEMS EACH TIME EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A NISSAN BULLETIN IN EXISTENCE. LAST MONTH (SEPTEMBER, 2005) WAS THE FIRST TIME WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN WITH RESPECT TO THE BRAKES AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ALL OF THE NISSAN ARMADA OWNERS THAT THEY WILL ALLOW UNLIMITED MILEAGE/OR UP TO 36 MONTHS TO FIX ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE BRAKES. AFTER FOUR TIMES GETTING THE BRAKES FIXED THE BRAKES ARE STILL DEFECTIVE. THE BRAKES ARE A HAZARD TO ME AND MY FAMILY AS WELL AS TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE BRAKES VIBRATE INTENSELY AND CAUSES THE WHOLE CAR TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE NOT JUST THE STEERING WHEEL. IT IS HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE ITSELF IS HARD TO CONTROL. MY WIFE AND MY CHILD ARE NOT RIDING IN THE VEHICLE AT ALL AND WE HAD BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE TO HAVE AS OUR NEW SAFE FAMILY VEHICLE BUT IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. WE HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS ALLOWED UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS NEW CAR LEMON LAW AND OTHER POSSIBLE OPTIONS INCLUDING COURT ACTION. JUST YESTERDAY ON OCTOBER 4TH, I (DINO) WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WAS ALMOST IN A THREE CAR ACCIDENT I HAD APPLIED MY BRAKES GOING 50 MPH TO AVOID A ANOTHER CAR CHANGING LANES WITHOUT A SIGNAL AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID THE CAR THE BRAKES VIBRATED SO MUCH AND THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WHOLE CAR SHOOK, I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SPUN AROUND TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE THANKFULLY, AND WAS NOT HIT FROM BEHIND. I AM FORMALLY INFORMING THE NHTSA OF THIS AND AM PRAYING THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD BEFORE ACCIDENTS OCCUR AND GOD FORBID SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. [XXX], [XXX] [XXX], [XXX],[XXX], [XXX]. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT: CONTACT OWNED A 2004 NISSAN ARMADA. T WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES FRONT END SHAKES. THE PEOPLE AT NISSAN'S CORPORATE OFFICE THOUGHT THIS WAS NOT A BIG DEAL BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT RECALL. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNMENT BECAME INVOLVED, AND THAT WAS WHY CONSUMER ENLISTING Y HELP. I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FRONT ROTORS IN FEBRUARY OF 2004. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WHO FIXED THE PROBLEM BY ROTATING THE ROTORS. THEN , ON JUNE. I HAD SAME THE SAME PROBLEM . CALLED THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AGAIN AND THEY CHECKED THE FRONT END AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE ARMADA, AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART FOR THE VEHICLE, AND THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE WEEKS. THREE WEEKS WERE UP SATURDAY JULY 16. CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON JULY 15 AND SPOKE WITH SOMEONE FROM SERVICE. HE ADVISED CONSUMER T THAT THEY COULD NOT TELL WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FIX THE TRUCK BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT ORDER THE PARTS FROM NISSAN. ALSO, THEY HAVE A STACK OF ORDER FORMS, AND IF CONSUMER CAME IN ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO THEN SHE WOULD HAVE HAD ABOUT 7 OR 8 PEOPLE AHEAD. WHEN CONSUME R TOLD HIM THAT SHE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND IT DID NOT MAKE HER FEEL ANY BETTER TO KNOW THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED. DEALER THEN SAID THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE. CONSUMER ASKED HIM HOW COULD IT BE SAFE WHEN THE FRONT END SHAKES. *AK *NM

FRONT BRAKES OVERHEATING CAUSING PREMATURE ROTOR WARPAGE AND STEERING "JUDDER". *JB

MAJOR PROBLEM WITH BRAKES ON MY 2004 NISSAN ARMADA:3 TIMES ALREDY I HAVE HAD WARPED ROTORS AND NOW AFTER LESS THEN 2000 MILES I HAVE TO DO IT AGAN.WHEN IT HAPPEND 2ND TIME IN SUMMER THE WATING FOR REPLASEMENT DISKS, PADS AND CALIPER WAS MORE THEN 4 WEEKS.ONE DAY I GOT MY FRONT BRAKES LOCK-UP THEY WELDED TO DISKS AND I CAN NOT DRIVE.I CAN'T KEEP GOING IN EVERY 3K MILES TO HAVE A BRAKE JOB.ESPECIALY AFTER 6K MILES MY WARANTY RUNS OUT AND THEN I HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.*AK

NISSAN - 2004, PATHFINDER ARMADA AT PRESENT 22,000 MILES. PROBLEM STATED AT LESS THAN 2,000 MILES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER 6 TIMES SINCE ACQUISITION FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. TAKE LONGER TO STOP WITH SEVERE SHUDDERING OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITH LOSS OF LIVES. DELEAR REFINISH THE EXISTING ROTORS OR INSTALL NEW ONES WITH NEW PADS AND BOLT ASSEMBLY.*AK

PURCHASED A NEW 2004 ARMADA IN AUGUST 2004. HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. I RECENTLY WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF BRAKE FAILURE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO NISSAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BODY WAS REPAIRED FOR THEM ,TO REPAIR THE BRAKES. MID CITY NISSAN IN CHICAGO INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BODY SHOP DAMAGED THE BRAKES. THIS WAS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS IN THE ACCIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. . ALSO, THE INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED, THAT PREVIOUS TO ANY BODY WORK DONE, THE ROTORS/ CALIPERS, AND THE PADS WERE DEFECTIVE. NISSAN WAS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, YET THEY DID NIT WANT TO ADMIT IT. IN ADDITION, THE EMPLOYEES OF MID CITY WERE EXTREMELY RUDE AND CONFRONTATIONAL. THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL IN ANY WAY. DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DID NOT ALWAYS ROLL UP, AND THE STEREO'S VOLUME FADED IN AND OUT. HOWEVER, MID CITY DID NOT WANT TO REPAIR THESE PROBLEMS EITHER BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR". THIS WAS THE WORST TRUCK I HAVE EVER OWNED, AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN. I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW POOR THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS. I AGREE WITH A PREVIOUS POST, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY $40,000 TO TOYOTA. *AK

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE-- VEHICLE: 2004 NISSAN ARMADA LE THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP (DEALER) SEVERAL TIMES WITH BRAKE ISSUES. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED AND REPLACED AND TURNED AGAIN. NISSAN HAS NOT AS OF YET CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I WAS MAKING A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. I "PUMPED" THE PEDAL AND GOT ENOUGH PEDAL TO BE ABLE TO STOP. ON EXAM OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, I FOUND THAT THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS OVER HALF EMPTY. WHY? I DO NOT KNOW. I ADDED FLUID AND THE BRAKE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE CORRECTED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND REQUESTED IT BE EXAMINED TO SEE IF THEY COULD DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A LEAK OF SOME KIND THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FLUID LEVEL TO GET LOW. IN CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN WITH THE TECHNICIAN. THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE.*AK

I'M LEASING A NISSAN ARMADA 2004 BRAKES OF THE CAR HAVE DEFECTS. THE CAR SHAKES WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES, HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR, VERY UNSAFE ON SPEED OF 50 MILES. I SENT THE CAR TO THE MAINTANENCE ABOUT 4 TIMES NOW, AND THE SAME DEFETS HAPPENED OVER AND OVER, LAST WEEK END I LOST CONTROL OF THE CARE AND I WAS ON THE HIEGH WAY AND I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD TO THE SHOULDER OTHER WISE I WOULD BE CRASH OTHER CARS. PLEASE HELP ME I TIRED FROM GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALER TAKING UNPAID DAYS OFF FROM WORK, I WORRIED ABOUT MY KIDS AND MY FAMLIY SAFETY, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AN ACCIDENT HAPPEN. *AK

COMPLETE BRAKE REPLACEMENT AT 6300. *AK

I HAVE TAKEN MY 2004 NISSAN ARMADA IN FOR BRAKE SERVICE FOUR (4) TIMES NOW. 14737 MILES AND CAR IS ALMOST UNDRIVABLE. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME, AND YET NO FIX IS AVAILABLE. NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS SUPPOSED TO CONTACT MY WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAYS. NO CALL. I AM LEAVING FOR A 3 WEEK VACATION AND MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER SAYS MY ROTORS CAN'T BE TURNED AGAIN(THEY'VE BEEN TURNED 3 TIMES ALREADY). DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE NO ROTORS AVAILABLE. DEALER TOLD ME THAT "I" COULD CHECK WITH OTHER DEALERS ABOUT THE AVAILIBLITY OF ROTORS. DEALER GM TOLD ME THAT HE WAS ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS WAITING FOR ROTORS HIMSELF.

BRAKES JUTTER AND NEED REPAIR EVERY 5,000 MILES. CAR HAS HAD ROTORS TURNS, PAD REPLACED, ROTORS REPLACED. THE FIRST FAILURE WAS NOTED WITH 5,000 MILES ON IT AND A REPAIR WAS MADE. A REPAIR WAS AGAIN MADE AT 11,000 MILES AT THAT TIME NEW ROTORS WERE INSTALLED AND ANOTHER REPAIR WAS MADE IN MARCH 2005 AT 16,000 MILES. I CALLED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD BY THEIR REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE FIXES WERE "COUNTER-MEASURES" AND THAT AT THIS TIME NO PERMANENT FIX HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THERE IS NO DATE FOR A PERMANENT FIX TO THIS SAFETY PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKES DEVELOPED A BAD PROBLEM WITH VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKING WHICH ACUTALLY GIGGLED THE STEERING WHEEL. PROBLEM WAS FIRST REPAIRED AT 5,000 MILES AND THEY SERVICED IT BY TURNING THE ROTORS. PROBLEM REOCCURED AT 11,000 MILES AND IT WAS SERVICED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS, PAD KIT, AND BOOT KIT. AT 16,000 MILES THE PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN REOCCURED AND AT THE TIME THE SERVICE DEPT. SAID THAT NISSAN HAS NOT FOUND A PERMANENT FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ONCE AGAIN TURNED MY ROTORS. I HAVE SINCE CALLED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD BY THEIR REPRESENTATIVE THAT NISSAN IS ONLY PROVIDING "COUNTER-MEAURES" AND HAS NOT FOUND A FIX AND HAS NO DATE WHEN ONE WILL BE AVAIL. I FEEL IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THESE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURED WITHOUT EVENING TOWING ANYTHING AND I AM PURSUING THE LEMON LAW IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. IT IS UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT PEOPLE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WHICH HAS TO HAVE A MAJOR BREAK SERVICE PERFOMED EVERY 5,000 MILES JUST TO BE SOMEWHAT SAFE.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED, AND RESURFACED THEM THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *A

STEEERING WHEEL SHUDDERS MAKING THIS VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE,DEALERSHIP AND MANUF. HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND NO PERM. FIX IS AVAILABLE.ONLY 4800 MI ON VEHICLE AND BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED. PLEASE ORDER RECALL.*AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED IT THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

THE CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WHEEL PULSATED WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB FRONT BRAKES ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. *EH *JB

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A SURGE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP RELIABLY. THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS TWICE BUT THE SAME PROBLEM RECURS LESS THAN 3000 MILES LATER. THE HARDER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE MORE VIOLENT THE SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *NM