2005 Nissan ARMADA - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"i have a 2005 nissan armada that has a known problem with its brakes. it has a faulty delta brake sensor and brake booster. what happens is that the brake light comeson, the vehicle losses its braking ability and sounds like metal scraping when you apply the brakes. the issue will reset if you turn off the car. nissan knows about this issue but has failed to send 2004-2006 armada owners of information on how to get this fixed at a local dealer. here is a link to the class action settlement: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/closed-settlements/nissan-brake-defect-class-action-settlement/ my complaint is this, there were 350,000 affected vehicles and mine was one of them. i was never notified by nissan of this faulty part and did not know that nissan would reimburse me for the repair. the settlement date is now closed but the problem still exists in many nissan affected vehicles. i called nissan usa and they said nissan could do nothing for me. i called my local nissan dealer and described the problem and they said they could do nothing for me but that i could pay out of pocket to have the brake booster replaced at qa cost of $1500f or parts and labor. the error code associated with this problem is c1179. this issue is a safety issue and it affects the vehicles ability to stop. if you do not see the brake warning light on you do not know that the issue is happening. this could result in a dangerous situation at highway speeds. i would like the nhtsa to get involved and to demand that nissan repair this known problem free of charge. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)."

"tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan armada. the contact stated while driving 25 mph, the brakes locked up and the contact felt the vehicle slide when the brake pedal was depressed. the contact stated while making turns, the brakes locked up and made the steering wheel difficult to turn. the contact stated the abs, the air bags, and the vdc off warning lights were illuminated. the vehicle was taken to an independent dealer to be diagnosed. the contact was informed that the brake booster needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. the manufacturer was informed of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 100,151."

"this is a major safety issue! the brake light on the control panel comes on and when stepping on the brakes, the car hardly brakes. it feels like the brakes are grinding and skidding. i have to carefully pull the car over and turn the car off and back on. lately this has been happening around once a week."

"while i was driving i applied the brakes and didn't have any and it made a loud sound i coasted to a stop turned car off. called mechanic they came out and i had a blown fuse for my abs system they replaced it but now i am wondering if this will happen again?"

"driving in traffic causes brakes to lock as if the parking brakes were set. i have to pull over safely to the side of the road and place the vehicle in park, press on the parking foot brake to engage and disengage the brakes, turn off and on the vehicle to "reset" the brakes. it happened a few times especially on the freeway. in all multiple occasions nearly rear ending the vehicle in front of me especially when i have my family with me in the vehicle. when this occurs the brake light comes on, on the dash. happens on both the freeway and the city streets in motion and once when the brakes was press in traffic."

"brake booster randomly failing. brake booster not working randomly. original part, never replaced"

"started having a issue with my brakes on my nissan armada. when you pressed on the brakes, they would go to the floor and would not work and the brake light would go on. after pulling over and turning the vehicle off and back on the brake light would go off and the brakes would work again. i googled the problem and found that nissan knew about this issue and settled a class action law suit regarding it. i took the vehicle to the dealership and it was the delta stroke sensor. nissan knew there was a problem but has not recalled the vehicles. in fact this problem is not limited to the armada. my family and i could have been killed because of this issue including others that were on the road when the brakes went out. https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/45486-nissan-reaches-brake-defect-class-action-settlement/"

"the abs hydraulic brake senors have now been replaced twice on my armada. the brakes will drop to the floor and make all kind of noises won't stop. there had been a recall for all other vins than mine. dealership said there was nothing they could do other than start changing other parts on my dime. nissan of america has told me the same thing. we have nearly been in several wrecks. i do not want my wife to end up in one because of this truck. just bought the second set of these yesterday and nearly hit someone again today. since i keep a good distance between other traffic and myself is the only reason we haven't been a wreck yet."

"tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan armada. while driving various speeds, the rear passenger brake would erroneously engage. during the failure, the brake and abs warning indicators would illuminate. the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 175,000."

"tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan armada. while driving various speeds, the brake warning indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. while depressing the brake pedal, an abnormal noise was detected. the contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road, turned off the engine, waited a few minutes, restarted the vehicle, and the brake warning indicator was no longer illuminated. the contact resumed driving. the vehicle was taken to drexel nissan (5018 township line rd, philadelphia, pa 19026, phone number: (610) 449-2800) where it was diagnosed that the brakes failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. the manufacturer was not contacted. the approximate failure mileage was 106,000."