| Issue ID | 1002464 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10534825 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | ARMADA |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 20/06/12 |
| Component | SERVICE BRAKES |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I was coming up to a stop light and went to use the brakes and the pedal hesitated and would not grab normal like they usually do. The brake light was now on, so i decided to pull over in a parking lot and try and look to see what was wrong. I turned the car off and opened the hood to make sure i had fluid and that there was nothing obvious. Everything looked fine. I started the car back up and the brake light was not on anymore and the brakes were working. A few months went by and then it happened again. It has started to happen more frequently. I saw a trend where it would happen when i was driving for one-two hours on the highway and i would notice the brake light come on. I would make sure that i would start slowing down and trying to brake a lot sooner than i would normally have to. Recently this has started to happen more frequently even when i am doing short distance driving near my home. I have been to three different shops to look at my brakes and even spent over $600 to get new brakes and check everything out and make sure they are working properly, but it started happening a week after. I was told that i would have to take this to a nissan dealer and that this is a manufacturer issue. I plan on bringing my armada to a dealer later this week. I fell unless the brakes are not working right when i bring it in, they will not do anything. The brake pedal / brakes not working when i go to brake have happened well over 25 times in the past year. I hope it does not take something tragic to happen for nissan to address this and issue a recall. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 149220 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CORAL SPRINGS, FL |
| VIN pattern | 5N1AA08A96NXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 8 |
| Drive train type | RWD |
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| Vehicle speed | 20 |
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