Brake Sensor Problems of Nissan Armada

We have almost had a couple of accidents due to brakes automatically engaging. First we were backing out of driveway with nothing around but the vehicle implied brakes in the middle of the road. Luckily the vehicle that came barreling down our road slowed down until the vehicle finally let the brake off. Then 4 more times when driving applying brakes randomly! this is not safe. Luckily, we were not on the highway. Brakes continue to apply randomly without the safety surround sensors activated! vehicle is at dealer today!.

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Braking system seems to go in/out intermittently while driving or when stopped. You can begin rolling even when the brakes are applied while stopped. It also will not allow you to start the vehicle unless you stomp on the break pedal. And in a few situations it has not allowed me to take the vehicle out of park unless stopping on the brake pedal if the car is running my mechanic and various website blog report and determine this might be a booster sensor issue which is not being issued for recall.

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For several month now off and on while I'm driving the truck makes a loud noise, steering wheel shakes then I heard a spring noise. It almost feels like the truck is going to fall apart. Then the slip amd vdc off sensor comes on. Then it stops sensor lights go away. Then it happens again, it's been real frequent lately.

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Seat belt missing for rear back seat, delta sensor went out on me in a parking lot and I almost had an accident because my brakes wouldn't engage, and now my airbag spiral cable are now not working.

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The brakes fail when brake sensor turns on periodically while car is in motion. This happens without warning. The only way to resolve this is to turn off the car. I have been in many near accidents because of this manufacturing defect that many owners have complained about.

Brakes going in and out while driving making it very difficult to stop. Mechanic says delta s sensor code came up and this is very common for this make, model and year. Also said to report it since it is a huge safety issue. Feels like the brakes are bouncing on the rotors and barley stopping the car. While waiting for the light to turn green feels like car is still trying to go forward while brakes are bouncing on the rotors.

My "brake" light is randomly coming on when I'm braking or just driving on a city road or on the highway. There is a grinding noise when I brake in any of these driving situations. It's been doing this for about 4 years. I've had it looked at several times, but nothing is being identified. I've been reviewing a forum that is identifying this same issue with many other Armadas. It seems to be the booster sensors, which is a very expensive repair.

The side airbags deployed without any incident of an accident or crash. There was no accident-nothing was but or bumped just driving 35 mph and the side airbags deployed fully and the seat belts on the driver and passenger side tightened to the point of restricted breathing. The seatbelts no lomger can be used as they should. They do not extend out fully. And the airbag sensor light is constantly. Before the deployment of the side airbags the brakes would grind to the point of needing to pull over to pump the brakes in order for them to function again properly. This would happen every 100 miles or so.

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Purchased vehicle used in may 2015, my trusted mechanic checked it out September 2015 and reported back it was in good condition with no issues. July 2016 experienced break failure at 15 miles an hour. Again my mechanic troubleshooted the issues and said the power break booster needed to be replaced. He then referred me to Nissan for possible replacement since it is a safety issue. I spoke with corporate Nissan who advised me to take it to our local Nissan dealership to prove the issue existed, for any potential compensation. After taking the vehicle to Nissan they concluded reprogramming the delta stroke sensor would resolve the problem; which I had to pay $300 to have this done. On October 2016 inoperable break failure occurred again at 65 miles an hour while on the interstate, as I was approaching an exit ramp. This same issue occurred twice in one day, just a week later. Once as I left work going 40 miles an hour, my dashboard lit up with vdc and skid lights, in addition to my break failure light. The second time occurred going down a city street where I had to do a rolling stop through an intersection, dodging oncoming traffic, eventually hitting a curb to stop. After taking my vehicle back to Nissan for them to test drive (recreate) the problem, I was told that I could not drive my vehicle off the lot due to safety hazards. I have spent hours on the phone with corporate to resolve this safety issue; but yet Nissan refuses to fix the problem, or refund me my money for the failed reprogramming. This vehicle is geared towards families with children; and both my children were present in the vehicle during all failures. After searching the national highway traffic safety administration website, I have found hundreds of documented cases revolving around the same safety hazard. Nissan refuses to recall this part or notify owners of the existing issue.

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The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Armada. While driving less than 15 mph, the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when it was depressed. The vehicle had a delay when stopping. When the vehicle was shut off and restarted, the braking performance would return to normal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the delta stroke sensor failed and would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 171,000.

I left work and was driving down the highway and attempted to stop and the brake pedal began vibrating and the brake booster was making a horrid noise and I had to put the vehicle in low gear to get it to slow in bumper to bumper traffic. Today 03/10/2015 I received a letter regarding a class action lawsuit in regards to a sensor withing the brake booster stating I needed to file a claim in order to receive compensation for repairs, although the case has not been settled and the is no final court date until 05/15/2015 and we may not be reimbursed until September or later. . I need my vehicle repaired immediately and don't have time to file a claim nor do I have money to be out of pocket on a manufacturer defect. Nissan has not notified their consumers of this issue and this is the first thing I have heard of it from this law firm. I am positive there have probably been accidents directly related to this issue which Nissan seems to be covering up. Nissan needs to issue a recall and repair this brake booster immediately and nisaan consumers need to be notified immediately. This brake booster issue includes 2004-2008 Nissan titan, Armada, and Infiniti qx56 with vdc.

My wife was driving about 30 mph in the evening and all of a sudden with no accident no fender bender or bump the side airbags deployed for no reason, shaken and scared she called me to inform me of the situation, thankfully my kids were not in the car at the time! I began to do research and found that I wasn't the only one, this airbag sensor that is bad on all Armadas were recalled except the 04 model according to Nissan customer service, so initially I was appaled, the nice lady at Nissan said that in order for me to do anything further I would have to pay for a diagnostic out of my own pocket like the other poor guy on here who payed and was out of a vehicle for about 3 weeks just to end up in a situation where they won't do anything about it after they find that the sensor states vehicle was in a roll over accident even though it wasnt!!! what are we as consumers to do in a bad situation like this? car has about 137766 miles driven,.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Armada. The contact stated a vdc warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer stated that the brake sensor caused the vdc light to illuminate. The dealer did not have the parts to remedy the brake sensors; therefore, the dealer referred the contact to another dealer. The second dealer also preferred a diagnostic test be performed. The dealer stated the brake booster caused the vdc light to illuminate. The dealer replaced the brake booster but the repair did not remedy the failure. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer who performed another diagnostic test. The dealer stated the steering sensor was defective and cause the vdc light to illuminate. The dealer reset the steering sensor. The vdc failure was repaired. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer who stated all three defects could have caused the vdc light to illuminate. The failure mileage was 68,500.

I was in a school zone picking up my daycare kids. As soon as I took off the parking break and put the car in drive it showed the break light on. Confused I checked everything and proceeded to drive home. As I reached the stop sign with a crossing guard escorting kids across I really had to push down on the break and a loud crunching like metal to metal and shaking accrued. It scared the day lights out of me! I turned the corner pulled over to the side took a deep breath. I took the streets home and drove very slow praying that when I would come to a stop sign that my breaks would work. I get to my other stop to pick up my child from her bus stop. Coming to the stop still have all the grinding noise and praying it will stop. I turned off my car and waited for the bus. I wait for all the kids to cross and completely clear the area. I stared my car and what I couldn't believe everything was fine. I came home called my husband he called the dealer and I began to research. To my disbelief there are hundreds of complaints on this issue code:c1179 delta sensor and nothing is being done about it. Most people like myself purchase a large vehicle because we have multiple people to drive around, like my kids I watch ranging from 1-12yrs. This floors me! I was at a cross walk when this happened with kids croosing what if I couldn't stop I would of hit the kids!!!! what if I crashed I had three other kids that I watched in the car with me. It is disgusting to me that nothing is being done there is no recall on this!! to my fear something will fatally happen for you guys to do something. Please fix this problem before something really bad happens!!!. Oh and not to mention you have no warning when this occurs and when u turn off your car its like nothing ever happened. Come to find out it resets the code. I'm scared to drive my car because reading others it happens again! recall!!!.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Armada. The contact stated while traveling at any speed, the abs sensor illuminated and there was a loud springing sound intermittently coming from the brakes. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer. The technician cleared the computer for the vdc code, replaced the ball bearings and the differential housing. The failure recurred. The contact had to continuously turn off the vehicle and restart it in order to reset the abs sensor and the vdc sensor to no avail. The vehicle was to be inspected, diagnosed and repaired. The contact was not included in NHTSA campaign id numbers: 07e046000 (equipment). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 108,000. Pam updated 8/11/cn.

For everyone with the brake issue on the Nissans 2004-2007. This is a faulty delta stroke sensor and Nissan has been aware of it since 2004. I just got off the phone with Nissan north America and was declined like everyone else because I am out of warranty. This has nothing to do with warranty. There are over 296 complaints on this website and the NHTSA has done nothing. There is a class action lawsuit for all consumers who own a vehicle with this issue under brandon banks and erin banks. There is also an attorney for class action against Nissan for this issue as well her name is liz johnson at cory, watson law phone number is 205-328-2200 I urge everyone to call her please.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Armada. The contact stated that the brakes failed. The contact had to use the emergency brake in order to stop the vehicle. The contact spoke to a dealer and was told that a brake sensor may have needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not inspected. The failure and the current mileages were 99,500.

I have already submitted complaint along with up of 200 others in regards to the faulty delta sensor in the brake booster causing the brakes to fail without warning, Nissan knows of this problem and does nothing, I am now prepared to go to abc news with all the information that I am collecting. I hope that they will see that the NHTSA is doing something about all the complaints they have received. I have not seen up to this point any open investigations. I hope someone doesn't have to die first. Thank you.

The vehicle dynamic control (vdc; aka stability control system), abs, brake, and 4x4 lights intermittently illuminate. At times, this is accompanied by failure of the speedometer. When illuminated, the vdc is switched off for certain, the 4x4 will not engage, and most likely the abs will not function properly. A search online (just look for Nissan abs/vdc lights) reveals that this is a very common problem across virtually all Nissan vehicles equipped with these systems, and that there have been multiple causes of this failure. Some solutions have ranged from recalibaration of various sensors to replacement of abs actuation modules ($1,000+ part). Many even report the problem occuring very shortly after purchase (I. E. While driving home from the dealership with only 15 miles on the vehicle), or within the first 30,000 miles. If the afflicted systems were to fail during an emergency situation, or even simply in poor weather conditions, it could easily result in loss of vehicle control resulting in an accident. It appears to be a systemic issue with multiple vehicle components being poorly manufactured, or poorly installed (some have reported loose ground screws from the factory as a root cause, or various speed/abs sensors installed on each wield being installed in such a way that the wires become chafed or damaged). I have been unable to find any TSB or recall data on this issue, but considering the costs for repairs that should not be needed, wide-spread frequency of this issue, and above all, the potential for serious damage or injury, there absolutely should be.

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The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Armada. The contact stated that the brake pedal went to the floor and the brakes made a grinding sound whenever the brakes were engaged. The contact mentioned that the grinding noise would ceised after turning the vehicle off and back on. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnose that the brake booster was failing and the delta booster sensor inside the brake booster needed to be replaced and reprogrammed. The contact stated that the vehicle had new brakes pads at the time of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 94,000 and the current mileage was 103,000.

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Armada. While driving approximately 35 mph, the contact depressed the brake pedal and noticed a vibration and grinding noise in the brake pedal. The vehicle was hesitant to respond. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing where the technician advised that the brake booster and the delta sensor would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.

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Nissan Armada (and titan which is identical mechanically) has a known problem with it's front brakes being undersized in the early models of said vehicles (model years 2004-2006). This can easily be confirmed by Nissan's three changes they have made to the front brakes of these vehicles even though the vehicles have essentially remained unchanged from years 2004 right up though the current model year 2015. They first changed the rotor thickness, then the rotor diameter (320mm to 350mm) and the calipers/torque members/brake hoses, then finally they changed the inner hub diameter of the rotor due to an increase in the hub/bearing size (82mm to 90mm). Nissan had issued at least one TSB about this problem but they never issued a recall which is what they should have done. The core issue is that these rather large full size SUV's and pickup trucks were designed initially with front brakes that were severely undersized for the weight/size of the vehicle. This led to the vehicles rotors easily overheating and glazing the brake pads which then led to hot spotted, warped, or otherwise ruined front rotors and pads. Another symptom (that I believe it caused and the most dangerous part) is that especially in the warmer months the overheating of the rotors would cause the anti lock front brake system sensors (located within the front wheel hub) to trigger (false positive) randomly and you would dangerously lose control of the vehicles ability to brake (and steer) safely. Turning the vehicle off momentarily and restarting would "clear" the problem but never the less extremely unsafe. I have contacted Nissan of north America customer service and informed them of this but they are unwilling to help other than to tell me to take it to a dealer at my own cost. I said I would be happy to do so if they covered the cost of the "diagnostics" but they refused.

My 2005 Nissan Armada's air bag srs system is inoperable. The dashboard light indicated a failure of the airbag system while the vehicle was under warantee and I thought it was repaired after several instances. I have taken the vehilce to several mechanics to have the srs system repaired. Nissan claimed it has been everything from the seatbelt tensioners, sensor modules under the seats to bad elecrical connectors. All of these components have been replaced but my dash lights show I still have inoperatble airbags. The srs system on my Armada is currently in failure again and I cannot afford to pay Nissan again to attempt to repair the problem. I also have a second issue with the abs brakes activating randomly during normal slow speed stops in which the brakes shake violently and with little stopping force. It seems the abs system is activating under light operational conditions. This has been a re-accurring problem each summer. Nissan cannot duplicate the problem so I have been sent home without remedy. I am complaining because I have no other recourse except to warn others before someone is seriously hurt or killed through the failure of the brakes or the airbags. I am the original owner and the vehicle has not been modified in any manner.

While driving, the following indicator lights came vdc, abs and brake. When I applied the brakes, there was a horrible grinding noise which scared me to death. I continued on cautiously and fortunately it did not make the same sound the next time I braked. The Nissan service department said it was a sensor that went bad and the abs brake system that possibly was bad. I paid over $500 to get it fixed and had to sign an agreement that what they did may not fix it, and if so, the brake booster would then need to be replaced at a cost of $1000. I found out afterwards that there had been a recall of the very same issue but not on my vehicle because the VIN did not match the recall. Very suspect.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Armada. The contact stated that the brakes failed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the delta sensor and brake booster assembly were replaced however, the failure later recurred. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 34,000.

Approximately middle of 2009, was pulling up to stop sign and the brakes did not want to stop and made a horrible crunch sound with peddle all the way down the vehicle eventually stopped. Contacted Nissan and made arrangements for a dealer to look at it. Of course it doesn't do this all the time, but when it does it is very frightening. . . They supposedly reset the sensor and said that it may ifs the problem then again not. . . Went on a forum and there is several owners of this same type of vehicle. . . Since the it has happen several times. I made a compliant with you people and Nissan. It should be a recall. . . This is an on going problem. Our vehicle is garage kept and low miles. We bought for pulling our toy hauler which we now don't feel safe to pull with this continuous issue. . . Nissan knows there is an issue and does nothing but trying to get us to pay a 1,000. 00 plus to replace the break booster and sensor with no promises do curing the problem. . . . . Please, what does it take to have a recall before there is a serious fatal accident. Thank you.

2005 Nissan Armada. My airbag sensor light has turned on and remained on for no apparent reason. The vehicle has not been in an accident and was recently serviced by the local Nissan dealership about a week ago. Prior to the issue of the air bag light the braking system appears to be intermittent in stopping the SUV, which is also felt in the brake pedal while braking. I have addressed this to the dealership but they could not identify the cause. This all may or may not be related but this is very important to the safety of driving. To my knowledge similar problems are addressed in the 2007 and 2008 Nissans vehicles but nothing yet for my 05 Armada. How can you help? I would hate for these problems to be the cause of an accident one day. These complaints are very similar to others on your web site.

September 25, 2007 my 2006 Nissan Armada 4x2 lost braking power. I was traveling on a quiet road near the Nissan dealership so I took my foot off the gas and rolled to a stop. Deland Nissan said the delto sensor malfunctioned and had to be reprogramed. They also replaced the brake booster. I was told by the service manager, bill warfield, that this has occured to other owners and is the solution given by Nissan. The problem has been rectified on the 2008 Nissan Armadas. Ther is no recall, even though this is occuring to other Armada owners. This is a life threatening defect. How can Nissan be made to recall these vehicles before someone is killed?.

We purchased a 2004 Nissan Armada in March of 2004. Since almost day one we have had ongoing brake problems (mostly rotor and caliper related). In January of 2006, my wife and three of my children were in the car when the brakes completely failed. Fortunately, my wife was able to drive up an embankment and stop the vehicle before anyone was hurt. The diagnosis was a failed delta stroke sensor in the brake booster. A repair was made, but since that time we experienced intermittent warning lights for the vehicle dynamic control and slip. Last week we started to experience severe steering wheel and brake vibration. We took the vehicle in for service and the diagnosis was a failed abs unit, a burned out 4 wheel drive computer, and a failed switch in the brake booster. These parts have been replaced, but the vehicle is still showing errors when hooked up to the diagnostic computer and is still under repair, but nobody is sure (including Nissan) what the problem is. I feel that this vehicle is unsafe to drive.

Multiple issues with the brake system rotors, pads, calibers, sensors, brake booster. Nissan acknowledge issues and extends brake warranty but not for long enough and does not address the problem since it continues to re-occur.

Nissan Armada has a known problem with it's front brakes being undersized in the early models of said vehicles (model years 2004-2006). Several times have had issues with brakes not respoding and lost control of vehicle. This is caused by undersized breaks. Not having proper sized brakes has led to rotors easily overheating and glazing the brake pads which then led to hot spotted, warped, or otherwise ruined front rotors and pads. The greatest unsafe symptom is that especially in the warmer months the overheating of the rotors would cause the anti-lock front brake system sensors to trigger (false positive) randomly and you would dangerously lose control of the vehicles ability to brake (and steer) safely.

I have brought my Nissan armanda 2004 4x4 le in several times after researching several web-sites the brakes, rotors and abs sensors are a constant issue with this model. To this date my dealer can not fix this issue. I am concerned about the safety of my family and others on the road. This brake issues occurs while driving with no notification until you try to stop.