2007 Nissan Armada
Complaints about this year name brake light far more often than the model's other years — 31% of them, about 78× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 86 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- brakes — 34.9% of this year's complaints, against 11.7% across the model's other years (3×).
- booster — 19.8% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: booster, brake booster, advised, driving various.
- emergency — 16.3% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: emergency, emergency brake, light randomly, over time.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- grinding — 23% of complaints, 58× usual
- brake — 50% of complaints, 3× usual
- brakes — 35% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO MEXICO ON HWY 10 AFTE A 2 HOUR DRIVE WE DECIDED WE NEEDED A BREAK, SO WE GOT OFF THE FWY TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT..AS WE EXIT OUR BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON!!! AND YOU HEAR A TERRIBLE GRINDING SOUND AS IF WE DON'T HAVE BRAKES. ..WE PULL OVER AS SO…
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WILL SLOW DOWN AND I WILL NOTICE THE BRAKE LIGHT IS ON. THEN I WILL HEAR LIKE A GRINDING SOUND. AS IF IM DRIVING WITH EMERGENCY BRAKES ON. THE PARKING BRAKES ENGAGE WHILE IM DRIVING. WE TOOK CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER FOR SERVICING BUT THEY C…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 10V074000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER Fixed free of charge.
- 07V449000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Armada was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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