2011 NISSAN ARMADA — Complaint #2075228
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NHTSA Complaint about SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER filed March 19, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2075228 (ODI reference 11649223) concerns a 2011 NISSAN ARMADA and was filed on March 19, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 27, 2024. The vehicle had 200,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maine based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seats:front assembly:seat heater/cooler, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN ARMADA cohort independently describe similar seats:front assembly:seat heater/cooler failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2011 NISSAN ARMADA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2011 Nissan Armada. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, there was an abnormal burning odor coming from the vehicle. The contact stated that one day, upon exiting the vehicle with the engine running, there was heavy black smoke coming from the front passengerâs seat. The contact alerted the business at her location about the failure and obtained buckets of water to assist the contact. The contact used a knife to cut out parts of the seat and poured water directly on the smoke. Once the Fire Department arrived at the scene, the smoke was extinguished, and the vehicle was inspected to ensure that there was no presence of a fire. No injuries were reported. The contact was not informed if a fire report was filed. The contact stated that the driverâs side seat warmer was activated at the time of the failure; however, the passengerâs side seat was not occupied, and the seat warmer should not have been activated. Despite the failure, the contact re
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2075228 |
| ODI Number | 11649223 |
| Date Filed | March 19, 2025 |
| Failure Date | November 27, 2024 |
| VIN | 5N1AA0NC6BN |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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