2004 NISSAN ARMADA — Complaint #501125
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC filed October 12, 2004
NHTSA complaint #501125 (ODI reference 10095652) concerns a 2004 NISSAN ARMADA and was filed on October 12, 2004. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 10, 2004. The vehicle had 16,995 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc 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 2004 NISSAN ARMADA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I PURCHASED MY NISSAN ARMADA IN DEC. 2003. ON 10/8/04, MY WIFE TOLD ME THE VDC OFF LIGHT, THE SLIP LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WERE ILLUMINATED. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEALER AND HE HAD ME BRING IT RIGHT IN. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME ON THE SPOT HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE BRAKES. HE WAS CORRECT. HE MUST HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH ARMADA BRAKE PROBLEMS TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD 17000 MILES ON IT AND IT NEEDED A WHOLE FRONT AXLE BRAKE JOB. THE PRICE TAG WAS $206.00 AND THE VEHICLE WAS LAID UP FOR OVER A DAY. I WAS VERY UPSET SO I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND THAT I SHOULD UNDERSTAND IT IS A HEAVY VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE AS A PLEASURE VEHICLE, BUT I ALSO WANTED A VEHICLE THAT COULD TOW A BOAT IN THE FUTURE. THE ARMADA IS RATED AT 9100 POUNDS TOWING CAPACITY. I HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING WITH THIS VEHICLE. IMAGINE HOW SOON THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE FAILED IF I USED IT
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 501125 |
| ODI Number | 10095652 |
| Date Filed | October 12, 2004 |
| Failure Date | October 10, 2004 |
| VIN | 5N1AA08A14N |
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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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