2018 Nissan Armada SUV AWD

The Forward Emergency Braking light has been on and off intermittently. The other days while driving on the highway at approximately 55-60 mph the light on the dash suddenly came on and the car applied the brakes by itself coming to a complete stop. There was not another vehicle in front of me and I almost got hit from behind.

My Nissan Armada is 4 years old with 42,000 miles and has needed two brake switches replaced on it to date. This is RIDICULOUS! This car is completely unsafe. It has failed to start more times than I can count, and it most recently broke down on my on New Years Day. I had to have it towed. I have reported this issue to Nissan and they have done nothing to help make this right! I am now starting a FaceBook group (of other Nissan Armada owners that are experiencing the same issue) to file complaints against Nissan for this. This is a serious safety issue and needs to be resolved.

Lighting for speed and RPM indication failed. Unable to read speed at night. Lighting is not individually replaceable. Entire cluster must be replaced.

The Display Control Unit (DCU) has failed in my 18 Armada. My VIN is not part of the recall with the other 18 Armada models. The safety features of the collision warning system does not work because the DCU has failed. The back up camera does not work because the DCU has failed. This is a pedestrian safety issue. The Navigation system does not work because the DCU has failed. None of the control panel buttons on dash or the steering wheels work because the DCU has failed including the cruise control. The Nissan dealership has confirmed it is the DCU but it is not under the recall with my VIN, however it appears all 18 Armada's have been recalled due to the same issue. No warning lights appears, the display screen stopped working only displaying the Nissan symbol. I would like my VIN added to the recall list for the DCU so the vehicle can become safe to myself and others.

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START-UP WITH THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERING ON AND OFF. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 NISSAN ARMADA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BLANK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREENACRES NISSAN (5353 LAKE WORTH RD, GREENACRES, FL 33463, (561) 537-5300) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,150.

SEVERAL TIMES THE ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK AND WILL NOT START. CAN TAKE UP TO 10 MINUTES SOMETIMES BEFORE VEHICLE WILL START, LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED. TWICE NOW THE BCI MALFUNCTION (BACKUP COLLISION INTERVENTION) ERROR CAME UP ON THE DASH ALONG WITH OTHER LIGHTS IMMEDIATLY AFTER ENGINE STARTUP. FIRST TIME AT 23,027 MILES, AND NOW RECENTLY AT 32,081 MILES. THE FIRST TIME, DEALERSHIP SAID THEY "COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM." THIS RECENT TIME, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPLACE A STOP LAMP SWITCH (NTB20-065). WE'LL SEE IF THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY FIXED. THIS SHOULD REALLY BE A RECALL CONSIDERING THE SHEAR NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. PLUS THE BRAKE LAMPS MAY NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY, ELEVATING THE RISK OF A COLLISION IF OTHER DRIVERS AREN'T AWARE THE VEHICLE IS SLOWING DOWN.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAS DISPLAYED AN INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION SHUDDER AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THIS OCCURS AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20-40 MPH. THE SHUDDER CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE FLOOR INTO THE SEAT AND APPEARS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SEARCHING FOR A PROPER GEAR. UNDER HARD ACCELERATION/FREEWAY DRIVING THE ISSUE DOES NOT PRESENT ITSELF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO BOTH MY NISSAN AND INFINITY DEALER. BOTH TECHNICIANS WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE CONFIRMED FEELING THE SHUDDER. DRIVELINE SERVICE WAS PERFORMED AT NISSAN AND THE ECM RECEIVED THE MOST CURRENT UPDATE. NISSAN TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE ARMADA AND THAT THE SHUDDER IS DUE TO THE COMPUTER TRYING TO FIND THE OPTIMUM TRANSMISSION SHIFT POINTS FOR THE BEST FUEL ECONOMY. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO MY INFINITY DEALER AFTER LEARNING THAT THE ISSUE IS KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE QX56 & QX80 AS WELL AS THE ARMADA AS THE VEHICLES ALL SHARE THE SAME COMPONENTS. MY SERVICE TECHNICIAN DROVE THE VEHICLE AND ALSO CONFIRMED THE SHUDDER OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS. I REQUESTED THAT THEY SEARCH FOR THE MOST CURRENT UPDATE WHICH WOULD BE THE "E" UPDATE, UNFORTUNATELY THIS UPDATE ONLY APPLIES TO MODELS PRIOR TO 2018. SERVICE TECH ADVISED ME TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMALLY AS THIS IS NOT A MECHANICAL ISSUE, BUT A SOFTWARE ISSUE. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT NISSAN / INFINITY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAVE DONE LITTLE TO NOTHING TO PROVIDE A TSB, COMPUTER UPDATE, OR PERMANENT SOLUTION. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, REBUILD, OR MAJOR SERVICING WOULD NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS IT IS SOFTWARE RELATED. IT IS DEEMED VERY COMMON. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN A $65,000 VEHICLE. NISSAN NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE INSTEAD OF HAVING DEALERS ADVISING OWNERS THIS IS NORMAL. MY CONCERN IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING.

YESTERDAY I WAS SITTING IN A DRIVETHRU AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BCI WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH AND A COUPLE OF OTHER DASH LIGHTS. DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND NOW THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. I WILL HAVE TO GET A TOW TO THE NEAREST DEALER. GOOD THING I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED SOMEWHERE. MY ARMADA ONLY HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ISSUSES. SO FAR NEEDING TO REPLACE O2SENSOR, PARKING ASSIST SENSORS, DASH SPEEDOMETER ASSEMBLY, REAR CAMERA ASSEMBLY. OTHER ISSUSE NOT REPAIRS AS OF YET, DRIVING STABILITY, AUTO HEAD LIGHT SENSORS, WHAT EVER CONTROLS STORING RADIO STATIONS, FLUCTUATING BATTERY VOLTAGE WHILE DRIVING: FLUCTUATES FROM 10 VOLTS TO 17 WHILE DRIVING.

DURING NORMAL DRIVING, BCI LIGHT WILL APPEAR AND THEN ALL DASH WARNING LIGHTS AND CAR WILL HANDLE SLUGGISHLY. UPON STOPPING AND ATTEMPTING TO RESTART CAR, VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR UPWARDS OF 30 MINUTES. ONCE VEHICLE IS IN PARK AND VEHICLE IS RESTARTED...GEAR SHIFT CANNOT BE MOVED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THIS HAS ENDANGERED MY FAMILY BY OCCURING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND UNPROTECTED RAILROAD CROSSINGS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT.

VEHICLE TENDS TO LOSE POWER WHEN GAS PEDAL IS ENGAGED. WHEN FOOT IS OFF THE GAS AND BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHILE IDLED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE TRIES TO ACCELERATE. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO BE MINDFUL TO KEEP BRAKES FIRMLY PRESSED.

WHILE DRIVING CAR WILL START ACTING WEIRD AS THOUGH I'M HAVE A LITTLE DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING. THEN A LIGHT WILL COME ON THAT LOOKS LIKE A CAR WITH A WINDY ROAD. THEN AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO A TON OF OTHER LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND AN ALERT OF BCI MALFUNCTION WILL APPEAR. TRIED TO GOOGLE TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO RESOLVE AND SOME HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THE CAR HAS ACTUALLY SHUT OFF ON ITS OWN. SO, I ALWAYS TRY TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT TURN BACK ON AND IT WILL LEAVE ME STRANDED. I ALSO HAVE BEEN IN PARK WHEN THE ALERT CAME ON AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE, AGAIN LEAVING ME STRANDED. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

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!

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY , CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS VEHICLE , 1ST TIME NISSAN REPLACES TRANSMISSION AND NOW THIS HAPPENS AGAIN

WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKES WILL ENGAGE INVOLUNTARY AND MOST THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIGHT UP. A MESSAGE BCI MALFUNCTION APPEARS. CAR CAN NOT ACCELERATE AT A SAFE SPEED UNTIL CAR IS PARKED AND RESTARTED. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT START UP IMMEDIATELY, LEAVING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE STRANDED.

7/25/2020 NISSAN ARMADA PLATINUM RESERVE - WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE CANYON, I HAD THE BRAKES START APPLYING THEMSELVES THEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON WITH A MESSAGE "BCI MALFUNCTION." WE WERE ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER SAFELY AND TURN THE CAR OFF. WE THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, SO WE REPEATED THE STEPS AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. AT OUR NEXT STOP, THE CAR WOULD NOT START NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE TRIED FROM THE NORMAL PUSH BUTTON START. WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT START BY USING REMOTE START ON THE KEY FOB. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH NISSAN ARMADAS AND INFINITY QX MODELS, BASED ON MULTIPLE FORUMS ONLINE. THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GET SEVERELY INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. 60K VEHICLE WITH 40K MILES ON IT.

ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS 2 ON THE SAME TRIP, WHN TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE VEHICLE WILL NOT PULL, LIKE ITS STUCK IN A GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT . HAPPENS AROUND 80 MPH. CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN VEHICLE WILL NOT SPEED UP AND SLOWS DOWN FROM 80 MPH TO 65 AND WILL NOT GAIN ANY SPEED, THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED A WRECK 3 TIMES ALL ON THE INTERSTATE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR SAME ISSUE, 1ST TIME NOTHING FOUND PER THEM, SECOND TIME REPLACED TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, 3RD TIME REPLACED TRANSMISSION. STILL NOT REPAIRED

CODE FOUND :P0138 (02), CODE FOUND :P0138 (PD) 02

VEHICLE SUDDENLY WOULD NOT START ON 12/21/2019, THUS LEAVING MY FAMILY AND I STRANDED IN A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. (REPORTED TO NISSAN ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE) BCI MALFUNCTION WARNING (SEE PHOTO) AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO AUTOMATICALLY APPLY THE BRAKE AS I WAS DRIVING AND I COULD NOT OVERRIDE IT. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AS I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE WHATSOEVER. VEHICLES AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM APPLIES THE BRAKES WHILE IN MOTION AND WHEN I DO NOT INTEND FOR THE BRAKES TO BE APPLIED, CAUSING SEVERE ANXIETY AND FEAR OF DRIVING MY BRAND NEW $60K VEHICLE

THE ENGINE LOSES POWER SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON). WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, VEHICLE LOSES SPEED AND ACCELERATION. THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPENED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IN ALL CASES THE LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THREE OF THE TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY (I-10). THE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED CREATES A HAZARDOUS SITUATION FOR ME, MY PASSENGERS AND ANY DRIVERS AROUND ME. IN ALL CASES I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM, MOSSY NISSAN IN HOUSTON (MN). THE FIRST TIME I HAD THIS PROBLEM I STOPPED AT A SHOP CLOSE-BY AND THE MECHANIC AT THE SHOP RESET THE ENGINE AND FIXED THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY. DETAILS OF EACH VISIT ARE: EVENT #1: 05/14/19 - A MECHANIC AT A SHOP NEAR TO WHERE THE PROBLEM HAPPENED CONNECTED A HAND-HELD DEVICE TO MY VEHICLE.THE DEVICE ISSUED A CODE. THE EASY FIX WAS TO RESET THE ENGINE, WHICH I AGREED-TO DO SINCE THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MN SERVICE. I DETAILED THE PROBLEM AND THE CODE GIVEN BY THE HAND-HELD DEVICE. MN WAS NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS AND FIX THE ISSUE. MN SUGGESTED THAT IF THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO MN WITHOUT RESETTING SO THAT THEY COULD DIAGNOSE. EVENT #2: 06/12/19 - SAME PROBLEM AGAIN (LOSS OF POWER, SPEED AND ACCELERATION). I DROVE THE CAR TO MN. PER MN, THE PROBLEM WAS A HARNESS THAT WAS REPLACED, AND THIS TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM. EVENT #3: 08/12/19 - SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. I DROVE THE CAR TO MN. PER MN, THE PROBLEM THIS TIME WAS THE ECM COMPUTER THAT WAS REPLACED, AND THIS TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM. EVENT #4: 12/2/19 - SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. I DROVE THE CAR TO MN. PER MN, THE PROBLEM THIS TIME WAS A MOTOR RELAY THAT WAS REPLACED, AND THIS TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS AN UNRELIABLE CAR AND EVEN DRIVING SHORT DISTANCES IS STRESSFUL AS I AM AFRAID OF THIS RECURRING PROBLEM HAPPENING AGAIN. THANK YOU

RADIO AND DISPLAY ALL WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. HAD TO PULL OVER, SHUT THE VEHICLE ALL THE WAY OFF, RESTART JUST TO GET EVERYTHING TO COME BACK ON. 2018 NISSAN ARMADA, WITH ROUGHLY 68K MILES.

I WENT OUT TO MY VEHICLE WHICH UNLOCKED WITH MY POD I WENT TO START IT AND ALL THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I JUMPED THE BATTERY AND IT STARTED INSTANTLY SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTO STORE TO CHECK THE BATTERY WHICH THEY STATED WAS A GREAT BATTERY WITH A HIGH CHARGE. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR ARMADA STARTING AT TIMES AND HAVE TO DO MANY THINGS TO GET IT TO START. I HAVE ALSO HEARD AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE THAT OTHERS AROUND ME ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL. I NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL START WHEN I GET IN WHICH IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. THIS OCCURED AS THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT.

BOUGHT A NEW 2018 NISSAN ARMADA IN DEC 2018 IN THE EVENING. NOT THINKING MUCH ABOUT IT PURCHASED MY NEW SUV AND DROVE HOME. SHORTLY AFTER MY PURCHASE I NOTICED IN THE SUN THAT MY TRUCK PAINT DIDN'T LOOK QUITE RIGHT. AFTER WASHING I NOTICED A COUPLE PAINT CHIPS AROUND THE DOOR AREA THAT WERE QUITE SIGNIFICANT. CONTACTED NISSAN PROMPTLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE. AFTER TAKING TO A NISSAN COLLISION CENTER AND BEING TOLD ITS A BAD QUALITY PAINT AND WILL ONLY BE CORRECT WITH BEING STRIPPED DOWN TO THE METAL AND REDONE, THIS WAS COMPLETELY DISREGARDED BY NISSAN. THEY THEN SENT ME A "SPECIALIST" WHO TOLD ME THAT PAINT CHIPS ARE COMMON AND THAT MY ORANGE PEEL IS IN THE NEW BLACK ARMADA IS TO HELP HIDE IMPERFECTIONS. NISSAN WILL NOT WARRANTY ANYTHING. NISSAN IS SELLING AUTOS WITH INFERIOR PAINT QUALITY. I AM SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE AND THIS IS A LESSON LEARNED ABOUT NISSAN PRODUCTS.

HEADLIGHTS ARE BLINDING TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I HAD TO STOP AND LET ARMADA PASS ME. 3 TIMES THIS WEEK.