2005 Nissan Armada: sudden loss of power

Filed Feb 24, 2017 · Airbags, Engine · 160,000 miles · NV

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan armada. While driving 70 MPH, smoke appeared from the engine compartment and the vehicle stalled. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that a pipe burst. The pipe was replaced. Several days later, while driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle lost power and the service engine and other warning indicators illuminated. The contact stated that the fuel gauge displayed between 1/4 to empty. The vehicle restarted once the contact placed fuel in the tank. The contact also stated that the front passenger seat air bag warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired for the air bag warning indicator or the fuel gauge misreading. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.

Filed Mar 18, 2016 · Fuel system · 87,632 miles · MD

On march 18, 2016, my husband was driving our 2005 nissan armada at approx 60mph on the highway. All of a sudden without warning vehicle lost power, luckily my husband was able to steer and coast vehicle to the side.this could have been tragedy.gas tank needle indicated that vehicle had a quarter tank of gas in it. No low gas light indicator was on or ever came on!! Our teenage son had been driving it for over a week. What if he was driving this when this occurred, he could have been killed or killed someone else!!!! Vehicle was at 87,632 miles when this occurred. I came to this website and observed where other drivers had the same incident happen.also observed where nissan is aware of this flaw in the armada. I advised my husband about this after he had already called a tow truck. Once he put gas in it, it started right back up. This could have been really bad, but it was only the grace of god that saved my husband surely not nissan!! Usually keep a 1/2 of tank of gas or more, but teenage son had been driving it for the last week. What if my teenager was driving it when it shut down on the highway?? This probably would not have been the same outcome.no low gas light indicator came on to warn my husband that gas was low. My husband, son or someone else could have been killed!! At the time of incident mileage was at 87,632

Filed Mar 21, 2015 · Fuel system · 142,515 miles · WA

While driving on the freeway, my armada all of a sudden lost power and the check engine light and others came on! I was terrified as I floated thru traffic to avoid an accident! I was in the middle lane and could only swerve across fast lane to get near the freeway divider and out of traffic! Let's just say I got over right in the nick of time! The truck died out completely! Fuel gauge showed I had about 1/4 tank of gas so I thought it was something wrong with my engine. I had just bought the car 4 days prior (no warranty) so I was really unsure of what was going on! State patrol helped get me over to towing zone and I had the truck towed home. I called the dealer and he stated that the gas gauge might be off a bit and to go ahead and add gas. I did as instructed and my truck started right back up! I researched the issue online and found there were thousands of vehicles with same issue which caused nissan to issue a recall for the fuel system- recall id# 68293, campaign# 10vo74000. I contacted nissan consumer svcs and was told that my VIN is not included in this specific recall but to take it in to dealer to verify/ confirm issue. I did so the following week and the mechanic at olympia nissan gladly confirmed issue with fuel sending unit and was quoted $465.00 plus tax to replace, which nissan would not cover. Surprisingly, I received a call earlier today from melody with nissan consumer svcs to inform me that she was escalating my issue regarding fuel system. I could have caused an accident on the freeway with the truck losing power like that, especially when gas gauge clearly shows truck still has gas! As of that day, I now make sure truck has a full tank of gas at all times! :/ nissan should step up and take responsibility for these defects before it causes fatal accidents.

Filed Mar 10, 2015 · Fuel system · 89,000 miles · MO

I was on the highway driving 65 MPH during rush hour traffic with. As I approached a curve, the vehicle suddenly lost power and became difficult to steer. I happened to be in the far left lane, and was able to steer the vehicle to a narrow shoulder of the road. By the time I got stopped, I was sandwiched between the concrete highway divider and the fast lane of traffic. Highway assistance, aaa and my father came to my assistance. My father thought the vehicle was out of fuel, which I disputed because the low fuel indicator did not illuminate, and the gauge was at 1/4 tank. It turned out I was out of gas. I stopped relying on the gauge, and started filling up as soon as the gauge hit 1/4. Later, I ran out of gas when the gauge read 1/2 tank! Ok. Time to get this repaired. There was a recall on my year armada, for this exact issue. Great! Once I took my vehicle to the nissan dealership for repairs, they said the recall for the fuel sender was VIN specific. My mother received information from nissan customer care that the part should be covered. I asked the dealership to provide an official diagnosis for correspondence with nissan customer care, and to not perform any repairs, as I expected this to be covered. In a subsequent call to customer care with the "bad fuel sender" diagnosis, I was told I did not meet the "history of goodwill parameters", so my repair was not covered. I decided not to have the repair done. The nissan dealership then told me there was $250 of labor to dismantle the car just to diagnose, and it would be $250 more to put the car back together to where it would be drivable! Since the fuel sender repair was quoted at $800, I reluctantly went ahead with the repair. This is a dangerous manufacturer defect. Someone could die.

Filed Nov 18, 2014 · Brakes · 68,000 miles · CA

The incident happened on november 15, 2014 while accelerating from a stop light going north before the intersection (overpass) of carmenita street, norwalk, ca and I-5 freeway at approximately 10 MPH. The brake light came on and the brakes lost power along with giving a spring sound. I brought the vehicle to my local mechanic . No problem was found and cannot duplicate the problem as stated and because of this mechanic was not able to resolve the issue/problem. Once the vehicle is turned off and restarted braking power returns to normal and the brake light goes off. This is the first incident that it happened but I was scared and lost confidence in the driving the vehicle especially on freeways with my family as passengers and putting them, myself as well as other people in danger. It seems that I am not alone who experienced this problem on this vehicle after doing a research over the internet.

Filed Sep 4, 2013 · Brakes · 15,000 miles · CA

The initial incident in 2006 occurred while driving at approximately 10 MPH. The brake light came on and the brakes lost power along with giving a spring sound. The vehicle was towed to the dealership and no problem was found on two different occasions. This failure to stop- like activity has continued throughout the years. Once the vehicle is turned off and restarted braking power returns to normal and the brake light goes off. Initially the activity occurred at low speeds and has more recently increased in frequency and has occurred at highway speeds. It is a frightening experience that has occurred as many times as three times in a week, putting myself and child in danger.

Filed Jul 17, 2013 · Fuel system · 120,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan armada. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, there was a sudden loss of power as the steering wheel became difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the fuel sending unit needed to be replaced with a new improved sender card. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v074000 (fuel system, other). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 120,000.

Filed Sep 18, 2012 · Suspension, Transmission · 60,659 miles · IL

On the listed date above our family was on en route to our vacation destination, traveling in our armada with camper in tow. While going thru the mountains in virginia we had lost all power to our transmission causing us to pull over onto the shoulder of the expressway. After some time we where finally able to get towed to a dealership in covington. As soon as the service manager looked at the vehicle he new exactly what had happened. He explained that the tail pipe had disconnected from the muffler and that the hot exhaust burned up the wire harness that controlled all the power to the transmission. This they had seen and fixed 4 to 5 times at this dealership. My complaint is that the piping from the muffler some how eroded away and disconnected allowing the exhaust to burn up the wire harness, as well as the hose that supplies the compressed air to the air shocks. This to me is a very serious safety issue. Fortunately we were in the right hand lane and no other vehicles were near to cause a potential accident. We were able to get over safely although we had lost all transmission power going up this mountain. Not sure if anybody else has reported this safety issue. But nissan must know about it based on the service manager seeing this that many times. Why would one have your electric wiring running so close to a potential hot source that could disable your vehicle while driving? I recently was talking to a coworker who has a 2004 armada and told him about what happened to us. He had said that he just had his tail pipe welded back on but had it done at a muffler shop so this was not documented at a dealership. He had said that he could smell something burning but he had no other issues. He was lucky and he may want to check it out because of the experience that I had. Please look into this because I feel it is a serious safety issue.

Filed Jul 16, 2010 · Fuel system · 143,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan armada. While driving approximately 50 MPH, an unknown warning light began flashing on the dashboard and the vehicle slowly began to lose power until finally stalling. The contact was able to coast off the roadway. A tow truck was called who added more gasoline to the vehicle. The vehicle then resumed normal operation. The contact drove to a local fuel station and refueled the vehicle. The contact stated the fuel level gauge would indicate the fuel tank was one half full when it was actually empty. He was able to locate the federal safety agency recall campaign id number: 10v074000 (fuel system, other: storage: fuel gauge system) but when inquiring with the dealer, he was told his VIN was not included with the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 143,000 and the current mileage was 144,000.