2006 Nissan Armada: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Dec 13, 2023 · Electrical · 200,100 miles · WI · fire

The contact owed a 2006 Nissan Armada. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed fire and smoke coming from the front passenger side underneath the glove compartment area. The contact stopped and parked the vehicle. The contact exited the vehicle and noticed the vehicle was on fire. The fire department arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was left on the shoulder of the road. The contact stated the local police authorities later placed a sticker on the disabled burned vehicle because it was left on the shoulder of the road and had to be removed. The contact stated that the vehicle was junked. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,100.

Filed Sep 4, 2013 · 95,000 miles · OR · fire

My nissan armada caught fire with no warning. Nissan has admitted this is due to a recalled air compressor unit with likelihood to catch fire. Nissan will not remedy the situation and is now negotiating in bad faith. Nissan has offered to buy out the car so they can sell the components at auction - however, they are unwilling to make us whole.

Filed Aug 23, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 118,000 miles · MD · fire

I had my mom, aunt and 2 small kids in the truck we were on the way to drop my mom off at her home. Once I pulled up in front of her house we noticed the truck smoking. I got out of the vehicle and looked under the hood. I observed wires burning from that point I closed the hood so that the vehicle could cool off. I then walked my mom to her front door as I walked back to my vehicle I observed my truck on fire. I immediately rushed to the vehicle and got my kids and aunt out of the vehicle. The fire department was called and responded within 7 minutes. By the time the fire department responded my truck was in full flames.

Filed Jul 7, 2011 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · GA · fire

1. While driving on I-285 eastbound, I was told by one of the drivers that my 2006 nissan armada was on fire. 2. Fire started on the front driver side of the car. I am not an expert, therefore, do not know what caused fire. However , I want to file a claim for someone look into. H.e.r.o unit mentioned to me that it could be due to short circuit. I have heard things about nissan armada's electrical issue. I never knew it could cause fire like that. My vehicle is totaled. I have pictures and vehicle available for inspection.

Filed Jan 21, 2011 · Engine · 63,949 miles · AZ · fire

On august 11 2010 , while I was driving with my 2 kids 6 and 2 yrs old , my 2006 nissan armada caught on fire , my kids and I were able to smell like something was burning, but we were not able to see any smoke or fire anywhere around us, it was about 5 minutes later that my daughter was able to see smoke coming from under the truck ,, she said the smoke went by her window , I looked thru my mirrors but I was not able to see anything , I looked at the temperature gauges on the dashboard everything seemed to be working just fine , so I told my daughter if it was our car burning I supposed there would be an indicator that would tell us that something was wrong with the vehicle ,about 3 minutes later my daughter said she saw smoke again , so my first thought was to stop and check , make sure we were ok , I stopped a soon as I was able to get off the road and parked on a safe place. I stopped about 2 mins later after she told me . I turned the motor off and got out of the truck ,, so I decided to go around and checked everywhere , when I started walking towards the front of the truck , right on front of the hood I could smell like burning very close and very strong smell , and the next thing I see as I knelt down right in front of the truck is the fan on fire . I could not believe what my eyes where looking at, so my first reaction was to go back in he car and get my kids out of the burning truck,right away she started to unbuckle her 2 yr old brother . We started running to get away from the fire , while I was calling 911.after the investigation it was determined that the fire was caused due to a manufacturer defect that the truck had on the cooling fan . That truck had a recall on june 2008 , of which I never had a notice of . Until this day im still waiting on any kind of response from nissan.I bought the vehicle brand new so I was hoping that nissan would take any responsibility for it , since they endangered our lives. And I the vehicle was a total loss.

Filed Aug 26, 2008 · 72,000 miles · MD · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan armada. The contact's wife drove approximately two miles with the air conditioner activated. She exited the vehicle and noticed smoke underneath the hood. Three minutes later, flames appeared. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. There were no injuries and a fire report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v284000 (equipment:electrical:air conditioner) on august 21, 2008. The current and failure mileages were 72,000.