Nissan Armada warning lights comes on

Filed Dec 30, 2025 · Fuel system · OR

My son & I took the car out two days after I bought it. Wanted to see how things looked at night. I took an unfamiliar rd ,( why,I dont know) Enjoying the ride and all the dash lights and bright headlights. Coming up to what appeared to be a slight downhill, curved rd, The car suddenly would not let me steer or brake or, What the heck! I thought its broken and we are going to crash in the trees! Realizing the car shut itself off,im asking, ok yelling at my son, what do I do??? IT took all I had to try & stay calm, and drive like , back when. (No power steering,)but not sure what to do about brakes. Thank God, I had made that corner ok and as rd leveled, I was slowing enough to pull out of the way of the guy behind me in such a hurry. Pulling to the curb, slowly using ebrake, I stopped finally. Took me a good half hour to stop shaking to get out & let my son have a look. Gas tank still full, as it was a few weeks earlier when we test drove. He tried to start , the engine tried to start but just wouldn't cooperate. Didn't know what to look for under hood. So called a friend who thank goodness found us, bringing a battery, tow hook & gas. Hooked up battery charger, poured a little gas, stood out there freezing till they went to try & start & his magic worked. Started up and was on our way. No problem the rest of the night. Texted the people the next day asking about that & she said they never had any such problem. We tested the battery which was fine & still lots of gas. It happened again a couple weeks later. I inquired again about that problem & a couple other things. But, no the cars been great with only brakes replaced the time they had the vehicle. Ok, well this happen again, so I looked into it only to find there has been a recall on something to do with gastank & floater or such. We noticed if we keep a full tank of gas, It doesn't seem to happen. What I read was a recall which they said had never been a problem & never recieved. Well....??We wonder.

Filed Dec 27, 2025 · Electrical · FL

I’ve had my 2017 armada since 2018 and have had issues from the beginning. My GPS antenna has never worked and I assumed it was just a settings issue but after many attempts at resetting them and even purchasing the updated maps CD from the Nissan website it never fixed the issue. When I am driving you can feel the car jerk and slip. We have replaced the battery maybe 3 times in the last year. When I try to start my car it will turn on all the dash lights, shake, then shut off and sometimes if I wait it starts back up and other times it doesn’t. My car is running lean as well. I have kept up with the maintenance of my car and about 6 months ago I paid $3,000 to do repairs on it not related to these issues. These are all TSBs, but for some reason no recalls have been done. My car has become very unreliable.

Filed Jan 29, 2025 · Brakes, Electrical · TX

The vehicle won't start all the dashboard lights come on but the truck will not start I got a warning alarm message that the CBI has a malfunction .

Filed Jun 15, 2021 · Lights · NY

I feel that there should be a more visible notification or warning if the headlights are not on at night. While driving at night on the highway a car in front of me rapidly switched lanes to avoid exiting the highway and nearly caused a major high speed accident. He didn’t see us because the headlights weren’t on. All of the dashboard lights come on even though the headlights are off- so it gives you a false sense that the headlights are on. There is a very small green light that comes on when the headlights are on, but there should either be no dashboard lights or a message that warns you about the headlights.

Filed Jan 7, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 22,000 miles · FL

On january 4th, 2020 when we went to start the car, all the lights flickered and the seats rattled from electrical pulses. The car did not start at all. We have had this happen 20+ times. Sometimes when we jump the car, it will start. The dealership has replaced the battery 4 times. It is clearly not the battery. Nissan never has an answer.

Filed Nov 13, 2020 · Electrical · 5,000 miles · NM

2019 armada with just over 5000 miles. Dead battery towed or jumped 5 times. Recall switch replaced. The problem still continues. Seems like a dead battery just 15 minutes after shutting off . We called but wrecker was a problem so we used a jump start. Battery is suppose to be a brand new one dealer said when we drove and dropped off at dealership this a.m. Have no idea how it could just be the battery. It shows it's charged once started. We live in a rural area and of course like anyone we need a dependable car. Seeing others having such problems tells us nissan may be a car we return as a lemon. Each time cell service has been very limited. Texting worked so I could get my husband a tow truck. Nissan has our record we will obtain and keep. Last night all lights etc. We're operating just no start or attempt to start with ignition. Then in a few minutes all was dead. Door would not even unlock to let us in after getting jumper cables but after a few minutes and repeated attempts it unlocked.

Filed Oct 15, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 55,000 miles · GA

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.

Filed Jul 25, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · 40,000 miles · UT

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.

Filed Jun 25, 2017 · Brakes · 134,000 miles · FL

I was driving down a main roadway when the brake, vdc, ABS and 4x4 lights all came on. The car also started making a bonging grinding and vibrating when I pressed the brakes. I pulled off to the side of the road and turned the car off. I checked to see if I could find anything wrong. I couldn't see anything so I turned the car back on and all the lights were still on but the noise and vibrating had stopped. I made it home without it making the noise again. The next weeks went by and all the lights are still on and it makes the noise and vibration each time I turn the car on but and I pressed the brakes a few times it goes away expect the lights are always on now.

Filed Sep 11, 2015 · Brakes · 92,000 miles · PA

While driving at a speed of approximately 40 MPH I began to press on the brakes when a grinding noise suddenly occurred and the vehicle would not slow down or come to a complete stop as normal. The brake lights, t/c light popped up on the dash board. I accelerated again to pull to the side of the road, as I pressed the brakes again the grinding noise occurred and no matter how hard u press down on the brake the vehicle would not come to a complete stop until it lost moving momentum. I turned the vehicle off and restarted it and all lights were off and the brakes operated normal until a few weeks later it would reoccur and now has become a randomly repetitive issue.