I have been dealing with this issue for over 8 years. This scares the hell out of my wife. The Armada will all of sudden lose brake power. You can still brake, but there is very little power left to get it to stop. My wife is 5'0" and a little over a 100 lbs. So when this happens she has to put all her weight into the brake pedal in order to get control of the vehicle.

We took this to the dealer several times and they told us they could not fix unless it happens when we bring it in. This in an intermittent issue that happens when driving! The problem corrects by turning off ignition and turning back on. One time, the dealer said that it was a computer adjustment and they would handle it. We felt better, but found out it was bs. It did not resolve the problem. Instead, only gave us a false sense of confidence until another scary brake failure. My wife suffered the most, as she was constantly scared to drive the Armada in fear of another unexpected failure.

I brought my car this morning to the dealer for an oil change and mentioned the problem to the service adviser. He was kind enough to explain what was really wrong with the car. He said it was a delta sensor within the brake booster, and issue could be corrected by replacing the brake booster. I went to the parts counter and requested a pricing for the booster. Retail from dealer was $650.00. I did not get a price on labor. This floored me! For years, while the vehicle was under warranty, the dealer refused to correct the problem. Only doing a computer calibration that did nothing to correct the problem. Now, after endangering my family's life for the last 8 years, they want to charge me to replace this booster that they should of done, a long time ago. Imagine, they wanted to save a few bucks at the expense of the safety of my family.

Shame on you Nissan! Pay up, fix the problem before you kill someone. More than likely, this event has already occurred. Very sad when a company does not take care of safety defects, especially brakes!!!!!

I was concerned when the brake light came on while driving but became TERRIFIED when I heard nothing but grinding every time I braked to slow down! Sounded like metal grinding! Had to floor it in order to stop! I came so close to rear ending the van in front of me!

Luckily, I took the back roads to get home that day from work so everyone was driving about 25 mph. I pulled to the side and was able to stop and I parked, double checked to make sure I did not forget to release brake. I was 5 minutes away from home so I kept going while praying that I did not get into an accident that day! Before this incident, the car would shake every time I pressed on brakes so I thought maybe it needed a brake job like yesterday! Sadly, it has only been 3 weeks since I bought the truck from a little dealer and of course, NO WARRANTY!

I got home, turned truck off and went to ask my neighbor who is a mechanic to check it out. He turned truck on and we took it for a test drive so he could hear the grinding. Of course the light was now OFF and brakes were working fine! He looked at me like I was a crazy! I've had horror stories about major dealers so I took truck in to a little Japanese Auto shop instead the following day. The mechanic says it's my rotors because my brake pads have about 75% left on them! He couldn't figure out what I was talking about when I described the "loud metal grinding noise!"

Unfortunately, in the short time that I have owned this truck, I've experienced so many issues that can really cause a serious accident and/or deaths! I feel like it's a death trap! Nissan should step up and do the right thing before it's too late! Yes there should be a recall and the repairs covered by THEM! Money shouldn't be more important than the lives of people that had trust they were purchasing WELL MADE vehicles from a so called trustworthy manufacturer. This is my dream truck and it sucks that I've had so many issues within the 3 weeks of purchasing it!

Can be driving down the road and the ABS light comes on and you try to stop and this loud grinding noise happens when you press the brake pedal. The pedal goes all the way to the floor to actually stop. I luckily haven't been going fast the 30 times this has happened. When I took it to Gateway to have the brakes looked at they said they couldn't find any problem. It has happened many more times and I figured out if you pull over and restart your car, it will reset and be fine until it happens out of the blue again. The real problem is if your child or someone else is driving your car and you forget to tell them what to do if this happens. It is dangerous to anyone driving. I am not sure the brakes would stop if you were going fast. It's like there are no brake pads so medal on medal to stop.