2008 Nissan Armada
Complaints about this year name console far more often than the model's other years — 25% of them, about 64× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 161 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 14 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- console — 34.8% of this year's complaints, against 11.3% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: console, overhead, overhead console, fell.
- brakes — 34.2% of this year's complaints, against 11.7% across the model's other years (2.9×).
- hold — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the model's other years (8.4×). Owners wrote it as: hold, screws.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- brake light — 25% of complaints, 62× usual
- grinding — 22% of complaints, 54× usual
- overhead console — 16% of complaints, 39× usual
What owners wrote
BOTH INTERIOR OVERHEAD CONSOLES ARE CRACKED AND NOW THE REAR SIDE OVERHEAD CONSOLE COMPLETELY CRACKED AND NOW THE CONSOLE AS WELL IT CRACKED. THE PLASTIC IS MADE LIKE SAND, IF YOU JUST TOUCH IT, IT WILL BREAK OFF.
OVERHEAD CONSOLE IN THE BACK AND FRONT HAVE CRACKED AND BROKE. WENT OUT TO MY CAR TODAY TO SEE THE FRONT PIECE JUST HANGING DOWN. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AS I HAVE 4 SMALL KIDS THAT ARE USUALLY RIDING BACK THERE.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10E019000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 10V072000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 08V187000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V349000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V074000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER Fixed free of charge.
- 07V449000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V067000 AIR BAGS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Armada was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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