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    Reviewed May 19, 2026

    I own a 2017 Nissan Armada. Starting at the 70,000 mile mark, I have had the vehicle aligned numerous times to cure uneven rear tire wear issues. I've taken it to dealers, alignment specialty shops and the local witch doctor... all to no avail. I am lucky to get 5,000 miles out of a set of high end tires on the rear of the vehicle. Typically, the outer shoulder of the tire goes completely bald, while the inside shoulder retains 10/32s tread depth. The handling, especially on wet or snow covered roads is squirrely, and incredibly unsafe. Too bad, because otherwise, it's a pretty solid vehicle. I believe that the problem probably has something to do with the unnecessarily, overly complex, rear air suspension. Keep it simple engineers! Go with what works!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2026

    As a Nissan owner of a 2011 Armada, and have been since it was new, I am really surprised that Nissan does not support their own product. I was told by consumer affairs that Nissan does not support any Nissan after 10 years and I was on my own to find the part I need, ie heater control lever #27163zc30a. I really believe this is very poor service from Nissan.

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      Reviewed Oct. 3, 2025

      I experienced a terrifying safety failure with my 2023 Nissan Armada. While pulling into my driveway, the vehicle was in Park when the dashboard and infotainment screen suddenly went completely black. Despite being in Park, the car began rolling forward with my children inside. The brakes sank to the floor and failed to stop the vehicle until it was physically stopped by a house (thankfully, no damage occurred). I had to hold the start/stop button to shut down the car before restarting it, after which it began magically working again. This incident involved a complete loss of transmission control and brake failure.

      The vehicle was towed in, and I was told by the service department that the cause was a “low” battery, even though the car is less than two years old. They explained that a low battery can allow the vehicle to start normally but can cause the electronic system to malfunction leading to the car not recognizing it was in Park and allowing it to roll forward, along with the loss of dashboard and infotainment functions. They also said brake failure can occur with a low battery, which I find extremely dangerous and negligent. Despite the dash having a battery light, no warning indicator was given during the event. When I asked the service manager why the battery light didn’t come on, he said there is no battery indicator for this issue.

      When I asked how I’m supposed to trust the vehicle’s safety going forward, especially with my children in it, the manager dismissed my concerns, telling me “not to live in a hypothetical world” and laughing it off. To add to my frustration, the critical safety issue of brake failure was omitted from the official service paperwork despite multiple discussions and assurances it would be documented. Initially, the service advisor tried to charge me $229 for the battery replacement and insisted Nissan doesn’t cover batteries under warranty. After I contacted Nissan USA and opened a claim, they finally agreed to cover the battery. Throughout this process, management showed little concern for the seriousness of the issue, no plan to prevent it from happening again, and seemed focused only on protecting the service advisor’s review.

      I’m heartbroken because this was my “dream” car, but I no longer feel safe driving it or putting my family in it. If trading it in were an option right now, I would have done so already, but with a house closing soon, buying another vehicle isn’t possible. I share this review to warn other Nissan owners and to urge Nissan and the dealership to take this safety issue seriously. September 15th — Nissan sent in a corporate mechanic to inspect it. While it was there, the dealership forgot to bolt my driver’s side tire back on. When they lowered the car, the tire popped off, the front end slammed down, and it caused major damage. Now my car has to go to a collision shop, and it’ll show up on Carfax which means it has diminished value. Even if they fix it, I’ll never get back what I’ve put into it.

      The Director of Service actually talked me into looking at a new Armada and promised I could keep my same $830 monthly payment that the ball was in my court since they damaged my car. But now sales is backpedaling, saying it’s impossible. So not only do I have the original safety concerns, but now I have a car they damaged with little to no communication from them. At this point, I feel like Nissan should either buy my car back or replace it with a new one, covering what I owe plus my down payment.

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      Reviewed Nov. 18, 2023

      From dealership that alternator will not turn on unless driven 8 miles, that car is made drive on battery, that car does self checks while off, Nissan has long history of this problem in their cars, instead fixing the problems, they don't they rewrite the computer code get around the problems, car has what called smart charging system, it does not do real time load test, it does not messer the voltage, it does turn auil off, problem here is the batteries are not made be used in this way, they was meant to start the car and alternator would recharge the battery and then take over all power, in this case it is turned off, this can become very dangerous as it can lead to motor just turning off.

      There was recalls in 2019 Nissan Armarda for this reason. The 2020 has same problem. All cars after will have same problems, Nissan has built a tank but put a pin light battery so speak to run it, this car should have not a 140 amp alternator but a 260 amp alternator and battery should be twice as big, another problem is grounding the only grounding points it inside the hole where bolt touches sheet metal, they never taken time to remove the paint on top to ensure max contact with surface, if this was home it be never up to code, anyone ask why EV cars blowing up, wire used is to small to handle the amount of power given as in this car. All the self checks doing while car is off is destroying the batteries.

      In 8 months my cars went through 3 batteries, 3 car was unable to fully charge the car battery, even after driven for 2 hrs car battery is not fully charge, There huge amount of complaints on this and Nissan offers no fix, throw one fix could be just turn off the smart charger, and shut down devices that the user does not need, there huge amount devices put in stand by mode, like roll down all windows, don't need it. Remote start well ok when cold up be useful, remote rear door lift what the point, and list goes on and on some things is must have. Some are not.

      Finally the alternator will not charge the battery when idling or sitting in trafic, the rpm are too slow for alternator to charge the battery, this is key point to why all these cars are having battery problems, that one a alternator must be built to run on such low rpm or up the rpm on cars so battery can charge, each of these points is huge problem in this car, in short Nissan new these problems would come up, Nissan chosen to gamble with the problem any way in hope that problem would fall out warranty, and time it failed no one would understand why till much latter, we demand a fix a permanent fix for all Nissan cars that has this problems, in 8 months spent 5000,00 to fix a problem which it still has to date, I never wanted a car that was in shop more then I was driving it,

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      Reviewed Aug. 8, 2023

      I've made some bad decisions in my life, but buying a Nissan Armada was one of the worst. It started blowing blue fumes within a week. Turns out it had a blown piston ring and needed a new engine. The Subaru dealer where I bought it said I would have to take it to a Nissan shop. They charged $11,000 for a new engine and $8000 for labor. I bought it for $17,000!! The dealer wouldn't do anything for me, nor would Nissan. My mechanic said he was putting a new engine in a Nissan even as we spoke!! Never buy a Nissan!!

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      Reviewed May 14, 2023

      2020 Nissan Armada I purchased the end of last year. Have been deal with this for 4 months. I did get a call from a manager. He thought by just SELLING me an older Armada with lower miles would take care of my problem of being sold a lemon from their dealership. So I'm supposed to fork out another $4500 and my problem would be solved! After I told them that I could not justify spending more money on a 3 years older Armada it wasn't what he wanted to hear. Total silence, NO reply! Nothing!! I should just give them more and nothing about the $500 an unjustified repair bill. I just shake my head and kiss $30,000 goodbye.

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      Reviewed Dec. 28, 2022

      I've heard this from multiple people with 2019 Nissan armadas - there is some malfunction with the battery causing it to not start frequently. Extremely unreliable and Nissan won't recall it to fix, although many have the same issue.

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      Reviewed Sept. 12, 2019

      We’ve had our 2018 Armada Platinum for a few months and since then, the check engine light has been on three separate occasions, the computer has needed a flash update, the AC has gone out (middle of TN heat), the dash has come loose, there’s rattling in the back door panel and transmission is acting up. The dealership claims they have “fixed what they can” but we end up at square one within a couple weeks. I’m definitely not happy with this vehicle!

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      Reviewed May 22, 2019

      Bought a new Armada last year (2018) and within months the paint started to chip. It is chipping all around the vehicle not just the front end. The dealer claims it's rock chips. I don't drive on gravel and the chips are everywhere and numerous. I am very disappointed in Nissan. I have had many vehicles of all makes and models and never have I seen this before. Unacceptable for the price I paid!

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      Reviewed May 1, 2019

      We bought a new Nissan Armada last year and it suddenly stopped working. Flashing engine light and decelerated in the middle of the freeway. Almost got in an accident. After a week of it being in the shop, we were told it may have needed a software update. This is crazy to me that when a new vehicle needs a software update it stops working and you may get in an accident. I smell a lawsuit waiting to happen. After nissan’s lengthy decision process (this all took a month) they decided that we can take our new car back to the shop to have another look-over. I would’ve hoped they were a better company than this decision reflects. They should buy it back. In that month another “unknown” issue occurred. The car is a lemon and they know it.

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