Nissan Armada Reviews

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!!!

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.

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.

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.

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!!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.