NHTSA Complaint #10256419 — 2004 NISSAN ARMADA

MY PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 12/5/08 WHEN MY TRUCK DIED UNEXPECTEDLY. IT RESTARTED THEN LATER MORE OF THE SAME ON THE SAME VOYAGE. LOCAL NISSAN WAS CONTACTED THAT DAY AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS SET FOR 12/15/08. AT THAT APPOINTMENT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE VEHICLE SECURITY FUNCTION AND WAS RESET AND KEY WAS REPROGRAMMED. THEY HAD NOTED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS HAD FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE MILEAGE WAS 81,470, 1470 MILES OVER THE FEDERAL WARRANTY. MY MILEAGE WAS ARGUABLY UNDER THE 80,000 WARRANTY LIMIT WHEN THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE A WEEK PRIOR. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURRED. THIS TIME IT IS ADDED WITH POWER LOSS OF MASS PROPORTION ON AND OFF AGAIN. AGAIN BACK TO NISSAN WERE THEY ARE POINTING AT THE MANIFOLDS. OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS HAVE HAD THE IPDM, BCM, ECM, MANIFOLDS, AND THE KEY REPROGRAMMED AND THE DEALERSHIPS STILL CANT FIND THERE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ACKNOWLEDGES MY CONCERN THAT THIS ISN?T THE PART CAUSING THE INTERMITTENT ISSUES. NISSAN REALIZED THE PROBLEM WITH ITS MANIFOLDS AND CORRECTED BY MAKING THEM ?BEEFER? AND ADDING A SUPPORT BRACE IN LATER PRODUCTION RUNS. I HAVE TRIED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM THROUGH NISSANS CONSUMER SERVICES, BUT WAS DENIED ASSISTANCE (CASE #6392768). THE INTERNET IS FLOODED WITH NISSAN TRUCK CUSTOMERS WHOSE MANIFOLDS HAVE FAILED IN THE SAME EXACT PLACES ON THE PART DURING THE PRODUCTION RUN DATE. NISSAN HAS EVEN WARRANTED THIS PART TO OTHER CUSTOMERS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE WARRANTY BUT WHY NOT ME? THERE SUGGESTING ?STARTING? WITH THE MANIFOLDS @ $2400 ESTIMATE I CAN?T AFFORD, AND IF THAT DOESN?T FIX THE PROBLEM IM IN THE SAME BOAT AS THE OTHER? THROW PARTS YOU CANT AFFORD AT IT? CROWD. I BOUGHT THERE FLAGSHIP VEHICLE, EXPECTING UTMOST SERVICE UNLIKE THERE COUNTERPARTS. IM READY TO DISCOURAGE ANYONE I CROSS FROM THE NISSAN PRODUCT LINE, MY LAWYER HAS ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED, AND IF THIS ISN'T RESOLVED SWIFTLY BEING WITHOUT A VEH. *TR