NHTSA Complaint #10425819 — 2004 NISSAN ARMADA

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO COAST ACCROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AT A SPEED OF 40 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WERE FOU PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE, TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE ALL EXTREMELY FRIGHTENED BY THE EXPERIENCE. AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE TRAVELING BEHIND OURS HAD TO COME TO A FAST HAULT JUST BARELY MISSING THE REAR END OF THE TRUCK. I HD THE VEHICLE TOWED BY AAA BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START OR CRACK UP. AFTER LEAVING THE VEHICLE WITH MY PRIVATE MECHANIC FOR ONE DAY HE DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I THEN CALLED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER TO EXPLAIN THE ISSUE AND TO SEE IF A RECALL HAD BEEN DONE IN REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE I WAS TOLD "NO" AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS UP. I THEN ASKED IF THE VEHICLE HAD ANY RECENT RECALLS AND WAS TOLD NO. AFTER SPEAKING WITHMY MECHANIC AGAIN, HE TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A RECALL BUT IT WAS VOLUNTARY BY THE DEALER AND ONLY FOR NISSAN ARMADA MODELS 2005-2008, MY VEHICLE IS A 2004 BUT HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND COULD HAVE KILLED MY FAMILY.