NHTSA Complaint #10455903 — 2005 NISSAN ARMADA

DRIVING HOME ABOUT 45 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I SLOWED DOWN FOR THE UPCOMING RED LIGHT BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK, THEY WENT INTO ABS MODE SO I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE PEDAL, RE-APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE BRAKES STARTED PULSING AND GRINDING VIOLENTLY. I COULD NOT STOP FOR THE RED LIGHT SO I DROPPED IT DOWN INTO 4TH GEAR AND MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN ABOUT 25 MPH. THANKFULLY THERE WAS LITTLE TRAFFIC SO NO ACCIDENT AND NO ONE WAS HURT. I DROVE THE REMAINING TWO MILES HOMES AT 25 MPH AND WITHOUT USING THE BRAKES UNTIL I GOT TO MY DRIVEWAY. I APPLIED VERY LIGHT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND LITTLE NOISE BUT NOT MUCH STOPPING POWER, THANKFULLY MY DRIVEWAY IS UPHILL. WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED UP ARMADA BRAKE FAILURE AND REALIZED THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF POSTS DATING BACK TO 2004, SO THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND COMPUTER. *JS