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-mike
-mike
I took it to the dealer who said I needed an adjustment. That took care of it for a while. Vehicle had less than 12,000 miles on it. Problem came back with greater intensity. Had another "adjustment". Fast forward to March 2007. Spoke with a neighbor who had exact same vehicle and was inquiring about problem. He informed me that it was a problem and that I should take it back to where I purchased it. He said they are replacing the brakes free of charge. I contacted my dealer who acted like they had never heard of the problem. I dropped the car off and they later called me to say my brakes were shot and that it was going to cost $1,100.00 for new brakes. I declined.....
My husband tried to work with the dealer and they would not budge. Of course, it was out of the 12,000 mile warranty. We decided to try another dealership but before that happened I went out to do a short errand and the car would not go into reverse. I gave it a little gas and the brake pad fell off while backing out of my driveway with my 2 kids in the car. It scared the heck out of me. Since this was a Friday afternoon on a holiday weekend, I could not get the car into the dealership until late the next week. I called a friend of mine who is a mechanic, and he came over and said he could do the brakes for $200.00. He felt that they gave me the runaround, until the brakes were acrually worn. Turned out, when he went to replace the front passanger brake,he found the caliper leaking brake fluid. It ended up costing me $700.00 ($500 for the caliper). Bought the car in Mar 2004 but only has 27,900 miles on it.
Now it seems that I have a charging problem.....
As for the brakes there was a recall on the '04s to be upgraded to different rotors pads and a bracket for the caliper.
-mike
That is what worries me......I have reached my 36 months but I am at 27,596 miles. I dread the call from the dealer tomorrow. I guess I should just hope they are gracious.
My dealer acted like they had never heard of the brake problem.I ended up getting them fixed at my own expense.
This morning, dead again. Dealer will not take car in for more testing until I put the correct battery in. The dealer is out of stock until next Monday so I will have to go elsewhere. I still think there is another problem. I used the car until late last night and this morning.....dead
The auto center near my home did put the car on their diagnostic machine and said they see a considerable parasitic draw. The dealer said they ran every imaginable test yestersay and found nothing.
It's definitely a drain. Unfortunately the dealer is correct in requiring the correct CCA as you need to have a level playing field to diagnose the problem. Is there anything else that may be causing the drain:
Aftermarket Stereo
Aftermarket Alarm
Aftermarket Items such as Radar Detector, GPS Unit, etc. that might be plugged into a cigarette lighter. Aftermarket DVD player also can cause a problem.
-mike
Anytime you park your Armada on a hill of any sort (even a slight one) you should apply the parking brake. What is happening is that the weight of the Armada leaning on your parking pin, when you shift it out of P it is wearing the pin/mechanism. The reason you don't have the same issue with your Acura is that it's about 1/2 the weight or less of the Armada.
It's not a problem, you just need to operate it differently so it doesn't happen. Also applying the parking brake on any automatic car should be done in these steps:
1) Put the car in N with your foot on the regular brake
2) Apply the parking brake
3) Release the regular brake
4) Allow the car to settle into it's spot
5) Put the car in P
-mike
I left it at the dealership overnight on Monday and as you can guess, it started Tuesday morning. It was dead yesterday and I tried it this morning, and it cracked over but didn't start. When I tried it again, it just made that clicking noise.
The dealer is out of the battery until Monday so I had a friend get me one elsewhere, hopefully today.
I have not made any additions to the vehicle as it is leased. Out of the blue, the battery was dead last Thursday.
Thanks for the suggestions.
I'd say, leave it there once the proper battery is in and see what they can diagnose from the dead car which will eventually be dead if you leave overnight there.
-mike
Pads are relatively cheap, they run about $120 front and rear pads.
-mike
I had good luck with the stock pads in terms of dusting. I did replace them with Akebono Pro-Act Ceramics this time around and so far so good.
-mike
PL
I found out that there is a recall on my vehicle. It is on the body control module. I asked them if I could bring the vehicle in and have the body control module changed out and see if that fixes my charging problem. The repsonse was, no!! I need to have the vehicle looked over at my expense, and they will then decide if the module is the culprit of the dying battery problem. I am so angry, I shot off an email to Nissan USA.
Now they want me to have it towed (also at my expense) there and they want to look at it.
-mike
Agreed tzanghi it is time to look for another dealer. Seems the one you're with is into blowing smoke.
I don't understane why they won't just replace the body control module and then take it from there. From what I understand the BCM control everything inside the vehicle.
A battery drain will require a good deal of time to diagnose. Again that's something a dealer usually will not do as the time to diagnose will not be fully paid by Nissan and more than likely cause the dealer to lose money.
A good place to start is to file a complaint with the BBB online against Nissan and/or the dealership since no one seems to be willing to help. The BBB is good a clearing the red tape and BS that both Nissan and the dealer might be giving you. The results and response are quick as I've pursued this course of action before.
Good luck.
That is pretty much the same for all warranties from all auto-makers. They want to limit their towing costs and at the same time get you back on the road as soon as possible, towing to the orginal dealer could be far from where you are located and broken down.
-mike
i have a 2004 armada and i learned that they increase the warranty on the brake rotor and pads (does caliper included?).....how true, can anybody help!
Well, it's the standard Nissan warranty - isn't it?
-mike
I'm having trouble with my 2006 Nissan Armada. It has under 16,500 miles on it and it keeps dying on me, while I'm driving it. I have gotten it towed five times, taken it to two different delearships, and called Nissan North America, all to no avail. Everyone says that they can't duplicate the problem and that everything checks out fine. However, after driving it a couple days, it just stops again. I've paid for the towing and car rentals, and I'm running out of $$ and patience. But no one seems to help. Any ideas or suggestions would be great.
Thanks.
-mike
-mike