FaultScore

Worst years for a Nissan Armada

Owners have filed 2,540 complaints about the Nissan Armada with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2026. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Nissan Armada

329 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2026 Nissan Armada

15 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Nissan Armada year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 A 15 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2025 C 31 6 0 Electrical System
2024 8 0 0 Electrical System
2023 B 10 3 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2022 C 16 2 0 Electrical System
2021 C 21 3 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 C 39 3 1 Electrical System
2019 C 114 6 0 17,629 Electrical System
2018 C 115 3 0 44,884 Electrical System
2017 C 131 3 2 45,000 Electrical System
2016 3 0 0 Airbags
2015 B 27 1 0 50,000 Airbags
2014 A 17 0 0 63,000 Airbags
2013 C 26 4 1 18,835 Brakes
2012 B 24 0 1 37,000 Brakes
2011 C 60 4 4 54,000 Engine & Cooling
2010 B 63 1 1 71,237 Other & Unspecified
2009 C 39 9 3 89,600 Body & Structure
2008 C 209 0 2 84,654 Brakes
2007 B 104 0 0 72,000 Brakes
2006 F 329 25 17 85,000 Brakes
2005 D 501 12 10 78,000 Brakes
2004 D 638 30 2 65,000 Brakes

What breaks on a Nissan Armada

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 972 38.3%

Worst in 2004

Electrical System 277 10.9%

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 177 7.0%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 144 5.7%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2019

Body & Structure 101 4.0%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2004

Suspension 81 3.2%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2005

Steering 38 1.5%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2004

Seat Belts 35 1.4%

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a Nissan Armada

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Rotor 66 25.9%
Body 56 22.0%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 31 12.2%
Automatic Emergency Braking 19 7.5%
Fuel Gauge System 18 7.1%
Pads 17 6.7%
Warnings 14 5.5%
Automatic Transmission 12 4.7%
Warnings 11 4.3%
Rotor 11 4.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Nissan Armada, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2004 peak 36 Aug 2026

Nissan Armada problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Nissan Armada

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.