2017 Nissan Armada problems
Owners have filed 131 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Nissan Armada. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. Next are drivetrain & axles (12%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 131 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 56 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 15 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 56 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 45,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 47,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Nissan Armada with enough data (81 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I drive a 2017 nissan armada that caught fire!!! We purchased this vehicle march of this year. My heated seat malfunctioned and caught my pants and my seat on fire while I was driving with two-2- small children!!! Tuesday morning november 12th, 2019 I was driving my 7 year old to school with my 3 year old with us when I started to feel a pain in my left leg. I lifted my leg which then I saw smoke and could smell something was burning.
My wife was forced off the highway after dropping our 5 children at camp. She was forced off the highway and she hit a large tree at 50+MPH. She did have her seatbelt on, but all of her airbags failed to deploy. She has suffered multiple injuries to include whiplash, strained muscles, neurological compromised with burning, tingling into her upper extremities, headaches, and multiple other injuries. The vehicle was inspected and declared a total loss by USAA our insurance provider.
Bought nissan armada about 7 weeks ago. Went on a 3.5 hour trip twice. While using the navigation system the navigation system went blank, flicker. Called and took it back to dealer. Texted the service advisor pictures and videos of this happening. The dealer had my vehicle for about a week and could not replicate the problem. They drove my vehicle a few hundred miles and still couldn't get it to replicate. The dealer decided to order a new radio.
Went to start my vehicle and everything but the engine would start. Tried for several minutes, locked, unlocked car then left it alone for 5 minutes and it finally started. Then, less than a week later, while I was driving, the bci malfunction warning and a bunch of other lights came on and car slowed down significantly. Had to pull over, look up this warning and follow directions others who had this same issue did. I turned vehicle off, waited a minut and turned it back on. Warning cleares.