Nissan Armada

Which Nissan Armada years should you avoid?

Going by 1,854 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Nissan Armada years to avoid are 2006, 2004 and 2005.

• 2006266 complaints, 3.3× a typical Armada year, most often about the brakes; and 2.7× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (13 fires, 14 crashes).
• 2004464 complaints, 5.7× a typical Armada year, most often about the brakes.
• 2005373 complaints, 4.6× a typical Armada year, most often about the brakes.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →