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Nissan · NHTSA safety record

2014 Nissan Armada

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

12

Complaints

0

Crashes

0

Fires

0

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2014 Nissan Armada have filed 12 safety complaints with NHTSA between July 2015 and July 2025. The most complained-about system is the air bags, named in 3 of them (25%). The typical failure was reported at 66,500 miles, the median across the 6 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 1 recall covering this vehicle.

Recalls (1)

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

20V188000 · March 30, 2020

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2012-2017 NV Cargo and NV Passenger Van, 2013-2015 Titan and Armada and 2011-2012 Infiniti QX56 vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the air bag inflator may not function properly or may rupture during deployment.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driver air bag inflators, free of charge. The recall began May 7, 2020. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669 or Infiniti customer service at 1-800-662-6200.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 216,678 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 12.

AIR BAGS 3 25%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 3 25%
POWER TRAIN 2 17%
STEERING 2 17%
STRUCTURE 2 17%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 8%
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 8%
SERVICE BRAKES 1 8%
SUSPENSION 1 8%
VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 8%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2017 at 3.

2015 2017 2025
2015 to 2025

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Just bought the car 17 days ago and I have realized that the odometer was rolled back. And I have already had 2 repairs done on it

NHTSA complaint 11677387. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

97,600 miles

The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Armada. The contact stated while driving 35-40 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 97,600.

NHTSA complaint 11608440. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS
Airbag light stays on after dealer has fixed it three times. First time was a recall came back on. Fixed second and third. CAME BACK ON....

NHTSA complaint 11555859. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
The contact owns a 2014 Nissan Armada. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving and while parked the rear hatch opened unintentionally. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed with corrosion of the rear door handle motor. The contact was informed that the door handle motor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA complaint 11535427. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

85,000 miles

I HAVE BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE TO GLENDALE NISSAN TWICE FOR REPAIR OF AIR BAG RECALL. WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON FOLLOWING DAY. UPON SECOND OCCASION SERVICE TECH SAID THAT THEY HAD CHANGED AIR BAG COMPONENT, HOWEVER THERE WAS A DELETED CODE STORED PREVIOUSLY THAT SOMEHOW RE-ACTIVATED. HE SAID THEY HAD CLEARED IT AND THAT I SHOULD MONITOR IT. LIGHT CONTINUES TO BE ON. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY OF DRIVING IT ANY LONGER. I'M AT A LOSS AT WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE.

NHTSA complaint 11342283. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STEERING

55,000 miles

POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE LEAKING AT 55,000 MILES. THIS IS SAME ISSUE AS ON PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS AND OTHER NISSAN MODELS. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN OCTOBER 2014.

NHTSA complaint 11153183. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Nissan Armada

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2025 19 2
2022 8 1
2021 13 2
2020 27 2
2019 73 1
2018 73 1
2017 81 0
2015 21 3 2
2013 17 2
2012 17 1
2011 40 1
2010 48 4

Other 2014 Nissan models

Every Nissan on this site — 200 vehicles, 319 recall campaigns and 5 open investigation s.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. What each state asks for , read from the statutes.

Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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