I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY, A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE, THE BRAKE PETAL BECAME VERY MUSHY, & I HAD TO PRESS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. FORTUNATELY I WAS EXITING THE INTERSTATE WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES CLOSE. FRONT AND REAR BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACED RECENTLY AND ALL LOOKED FINE WHEN WE PULLED OVER TO CHECK THEM. WHEN WE TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. DECIDED TO DRIVE TO RELATIVES HOME CLOSE BY, ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AGAIN THE BRAKES WERE BACK TO NORMAL. THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURS SPORADICALLY AND EACH TIME RESOLVES TEMPORARILY BY TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON. SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS, ALWAYS KEEP PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE JUST IN CASE.
2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN TRAFFIC AT BETWEEN 30-40 MILES PER HOUR FOLLOWING ABOUT 3+ CAR LINKS BEHIND, I WENT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCE STOP AND HAD VERY DIMINISHED BRAKING POWER AND ENDED UP HITTING THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE (LUCKY NOT HITTING SOMEONE) AND TOOK IT TO MY NISSAN DEAL WHERE I WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO BRAKE PROBLEMS. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND MY DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE EXPRESSED TO NISSAN USA THAT THE PROBLEM SOUNDS VERY FAMILIAR TO THE REPORTS IN THEIR OPEN RECALL "TEM AFFECTED: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER DATE ANNOUNCED: 10/21/2013 DESCRIPTION OF RECALL: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. (NISSAN) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2013 TITAN AND ARMADA VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FEBRUARY 22, 2013, THROUGH MAY 3, 2013. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE A BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WHICH MAY INTERMITTENTLY REDUCE THE PRESSURE SUPPLIED TO THE FRONT BRAKES. ACTION NEEDED TO FIX IT: NISSAN HAS NOTIFIED OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 21, 2013. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN AT 1-800-647-7261. " NISSAN SAYS MY VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED AND CANNOT TELL ME HOW THEY KNOW MY VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED. MY VEHICLE MANUFACTURE DATE IS DECEMBER 2012. *TR
