2019 Nissan Armada: owner complaints and recalls

53% of everything owners report about the 2019 Nissan Armada points at a single system: electrical system. That is 38 of 72 complaints on file.

72
Complaints
1
Recalls
4
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
1
Injuries
33.3
Severity index

Severity index 33.3 - Low. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 33.3p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2019 Nissan Armada sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 123 2019 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2019 Nissan Armada ranks 78 of 123 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 37% of its model-year peers. See the full 2019 ranking.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 38 complaints (52.8%)38 53%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 20 complaints (27.8%)20 28%Service BrakesService Brakes: 11 complaints (15.3%)11 15%EngineEngine: 9 complaints (12.5%)9 12%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 7 complaints (9.7%)7 10%SuspensionSuspension: 6 complaints (8.3%)6 8%Back Over PreventionBack Over Prevention: 5 complaints (6.9%)5 7%Power TrainPower Train: 4 complaints (5.6%)4 6%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM3852.8%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER2027.8%
SERVICE BRAKES1115.3%
ENGINE912.5%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE79.7%
SUSPENSION68.3%
BACK OVER PREVENTION56.9%
POWER TRAIN45.6%

Complaints filed per year

08152019: 42020: 152021: 102022: 92023: 122024: 112025: 102026: 1 (partial year)192015212223242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20194
202015
202110
20229
202312
202411
202510
2026 (year to date)1
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
19V65400012/09/2019BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERANissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX8
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.