[mcraigchr]

40k miles. Wife was on a road trip. Stopped for fuel, pulled back out onto the Interstate and BOOM, everything went dead. Hazard lights would not work, no horn, wouldn't start ... totally dead in the water. I drove 3 hours because I thought it was something stupid, like a bad key fob, or dead cell in the battery or loose battery terminal, etc. Nope. It was the 140 amp fuse that sits on back of the battery. Of course, I did not know to look for this. So, we had it towed to the closest Christian Brothers. They found the issue 2 days later and fixed it.

So, I don't put up with a car that puts me on the side of road like that. If it were mine, it would already be traded in. However, it is my wife's vehicle. She does not want to to get rid of it yet. Is this a "known" problem? Or am I just the unlucky turd that got a weak fuse?

Thanks,
CC

 

[marctronixx]

first off , im sorry to hear your wife had to go through that on her own away from home, but happy to hear she's safe.

as for the issue you mention, id say its not a "known" issue. doesnt mean it has not happened before, just that its not something i see mentioned here.

what did the shop determine what the cause of the issue was?
how long have you had the car? since its birth or is it a new-used vehicle?
did you have any signs of the car acting up prior to this?
any modifications done to the car or any maintenance done to the car before it got on the highway?

the qx/armada are very reliable cars. people keep these for years and hundreds of thousands of miles with no major issues.
that said, all car makers will have some lemons or some cars that act up here and there. curious to also know if there were any DTC's pulled from the bod port.

 

[mcraigchr]

what did the shop determine what the cause of the issue was?

They could not find anything wrong with it. After replacing the fuse, they drove it, monitored the voltage, etc. Nothing.

how long have you had the car?

2.5 years.

since its birth or is it a new-used vehicle?

We bought it at Carmax in October 2020. It had 900 miles.

did you have any signs of the car acting up prior to this?

Had an issue with the battery giving out. I purchased another and it was faulty, which seemed odd at the time. But I got a third one and there have been no other issues since then. That was 6 months ago.

any modifications done to the car or any maintenance done to the car before it got on the highway?

No sir. I do all of the oil changes myself. Only thing someone else has done to it was when a rock hit the windshield about a year ago. Had that replaced and they had a lot of trouble getting all of the sensors calibrated and working properly.

the qx/armada are very reliable cars. people keep these for years and hundreds of thousands of miles with no major issues.
that said, all car makers will have some lemons or some cars that act up here and there. curious to also know if there were any DTC's pulled from the bod port.

I have had great luck with Nissan. I have a 2015 Frontier that is bullet proof. But it doesn't have nearly the amount of electronics on it that this Armada does.

Thanks,
CC