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Incident date: Jan 21, 2019
DURING 20 DEGREE F, I DROVE MY CAR WITH NO ISSUES TO A RETAIL STORE, PARKED IT IN A PARKING LOT. AFTER SHOPPING, RETURNED TO MY CAR & STARTED IT UP, PUT IN REVERSE, STARTED BACKING UP, THEN SEVERAL MALFUNCTION LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE CAR'S DASH & THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ALL OF A SUDDEN. I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I COULD ONLY MOVE THE CAR FORWARD & BACKWARD & THIS IS ALL WHILE THE CAR IS
... POWERED ON. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. IN PAST HISTORY, THERE HAS BEEN 2 OTHER STEERING RECALLS (ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM & ADAPTIVE STEERING PARTS) ON THIS SAME MAKE/MODEL,& YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE TEAM TOLD ME ON 1/22/19 & THE ISSUE WITH MY CAR WAS THE CHASSIS CONTROL MODULE (THE BRAIN OF THE STEERING WHEEL) & A LANE DEPARTURE MALFUNCTION & THE COST OF REPAIR IS $1600 (NOT COVERED) DESPITE I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CHASSIS CONTROL MODULE AS THE BRAIN OF THE STEERING WHEEL CLEARLY RELATES TO THE PREVIOUS STEERING RECALLS (ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM & ADAPTIVE STEERING PARTS) ALONG WITH THE LANE DEPARTURE MALFUNCTION AS DIAGNOSED BY INFINITI DEALER IN SUITLAND, MARYLAND. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PREVIOUS 2 RECALLS (ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM & ADAPTIVE STEERING PARTS) SAY THAT IN FREEZING CLIMATES, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT REACHES FREEZING, DISABLING THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF STEERING, INCREASING RISK OF CRASH. AS DIAGNOSED BY INFINITI, DEFINITELY THE CHASSIS CONTROL MODULE & EVEN THE LANE DEPARTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS STEERING RECALLS & SHOULD HAVE BEEN. PLEASE ISSUE STEERING RECALLS FOR THE CHASSIS CONTROL MODULE AND LANE DEPARTURE MALFUNCTION PARTS OR JUST THE ENTIRE STEERING SYSTEM. INFINITI IS FIXING MY CAR AT NO CHARGE TO ME AFTER I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE RELATED PREVIOUS STEERING RECALLS. PER THE INTERNET, MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS WITH THIS CAR MODEL. DANGER!!Read more
Incident date: Jan 22, 2019
WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CAR PAUSES/DELAYS BEFORE MOVING. WHEN I PLACE THE CAR IN REVERSE THE ENGINE SOUND LIKE ITS RACING AND ITS BARELY MOVING.THIS HAPPENS WHEN I FIRST GO TO ACCELERATE FROM A STATIONARY POSITION. THE REVERSE JUST STARTED TODAY 01/22/2019 BUT THE DELAY IN ACCELERATING FROM WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE LAST YEAR. I THOUGHT BECAUSE IT WAS A HYBRID WITH THE DELAY STATING
... THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.Read more
Incident date: Nov 3, 2018
PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATOR SHOWS PASSENGER AIR BAG TO BE OFF AND LIGHT FLASHING ON THE DASH. RESET ONCE AND THEN CAME BACK. CAR ONLY HAS 59,000 MILES.
Incident date: Dec 28, 2018
DRIVING UNDER 20 MPH ON DIVIDED STREET APPROACHING A BRIDGE OVER A SMALL WATERWAY. SUDDENLY FELT LEFT FRONT END GO DOWN AND SWERVE TO LEFT INTO CONCRETE BRIDGE RAILING. APPEARS THAT LEFT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAME APART FROM DRIVE SHAFT. POLICE OFFICERS COMMENTED THAT LOOKS LIKE U-JOINT SEPARATED. *DSY *DT*JB
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Incident date: Jun 1, 2018
I PURCHASED MY CAR USED WITH APROX 45,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER, I TEST DROVE IT & IT RAN & HANDLED PERFECT. AS SOON AS I TOOK THE CAR HOME I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT, I GOT THE OIL & FILTERS CHANGED & CAR INSPECTION, ALL WAS GOOD. I OWNED THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS & MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY. ONE MORNING I STARTED IT UP & IT STARTED POPPING & JUMPING (THE DAY BEFORE IT HAD RUN PERFECTLY
... ) & MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS APPROX 65,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THERE WAS LESS THAN 1000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC & THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT..THE OIL WAS COMPLETELY GONE. THERE WAS NO OIL SPOTS IN MY DRIVEWAY AT ALL WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE OIL COULD HAVE GONE IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANICS FILLED IT WITH OIL, I DROVE IT ONLY LOCALLY A FEW WEEKS & WHEN I CHECKED IT AGAIN THE OIL WAS GONE..WITH NO OIL STAINS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I CALLED INFINITY, THEY TOWED IT TO INFINITY DEALERSHIP IN NJ, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO NEGLECTING TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED & I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR WHICH COST APPROX $12,000. I TOLD THEM I HAVE RECEIPTS OF THE OIL CHANGES & THEY SAID THEN IT WAS NEGLECTED PRIOR TO MY OWNING IT WHICH I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD BE AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR OVER 3 YEARS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THEY THEN ACCUSED ME OF NEGLECTING THE CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING IT TO THEM FOR MAINTENANCE. NO ONE I SPOKE TO CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD RUN COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES & IT DIDN'T START RUNNING BAD GRADUALLY IT LITERALLY HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. ONE MECHANICS I SPOKE TO SAID IT MAY BE A DEFECT TO LOOK UP RECALLS, I SAW A SIMILAR ISSUE ON SOME MODEL INFINITIES BUT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I NOW HAVE LESS THAN 69,000. MILES ON AN INFINITY WHICH NEEDS A NEW MOTOR THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE CAR VALUE.Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2018
I PURCHASED MY CAR USED WITH APROX 45,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER, I TEST DROVE IT & IT RAN & HANDLED PERFECT. AS SOON AS I TOOK THE CAR HOME I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT, I GOT THE OIL & FILTERS CHANGED & CAR INSPECTION, ALL WAS GOOD. I OWNED THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS & MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY. ONE MORNING I STARTED IT UP & IT STARTED POPPING & JUMPING (THE DAY BEFORE IT HAD RUN PERFECTLY
... ) & MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS APPROX 65,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THERE WAS LESS THAN 1000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC & THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT..THE OIL WAS COMPLETELY GONE. THERE WAS NO OIL SPOTS IN MY DRIVEWAY AT ALL WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE OIL COULD HAVE GONE IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANICS FILLED IT WITH OIL, I DROVE IT ONLY LOCALLY A FEW WEEKS & WHEN I CHECKED IT AGAIN THE OIL WAS GONE..WITH NO OIL STAINS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I CALLED INFINITY, THEY TOWED IT TO INFINITY DEALERSHIP IN NJ, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO NEGLECTING TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED & I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR WHICH COST APPROX $12,000. I TOLD THEM I HAVE RECEIPTS OF THE OIL CHANGES & THEY SAID THEN IT WAS NEGLECTED PRIOR TO MY OWNING IT WHICH I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD BE AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR OVER 3 YEARS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THEY THEN ACCUSED ME OF NEGLECTING THE CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING IT TO THEM FOR MAINTENANCE. NO ONE I SPOKE TO CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD RUN COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES & IT DIDN'T START RUNNING BAD GRADUALLY IT LITERALLY HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. ONE MECHANICS I SPOKE TO SAID IT MAY BE A DEFECT TO LOOK UP RECALLS, I SAW A SIMILAR ISSUE ON SOME MODEL INFINITIES BUT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I NOW HAVE LESS THAN 69,000. MILES ON AN INFINITY WHICH NEEDS A NEW MOTOR THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE CAR VALUE.Read more
Incident date: Jan 20, 2019
WATER LEAKING INTO THE CABIN OF THE G SERIES VEHICLES , LIKELY FROM THE WEARING GASKET OF THE PART KNOWN AS 'PLUG-SIDE TRIM'. SOAKS THE CARPET AND MAY POSSIBLY DAMAGE WIRING UNDER CARPET (WHICH MAY DAMAGE ELECTRONICS AND IN THE CASE OF OTHER MANUFACTURERS, CAUSE FIRES), AS WELL AS CREATE A MOLD\MILDEW HAZARD AND CONDENSATION THAT CAN CLOUD ROAD VISIBILITY.
Incident date: Jan 20, 2019
WATER LEAKING INTO THE CABIN OF THE G SERIES VEHICLES , LIKELY FROM THE WEARING GASKET OF THE PART KNOWN AS 'PLUG-SIDE TRIM'. SOAKS THE CARPET AND MAY POSSIBLY DAMAGE WIRING UNDER CARPET (WHICH MAY DAMAGE ELECTRONICS AND IN THE CASE OF OTHER MANUFACTURERS, CAUSE FIRES), AS WELL AS CREATE A MOLD\MILDEW HAZARD AND CONDENSATION THAT CAN CLOUD ROAD VISIBILITY.
Incident date: Jan 20, 2019
WATER LEAKING INTO THE CABIN OF THE G SERIES VEHICLES , LIKELY FROM THE WEARING GASKET OF THE PART KNOWN AS 'PLUG-SIDE TRIM'. SOAKS THE CARPET AND MAY POSSIBLY DAMAGE WIRING UNDER CARPET (WHICH MAY DAMAGE ELECTRONICS AND IN THE CASE OF OTHER MANUFACTURERS, CAUSE FIRES), AS WELL AS CREATE A MOLD\MILDEW HAZARD AND CONDENSATION THAT CAN CLOUD ROAD VISIBILITY.
Incident date: Jan 11, 2019
I PURCHASED MY 2017 INFINITI Q50 ON OCTOBER 06 2018 FROM CARVANA LLC. THE VEHICLE WAS USED AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 38K ON THE ODOMETER. WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE THE REAR BRAKES PADS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED. THIS WAS EXPECTED DUE TO THE HIGH MILEAGE ON A 1 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THEN ON JANUARY 11TH 2019 I TOOK MY 2017 INFINITI Q50 IN FOR ITS OIL CHANGE AT 43
... ,000 MILES WITH GLENDALE INFINITI IN GLENDALE CALIFORNIA. WHEN THE SERVICE WAS COMPLETED THE SERVICE ADVISOR HAD NOTIFIED ME THAT MY REAR BRAKE PADS WHERE AT 4/32'S AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN 6,000 MILES. I HAD THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED WITH THE FACTORY RECOMMENDED BRAKE PADS AT FIRESTONE IN ALHAMBRA ON 6 OCTOBER AS STATED ABOVE. I DID TAKE THE CAR BACK TO FIRESTONE IN ALHAMBRA CA FOR SQUEALING BRAKES MID DECEMBER 2018 AND IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ROTORS NEEDING TO BE RESURFACED. THE REAR BRAKES NOW SQUEAL AND WILL NEED REPLACEMENT FOR THE 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN 3 MONTHS. MY CAR IS USED TO DROP MY SON OFF AT DAYCARE AND MY WIFE AT WORK AND THEN TO PICK THEM BOTH UP AND SOME OCCASIONAL TRAVEL AND WORK FOR MY PART TIME JOB AS A RIDESHARE EMPLOYEE WHICH TOTAL 859 MILES IN DECEMBER. I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS ABOUT HAVING THE REAR BRAKE PADS WEAR PREMATURELY. I ASK ED THE SERVICE ADVISOR WITH GLENDALE INFINITI ABOUT IT AND HE SIMPLY STATED IT IS DUE TO HARSH BRAKING. I RESPONDED WITH IS THAT SO BECAUSE THEY WHERE REPLACED WITH FACTORY BRAKE PADS IN OCTOBER 2018. SINCE THE FIND THE SQUEALING IS INTERMITTENT WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND MY STOPPING DISTANCE HAS INCREASED EVEN AT LOW SPEEDS ON CITY STREETS.Read more
Incident date: Dec 20, 2018
I WAS IN MOTION ON A ROAD WHEN THE UNIVERSAL JOINT BROKE OFF, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THEN CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO EXPLODE, UPON PULLING OVER, I DISCOVERED METAL FRAGMENTS IN THE ROAD, AND RED TRANSMISSION FLUID RUNNING OUT OF MY VEHICLE. AFTER A COMPLETE INSPECTION MY VEHICLE IS TOTALED!
Incident date: Aug 1, 2018
HELLO, MY 2003 INFINITI G35 COUPE IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT ISSUE THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:03V455000 (INFINITI RECALL NO. R3021) DESCRIBES FOR THE CRANK/CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSORS. MY CAR WILL LITERALLY JUST DIE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN TIME! MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER WITH A STIFF STEERING WHEEL TO TURN MY CAR OFF & RESTART IT. SOMETIMES, THE CAR WON'T START BECUASE
... OF THE SAME ISSUE. HOWEVER, MY LOCAL INFINITI DEALER AND THE INFINITI CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE HAVE BOTH INFORMED ME THAT THEY CANNOT FIX THIS ISSUE BECUASE MY VIN WAS NOT LISTED ON THAT RECALL. I BOUGHT THIS CAR AROUND 6-7 YEARS AGO, SO I WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IT IN TO GET FIXED SINCE THEY NOTED IT WAS ONLY 2003 FOR A CERTAIN TIME. THIS JUST RECENTLY STARTED HAPPENING A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I FINALLY FOUND THE EXACT ISSUE ON YOUR WEBSITE. I VERIFIED THAT MY CARS COMPUTER NOTED THAT THOSE SPECIFIC SENSORS ARE BAD! I'M VERY UPSET WITH INFINITI NOT EVEN CARING TO HELP ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR A MAJOR SAFETY AND LIABILITY ISSUE! THIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AT RANDOM, AND I'M HONESTLY NERVOUS TO DRIVE MY CAR. THIS COULD EASILY POSE DANGER TO OTHERS OR MYSELF IF THE CAR DOES THIS WHILE DRIVING IN THE FUTURE! PLEASE HELP!Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2019
AIR BAG SENSOR ON PASSENGER SEAT MALFUNCTION. WARNING LIGHT ON DASHBOARD
Incident date: Nov 15, 2016
1.FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG WARNING SENSOR LIGHT ALWAYS BLINKING DESPITE SEVERAL DEALER ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT. DEALER TRIED TO RESET SENSOR ON 5/05/10,10/23/15 & 11/15/16 AND AN ESTIMATE OF $5,091.96 ON 11/15/16 TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. MANUFACTURER DENIED CLAIM TO REPLACE SENSOR ON 11/17/16 (CASE # 24679041. 2. MULTIPLE DASHBOARD CRACKS. DEALER GAVE US AN ESTIMATE ON 9/4/18 OF $2,453.64 FOR PAR
... TS, $800.00 FOR LABOR PLUS TAX ON PARTS & LABOR. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER IN 10/17/09 AND IS ALWAYS STORED INSIDE OUR GARAGE WHEN NOT IN USE, HAS 9,037 MILES AS OF 1/15/19 AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ASIDE FROM THE TWO AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEMS.Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2016
1.FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG WARNING SENSOR LIGHT ALWAYS BLINKING DESPITE SEVERAL DEALER ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT. DEALER TRIED TO RESET SENSOR ON 5/05/10,10/23/15 & 11/15/16 AND AN ESTIMATE OF $5,091.96 ON 11/15/16 TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. MANUFACTURER DENIED CLAIM TO REPLACE SENSOR ON 11/17/16 (CASE # 24679041. 2. MULTIPLE DASHBOARD CRACKS. DEALER GAVE US AN ESTIMATE ON 9/4/18 OF $2,453.64 FOR PAR
... TS, $800.00 FOR LABOR PLUS TAX ON PARTS & LABOR. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER IN 10/17/09 AND IS ALWAYS STORED INSIDE OUR GARAGE WHEN NOT IN USE, HAS 9,037 MILES AS OF 1/15/19 AND IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ASIDE FROM THE TWO AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEMS.Read more
Incident date: Jan 4, 2019
I BROUGHT IN MY 2012 FOR MAINTENANCE AT AN INFINITI SERVICE DEALER. I RECEIVED A "NEW" BATTERY AS I WAS TOLD THE BATTERY NEEDED REPLACEMENT SOON. COME TO FIND OUT, THE "NEW" BATTERY WAS ACTUALLY A FAULTY COMPONENT AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I TOLD THEM THAT IT MUST BE THE BATTERY SINCE I NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE BEFORE. THE BATTERY
... ISSUE CONTINUED AND I WOULD HAVE TO JUMP MY CAR OFF. THE DAY I HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO INFINITI, I HAD TO JUMP OFF THE CAR AND RIGHT AFTER I DID, THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND CODES INDICATED A FAULTY DIAGNOSIS SENSOR UNIT FOR THE AIRBAG. THEY THEN DID THEIR DIAGNOSTICS AGAIN AND DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY ITSELF WAS THE PROBLEM IN THE CAR-STARTING ISSUE, YET THE INFINITI BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO BLINK. THE DEALER SAID THE COST WOULD BE $1600 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR/CONTROL UNIT. THE AIRBAG HAS NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED AND I NEVER HAD ISSUES UNTIL THE BATTERY REPLACEMENT WITH A FAULTY BATTERY AND THUS CREATING THE NEED TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE. THE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER A JUMP START. I NEVER SAW THE LIGHT BEFORE THAT.Read more
Incident date: Jan 4, 2019
I BROUGHT IN MY 2012 FOR MAINTENANCE AT AN INFINITI SERVICE DEALER. I RECEIVED A "NEW" BATTERY AS I WAS TOLD THE BATTERY NEEDED REPLACEMENT SOON. COME TO FIND OUT, THE "NEW" BATTERY WAS ACTUALLY A FAULTY COMPONENT AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I TOLD THEM THAT IT MUST BE THE BATTERY SINCE I NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE BEFORE. THE BATTERY
... ISSUE CONTINUED AND I WOULD HAVE TO JUMP MY CAR OFF. THE DAY I HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO INFINITI, I HAD TO JUMP OFF THE CAR AND RIGHT AFTER I DID, THE AIRBAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND CODES INDICATED A FAULTY DIAGNOSIS SENSOR UNIT FOR THE AIRBAG. THEY THEN DID THEIR DIAGNOSTICS AGAIN AND DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY ITSELF WAS THE PROBLEM IN THE CAR-STARTING ISSUE, YET THE INFINITI BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO BLINK. THE DEALER SAID THE COST WOULD BE $1600 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR/CONTROL UNIT. THE AIRBAG HAS NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED AND I NEVER HAD ISSUES UNTIL THE BATTERY REPLACEMENT WITH A FAULTY BATTERY AND THUS CREATING THE NEED TO JUMP START THE VEHICLE. THE LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AFTER A JUMP START. I NEVER SAW THE LIGHT BEFORE THAT.Read more
Incident date: Aug 15, 2018
THE VAPORS FROM THE CRACKED DASHBOARD HAVE CREATED A SAFETY ISSUE. THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD CONTINUOUSLY FOGS UP CREATING A VISIBILITY PROBLEM DUE TO THESE EMITTING VAPORS. HAVE NO CLUE IF THEY MAY BE TOXIC, HOWEVER, THE EMITTING VAPORS ARE A VISUAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE VAPORS ARE CONTINUOUSLY EMITTING WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING. THE CRACKED DASHBOARD IS THE PROBLEM.
Incident date: Jan 14, 2019
I TRIED TO OPEN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND I COULD NOT SINCE I DID NOT PRESS LONG ENOUGH. THEN I TRIED TO DO THE SAME FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE BUT AGAIN I COULD NOT SINCE AGAIN I DID NOT HOLD THE BUTTON LONG ENOUGH(I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE AND I WAS DRIVING IT FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO SNOW). I THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TRY AGAIN SINCE MY LOGIC WAS IF THE TRUCK IS R
... UNNING DUE TO SAFETY REASON THE BACK DOOR MIGHT NOT BE OPENING. AS SOON AS I TURNED OFF THE CAR WITH IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS SINCE IT WAS ON SLIGHT SLOPE. OUR 3 DAUGHTERS WERE NEARBY AND I WAS SCARED THEY MIGHT BE NEAR THE BACK SIDE BUT THANK GOD THEY WERE ON SIDE OF THE TRUCK. I KEPT RUNNING WITH THE TRUCK TILL I CAN GET IN IT AND STOP IT. I GOT HURT ON MY KNEES AND BLOOD STARTED TO COME BUT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STOP IT. I WANT INFINITI TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE ASAP SINCE I DON"T WANT ANYONE HURT OR EVEN WORSE. IT IS 2017 INFINITI QX80. SEE ATTACHED VIDEO.THANK YOU. (XXXX) OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *DT CONSUMER STATED CAR STARTED TO ROLL BACK WHILE IN PARK. *JBRead more
Incident date: Jan 14, 2019
I TRIED TO OPEN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND I COULD NOT SINCE I DID NOT PRESS LONG ENOUGH. THEN I TRIED TO DO THE SAME FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE BUT AGAIN I COULD NOT SINCE AGAIN I DID NOT HOLD THE BUTTON LONG ENOUGH(I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE AND I WAS DRIVING IT FOR THE SECOND TIME DUE TO SNOW). I THOUGHT MAYBE I SHOULD TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TRY AGAIN SINCE MY LOGIC WAS IF THE TRUCK IS R
... UNNING DUE TO SAFETY REASON THE BACK DOOR MIGHT NOT BE OPENING. AS SOON AS I TURNED OFF THE CAR WITH IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS SINCE IT WAS ON SLIGHT SLOPE. OUR 3 DAUGHTERS WERE NEARBY AND I WAS SCARED THEY MIGHT BE NEAR THE BACK SIDE BUT THANK GOD THEY WERE ON SIDE OF THE TRUCK. I KEPT RUNNING WITH THE TRUCK TILL I CAN GET IN IT AND STOP IT. I GOT HURT ON MY KNEES AND BLOOD STARTED TO COME BUT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STOP IT. I WANT INFINITI TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE ASAP SINCE I DON"T WANT ANYONE HURT OR EVEN WORSE. IT IS 2017 INFINITI QX80. SEE ATTACHED VIDEO.THANK YOU. (XXXX) OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *DT CONSUMER STATED CAR STARTED TO ROLL BACK WHILE IN PARK. *JBRead more
Incident date: Jan 12, 2019
HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY IS CRACKED AND CONDENSATION BUILDS UP, SHORTING OUT THE IGNITER. APPARENTLY MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT NISSAN AND INFINITI KNOW OF THE PROBLEM 8 MODELS FOR 6 YEARS (OR 6 MODELS FOR 8 YEARS) AND HAVE NOT ISSUED A RECALL. BUT THE PRICE FOR THE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES AND IGNITORS ARE OUTRAGEOUS. THE PROBLEM IS SO PREVALENT, THERE IS A YOUTUBE VIDEO SHOWING HOW TO DRY OUT THE HEADLAMP ASS
... EMBLY AND CAULK IT TO REUSE! THIS MANY PROBLEMS AND NO RECALL SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS. IT COST ME $1000 TO REPLACE AN IGNITOR. IT WOULD HAVE COST $4,000 TO REPLACE TWO HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES. WHO HAS $4,000 TO REPLACE A COUPLE OF HEADLAMPS????? AND HOW IS THIS SAFE. IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE WITH ONE HEADLIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD MAKE SURE THIS EQUIPMENT IS WORKING PROPERLY!!!!!Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 INFINITI Q50. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT ORLANDO INFINITI (4237 MILLENIA BLVD, ORLANDO, FL 32839, 321-594-4014), BUT THE REMEDY FAILED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY
... 48,000. *TT*JBRead more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2017
HELLO, JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT MY CAR HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN TO INIFINITI AND ALSO CARMAX, WHICH IS WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR. MY CAR TENDS TO ACCELERATE WHEN I DRIVE DOWN HILL. THE RPM IN MY CAR TENDS TO GO FROM 1 OR 2 AND IT JUMPS TO 4 OR 5. FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS I'VE BEEN TELLING THEM THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. YET THEY TELL ME THAT IT'S ME ACCELERATING THE
... CAR, OR THAT THE CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY CAR. THE IS UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE RECALLS.Read more
Incident date: Jan 8, 2019
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY TODAY AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. I DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FALLING DEBRIS OR OTHER ISSUE THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN - THE ROOF SIMPLY EXPLODED. GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE. THE SOUND OF THE EXPLOSION SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO DETERMINE WHAT HAD OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO TIRES OR THE BODY SO I SLO
... WLY BEGAN DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER TO REACH A EXIT NEAR BY. AS I BEGAN MOVING I COULD HEAR THE INFILTRATION OF AIR OVERHEAD AND OPENED THE INSIDE DOOR PANEL OF THE SUNROOF, THE ENTIRE WINDOW WAS MISSING AND THE FRAME FOR THE SUNROOF WAS MANGLED. THE HIGHWAY IS 65 MPH AND AT THAT RATE OF SPEED, AN UNEXPECTED EXPLOSION ON THE CAR COULD HAVE LED TO A SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENT. FURTHERMORE, ANYONE IN THE BACK WOULD HAVE AT A MINIMUM BEEN COVERED WITH GLASS. I HAVE CONTACTED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING MY CAR TOWED TO A FACILITY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PHOTOS AND INSURANCE EVIDENCE OF THE EVENT IF NEEDED.Read more
Incident date: Jan 6, 2019
THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY STALLS DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OR WHILE BRAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES, INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING THROUGH PARKING LOTS, BRAKING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON CITY STREETS AND FREEWAY OFF RAMPS AS WELL AS BRAKING ON A LEFT TURN THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A HIGHWAY, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET REAR ENDED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS PROBLEM IS IDENTICAL TO PROBLEMS THAT PRECIPITAT
... ED A RECALL OF OTHER INIFINITI MODELS, SAME MODEL YEAR, HOWEVER THE EX35 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2014
FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS THERE HAS BEEN STANDING WATER AFTER RAIN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD FRONT AND BACK. EVEN AFTER THE RAIN AND I'VE SPONGED IT DRY THE WATER SEEPS BACK IN. CREATING A LOT OF MOISTURE INSIDE CABIN.
Incident date: Jan 6, 2019
CAR WILL SHUDDER AND NOT SHIFT IN OR OUT OF GEAR. THIS HAPPENS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAS BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE. ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. INFINITI HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND WILL NOT FIX IT.
Incident date: Dec 20, 2018
PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT BLINKS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SEAT BOTTOM NEEDS REPLACING AS IT IS AN OCCUPANCY SENSOR FAILURE. COST FOR PART IS $6500.00. COST TO INSTALL AND RESET IS $500. THAT REPAIR IS HALF THE VALUE OF WHAT IT IS WORTH. I CALLED INFINITY'NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. HAVE READ ONLINE THAT MULTIPLE OWNERS OF THESE MODELS ARE HAVING SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A POTE
... NTIAL SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 20, 2018
PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT BLINKS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SEAT BOTTOM NEEDS REPLACING AS IT IS AN OCCUPANCY SENSOR FAILURE. COST FOR PART IS $6500.00. COST TO INSTALL AND RESET IS $500. THAT REPAIR IS HALF THE VALUE OF WHAT IT IS WORTH. I CALLED INFINITY'NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. HAVE READ ONLINE THAT MULTIPLE OWNERS OF THESE MODELS ARE HAVING SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A POTE
... NTIAL SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 20, 2018
PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT BLINKS. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SEAT BOTTOM NEEDS REPLACING AS IT IS AN OCCUPANCY SENSOR FAILURE. COST FOR PART IS $6500.00. COST TO INSTALL AND RESET IS $500. THAT REPAIR IS HALF THE VALUE OF WHAT IT IS WORTH. I CALLED INFINITY'NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. HAVE READ ONLINE THAT MULTIPLE OWNERS OF THESE MODELS ARE HAVING SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A POTE
... NTIAL SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 25, 2018
4WAS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE REAR OF THE CAR IS VERY UNSTABLE, SWAYS, JERKS AND STEERING WHEEL IS OFF-CENTER.THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEVER CENTERED AND DRIFTS IN ONE DIRECTION WITH A NEW ALIGNMNET. INFINITI HAS RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE HICAS ACTUATOR. THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR INFINITI OWNERS AND ARE THEN RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE 4WAS
... CONTROL BOX. REPLACING THE CONTROL BOX ALSO DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE READ AND JOINED A NISSAN/INFINITI FORUM WHERE OWNERS THAT HAVE THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAVE FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NISSAN AND INFINITI DEALERSHIP AND STILL HAVE THE WARNING LIGHTS ON. I CONTACTED INFINITI CORPORATE OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, BUT WAS INFORMED THEY DO NOT TRACK THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION. THE 4WAS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ISSUE IS HAPPENING TO BOTH NISSAN AND INFINITI MODELS AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS YEARS. THE CONCERN IS THAT INFINITI'S RECOMMENDATION IT TO REPLACE THE HICAS ACTUATOR AND SPEND $6K (PART COST $5,500 AND LABOR $400, BUT THAT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOUND, INFINITI IS NOT ACCURATELY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN I NEAR CATASTRAFIC INCIDENTS DUE TO THIS WIDE SPREAD INFINITI SPORT OWNERS ISSUE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 25, 2018
4WAS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE REAR OF THE CAR IS VERY UNSTABLE, SWAYS, JERKS AND STEERING WHEEL IS OFF-CENTER.THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEVER CENTERED AND DRIFTS IN ONE DIRECTION WITH A NEW ALIGNMNET. INFINITI HAS RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE HICAS ACTUATOR. THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR INFINITI OWNERS AND ARE THEN RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE 4WAS
... CONTROL BOX. REPLACING THE CONTROL BOX ALSO DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE READ AND JOINED A NISSAN/INFINITI FORUM WHERE OWNERS THAT HAVE THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAVE FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NISSAN AND INFINITI DEALERSHIP AND STILL HAVE THE WARNING LIGHTS ON. I CONTACTED INFINITI CORPORATE OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, BUT WAS INFORMED THEY DO NOT TRACK THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION. THE 4WAS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ISSUE IS HAPPENING TO BOTH NISSAN AND INFINITI MODELS AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS YEARS. THE CONCERN IS THAT INFINITI'S RECOMMENDATION IT TO REPLACE THE HICAS ACTUATOR AND SPEND $6K (PART COST $5,500 AND LABOR $400, BUT THAT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOUND, INFINITI IS NOT ACCURATELY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN I NEAR CATASTRAFIC INCIDENTS DUE TO THIS WIDE SPREAD INFINITI SPORT OWNERS ISSUE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 25, 2018
4WAS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE REAR OF THE CAR IS VERY UNSTABLE, SWAYS, JERKS AND STEERING WHEEL IS OFF-CENTER.THE STEERING WHEEL IS NEVER CENTERED AND DRIFTS IN ONE DIRECTION WITH A NEW ALIGNMNET. INFINITI HAS RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE HICAS ACTUATOR. THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM FOR INFINITI OWNERS AND ARE THEN RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE 4WAS
... CONTROL BOX. REPLACING THE CONTROL BOX ALSO DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I HAVE READ AND JOINED A NISSAN/INFINITI FORUM WHERE OWNERS THAT HAVE THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAVE FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NISSAN AND INFINITI DEALERSHIP AND STILL HAVE THE WARNING LIGHTS ON. I CONTACTED INFINITI CORPORATE OFFICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, BUT WAS INFORMED THEY DO NOT TRACK THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION. THE 4WAS AND STABILITY CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ISSUE IS HAPPENING TO BOTH NISSAN AND INFINITI MODELS AND THROUGHOUT VARIOUS YEARS. THE CONCERN IS THAT INFINITI'S RECOMMENDATION IT TO REPLACE THE HICAS ACTUATOR AND SPEND $6K (PART COST $5,500 AND LABOR $400, BUT THAT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOUND, INFINITI IS NOT ACCURATELY DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN I NEAR CATASTRAFIC INCIDENTS DUE TO THIS WIDE SPREAD INFINITI SPORT OWNERS ISSUE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 30, 2018
QX56 2008 HAD LEFT ME STRANDED CV SEVERAL TIMES I BELIEVE RECENTLY AFTER ADDING GAS SAW MY FUEL GO FROM 88MILES OF FUEL TO 27MILES OF FUEL LEFT I DON'T TRUST IT WORTIED I WILL BE STRANDED AND NOW IT HAS ERACTICLY HAVE NO LIGHTS IN THE DASH JUST SLIPPERY RD SIM BV LE AND I SHUT IT OFF ONLY TO END UP WITH NO POWER AS IF BATTERY WAS DEAD AFTER DISCONNECTING BATTERY NOW MY FUEL IS ALWAYS AT EMPTY A
... FTER DRIVING FOR 10MINUTESRead more
Incident date: Dec 30, 2018
QX56 2008 HAD LEFT ME STRANDED CV SEVERAL TIMES I BELIEVE RECENTLY AFTER ADDING GAS SAW MY FUEL GO FROM 88MILES OF FUEL TO 27MILES OF FUEL LEFT I DON'T TRUST IT WORTIED I WILL BE STRANDED AND NOW IT HAS ERACTICLY HAVE NO LIGHTS IN THE DASH JUST SLIPPERY RD SIM BV LE AND I SHUT IT OFF ONLY TO END UP WITH NO POWER AS IF BATTERY WAS DEAD AFTER DISCONNECTING BATTERY NOW MY FUEL IS ALWAYS AT EMPTY A
... FTER DRIVING FOR 10MINUTESRead more
Incident date: Jan 3, 2019
CAR JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING. HAVE TAKEN TO INFINITI AND THEY STATE IT'S TRANSMISSION AND ARE REFUSING TO PAY COSTS AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF SAME ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
Incident date: Nov 25, 2018
INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE SMELLS FUEL ONCE IN A WEEK WHEN I CONTACTED THE COMPANY THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE'S NO RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE WHEN I MADE MY SEARCH I FOUND THOSE RECALLS RECALL I'D 227693
Incident date: Nov 1, 2018
AIR BAG SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AT ALL TIMES.
Incident date: Jun 10, 2018
AIR BAG SENSOR SUDDENLY COME ON. IT COST $500 TO DIAGNOSE THAT IT WAS "PROBABLY" THE SENSOR OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. COST TO REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $5000. I SEE THAT THIS IS A MORE COMMON PROBLEM THAN NISSAN ADMITS. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AS OTHERS HAVE. NOT SURE WHY IT HASN'T BEEN. THE CAR IS WORTH LESS THAN $10,000. SO I'M DRIVING IT IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION BUT HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE FINANCIALLY. *
... DT VIN NOT AVAILABLE *JBRead more
Incident date: Dec 28, 2018
SUN ROOF COLLAPSE AND EXPLOSION. DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT BEING HIT BY OBJECT. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON A COLD DAY WHEN THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. NO DEBRIS WAS SEEN COMING AT THE VEHICLE. NO IMPACT WAS HEARD PRIOR TO THE SUNROOF EXPLODING.
Incident date: Mar 5, 2018
THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING IN THE DASHBOARD NEXT TO THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT FLASHING WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TWICE TO BE FIXED (WHILE UNDER WARRANTY), BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED SPORADICALLY. I TOOK IT A 3RD TIME (NOW WARRANTY EXPIRED), THEY RESEARCHED DEEPER AND SAID THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE OCS SE
... NSOR INSIDE OF THE SEAT, SO THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. $5000 CHARGE, MOTORWERKS OF BARRINGTON, IL. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET. I FOUND THE SAME PASSENGER SIDE SENSOR WAS RECALLED IN NOVEMBER 2008, THE END OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO 2009 WHEN MY CAR WAS BUILT. IT APPEARS THE SAME PROBLEM WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR (2009) BUT NO RECALL ISSUED. AND THEN DEALERSHIP MISSED THE PROBLEM WHILE UNDER WARRANTY (AND EXTENDED WARRANTY).Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2018
THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WARNING IN THE DASHBOARD NEXT TO THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT FLASHING WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING WHETHER OR NOT A PERSON WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR NOT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TWICE TO BE FIXED (WHILE UNDER WARRANTY), BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED SPORADICALLY. I TOOK IT A 3RD TIME (NOW WARRANTY EXPIRED), THEY RESEARCHED DEEPER AND SAID THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE OCS SE
... NSOR INSIDE OF THE SEAT, SO THE SEAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. $5000 CHARGE, MOTORWERKS OF BARRINGTON, IL. I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET. I FOUND THE SAME PASSENGER SIDE SENSOR WAS RECALLED IN NOVEMBER 2008, THE END OF THE YEAR PRIOR TO 2009 WHEN MY CAR WAS BUILT. IT APPEARS THE SAME PROBLEM WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR (2009) BUT NO RECALL ISSUED. AND THEN DEALERSHIP MISSED THE PROBLEM WHILE UNDER WARRANTY (AND EXTENDED WARRANTY).Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2018
AIRBAG SENSOR FAULTY IN PASSENGER SEAT. KNOWN ISSUE AMONG INFINITI OWNERS. INFINITI DEALERS STATING THAT SEAT MUST BE REPLACED, WHICH COSTS UPWARDS OF $5000. CAR ONLY HAS 32K MILES ON IT
Incident date: Dec 23, 2018
AIRBAG LIGHT SHOWS AND BLINKS. DEALER SAYS MUST REPLACE CONTROL UNDER SEAT. NEW COST IS $6300 FOR PART. AIRBAG SYSTEM WILL NOT ACTIVATE UNLESS NEW CONTROL SYSTEM IS INSTALLED.DASH LIGHT BLINKS WHENEVER VEHICLE IS ON.
Incident date: Feb 1, 2018
MY INFINITI HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT. NOTHING AT ALL HAPPENED TO CAUSE MY PROBLEM - NO ACCIDENT, NOTHING SPECIAL. IT JUST SUDDENLY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, NOW HAS A FLASHING INDICATOR THAT REPRESENTS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG THAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FAIL MASSACHUSETTS STATE INSPECTION. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN INFINITI OF NASHUA IN NH. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A SENSOR PROBLEM, NO
... T A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS THEMSELVES. ALAS, THE SENSOR CAN ONLY BE FIXED MY REPLACING THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY. I WAS ASSURED THAT THIS WAS VERY MINOR IN TERMS OF LABOR (MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOURS), BUT THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE ME TO PURCHASE AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE PART. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME $10,000 FOR A CAR THAT IS NOW WORTH ABOUT $12,000. WHEN I DID NOT JUMP AT THIS OFFER, THEY CONTACTED ME THREE DAYS LATER TO SAY THAT INFINITI USA WAS OFFERING ME A DISCOUNT AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE SENSOR (VIA THE WHOLE SEAT ASSEMBLY) FOR $7000. I HAVE SINCE GONE TO A REPUTABLE MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT THE PART COSTS ABOUT $6500. SO NOT ONLY WAS INFINITI OF NASHUA TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME (PERHAPS BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN), INFINITI USA IS TRYING TO GET ME TO PAY $6500 FOR A FREAKING SENSOR. MY CAR IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO THE TRASH HEAP. I SEE MANY OTHER PEOPLE DISCUSSING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. INFINITI SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EITHER FIXING THE PROBLEM - IT IS A MASSIVE DESIGN FLAW THAT PUTS PASSENGER AT RISK AND MAKES THEIR VEHICLES WORTHLESS FAR BEFORE THEIR TIME. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER INFINITI AGAIN AND WILL BADMOUTH THEM AT ANY OPPORTUNITY.Read more
Incident date: Feb 1, 2018
MY INFINITI HAS 100,000 MILES ON IT. NOTHING AT ALL HAPPENED TO CAUSE MY PROBLEM - NO ACCIDENT, NOTHING SPECIAL. IT JUST SUDDENLY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, NOW HAS A FLASHING INDICATOR THAT REPRESENTS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER AIR BAG THAT WILL CAUSE IT TO FAIL MASSACHUSETTS STATE INSPECTION. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN INFINITI OF NASHUA IN NH. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A SENSOR PROBLEM, NO
... T A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAGS THEMSELVES. ALAS, THE SENSOR CAN ONLY BE FIXED MY REPLACING THE ENTIRE SEAT ASSEMBLY. I WAS ASSURED THAT THIS WAS VERY MINOR IN TERMS OF LABOR (MAYBE A COUPLE OF HOURS), BUT THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE ME TO PURCHASE AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE PART. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME $10,000 FOR A CAR THAT IS NOW WORTH ABOUT $12,000. WHEN I DID NOT JUMP AT THIS OFFER, THEY CONTACTED ME THREE DAYS LATER TO SAY THAT INFINITI USA WAS OFFERING ME A DISCOUNT AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE SENSOR (VIA THE WHOLE SEAT ASSEMBLY) FOR $7000. I HAVE SINCE GONE TO A REPUTABLE MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT THE PART COSTS ABOUT $6500. SO NOT ONLY WAS INFINITI OF NASHUA TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME (PERHAPS BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN), INFINITI USA IS TRYING TO GET ME TO PAY $6500 FOR A FREAKING SENSOR. MY CAR IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO THE TRASH HEAP. I SEE MANY OTHER PEOPLE DISCUSSING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. INFINITI SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR EITHER FIXING THE PROBLEM - IT IS A MASSIVE DESIGN FLAW THAT PUTS PASSENGER AT RISK AND MAKES THEIR VEHICLES WORTHLESS FAR BEFORE THEIR TIME. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER INFINITI AGAIN AND WILL BADMOUTH THEM AT ANY OPPORTUNITY.Read more
Incident date: Dec 17, 2018
ON DECEMBER 17, 2018 THE CAR WAS VERY SLOW TO GET INTO GEAR WHEN TURNING LEFT. AFTER PICKING UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL, WE HEADED HOME AND AS WE WERE DRIVING UP THE HILL THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO INTO GEAR TO GO UP THE HILL AND I PUT THE BRAKE ON. THE CAR WOULD START TO GO BACKWARDS IN DRIVE. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON AND OFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE CAR UP AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO
... GO BACKWARDS. I THEN PUT THE CAR INTO REAR DRIVE AND BACKED THE CAR BACK DOWN INTO A SAFE PARKING SPOT. I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO AUTONATION INFINITI IN TUSTIN. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW AND BURNED AND NO LONGER HAD ANY TRANSMISSION FLUID. I DID NOT SEE ANY OIL LEAKS IN MY DRIVE WAY TO INDICATE A LEAK AND I TOOK MY CAR INTO INFINITI AUTONATION FIVE TIME THIS YEAR WHERE A MULTIPOINT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY INDICATION THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SAME JX 35 TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED TO NHSTA AND IS ALSO CURRENTLY UNDER A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT: BATISTA, ET AL. V. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., CAUSE NO. 14-CV-24728 DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT OF FLORIDA PER NHSTA - COMMUNICATION NUMBER: ITB15-010C, DATE: 2017-04-24 CATEGORY: 100000 POWER TRAIN SUMMARY: INFINITI; PROCEDURE TO CLEAN CVT TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLERS THIS BULLETIN HAS BEEN AMENDED. THE APPLIED VEHICLES SECTION HAS BEEN REVISED. PLEASE DISCARD PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS BULLETIN. MY TRANSMISSION IS DEAD AND NEEDS A FULL REPLACEMENT PER INFINITI AND I HAD NO INDICATORS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AND I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE ISSUE BEFORE MY TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED AND NOT REPAIRABLE.Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 INFINITI QX56. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED, JERKED, LOST POWER, AND STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. PEARSON INFINITI (11701 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE, MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113, (804) 527-0300) INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N
... OTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2018
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 INFINITI QX56. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED, JERKED, LOST POWER, AND STALLED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. PEARSON INFINITI (11701 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE, MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113, (804) 527-0300) INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V517000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS N
... OTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.Read more
Incident date: Oct 24, 2018
I OWN A 2010 INFINITI G 37 CONVERTIBLE, CURRENTLY WITH 46,000 MILES. ALWAYS GARAGED WHEN NOT BEING DRIVEN BOTH AT WORK AND HOME. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DASHBOARD IS SOFT AND RANDOM CRACKS APPEARED AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.RESEARCHED ONLINE, AND SUPPOSEDLY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT CRACKING/MELTING DASHBOARDS BY INFINITI, ESPECIALLY WITH G37 MODELS. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE SI
... NCE INFINITI SEEMS TO BE HAVING QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES AND PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE US ARE FACING SIMILAR SITUATION WITH THEIR INFINITI CARS.Read more