2003 Infiniti G35

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,260.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 155,000.

I OWN A 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR IS CONSUMING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENGINE OIL. I AM POURING TWO QUARTS OF OIL IN IT EVERY 3 - 4 DAYS. AT THIS POINT, THE OIL IS LEAKING INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER PRODUCING WHITE FUMES OUT THE TAILPIPE. I REACHED OUT TO INFINITI?S CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WITH THE ISSUE AND THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO AN AUTHORIZED INFINITI SERVICE CENTER FOR EVALUATION. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO AN INFINITI SERVICE CENTER AND TOLD THE SERVICE REP MY CAR COMPLAINT. HIS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS THAT THE MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS DO CONSUME A LOT OF OIL. AFTER THE CAR'S EVALUATION, THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF DAMAGED OR WORN PISTON RINGS. I ASKED THE SERVICE REP WHAT COULD CAUSE A SOPHISTICATED, EXPENSIVE MACHINE TO REQUIRE A MOTOR REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 126K MILES. THE SERVICE REP REPLIED THAT IT COULD BE DUE TO INFREQUENT OIL CHANGES AND/OR DRIVING THE CAR FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT OIL BOTH OF WHICH DO NOT APPLY TO ME. I THEN REACHED OUT TO THE INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT FOR SOME RESOLUTION TO WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A TRAVESTY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER CITING TWO REASONS - (1) NOT BEING A LOYAL CUSTOMER OF INFINITI BECAUSE MY LAST SERVICE VISIT WAS IN 2009 AND (2) THE VEHICLE IS WAY OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. I THEN DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE TO SEE IF I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS CAR THAT WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I FOUND NUMEROUS POSTINGS, MOST OF WHICH CLAIM THAT NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT THEY ARE TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ISSUE. *TR

FIRST DEFECT: WHEN I WOULD START MY CAR THE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT AND THE RADIO, HEATING AND COOLING BUTTONS. THE FAN WOULD COME ONTO HIGH AND SWITCH TO AIRCONDITIONING. I COULD NOT TURN IT DOWN OR TURN IT OFF OR TURN ON MY DEFROSTER WHEN IT WAS 30 DEGREES IN THE MORNING WHICH MADE MY VISIBILITY VERY POOR. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THIS TO STOP WAS TO PULL THE FUSES. WE CHECK THE RECALL HISTORY AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ONLY A COURTESY RECALL AND WOULDN'T BE COVERED EVEN AFTER READING THAT HUNDREDS OF G35 OWNERS WERE ALL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WE HAD TO HAVE THE RADIO ELECTRONICS REMOVED FROM THE CAR AND SENT OUT TO BE FIXED. I THINK THIS ISSUE WOULD BE CONSISTED A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE HEAT OR A DEFROSTER. SECOND DEFECT: THE PROBLEM STARTED WHILE THE CAR WAS IDLING AND IT WOULD STALL. THEN 3 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH THE CAR TRIED TO STALL AND IT LOST ALL POWER AND THEN THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON INDICATING SERVICE NEEDED. THE CAR SEEM TO LACK POWER. DID A RECALL CHECK AND FOUND THAT ALL THE CONDITIONS POINTED TO THE CAM SHAFT POSITION CENSOR FAILING. WE CHECKED THE VIN# AND OF COURSE MY CAR ISN'T ONE THAT IS ON THEIR RECALL LIST FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THEY HAVE ON OTHER G35 MODELS. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHEN YOU STALL AND HAVE NO CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. EVERY ISSUE I HAVE HAD WITH MY CAR HAS BEEN ON THE COMPANIES RECALL LIST BUT NOT MY VIN # FOR SOME REASON. THIS ISSUE TO NEED TO REVIEWED AND CORRECTED. THIRD DEFECT: WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE MOTOR REPLACED TWICE IN THE DRIVERS DOOR THAT OPERATES THE ELECTRIC WINDOW. NOW THE RIGHT DOOR WINDOW IS NOT WORKING. IF IT DOES OPEN IT WILL GET STUCK AND WE HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IT TO COME UP. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT LOCKED TO AVOID IT BEING OPENED. *TR *JS

I'VE RECENTLY BEEN HAVING ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE WHERE THE CAR STALLS. THE CAR START FINE WHEN I DO A COLD START BUT WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP THE CAR STALLS AT TIMES. I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF THE STORIES FROM OTHER PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT FORUMS WHERE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL. THE CULPRIT ARE EITHER THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH I HAD ALREADY REPLACE THREE YEARS BACK, THE 2 CAM POSITION SENSORS AND CRANK POSITION SENSOR. I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CAM POSITION SENSORS AND CRANK POSITION SENSOR. I'M HOPING THAT MY VIN# IS PART OF THAT RECALL. THE SECOND ISSUE I HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH THIS CAR IS THE RADIO AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL. THAT I RECENTLY HAD CHANGED WITH THE FACTORY RADIO ATTACHED TO THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL. THE RADIO WOULD STOP WORKING. I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND THE AC UNIT WOULD TURN ON BY IT SELF. I RECENTLY JUST INSTALLED AN AFTER MARKET RADIO. WITH EVERYTHING AFTER BUYING WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO DO A DOUBLE DIN CONVERSION AND INSTALLATION. IT COST ME A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY. ANOTHER ISSUE THIS CAR HAS IS THE SEAT BELT ISSUE. IT DOESN'T RETRACT PROPERLY AND THE PASSENGER SIDE IT'S A CHORE JUST TRYING TO PUT ON THE SEAT BELT. *TR

ENGINE BECAME INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON SIMULTANEOUSLY (CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SLIP LIGHT, VDC LIGHT) AT THE TIME. CAR WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED WITH SOME TROUBLE. PROBLEM REPEATED ITSELF (STALLING, LOSS OF POWER, STARTING DIFFICULTY) OVER NEXT COUPLE DAYS, ALTHOUGH WARNING LIGHTS NEVER WENT OFF. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC IDENTIFIED PROBLEM AS CAM POSITION SENSOR FAILURES & ADVISED THERE WAS A NHTSA SAFETY RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 03V455000) FOR THE PROBLEM WITH 2003 G35S, BUT THAT MY VIN WAS OUTSIDE THE CAMPAIGN RECALL VINS. HE SUGGESTED I CONTACTED INFINITI. I CONTACTED BOTH DEALER AND INFINITI NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WAS A CAM POSITION SENSOR PROBLEM WITH 2003 G35S, BUT BECAUSE MY VIN WAS NOT IN THE CAMPAIGN THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAD MY MECHANIC REPLACE THE CAM POSITION SENSORS AT MY EXPENSE (ABOUT $700). THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE NHTSA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH NO APPARENT RESOLUTION WITH INFINITI. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN 03V455000 NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER ALL PROBLEM VEHICLES. *TR

IN APRIL (2010) I NOTICED THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I WAITED AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT A FEW TIMES UNTIL IT FINALLY STARTED. I WENT HOME AND I PLANNED ON TAKING MY CAR TO THE INFINITI SERVICE CENTER THE NEXT DAY. WHEN I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE INFINIT SERVICE CENTER I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO REPLACED. I REPLACED IT THAT DAY AND THEN SEVEN MONTHS LATER IN NOVEMBER MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO REPLICATE THE SAME MALFUNCTIONS. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY BATTERY BECAUSE I HAD JUST HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED. SO I BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY, BUT MY CAR CONTINUED TO NOT START AT RANDOM TIMES. THEREFORE, I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK UP TO THE INFINITI SERVICE CENTER I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION B2 WENT OUT. I HAD THAT REPLACED AS WELL. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000 ( ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 167,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI G35. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 03V455000, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, AND WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, CAR DIES WITHOUT WARNING, DASH SENSOR REFLECT SLIP, VDC OFF, CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT UP, DROVE LESS THAN MILE AND DIES AGAIN SUDDENLY, 3RD TIME HAPPENS NEXT DAY IN CAR AND ALMOST COLLISION DUE TO LACK OF CONTROL OF STEERING AND CAR STOPPING, CAR NARROWLY MISSES HITTING ME FROM BEHIND, DETERMINE RECALL 03V455000 FOR THIS ISSUE BUT INFINITI STATES MY VIN # NOT REGISTERED TO THIS RECALL, TOLD BY REPAIR SHOP THAT IT IS CAM SENSORS AND INFINIITI AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HASN'T LINKED VINS TO RECALL, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE TO GET CORRECTED???