2004 Infiniti G35

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35 COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT THE DEALER. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR THE FAILURE TO HAVE OCCURRED WAS IF THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS TRIGGERED DURING AN ACCIDENT. INFINITI SENT A SPECIALIST TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD CALL THE CONTACT BACK WITH FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT HEARD FROM THEM YET. HE CONTACTED A LAWYER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE STATE'S LEMON LAWS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT MET THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT OF BEING SERVICED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 56,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

I EXPERIENCED 'SUDDEN' OR 'UNINTENDED' ACCELERATION WITH MY 2004 INFINITI G35 COUPE TWICE IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. I SPECIFICALLY WAS NOT PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR IN EITHER INSTANCE THOUGH MY WIFE CAN TESTIFY IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT I WAS NOT. I WAS ALONE DURING THE SECOND OCCURRENCE SO THERE ARE NO WITNESSES. THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE AND I WERE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE LEFT TURN LIGHT. THE CAR WAS STOPPED. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR'S MOTOR BEGAN TO REV UP. I PRESSED FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE SO IT WOULDN'T MOVE AND SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL (IT'S AN AUTOMATIC). THE REVS PICKED UP AND THE TACH WAS MOVING RAPIDLY HIGHER. I SHUT OFF THE IGNITION. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED, I TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND ALL WAS NORMAL. WE CONTINUED ON HOME. THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T RUN INTO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME WAS BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. THIS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH. ON APRIL 3, 2007 I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE AND MY FOOT WAS SLIGHTLY ON THE BRAKE MOVING FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE BRAKE AND BACK AGAIN. AGAIN, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE AND I HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME -- NOT VERY HARD BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CLOSE. MY FOOT WASN'T ON THE ACCELERATOR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO INFINITI. THREE WEEKS LATER THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THREE MONTHS, THE CAR'S UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND INFINITI AGREES. I'VE LEFT THE CAR WITH THE DEALER AND AM WAITING TO SEE IF THEY'LL BUY IT BACK FROM ME OR, AT LEAST, GIVE ME SOMETHING ON A TRADE-IN FOR A 2008 G37 COUPE. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE OUT $36,000. SOME PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE THEIR CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND HOPE, AS IT'S INTERMITTENT, THAT IT DOESN'T KILL SOMEONE OR CAUSE A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, I DON'T FEEL I CAN TAKE THAT CHANCE SO, THUS, I GAVE THE CAR BACK. *JB

WE HAVE HAD ON GOING BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT STARTED IMMEDIATELY. GRINDING NOISE IN REAR BRAKES. WE HAD TO REPLACE AFTER JUST ONE MONTH. SINCE THEN WE HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS TWICE AND REAR BRAKES ONE OTHER TIME. THIS IS RIDICULOUS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS CAR IS ONLY BARELY THREE YEARS OLD AND HAS JUST 29,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE AT START UP'S ON MY 2004 G35. HAD VEHICLE FOR ABOUT A YEAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO INFINITI DEALER TO HAVE PROBLEM CORRECTED. INFINITE WOULD NOT REPAIR STATING THAT THERE WAS ENGINE SLUG BUILD UP. TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO HAVE SECOND OPINION. MECHANIC FOUND NO SLUG BUILD-UP UNDER OIL CAP NOR IN CRANKCASE. I CONTACTED INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO STRESS MY COMPLAINT. NO SATISFACTIONS OR RESOLUTION TO MY COMPLAINT. INFINITI HAS A POOR WARRANTY ON THEIR VEHICLES. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND I NOW DO ALL MY OIL CHANGES EVERY 3000 MILES USING ONLY MOBIL 1 5W 30W FULL SYNTHETIC OIL. AS OF THIS APRIL I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR THREE YEARS AND I AM NOW LOOKING TO TRADE IT IN AND GET RID OF IT BEFORE ANY OTHER PROBLEM SPRING UP ALL OF A SUDDEN. WORST WARRANTY I HAVE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH. I ALSO OWN A MERCEDES BENZ AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE PROBLEM. *JB

CAR FIRE.. MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IN MY OFFICE PARKING LOT. I NOTICED A BUZZING NOISE IN MY DOOR PANEL WHEN I ROLLED MY WINDOW UP. THIS MAY BE COINCIDENTAL , 15 MINUTES LATER WHILE INSIDE MY OFFICE I NOTICE MY CAR IN FLAMES. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAD NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALLS FOR MY CAR SO SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG. I WAS NOT INJURED THANK GOD. THE FIRE DEP. SAID THIS WAS THE 2ND INFINITY IN 2 WEEKS THEY HAVE PUT OUT FIRE ON. *JB

FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT AT 24,744 MILES AND AGAIN AT 44,875. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED, THEY QUOTED ME ALMOST $600 TO DO THE JOB. THEY DID NOT INFORM ME THAT IN LATE 2003 NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGED A BRAKE DEFECT AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO COVER REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES AND ROTORS UNDER 36,00 MILES. I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE FIRST REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER REFUSES TO REIMBURSE MY EXPENSES SINCE I HAD THE WORK DONE AT MY LOCAL GAREGE FOR A LOWER PRICE THAN THEY QUOTED ME. *JB

I LEASED A 2004 INFINITI G-35 COUPE AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 36,000 MILES, THE CAR STARTED SMELLING HOT AND WOULD VIOLENTLY VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING. THE CLOSEST INFINITI DEALER IS APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES AWAY SO I TOOK THE CAR TO GOODYEAR AND THEY INSTALLED NEW BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT TIRES. LESS THAN 30 DAYS LATER, THE PROBLEMS STILL PERSISTED AND I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO GOODYEAR AND THEY INSTALLED NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ON THE REAR WHEELS. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEMS AND 30 DAYS LATER, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO GOODYEAR AND BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS WERE TOTALLY WORN DOWN. THEY SAID I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM, POSSIBLY THE CALIPERS, AND SUGGESTED I TAKE THE CAR TO THE INFINITI DEALER. I TOOK THE CAR TO CREST INFINITI IN PLANO, TEXAS AND THEY SAID THE BRAKE FLUID HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED. THEY SENT A SAMPLE TO A TESTING LAB BUT NO TEST WAS DONE BECAUSE THE ALLEGED CONTAMINANT WAS SO SMALL IT COULD NOT BE MEASURED. CREST INFINITY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY. I IMMEDIATELY TOO THE CAR TO GRUBBS INFINITI IN EULESS, TEXAS AND THEY ALSO DECIDED TO TEST THE BRAKE FLUID. AFTER THREE WEEKS THE TEST REVEALED NO CONTAMINATE IN THE BRAKE FLUID BUT GRUBBS SAID THAT SINCE THE BRAKES HAD BEEN WORKED ON BY GOODYEAR, THE WARRANTY WAS VOIDED. I HAVE CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRAKES ON THE INFINITI G-35. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT'S HAVE BEEN FILED IN BOTH CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA. I FOUND MANY POSTINGS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THAT I AM EXPERIENCING. INFINITI REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS AND REFUSES TO REPAIR VEHICLES, INCLUDING MINE, UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BRAKE PADS. THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT CAUSES THE BRAKES TO BE APPLIED WHEN DRIVING THE CAR RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE HEAT AND EXCESSIVE WEAR. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND INFINITI IS DUCKING THE ISSUE AND REFUSING TO ISSUE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS SERIOUS DEFECT UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

I OWN A 2004 INFINITI G35, AND REPEATED HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR ENTERING THE PASSENGER CABIN THROUGH THE AIR DUCTS. INTERMITTENTLY THE AIR SMELLS "SMOKEY" AND AT TIMES THE AIR IS WARM REGARDLESS OF THE TEMPERATURE SETTING (WHEN IT IS BLOWING AIR, WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING OFF). TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE CAR BURNED OIL (WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES). SINCE THEN THE DEALER SUGGESTED SWITCHING TO SYNTHETIC OIL AND THE CAR NO LONGER BURNS OIL, AND I VERY RARELY NOTICE SMOKEY AIR IN THE CABIN. *JB