2009 Infiniti G37

*THE NISSAN AND INFINITI OIL GALLERY GASKET PROBLEM* IT'S RIDICULOUS HOW NISSAN AND INFINITI HAVE NOT COME FORWARD WITH A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS NOTORIOUS PROBLEM. IT'S AN UTTER SHAME HOW A COMPANY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THEIR FAILURES IN THEIR CARS. SOME NISSAN AND INFINITI VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH A PAPER MATERIAL GALLERY GASKET THAT TENDS TO FAIL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IT DOES NOT MATTER THE MILEAGE NOR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE IT'S BOUND TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS. NISSAN/INFINITI SILENTLY CHANGED THE GALLERY GASKET IN SOME PRE-2012 PRODUCTION CARS TO A MORE REINFORCED GALLERY GASKET MADE OUT OF METAL PART # OF GASKET: 13533-JK21B - SMALL LOWER GASKET, 13533-JK21A - LARGE UPPER GASKET. VEHICLES AFFECTED 350Z 370Z G35 G37 FX35 FX45. MOREOVER, THIS PROBLEM IS INEVITABLE!! CARS EQUIPPED WITH THE FAULTY PART CAN PUT MANY AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT OF ANY SORT. NOT JUST THAT, BUT THE BURDEN OF THE COSTLY LABOR THAT GOES TO REPLACING THE PART. IT'S TIME FOR NISSAN TO PAY THEIR PART AND FIX OUR CARS!

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON A STATE HIGHWAY WITH NO BREAKDOWN LANE, ONLY A 'SOFT SHOULDER' GOING ABOUT 70 MPH IN THE MIDDLE LANE. THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN FRONT OVER ME GOING ABOUT 65 MPH AND THE FURTHEST LEFT LANE WAS MOVING CLOSER TO MY SPEED. WHEN THERE WAS AN OPENING, I SIGNALED AND BEGAN CHANGING LANES WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING AND LOSING POWER. THERE WAS A CAR APPROACHING FAST IN THAT LEFT LANE AND ALSO THE VEHICLE THAT WAS BEHIND ME IN THE MIDDLE LANE BEGAN CLOSING IN. I NEARLY CAUSED A THREE CAR PILE UP TRYING GET OVER TO THE SOFT SHOULDER. THESE VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH A VQ37VHR MOTOR WHICH INFINITI EQUIPPED WITH A PAPER GASKET IN THE DEPTHS OF THE MOTOR CALLED A 'GALLEY GASKET'. ITS CHEAP FRAGILE DESIGN CAUSES LOSS OF POWER AND FOR THE VEHICLE TO NOT EXCEED 2500 RPMS WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING AS MANY TIMES IT IS NECESSARY TO SAFELY NAVIGATE OR EVEN EXIT THE ROADWAY. THE PAPER GASKET CAUSES INEVITABLE DEMISE TO THE MOTOR ALLOWING OIL TO ENTER WHERE IT SHOULD NOT. THIS IS ALL BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVEN ILLUMINATES. ONCE THE LIGHT COMES ON, IT WILL DISPLAY A CODE 'P0011' AND/OR 'P0021' WHICH CALLS FOR THE VARIABLE VALVE TIMING SOLENOID TO BE ADDRESSED. I REPLACED BOTH, CHANGED THE OIL, AND THE CAR DROVE FINE FOR A FEW DAYS THEN THE SAME THING REPEATED. AFTER GOING TO NUMEROUS SHOPS AND THEM EITHER NOT WANTING TO TAKE ON THE JOB OR NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE THE ISSUE MAY BE, I WENT TO THE INFINITI DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW MOTOR. AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, I'VE COME ACROSS THOUSANDS OF OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. THE MORE HANDY ONES WITH TIME HAVE DISCOVERED THIS 'NISSAN' CORK PAPER GASKET CAUSING THE ISSUE. INFINITI DESIGNER AND MANUFACTURED THESE MOTORS WITH POOR QUALITY GASKETS THEN CHARGE THE CUSTOMER UPWARDS TO $3000 TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEY CAUSED THROUGH THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE OR OVER $5000 FOR A NEW MOTOR.

THE AIRBAG SENSOR LOCATED IN BASE OF PASSENGER SEAT IS FAULTY RENDERING THE AIRBAG NOT FUNCTIONAL. THE SENSOR IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT AND THE BOTTOM SEAT UNIT MUST BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $7,000. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD TO THE MODEL AND YEAR. THE AIRBAG LIGHT BLINKS ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING AN ISSUE. THE ISSUE WAS CONFIRMED AT HE INFINITI DEALER AND ALSO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC.

FOR YEARS NOW MY INFINITI G37 DASHBOARD IS MELTING CAUSING OBSTRUCTION TO MY VISIBILITY. TODAY ON MY WAY FROM WORK THE GLARE WAS SO BAD I WAS SO CLOSE TO GETTING AN ACCIDENT. THE REFLECTION CAN SOMETIMES MAKE IT HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT! NOTHING WORKS I TRIED CLEANING IT WITH A WET RAG AND NOTHING WORKS. INFINITI SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM IT'S ABSURD HOW A 'LUXURY' COMPANY TENDS TO CUT CORNERS TO MAKE CHEAP DASHBOARDS.

THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED BLINKING, I GOT IT CHECKED AND I WAS TOLD THE INFANT SEAT SENSOR WAS BAD AND ALL THE SEAT HAS TO BE CHANGED $6000. I CHECKED A COUPLE OF ONLINE FORUMS AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PAST 2 YEARS PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR MODEL HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. BASICALLY THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR IS NOT WORKING SO IT SHUTS OFF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER.

AIRBAG SENSOR WAS BLINKING ON MY DASH AFTER STARTING IT IN MY DRIVEWAY TO DRIVE TO WORK. I TOOK IT IN TO AN INFINITY DEALERSHIP AND ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS A SEAT SENSOR TO BE REPLACE WITH ONLY 40K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE PART ALONE COST $6340.00 WHICH ISN'T WORTH FIXING. I WASN'T TOLD OF ANY OTHER OPTION AND SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED A LOT WITH OTHER OWNERS AND NO RECALL OF ANY SORT IS TO BE ISSUED.

NEED TO REPLACE EITHER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT WHICH IS PART OF THE LOWER SEAT ASSEMBLY. COST APPROX. 4000 TO 5000 THOUSAND DOLLARS OR REPLACE AIR BAG DIAGNOSIS SENSOR UNIT WHICH IS UNDER CENTER CONSOLE. COST APPROX. 1700 DOLLARS. CANNOT TELL ME WHICH ONE TO REPLACE. CAR HAS 34000 MILES ON IT. INTERNET TELLS ME THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.