2010 Infiniti G37

ON THE EVENING OF 8/1015 IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE CAR A LOUD METAL ON METAL GRINDING SOUND WAS HEARD AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. THIS RECURRED ON ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE. WITH 3RD ATTEMPT CAR STARTED AND APPEARED TO BE WORKING BUT THE AC WASN'T COOLING AND THE DEFOGGER FAILED TO CLEAR WINDSHIELD MISTING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC THE NEXT MORNING AND A CATASTROPHIC PART FAILURE WAS FOUND IN THE COMPRESSOR. THERE WAS A BREAK IN THE METAL CASING AND BITS OF METAL WERE IN THE FLUID REQUIRING NOT ONLY REPLACEMENT OF THE COMPRESSOR BUT FLUSHING OF THE TUBING AND RECHARGING OF THE FREON. FORTUNATELY THE METAL FRAGMENTS DID NOT CAUSE OTHER ENGINE DAMAGE AND THE CAR WAS PARKED AT THE TIME AND NOT ON THE ROAD.

BOTH THE DRIVER FRONT AND PASSENGER FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE REAR DOORS HAD NO ISSUES. THE FOB WOULD ALLOW ME TO LOCK AND UNLOCK, AS WELL, THE KEY IN FOB WORKED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK, HOWEVER THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE. THIS CONTIMUED FROM 7AM UNTIL 3PM WITH MULITPLE ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE DOORS. THE FRONT PASSENGAR DOOR OPENED RANDOMLY AT 2PM BUT THE OTHER DID NOT UNTIL AROUND 3PM. THE DOORS WORKED AS NORMAL UNTIL 10PM AND THEN AGAIN A REPEAT OF THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE READ ONLINE100'S OF ISSUES WITH VARIOUS NISSAN AND INFINITIS FROM YEARS 2008 TO 2011 WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, AS I WAS TRYING TO FIND REPAIRS FOR THIS ISSUE. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO. THIS IS VARY UNSAFE. IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURED WE WOULD BE OUT OF LUCK TRYING TO GET OUT OF A VEHICLE THAT RANDOMLY WILL OR WILL NOT LET YOU IN OR OUT OF IT. I WILL BE FOLOWING UP WITH THE INFINITI /NISSAN DEALER AND MAKE SURE THIS IS REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE.

THE CAR HAS AN ERRATIC SHIFTING OF THE 7-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IN HIGHWAY DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS BELOW 40 MPH DUE TO SLOW TRAFFIC, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ON OCCASION INTO A GEAR WHERE THE ENGINE RPM DROPS AND HOLDS AT 1000 - 1100. IF YOU ACCELERATE SLOWLY THE RPM'S REMAIN AT ABOUT 1000 UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR BOARD. AT THIS POINT IF YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE AND PICK UP SPEED THERE IS A GREAT HESITATION. I NOW HAVE 15,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME IN THE PAST THAT IT CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE EDMONDS.COM FORUM SITE THAT DESCRIBE MY CAR'S PROBLEM AND OTHER DRIVERS AGREE THAT THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR POSSIBLY COST SOMEONE THEIR LIFE IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED. AT ONE POINT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY CAR'S ON BOARD COMPUTER IS LEARNING MY STYLE OF DRIVING HABITS AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE OKAY. I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING TRADING THE CAR BUT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DIVULGE THIS PROBLEM TO THE NEXT OWNER. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TT