2000 Infiniti I30

DRIVING HOME VEHICLE QUIT IN TRAFFIC. AFTER SITTING FOR APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR, VEHICLE STARTED AND WE MADE IT HOME. AFTER HAVING VEHICLE CHECKED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED/REBUILT. DIAGNOSIS DONE BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. IT WAS REBUILT. VEHICLE RAN WELL UNTIL THE 28 APRIL 2005 WHEN THE SAME THING OCCURRED; THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT RUN AFTER A BOOST. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE A 'REMANUFACTURED' ALTERNATOR WAS INSTALLED, AT A COST OF $850.00. THE BELTS AND A BATTERY CABLE WAS ALSO REPLACED AT THIS VISIT. MY CONCERN STEMS FROM SEEING THERE WAS A RECALL OF 97/98 INFINITY I-30'S, AND SO LEADS ME TO SURMISE THAT A PROBLEM MAY STILL EXIST WITH THE ALTERNATORS ON OTHER YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER KEPT THE OLD PART.

CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE 2000 INFINITI I30 ROTORS RESURFACED. *MR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT 39,868. AT 62K MILES THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AT 55 MPH. OTHER PROBLEMS: THE TRANSMISSION STAYED IN THE LOW GEAR TOO LONG, THERE WAS SQUEAKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN ON ROUGH ROADS, VIBRATION IN THE STEERING DUE TO THE ROTORS BEING OUT OF ROUND, THE FRONT WINDOW SQUEAKS AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WAS LOOSE. *SC *JB

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SEVERAL TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR. WHEN I WOULD GO INTO THE DEALER, THEY WOULD INFORM ME THAT THE LIGHT CAME ON BECAUSE I DID NOT CLOSE THE GAS TANK TIGHT ENOUGH. AFTER I WAS TOLD THIS, I MADE SURE TO CLOSE THE GAS TANK TIGHTLY. THE LIGHT STILL CONTINUED TO COME ON. NOW THE CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1,500 TO FIX THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM. I THINK THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED EARLY ON, BUT THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

SERVICE ENGINE SOON (LIGHT) CAME ON. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID "THE ENGINE COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED". THIS IS A COST TO ME FOR $112. WHY SHOULD CONSUMER HAVE TO PAY FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE TO INCUR THE COST OF REPAIR. NOTHING IS BROKEN AND NOTHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THE SOFTWARE WILL GET RID OF THE ENGINE LIGHT AND WILL ALLOW THE CAR OWNER TO SEE ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS (I.E. WHAT IF THE SOFTWARE IS NOT UPGRADED AND THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THE DRIVER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISCERN ANY PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, SUCH AS A LEAKY GAS LINE WHICH WOULD BE VERY SERIOUS). INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS SAID THERE IS NO TECHNICAL BULLETIN AND NO RECALL ISSUED ON THIS DEFECT.

VEHICLE ROTORS HAVE WARPED FOUR TIMES NEEDING RESURFACING EACH TIME. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS EVERY FIFTEEN THOUSAND MILES. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THE FIRST TIME THEY WARPED WAS AT 15,281 MILES,THEN AT 32,555,49,767 NOW THE PROBLEM HAS SURFACED AGAIN AT 61,434 MILES. DOES THE RESURFACING OF THE ROTORS COMPROMISE THE STRENGTH OF THE ROTORS? HOW MANY TIMES CAN THIS BE DONE?

THIS ISN'T REALLY A COMPLAINT BUT A NOTIFICATION: WHILE DRIVING ON I-10E IN BATON ROUGE THE WINDOW SIMPLY EXPLODED INWARD, (WITH A LOUD BOOM) SHOWERING MY LEFT SHOULDER AND LAP WITH TINY BITS OF GLASS. THE WINDOW WAS NOT STRUCK WITH A ROCK OR OBJECT AND TEMPERATURES WERE IN UPPER 70'S. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND LOOKED FOR A BULLET EXIT-HOLE THINKING THE LOUD BANG WAS A GUNSHOT. AFTER CALMING DOWN, I REMOVED AS MUCH GLASS AS POSSIBLE AND IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A REPLACEMENT. THE LOUD "BOOM" MADE COULD EASILY HAVE STARTLED A DRIVER, IT STARTLED ME THAT'S FOR SURE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT OR WORSE. THANKFULLY I-10 TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT THE TIME. JUST WANTED TO GET THIS ON RECORD IN CASE THERE'S SOME PATTERN FOR THIS OCCURENCE. BY THE WAY, THE DEALERSHIP WAS VERY HELPFUL GETTING ME FIXED UP. DT