2005 Infiniti QX56

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 INFINITI QX56 I NOTICED I HAVE TO PRESS DOWN HARDER ON MY BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. AT ONE POINT THE BRAKES GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. I KNOW I DON'T NEED BRAKE PADS BECAUSE THEY WERE REPLACED 2 MONTHS AGO. I HAVE ALSO HAD MY BRAKE BOOSTER ASSEMBLY REPLACED SO I KNOW IT IS NOT THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE I KEEP HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE.

50000 MILES ON IT AT MOMENT AND FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS MY INFINITI LOOSES BRAKE POWER. LAST WEEK I ALMOST RAN ON A VEHICLE WITH MY 6 MONTH OLD SON RIDING WITH ME. ONCE THE VEHICLE COMES TO COMPLETE STOP AFTER A WHILE AND ONCE THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY. WHEN IT HAPPENS THERES A HUGE GRINDING NOISE AND BRAKE PEDAL SHAKES VERY BADLY AS IF THERES NO BRAKE ON THE CAR. ABOVE ALL THE VEHICLE HAS ALL GOOD BRAKES. THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON TOO WHEN THIS HAPPENS . AS MENTIONED ONCE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED EVERYTHING WOEKS NORMAL. I GOOGLED ONLINE AND SO MANY PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR MODELS HAVE THESE ISSUES. MOST IMPORTANT THE DEALER DOESNT ACKWOLEGES IT AND SAYS THERE NO RECALL . I BELEIVE THEY WAITING ONCE SOMEONR DOES BEFORE THEY WILL TAKE ACTION.I HOPE SOME ACTION CAN BE TAKEN ABOUT HIS KILLING MATTER.

I HAVE A 2005 QX56. THIS LOSS OF BRAKE HAPPENS TO ME MANY TIME, BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND IF YOU PUSH THE BRAKE YOU WILL HEAR A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AND PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. TURN OFF ENGINE AND START IT AGAIN IT WILL BE GOOD AGAIN, ITS INTERMITTENT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN, SO I ALWAYS LOOK ON MY DASH FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT WHILE DRIVING SO I KNOW THAT ITS DOING IT AGAIN. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER. VERY UNSAFE! THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT AND THE FRONT TIRES HAD GRINDING AND CHATTERING NOISES LIKE A ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. THE CARE WOULD NOT STOP VERY WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING SLOW ON DRY PAVEMENT SO THERE WAS NOT REASON FOR ABS TO ACTIVATE. CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM EACH OF THE DOZEN TIMES I APPLIED THE BRAKES UNTIL I PULLED INTO A COSTCO PARKING LOT. ONE OF THEIR MECHANICS DROVE THE CAR AND NOTICED THE PROBLEM, BUT WHEN WE INSPECTED IT, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIRE BALANCING THAT WAS JUST PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE MY WIFE HAS DRIVEN THE VEHICLE ABOUT 10 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT'S HAPPENED WITH ME WHEN DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS. THE DESCRIPTION SITED IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FULLY DESCRIBES MY EXPERIENCE. HTTP://WWW.COURTHOUSENEWS.COM/2011/04/27/NISSAN.PDF ALSO, THIS CASES ON THIS SITE ARE ALL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.TOPCLASSACTIONS.COM/LAWSUIT-SETTLEMENTS/LAWSUIT-NEWS/1154-NISSAN-ARMADA-A-TITAN-TRUCK-INFINITY-QX56-CLASS-ACTION-LAWSUIT/. *TR

THE BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND THE CAR SOUNDS AS IF THE BRAKES ARE GOING OUT. I ALSO HAVE HAD THE VDC LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ON AS WELL DURING ALL THIS. AND WHEN IT HAPPENS IT KEEPS HAPPENING TILL YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AND THEN IT GOES AWAY. BUT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 15 TO 20 TIMES AND SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. QUITE SCARY WHEN YOU HAVE A FAMILY AND YOUR ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON FOR IT TO GO AWAY. *TR

BRAKE PROBLEM USUALLY OCCURS WHEN DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, EVEN WHEN BACKING-UP. STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKE DASH LIGHTS COMES ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSATES AND GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU CAN HEAR SOUND FROM THE FRONT BRAKES, RUBBING AND GRINDING LIKE IT NEEDS NEW BRAKE PADS THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT HAS NO BRAKES AND IS HARD TO STOP. THIS OCCURRED ON MANY OCCASIONS, WE ONLY USE THIS SUB ON THE WEEKENDS IS OUR FAMILY CAR AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS EVERY WEEKEND, THE PROBLEM CAN BE FIX TEMPORARILY BY STOPING THE VEHICLE PUT IT ON PARK TURN-OFF THE ENGINE REMOVE THE KEY, TURNED BACK-ON AND IT RESETS THE BRAKE SYSTEM. BUT THIS PROBLEM HAS CREATED TO MANY INCIDENTS WERE ACCIDENTS WERE BARELY AVOID, WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IS VERY SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS AND IT MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT WITH THE HOLE FAMILY. WE JUST WANT INFINITI/NISSAN TO MAKE THIS AN IMMEDIATE RECALL TO PREVENT FURTHER TRAGEDY DO TO THE DANGER OF THIS MALFUNCTION AND COMPLAINTS THAT I AM SURE PEOPLE ARE POSTING EVERY DAY TO THE INFINITI DEALERS AND TO NHTSA. THANK YOU FOR YOU CONCERN. *TR