2008 Infiniti QX56

I HEAR I PING SOUND LIKE A SPRING, THE BREAK LIGHT COMES ON AND I AM UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS NORMAL. APPEARS THE VEHICLE IS ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN BUT DOES NOT COME TO STOP AS IT NORMALLY SHOULD. ONCE I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THEN BACK ON IT'S JUST FINE UNTIL IT RANDOMLY OCCURS AGAIN WHEN APPLYING THE BREAKS AND/OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IDLE AND THE BREAK LIGHT COMES ON. THIS ISSUE ONLY RESOLVED ITSELF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF THEN BACK ON. IT IS EXTREMELY ALARMING AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

THE BRAKES ON MY VEHICLE HAS A STRANGE REACTION WHEN I BRAKE AT TIMES AND IS HESITANT TO STOP. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN BUT IT'S SCARY. USUALLY AFTER I STOP THE VEHICLE, CUT IT OFF & CRANK IT AGAIN THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN ON A LATER DATE. AFTER GOING ONLINE I FIND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH INFINITI QX56 & NISSAN ARMADA'S. I'M SURE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A ABS SENSOR MALFUNCTION OR WHAT BUT THANKFULLY IT HAVEN'T HAPPENED WHILE BEING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC BECAUSE I FEAR I'LL REAR END ANOTHER MOTORIST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINTI QX56. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND STALLED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRIORITY INFINITI OF GREENBRIER (1812 GREENBRIER PKWY, CHESAPEAKE, VA 23320) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO BRAKES UNDER 40MPH THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE BRAKES SKIP. YOU CAN TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES OFF AND EVERYTHING IS FINE AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO RHYME OR REASON. SOME DAYS IT NEVER COMES ON AND SOME DAYS IT NEVER GOES OFF. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE IT APPEARS THAT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER MODULE AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE IS NEEDED. PLEASE FIX THIS. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT WAS VERY SCARY! I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 3 KIDS AND THOUGHT THAT MY BRAKES HAD WENT OUT COMPLETELY. IT WAS MONTHS BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE AN EVERY DAY OCCURENCE.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2008 QX56 AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO BRAKE HER FOOT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND SHE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE, SHE PUMPED AND PUMPED THE BRAKES BUT DID NOT NOTICE ANY MEASURABLE SLOWING DOWN OF THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE WAS EVENATUALLY ABLE TO SAFELY PULL INTO A PARKING LOT AND STOP THE VEHICLE. UPON MY RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOW DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I TOOK THE CAR, DIAGNOSED IT AS A DELTA STROKE SENSOR DEFECT. UPON RESEARCHING THIS THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST NISSAN/INFINITIE THAT THE PLAINTIFFS WON. IF THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL? MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED OR SHE COULD HAVE INJURED OR KILLED SOMEONE ELSE DUE TO THE CATASTOPHIC LOSS OF BRAKES. THIS IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE AND THEIR IS NO WARNING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. YOU JUST LOSE THE BRAKES AND THE ABILITY TO STOP. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES (IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY).

APPARENTLY AS ALL OTHER COMPLAINTS ARE SIMILAR WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON AND AS I APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE TO STOP THE SCRUBBING AND SCRAPING SOUND IS UNBEARABLE, I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S THE BRAKE BOOSTER IS BAD FOR INFINITI QX56. FIX THE PROBLEM IF EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, PLEASE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. ALSO THERE'S AN EXHAUST LEAK WHICH YOU CAN TELL BY A FLICKERING NOISE WHEN YOU CRANK UP AND ACCELERATE.

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND WHILE IN MOTION, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR ON THE DASH CONTROL PANEL ILLUMINATES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSE THE BRAKES TO SHAKE AND MAKE SCRAPING SOUND. AT THAT POINT THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN A SAFE DISTANCE, INCREASING THE CHANCE OF A COLLISION. ABS BRAKE LIGHT CLEARS AND NORMAL BRAKE FUNCTIONS RETURN WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF, THEN BACK ON.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP TWO TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS THE BRAKES SUDDENLY FAIL ALLOWING US NO ABILITY TO STOP THE CAR ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS WRECK. THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT (NOT ABS) ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. EVEN THOUGH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM THEY ARE NOT BEING ACCOUNTABLE OR HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SERIOUS CAR DEFECT. ACCORDING TO THE CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT (WHERE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM) THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ACTIVE BRAKE BOOSTER AND VDC CONTROL UNIT. THEY RECOMMEND FOR ME TO PAY 2-3000 DOLLARS TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED FOR A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. GIVEN THE SEVERITY OF THIS DEFECT IN THE CORE BRAKE SYSTEM ACROSS BOTH NISSAN AND INFINITI CARS AND THE FACT THIS WAS TAKEN TO COURT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR A FAILING BRAKE SYSTEM.