2017 Infiniti QX60

WE WERE HIT IN A REAR-END COLLISION, AND THE PERSON HITTING US WAS TRAVELING AT 60-65 MPH. WE WERE AT A STOP, IN A LINE OF TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY UPON IMPACT. BOTH OF THE FRONT SEATS WE WERE SITTING IN, COLLAPSED BACKWARDS UPON IMPACT. FROM WHAT WE'VE RESEARCHED, IF WE HAD A BACK SEAT PASSENGER, IT WOULD HAVE CRUSHED THEM, OR WE COULD HAVE SLIPPED OUT OF OUR SEAT BELTS. OUR RESEARCH ALSO INDICATES THAT AN INEXPENSIVE FIX MIGHT AVOID THE ISSUE FOR FUTURE PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE A REAR END COLLISION. THE INFINITI PERFORMED WELL WITH AIRBAGS, AND CRUMPLE ZONES... SAVED OUR LIVES, HOWEVER, THIS SEAT PROBLEM COULD ULTIMATELY PROVE TO BE A FUTURE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 INFINITI QX60. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE DURING THE DAYTIME, THE BACKUP CAMERA DISPLAY WAS VERY DIM AND BLURRY. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE CAMERA DISPLAY WAS TOO DARK TO VIEW IMAGES ON THE SCREEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FAULKNER INFINITI (1510 EASTON RD, WILLOW GROVE, PA) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BACK UP CAMERA WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND NO FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500.

SINCE I LEASED THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD TO RETURN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES STARTING AT JUST OVER 5,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS FOR A TOTAL OF 9 CALENDAR DAYS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE IS 22,160. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN CIRCLE INFINITI LOCATED IN WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ ON THE FOLLOWING DATES FOR REPAIR FOR THE FOLLOWING DEFECT: 01/30/2018 - 01/31/2018 VEHICLE LOW ON POWER WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC SEEMS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO STALL 04/11/2018 - 04/13/2018 WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC VEHICLE IS LAGGING. WHEN HITTING THE GAS PEDAL NOTHING HAPPENS. NEARLY HAD SEVERAL COLLISIONS BECAUSE OF THIS. VEHICLE WILL REV HIGH BUT NOT ACCELERATE. HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. 09/13/2018 - 09/13/2018 STILL FEELING HESITATION ON ACCELERATION 11/26/2018 - 11/27/2018 THERE IS STILL A HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. ADVISED OF PROBLEM MANY TIMES 04/03/2019 - 04/03/2019 CUSTOMER CONCERN; SAME ISSUE MY VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE OF NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY WHEN HITTING THE GAS PEDAL. ON JUNE 11, 2019, THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO BE HIT IN THE REAR BY A TRUCK BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. I HAD TO QUICKLY RIDE INTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID BEING STRUCK FROM BEHIND. SUBSEQUENTLY, I HAD TO RETURN THE VEHICLE AGAIN YESTERDAY TO CIRCLE INFINITI DUE TO THIS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. SINCE THIS PROBLEM SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRS THE USE, VALUE AND/OR SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE, OR THE DEFECT IS ONE THAT IS LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IF THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN.

THE FOLLOWING RECALL WAS ISSUED: 'A BRAKE FLUID LEAK ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD MAY RESULT IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. (NISSAN) IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2015-2017 NISSAN MURANO, 2016-2017 NISSAN MAXIMA, 2017-2018 NISSAN PATHFINDER, AND 2017 INFINITI QX60 VEHICLES' I TOOK MY CAR IN TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL, THE WORK WAS COMPLETED HOWEVER 1 MONTH LATER THE CAR LOST ALL ITS BRAKE FLUID, WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RECALL WAS CORRECTED WITH A DEFECTIVE PART. THE RECALL PROBLEM WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED WAS CORRECTED WITH A DEFECTIVE PART WHICH CAUSED AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION. OUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME WHEN ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS WENT ONE. OBVIOUSLY THIS RECALL WAS NOT CORRECTED AND IF INFINITI BELIEVES IT WAS, THEY ARE WRONG. HOW CAN A DEFECTIVE PART BE USED FOR A RECALL?

MY CAR HYDROPLANED AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF. THE BRAKES AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO PREVENT THE ACCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT AND WAS NOT ENGAGED IN ANY RECKLESS MANEUVERING. I FELT THE CAR SLIDE IN AN UNNATURAL DIRECTION AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER CORRECT I FOUND THE STEERING WHEEL HAD LOCKED. I NEXT TRIED THE BRAKES WHICH WERE ALSO UNRESPONSIVE. THE VEHICLE SLIDE INTO THE CENTER DIVIDER ON THE FREEWAY AND I SLOWLY ROLLED TO A STOP. UPON COMING TO A STOP THERE WAS A STRANGE ODOR IN THE CABIN OF THE CAR, SOME SORT OF FUME. I TRIED THE GAS PEDDLE BUT THE ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AS WELL. I WAS PUSHED OFF THE HIGHWAY BY HIGHWAY PATROL. WHEN THE TOW COMPANY SHOWED UP, THE DRIVER OF THE TOW TRUCK WAS ABLE TO START MY CAR BY BYPASSING THE SYSTEMS IGNITION AND JUMP-STARTING IT, HE THEN DROVE IT UP ONTO THE TOW TRUCK BED WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THIS TELLS ME THAT THE BRAKES, POWER STEERING AND ENGINE FAILURE WAS NOT CAUSE BY THE DAMAGE OF THE IMPACT BUT RATHER THAT THE CAR SHUT ITSELF OFF IN MID TRANSIT. I'VE CONTACTED INFINITE AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE ELECTRONICS TO FIND OUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, SO I AM TAKING MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CENTER WALL DIVIDER OR ELSE THE CAR WOULD HAVE SLID INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC! SEARCHING FOR INSIGHT AND/OR SIMILAR EXPERIENCES FORM INFINITE CAR OWNERS.

WHEN STARTING UP AFTER A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE. IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. DROVE OUR VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT BUT COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM SO WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FURTHER. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY RISK. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.