BRAKE FAILURE. ROTORS CONTINUALLY BEING CUT. DEALER CLAIMS REAR BRAKES "COMPLETELY WORN" AT 19,900 MILES, AND FRONT ROTORS AGAIN NEED TO BE CUT. *JB
2003 Infiniti FX35 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2003 record →
ON OUR 2003 INFINITI FX 35, THE FOUR POSITION ROTARY SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE HEADLIGHTS IS LOACTED AT THE END OF THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL ("TURN BLINKER") LEVER. IT HAS FOUR POSITIONS, OFF, AUTO, PARKING LIGHTS AND FULL HEADLIGHTS. IT TAKES VERY LITTLE ROTATIONAL PRESSURE TO TURN IT BETWEN THESE SELE*AKCTIONS. ON THREE OCCASIONS, WHILE ACTIVATING THE TURN BLINKER, THE HEADLIGHTS SWITCH HAS TURNED FROM AUTO TO OFF, LEAVING THE CAR WITH THE HEADKIGHTS OFF AT NIGHT.*AK
MY DAUGHTER SIX YEARS OLD WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT IN OUR FAMILY CAR. THERE WAS NO CAR ACCIDENT , BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED HOME WE WERE UNABLE TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT . IN FACT THE MORE WE TRIED TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT , THE TIGHTER IT GOT. MY DAUGHTER WAS TRAPPED VERY HARD IN THE SEAT BELT. WE BEEN TRYING TO RELEASE HER IN MANY DEFERENT WAYS, IT DOESN'T WORK. SHE START TO CRY AND SCREAM VERY LOUD AND HER STOMACH TIGHT UP MORE AND MORE WITH THE BELT. THERE WAS NO OTHER CHOICE, I TOOK KNIFE AND CUT OUT THE BELT. AFTER SHE VOMITED AND COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN. *NM
FRONT AXLE AND DIFFERENTIAL HAVE BEEN SEPERATED 3 TIMES. ALSO POWER STEERING HAS FAILED. *JB
THE BRAKES WERE DEFECTIVE. DEALER SERVICED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST BECAUSE THE PARTS BEING PLACED ONTO THE VEHICLE WERE ALSO DEFECTIVE. THERE WAS A CONSTANT SQUEALING EVEN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE NOT APPLIED.*AK
CONSUMER WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *LA THE CONSUMER HAD LITTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT A CURB AND THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE COLLAPSED. (MODEL FX35) *SC *JB
DRIVER'S SEAT IS LOOSE AND ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. INFINITI HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURS. FEEL IF SEAT BECOMES LOOSE ENOUGH THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.*AK
I AM A CHJILD SAFETY SEAT TECH FOR THE DURHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT. I INSPECTED A CSS INSTALLATION IN ANINFINITY FX 35. I FOUND THE LOWER ANCHOR POINTS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO AN NOT VERY PRACTICAL FOR A PARENT TO USE. SEAT WAS INSTALLED COMPLETELY WRONG AND I WAS UNABLE TO INSTALL USING LATCH. UTILIZED SEAT BELT INORDER TO INSTALL SEAT SAFELY.*AK
DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKS/CLICKS ON IT'S TRACK WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. *AK
I HAVE NOT YET HAD AN ACCIDENT BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I OWN A 2003 INFINITI FX-35. THE SEAT HAS A ROCKING MOTION TO IT. IT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH WHEN I ACCELERATE AND BRAKE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY ARE RESEARCHING. AFTER 7.5 MONTHS I AM CONVINCED THEY ARE JUST BLOWING ME OFF. I CONTINUALLY CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP AND CUSTOMER RELATIONS. I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE SEAT WOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PROTECTION IF I WERE TO EVER CRASH THE VEHICLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER.
THE SEATS ON THIS AND TWO OTHER FX35'S WE OWN FROM INFINITI "ROCK" BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. THE SEAT POSITION IS NOT STABLE. THIS IS ALSO WIDELY REPORTED WITH THE G35 AND INFINITI CANNOT FIX IT. I BELIEVE IT TO BE CRITICALLY DANGEROUS. THE SWAY BACK TO FRONT IS SUDDEN AND SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO JAR THE DRIVER CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. MY SEAT LITERALLY ROCKS ABOUT 1/3" BACK AND FORTH LIKE A ROCKING CHAIR. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT DOES EXACTLY THE SAME THING. IN THE SNOW I CAN IMAGINE THE SUDDEN SWAY TO BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT A DRIVER MAY LOSE CONTROL. I ALSO WONDER ABOUT CRASH DURABILITY. AS YOU KNOW ANY INCREASED TOLERANCE WOULD ALLOW AN IMPACT TO CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO THE SEAT FRAME OF THE DRIVER, POSSIBLY CAUSING THE SEAT TO DISLODGE. *LA
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