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 2002 record →
WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE SHOOK DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL ROTORS DUE TO CORROSION. *AK
WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. *NLM
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *NLM
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING:THE ENGINE SHAKED, AND WAS NOISY, FRONT END SHAKED AND PULLED, THE DOOR LOCKED BY ITSELF WHEN IT WAS SLAMMED, THE ACCELERATION PEDAL DID NOTHING WHEN DRIVEN IN HIGH SPEEDS, THE CLOCK KNOB WAS INOPERATIVE, FRONT DASH HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, GAS MILEAGE WAS ABNORMAL, CD PLAYER WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THERE WAS A RATTLE NOISE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FRONT END PROBLEMS, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY, WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NORMAL. SCC *JB
VEHICLE HAS NO SHOCK ABSORBENCY POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PH
CONTINOUS RATTLING NOISE FROM THE DASHBOARD IN EVERY BUMP OF THE ROAD REGARDLESS OF SPEED. THIS HAPPENS ONLY WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE LESS THAN 30 DEGREE FARENHEIT. TOOK TO THE DEALER TWICE WITH NO FIX.
I HAVE AN INFINITI I35 THAT HAS A VIBRATION PROBLEM. INFINITI HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THIS 5 TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN AN I30 THAT I RECEIVED AS A LOANER CAR FROM MY DELAERSHIP. I'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT HE HEARD OF A PERSON WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DURING A CONVERSATION WITH INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT IT IS DEALT WITH ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HE KNEW THIS WAS A PROBLEM ALSO.
CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE AT A STAND STILL AND WAS STRUCK BY A STREETCAR. THE DRIVER DOOR WAS HIT AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MR
WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE LEFT OR RIGHT THERE IS HESITATION AND STALLING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN PUTTING HEAD UP AGAINST HEAD REST IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FALL BACK, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL, FRONT END PULLS DANGEROUSLY & POWERFULLY TO RIGH OR LEFT, STEERING WHEEL IS VERY SENSITIVE, FRONT END SHAKE, VIBRATE, STEPPING (TAPPIN) WOBBLEIING, ENGINE SHAKES, MISS OUT, HEAD REST MOVE UP WITH OUT CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. *AK
FRONT END PULLS DANGEROUSLY & POWERFUL TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER, FRONT END PLAY FREELY AND UNCONTROLLABLE. DOOR LOCKS AUTOMATICALLY WITH MY KEYS IN CAR, FRONT DASH ELECTRICAL JUMPS AROUND, WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL NOTHING HAPPENS. *AK ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****760753
WHEN I GET OUT CAR AND CLOSE DRIVER DOOR. IT LOCKS ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY. SOMETIME IT LOCK ITSELF HALF WAY THAT I CAN'T EVEN OPEN WITH KEY. *AK
WHEN PRESSING GFAS PEDAL FRONT END PULLS STRONGLY AND DAGEROUSLY TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER. FRONT END PALYS FREELY, SHAES, VIBRATE, WOBLE AND STEPS WITH A VERY ROUGH AND UNCONTROLABLE DRIVE. BRAKES IN SPEED HIGHER THAT 30 DOESN'T STOP CAR. SOMETIMES WHEN I PREES GAS PEDAL NOTHING HAPPEN AND CAR DIE ON ME. *AK
CONSUMER STATED WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE CLOCK CAN NOT BE READ, EVEN WHEN THE DIAL IS TURNED TO THE MAX, THE LIGHT ON THE CLOCK IS SO WEAK THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ.*JB
STEERING WHEEL DANGEROUSLY PULLS TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER CAUSE LOSING CONTROL. FRONT END PLAY FREELY, SHAKES, RATTLES, AND HAS VERY ROUGH RIDE(CAUSE LOSING CONTROL). NLM
THIS VEHICLE DANGEROUSLY PULLS TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, THERE IS FRONT END PLAY ESPECIALLY ON BUMPY ROADS AND UNEVEN ROADS AND NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE.*JG ALSO CONSUMER LOSES CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO VEHICLE PULLING TO EITHER SIDE, THE CLOCK KNOB DOES NOT WORK, THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE DASH, CD PLAYER DOES NOT WORK, RATTLING NOISE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE GIVES AN AVERAGE 17MILES ON HIGHEAY PER GALLON, HOWEVER THE DEALER ADVERTISES 20-28 MILES PER GALLON, ALSO THE IF THE DOOR IS SLAMMED THE DOORS WILL LOCK AUTOMATICALLY.*JB
VEHICLE WILL PULL TO EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. DEALER SAID ALL FRONT WHEEL DRIVES PULL TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER LIKE THAT. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING FRONT END SHAKING, RATTLING, STEPPING, AND VIBRATING, STEERING WHEEL PULLS AND MAKING NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING AND MAKING U-TURNS, RIGHT SIDE TIRE STEPPING AND VIBRATING, SEAT MEMORY BUTTONS INOPERATIVE, DASH DISPLAY CHANGES BY ITSELF FROM DTE TO MPG AND COMPUTER DISPLAYS 80 MILES TO GO WHEN THE TANK IS EMPTY, ENGINE SHAKES AND VIBRATES DURING A COLD START, VEHICLE IDLES ROUGH WHEN COLD AND IS STILL PRESENT AFTER VEHICLE IS WARMED UP, VIBRATION/RATTLING NOISE FROM WINDOWS AT FREEWAY SPEED AND NO LONGER RAISE UP WHEN DEPRESSING REMOTE BUTTON, VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL, AND WHEN IN REVERSE, THE GEAR SHAKES. *YD
TO: NHTSA. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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