Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Manual Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DT: CONTACT STATED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE TOW COMPANY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD CONTACT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE CAR BURNT COMPLETELY. SHE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AN INDIVIDUAL , AND HASN'T TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPT. WAS CALLED. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE REAR OF THE CAR WHERE THE GAS TANK WAS LOCATED.*AK *TT
THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS CRACK FROM WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A DESIGN FLAW. WHICH COULD LEAD TO A ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. INFINITI KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE SUPERSEDED THE PART WITH A NEW PART. THE COST FOR THE NEW MANIFOLDS ARE $1200.00. NOT ONLY DID THEY MAKE FAULTY MANIFOLDS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO START A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEY GOUGE THEIR CUSTOMERS $1200.00 FOR REPLACEMENT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN THE ABOVE MATRIX REGARDING COST. THE MANIFOLDS I HAVE REPLACED THE RIGHT MANIFOLD WITH ONE FROM A SALVAGE YARD. THE LEFT MANIFOLD I HAD WELDED BACK TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU CANNOT FIND ONE IN A SALVAGE YARD THAT ISN'T CRACKED. DOOR LOCKS: INFINITI ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LOCKS, IN THAT THEY LOCK AND UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY. ANOTHER SAFTEY PROBLEM, WHEN THE DOORS LOCKS WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE CAR, THE MANUAL OVERRIDE EITHER DOESN'T WORK OR THEY DON'T HAVE A MANUAL OVERIDE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAD TO GET ANOTHER GUY OUT OF HIS CAR THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MY WIFE HAS HAD ANOTHER GUY COME AND TELL HER NOT TO LEAVE HER KEYS IN THE CAR RUNNING, OR THE CAR MIGHT LOCK HER OUT. TO ANSWER YOU QUESTION ABOVE REGARDING COST, I COULD NOT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. WE JUST KEEP THROWING MORE TIME AND LABOR AT THE PROBLEM. IN ANY CASE WHEN INFINITI BUILDS A CAR THAT HAS AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD PROBLEM THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF STARTING THE CAR ON FIRE, AND THEY HAVE A DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM THAT CAN LOCK YOU IN THE CAR W
DURING ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO STALL ANYTIME CONSUMER TRIES TO SWITCH TO A LEFT LANE ON THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHES TO NEUTRAL THEN BACK TO DRIVE. NLM
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.