2008 INFINITI FX35 Complaints

NOT SURE IF RELATED TO TAKATA AIRBAG, BUT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR WENT OUT AND ONLY CERTAIN VINS WERE RECALLED. WHEN I STARTED MY CAR, THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. WHEN I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE GUY, HE SAID AS LONG AS IT'S NOT FLASHING, YOU CAN DRIVE IT. SO I TURNED CAR ON AGAIN TO GO TO WORK, AND THE AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH. SERVICE GUY SAID BRING IT IN, IT'S MORE URGENT NOW. THEY RAN THE COMPUTER SCAN AND NOTED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR HAS FAILED. CLOSE TO $5000 TO REPLACE ENTIRE SEAT WITH SENSOR. HE SAID IT'S OKAY TO DRIVE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE PASSENGER AIRBAG PROTECTION. I'M VERY CONCERNED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT ONLY SOME VINS WITH THE SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN RECALLED AT THIS TIME.

THE DASHBOARD ON MY CAR BECAME STICKY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT BECAME INCREASINGLY WORSE THIS SUMMER SUCH THAT IT CAUSES A GLARE ON THE WINDSHIELD IMPAIRING VISIBILITY. I BEGAN RESEARCHING AND DISCOVERED THAT INFINITI EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE DASH FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR 8 YEARS, BUT I WAS NOT MADE AWARE SINCE I WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER. IT HAS ONLY RECENTLY BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME WITH THE GLARE. IT SEEMS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH INFINITI AND OWNERS LIKE ME WHO WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE 8 YEAR WARRANTY EXTENSION OR WHO HAVE HAD ISSUES AFTER WARRANTY ARE FACED WITH A HAZARDOUS CONDITION. ALTHOUGH I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER, I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2009 FROM AN INFINITI DEALER WELL UNDER THE 60K DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY AND I RECEIVED OTHER WARRANTY AND RECALL RELATED INFORMATION SO I AM NOT SURE WHY INFINITI WOULD ONLY EXTEND THIS WARRANTY TO ORIGINAL OWNERS (WHAT I WAS TOLD BY INFINITI CUSTOMER CARE IN A PHONE CALL) AND LEAVING THOSE WHO PURCHASED USED WITH A SAFETY HAZARD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI FX35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT WHILE DRIVING, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INFINITI OF LAFAYETTE (6201 JOHNSTON ST, LAFAYETTE, LA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SPIRAL CABLE AND MODULE FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO IT BEING A TAKATA ISSUE. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED WITH CASE NUMBER: [XXX] THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000. **TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PROBLEM APPEARS CLOSER TO RECENT RECALL OF HUNDAI SONATA CARS W/ STEERING WHEEL BAGS. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN BUSY 4-LANE HIGHWAY, SENSOR LIGHT CAME ON ASSOCIATED WITH SEAT AND AIRBAGS. ROSWELL INFINITI , ROSWELL, GA HAD TO COMPLETELY TEAR APART STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, WORK ON AIRBAGS, SENSORS, AND OTHER ITEMS. I HAD JUST PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER DEALER, BUT HAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 105,000 MILES. DID NOT EXPECT ALMOST $4,000 IN REPAIRS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I THINK IT IS A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER JAPANESE MODELS AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHEN LIGHT CAME ON I WAS VERY SCARED BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHETHER I SHOULD KEEP DRIVING AND I WAS OVER 25 MILES FROM DEALERSHIP BY THAT TIME. BROUGHT IT IN NEXT DAY BUT TOOK OVER 3 DAYS TO REPAIR DUE TO PARTS, ETC.

TAKATA AIRBAGS! MANY MONTHS AGO I CONTACTED INFINITI IN SACRAMENTO TO SCHEDULE HAVING NEW AIRBAGS BE INSTALLED! I WAS PUT ON A "LIST" HAVE NOT HEARD AND I AM STILL WAITING.

I TOOK MY CAR IN ON OCT 5TH FOR THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. SOON AFTER THE INFINITI TECHNICIAN COMPLETED THE WORK MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. I CONTACTED INFINITI AND TOOK MY CAR BACK AND THEY WILL NOT REPAIR MY CAR. THEY ARE CHARGING ME $2388 TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THE TWO AIRBAGS ARE NOT CONNECTED. I EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAD NEVER BEEN ON UNTIL THE TECHNICIAN DID THE WORK AND NOW INFINITI IS REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

THE DASHBOARD OF THE VECHILE IS MELTING AND IS STARTING TO DO SO AT A RAPID PACE.

I'M ONE OF MANY EXPERIENCING THE BUBBLING/STICKY DASHBOARD PROBLEM THAT HAS BECOME SONONOMOUS W/ INFINITI/NISSAN AUTOS FROM 04-2010. THE STICKY/BUBBLING AREA HAS BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD FROM GLARE & DISTRACTION THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY/DEATH TO OTHERS. THERE WAS AN 8 YR WARRANTY EXTENSION FROM DATE OF MANUFACTURING BUT SOME OF US PURCHASED VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF THAT TIMELINE & HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY BY CORPORATE DURING MANY ATTEMPTS @ GETTING RESOLUTION. THE PART ITSELF IS VERY EXPENSIVE ALONG W/ LABOR. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE THE BUBBLING/STICKINESS HAS CAUSED A DISTRACTION & I'M ASKING THAT INFINITI/NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING & INCLUDE AN UNLIMITED RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE THAT HAS BECOME A MAJOR CONCERN.

TAKATA AIRBAG ISSUE. MY 2008 INFINITI FX35 WAS RECALLED DUE TO THE TAKATA RECALL PASSANGER SIDE AIRBAG. AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED BY AN INFINITI DEALERSHIP MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH WITHIN THE FIRST DAY. DEALERSHIP NOW CLAIMS THE DRIVERS AIRBAG ALL OF THE SUDDEN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1900. RECALL REPLACEMENT IS CAUSING THIS, NO WAY IT IS "ALL OF THE SUDDEN" NEEDING TOM BE REPLACED.

TAKATA RECALL...RECALL NUMBER 16V-349 STILL AWAITING REPLACEMENT PARTS SINCE THE FIRST NOTICE ARRIVED IN THE MAIL LAST SUMMER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AND REFUSE TO OFFER A LOANER. THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE USED FOR WORK WITH OCCUPANTS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT.