2005 INFINITI FX35 Complaints

THE DASHBOARD HAS EXTENSIVE BUBBLING. THE BUBBLING STARTED ABOUT 4 YEARS AFTER PURCHASING, WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT PROBLEM BECAUSE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THEN SEVERAL YEARS LATER WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY MENTIONED THAT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD BEEN ISSUED. DILEMMA THE CAR WAS NOW OUTSIDE THIS PERIOD AS WELL AND WE NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY. TRIED TO WORK WITH NISSAN/INFINITI TO NO AVAIL. NOTICED IN PAPER AN ARTICLE DATED 5/24/2014 THAT JURY ORDERS NISSAN TO PAY DAMAGES FOR FAULTY DASHBOARD ON INFINITI'S 2003-2008 MODEL FX35. CALLED NISSAN/INFINITI ABOUT THE DASHBOARD AGAIN. STILL NOTHING. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DASHBOARD BUBBLING PROBLEM IS DUE TO INFERIOR GLUE. PLEASE NOTE AS INCIDENT DATE IS REQUIRED I PICKED A DATE NOT NECESSARILY THE FIRST DATE WE NOTICED THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHEEL BEARINGS ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS FAILED. NOISE DOES NOT APPEAR AT SPEEDS UNDER 25 MPH BUT BUILDS GRADUALLY FROM THERE. SOUNDS EXHIBITED ARE INTERMITTENT METAL ON METAL SQUEALING AND A DEEP THUMPING SOUND, SIMILAR TO A SEVERELY OUT OF BALANCED TIRE. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, NOISE WILL CONSUME CABIN. INFINITI HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS ISSUE BY INCREASING THEIR STANDARD COVERAGE FROM 50K TO 70K MILES. HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE ESCALATED TO A RECALL DUE TO THE HIGH FREQUENCY OF FAILURES. A QUICK SEARCH ON GOOGLE OF FX35 WHEEL BEARING FAILURE YIELDS MORE RESULTS THAN A FEW ISOLATED INCIDENTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 INFINITI FX35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD BANGING AS THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO ACCELERATE OVER 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND HAD CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,500.

THE CAR WILL NOT STAY IN GEAR DURING REVERSE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL POP OUT OF GEAR AND ENGINE JUST KEEP REVVING. HAVE TO PUT IN DRIVE AND PUT BACK INTO REVERSE CONTINUOUSLY TO GET REVERSE. *TR

THE FUEL COVER LOCKING/UNLOCKING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON A 2003 NISSAN MURANO I OWNED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 INFINITI FX35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SEAT CONSOLE ARM REST WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND WOULD NOT REMAIN IN A SECURED POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,300.

SOME TIME AGO, THE POWER LOCKS STOPPED LOCKING OR UNLOCKING. WHEN IT GETS HOT AND THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SUN FOR SOME TIME, THE DOORS DO NOT WANT TO OPEN. SOME TIMES IT COULD BE ALL THE DOORS OR JUST SOME. WE HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE BACK SEATS TO UNLOCK THE DOORS BECAUSE THE LIFT GATE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT UNLOCKED. SOME TIMES WE NEED TO WAIT FOR A WHILE PRESSING THE REMOTE HOPING TO GET LUCKY AND ONE DOOR WILL UNLOCK. NOT EVEN THE KEY WORKS TO OPEN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. IT HAS GOT TO THE POINT THAT NOW WE NEED TO LEAVE ONE DOOR UNLOCKED SO THAT WE CAN ENTER THE CAR AND HOPE THAT THE ALARM WILL DETER ANY BODY OTHER THAN US TRYING TO GET IN. THIS HAS BECOME A SERIOUS SECURITY PROBLEM. SEARCHING THE INTERNET, THEY SAY THAT THE DOOR ACTUATORS ARE THE CULPRITS TO THIS ISSUE, BUT THERE IS MANY NISSAN/INFINITY OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ALL OF THE ACTUATORS GOING AT THE SAME TIME? HMMMM AND AT ABOUT $400 A POP PER DOOR? DOUBLE HMMMM!!! I JUST HOPE THAT NISSAN/INFINITY, DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIND OUT THE REAL SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. OTHER WISE, THE WILL BE LOOSING A LOT OF COSTUMERS. THANKS.. *TR

AT 4:30 PM PARKED CAR AT WALMART, GOT OUT AND TRIED TO LOCK DOORS BUT THEY WOULDN'T LOCK. I LOCKED DRIVER DOOR WITH KEY BUT WOULDN'T UNLOCK WITH REMOTE. ALL OF THE DOORS ARE ACTING LIKE THIS. IT'S A SHAME THAT THE U.S ALLOWS NISSAN VEHICLES IN THIS COUNTRY,BUT WHEN HUNDREDS OF INFINITI FX 35 OWNERS COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THEY LIKE TOYOTA INITIALLY DID,IGNORE THIS SAFETY ISSUE! IS SOMEONE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PULLED OUT THEIR UNLOCK CAR AND RAPED OR KILLED FOR NISSAN TO RECALL THESE CARS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 INFINITI FX35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN EVERY 5,000 MILES TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS HAD ALL BEEN REPLACED TWICE. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE CONTACT HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN EVERY 5,000 MILES TO HAVE THE ROTORS GLAZED AND RESURFACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REPAIR FOR THE FAILURE AND THE REPAIR PROCESS WOULD BE REPEATED EVERY 5,000 MILES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,900 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

STARTED IN 2008 FOR FIRST TIME, BUT WAS INTERMITTENT. BY SUMMER OF 2011 NONE OF THE DOORS/REAR HATCH UNLOCK OR LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NEITHER USING THE FOB CLICKER, OR PRESSING ANY OF THE INTERIOR LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTONS ACTIVATES THE LOCKS. SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONE KEY HOLE, FOR ENTIRE VEHICLE, ON DRIVER'S SIDE, I AM UNABLE TO ACCESS REAR HATCH AREA, AND THIS IS WHERE I KEEP MY DOG AS WELL AS CAGED PET BIRDS WHEN TRANSPORTING. TO UNLOCK HATCH, I HAVE TO USE KEY TO UNLOCK DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THEN REACH MY ARM BACK TO THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND UNLOCK MANUALLY. THEN I CAN ENTER THROUGH REAR PASSENGER DOOR (DRIVER'S SIDE) AND CRAWL OVER SEATS TO CLIMB INTO REAR HATCH AREA WHERE I CAN FINALLY TAKE OFF PROTECTIVE COVER FOR MANUAL HATCH RELEASE. I THEN HAVE TO EXIT VEHICLE THROUGH REAR HATCH TO KEEP IT FROM SHUTTING CLOSED DUE IT'S MOTORIZED CLOSING SYSTEM. I ALSO TRANSPORT CHILDREN, AND I AM EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING GOING WRONG IF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILS, OR KEY BREAKS. ONLY WAY TO ENTER VEHICLE IS TO SMASH THROUGH WINDOWS. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURE CLAIM THIS IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY COMMON FOR THE INFINITI FX35. *TR