2005 INFINITI FX35 Complaints

MY LEASED INFINITI FX 35 HAS A DESIGN FLAW ADMITTED BY MY SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE CONDENSER DOES NOT DRAIN , THEREBY CREATING BACTERIA THAT CREATES AN ODOR. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD EXCEPT TO SPRAY AIR FRESHENER IN THE SYSTEM. I DECIDED TO GET THE AIR TESTED BY AN AIR QUALITY COMPANY AND MY CAR TESTED POSITIVE FOR BACTERIAL DISEASE MOLDS THAT WERE UNHEALTHY. I HAVE TOLD THE DEALER AND INFINITI AND NO RESPONSE. MY DOCTOR TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2005 NISSAN INFINITI FS35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CONDENSATION INSIDE THE GLASS OF THE WINDSHIELD THAT COULD NOT SEE THROUGH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WAS IN BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THERE WAS A TEMPERATURE VARIANCE ONE COULD NOT SEE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT COULD BE EITHER HOT OR COLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND THAT THIS WAS NOT A CONSTANT SITUATION, OR OCCURRENCE THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS SHE CANNOT SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD, AND THIS IS A HAZARD. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE FOR HER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 11,000 MILES. *AK UPDATE *4/23/07TR

I PURCHASE A 2005 INFINITI FX 35 IN NOVEMBER 2005. AFTER 1000 MILE THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING WHEN BACKING UP (WHETHER COLD OR HOT). AT APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES RIVERSIDE INFINITI (PURCHASE VEHICLE FROM) INSTALLED TSB UPGRADED BRAKES. THE SQUEAKING WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT 1000 MILES AND IT CAME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. THE DEALER DID NOT AND CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER. I CURRENTLY HAVE 15K MILES ON THE CAR AND NOW I AM RECEIVING A GROANING METAL TO METAL SOUND WHEN I APPLY BRAKES AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK THE CAR INFINITI OF ESCONDIDO AND THEY STATED MY TIRES ARE "CUPPING" AND I DID NOT HAVE MY WHEELS BALANCED DURING MY LAST ROTATION AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY I AM HAVING METAL TO METAL NOISE? PLEASE HELP IN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. *NM

I OWN A 2005 AWD INFINITI FX35. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TO WORK AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE INDICATING THAT THE CAR WAS KICKING UP SOMETHING UNDERNEATH IT. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE ROAD BUT IT BECAME APPARENT LATER THAT I MUST HAVE DRIVEN OVER SOME SMALL DEBRIS IN THE ROAD. I WAS CLOSE TO THE EXIT I TAKE FOR WORK AND I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF THE HIGHWAY. AS I EXITED THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS LEAKING SOME LIQUID. THE SMELL OF THE LIQUID APPEARED TO BE GASOLINE. I WATCHED MY GAS GAUGE GO FROM ALMOST FULL TO 3/4 FULL AT A MORE RAPID PACE THAN NORMAL. I BROUGHT THE CAR IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEAREST INFINITI DEALER AND WHEN THEY PUT THE CAR UP ON THE LIFT THEY CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT PUNCTURE IN THE GAS TANK ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY INFINITI THAT I NEED TO HAVE MY GAS TANK REPLACED. I HAVE DONE A BIT OF RESEARCH AND DETERMINED THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE HAD BEEN AN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V003000 RELATING TO THE 2005 NISSAN MURANO FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY. THE NISSAN MURANO IS THE EQUIVALENT NISSAN VEHICLE TO THE INFINITI FX35. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE CAMPAIGN IDENTIFIED ABOVE DESCRIBES THE SITUATION I ENCOUNTERED WITH MY VEHICLE. I PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEALER WHO CONTACTED INFINITI AND I AM CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP WITH INIFNITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE INFINITI ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BUT I HAVE HAD NO LUCK SO FAR. *JB

I AM A CAUTIOUS DRIVER, NOT A RABBIT START-AND-STOP KIND OF DRIVER. I ACCELERATE SLOWLY AND DECELERATE SLOWLY, AND HARDLY EVER REVVED UP MY ENGINE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING SINCE 1963, AND WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY SERIOUS ACCIDENT, I.E CAUSING INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHERS. I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE 2005 INFINITI FX 35, VIN: JNRAS08W95X 205810 ON DEC. 21, 2004. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MY 2005 INFINITI FX 35 TWICE, THAT WAS UNEXPLAINABLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION, WITHOUT MY FOOT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL, ONCE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STILL NEW (UNDER 1000 MILES), AND ONCE AT 21,384 MILES, ON MAY 28, 2005. I WAS WITH MY WIFE (ONLY PASSENGER) BOTH TIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. FORTUNATELY, BOTH TIMES, THE CAR WAS AT VERY LOW SPEED (ABOUT 10 MPH), AND WITHOUT ANY CAR IN FRONT OR BEHIND US. IT WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE TO TRY TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL, SO IN BOTH TIMES, I HAD TO (1) PUT ON THE BRAKE TO CONTROL THE CAR FROM SURGING AHEAD. (2) PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL, WITH THE ENGINE STILL REVVING. (3) SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. (4) STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE. I WAS VERY SCARED BOTH TIMES. I MADE SURE, BOTH TIMES, THAT THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT CAUGHT BY A RUG OR SIMILAR EXTERNAL REASON. THE FIRST TIME AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER, ATLANTIC INFINITI IN JACKSONVILLE, FL 32225, AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. NOTE: I ALSO DO NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL, AS IT WAS SUDDENLY DECELERATING THE CAR WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING ANY CAR OR OTHER OBJECT IN FRONT OF IT. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE 5000 MILES, SO I DO NOT USE THE CRUISE CONTROL AT ALL. IN SUMMARY, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME HIDDEN PROBLEM WITH MY 2005 INFINITI FX 35 WITH UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION, MOST LIKELY A DEFECT IN THE COMPUTER CHIP CONTROLLING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. *NM

I PURCHASED A 2005 INFINITI FX35, ON OCTOBER 2004 FROM MILLER INFINITI IN THE CITY OF VAN NUYS, CA AND EVER SINCE THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING, 3 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE, I CALLED MILLER INFINITI (SOMEBODY IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT) WAS AWARE OF SUCH ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND HE'S ONLY SUGGESTION WAS "QUOTE ON QUOTE" TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE REALLY FAST IN REVERSE THAN BRAKE REALLY FAST - AND THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I TOOK HIS ADVICE AND STILL NO RESULTS UNTIL THIS DAY MY BRAKES ARE STILL SQUEAKING, I CALLED MILLER INFINITI TODAY AND SPOKE TO CARL (SERVICE MANAGER) HIS SUGGESTION WAS TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND ON THE WAY OUT OF THE EXIT BRAKE REALLY FAST - SUPPOSELY THE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM. HE MENTIONED THAT INFINITI ARE HIGH PERFORMANCE VEHICLES AND THIS IS NORMAL. I ABUNDANTLY DISAGREE, I THINK THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE A BRAND NEW LUXURY VEHICLE LIKE INFINITI YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS AND EXPECT THE CUSTOMER TO DRIVE LIKE A MANIAC JUST TO HAVE A NORMAL DRIVING EXPERIENCE (WITHOUT THE SQUEAKING OF BRAKES ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS LESS THAN 10K MILES) AND BRAKE LIKE MANIAC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OF THIS VEHICLE. I TOLD CARL IF HE COULD CHECK MY VEHICLE, HE SAID THAT IF I WERE TO BRING THE CAR IN, HE WOULD TELL ME THE SAME THING (BASICALLY, JUST SEND ME BACK HOME). SUGGESTED TO ADDITIONALLY, SUGGESTED TO BRAKE LIKE SUCH A MANIAC ONCE A DAY, EVERYDAY... I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF ADVICE IS THIS COMING FROM A MANAGER STANDPOINT. IF THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT GET RESOLVED, I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY FROM INFINITI. THIS IS SUCH A POORLY MADE VECHICLE (POOR ENGINEERING).I TRULY BELEIVE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND OF ALL THIS MODELS SHOULD BE RE-CALLED. I THINK LEXUS AND ACURA ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING FALSE ADVERTISEMENT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD INFINITY GETS 17 MPG AND ONLY GETS 8 MPG. *TS *JB