2004 INFINITI G35 Complaints

REAR SEAT BELTS COME OUT OF BRACKET ON REAR OF SEAT. THIS CAUSES THE BELT TO RUB ON THE NECK OF PASSENGERS. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN A CHILD IN A BOOSTER SEAT IS BELTED IN. MY GRANDSON COMPLAINS THAT THE BELT HURTS HIS NECK. DEALER REPLACED THE BRACKETS AND SAME HAPPENS. DEALER NOTED SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER G35S. INFINITI CLAIMS THAT CHANGING THE BRACKET IS ALL THEY CAN DO.*JB

DRIVING FREEWAY EVENING TRAFFIC AT 35 TO 50 MPH. ENGINE JUST TURNED OFF AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND LOST ALL POWER ASSIST. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL CAR CAME TO A FULL STOP AND KEY WAS TURNED OFF FIRST, WAS ABLE TO GET TO SHOULDER OF ROAD. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HWY THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY VEHICLE DIS-ENGAGED NUMEROUS TIMES ON ITS OWN. TO ENSURE THAT I WAS NOT INADVERTENTLY TOUCHING THE BRAKE I PULLED MY FEET BACK FROM THE BRAKE UNTIL IT OCCURED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR.

DT THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AND LOSES POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERS 4 TIMES, THEY SAID IT DIFFERENT SENSORS. CALLED THE INFINITI HOTLINE THEY SAID IT SHOULD BE FIXED NOW. HAD IT TOWED THE FIRST TIME ON OCT 20, 2004. SECOND AND THIRD TIMES A IT WOULD RESTART BUT VERY SLUGISH. THEY PICKED IT UP. FOURTH TIME THEY CAME AND TOOK VEHICLE. *AK

I RAN OVER A DOG WHICH DID BUMPER DAMAGE AND SOME DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHILE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ABOVE THE BUMPER, THE HOOD LATCH RELEASE, LETTING THE HOOD FOLD BACK OVER THE WINDSHIELD. THE HOOD WAS DESTROYED, BOTH FRONT FENDERS DAMAGED, THE ROOF DENTED, AND THE SUNROOF DAMAGED. I WAS DOING 70 MPH WHEN THE HOOD COVERED THE WINDSHIELD! THE BODY SHOP AND INSURANCE ADJUSTER SAID THE HOOD LATCH SHOULD NOT HAVE RELEASED.

DT: INFINITI G 35 2004. WHEN IN THE CAR, AND THE DOORS ARE LOCKED EITHER MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY THE CONSUMER COULD NOT UNLOCK THEM UNLESS THEY WERE MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY UNLOCKED. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR BY TUGGING ON THE DOOR HANDLE. THE REASON HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS WAS BECAUSE HE LIVED IN FLORIDA, AND CARS GO INTO CANALS FREQUENTLY. HE IS CONCERNED THAT IN THE EVENT OF THE CAR GOING INTO A CANAL, THE SYSTEM WILL POSSIBLY SHORT OUT, AND HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPENED. *AK *SC *JB

SEVERAL TIMES WHEN DRIVING MY 2004 INFINITI G35X, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE WHEN I DOWNSHIFT IN THE "TIPTRONIC" MODE FROM 3RD TO 2ND OR FROM 2ND TO 1ST. ALTHOUGH THIS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU AS I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE WAY THE CAR IS INTENDED TO OPERATE. THIS CONDITION WOULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT AN LOW SPEED (30 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS) WHERE THE DRIVER WAS NOT EXPECTING THE CAR WOULD "LUNGE" FORWARD WHEN DOWNSHIFTING WITH A TIPTRONIC TRANSMISSION

I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE AIR FROM THE VENTS IS HEATED NO MATTER WHAT THE DESIRED TEMP SETTING. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT AT TIMES I SMELL FUMES COMING THROUGH THE VENTS EVEN WHEN I AM NOT IN TRAFFIC. I DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE WHERE THE AIR INTAKE IS DRAWN INTO THE CAR, AND TO MY SURPRISE, THE AIR IS BEING TAKEN THROUGH THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE MASTER CYLINDER COMPARTMENT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I FIND IT UNBELIEVABLE THAT THE AIR BEING FED TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT IS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD - WORSE FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. IF YOU REMOVE THE BATTERY COVER AND LOOK BEHIND THE BATTERY, YOU WILL SEE THE INTAKE DUCT AND THE BLOWER. THIS HAS TO BE A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH OR MORE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. ON THE FIRST VISIT THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND VISIT THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPLETE THROTTLE BODY CHAMBER. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE CORRECT AT THIS TIME. *JB

(ABBREVIATED COMMUNICATION WITH INFINITI) [ME] I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2004 G35. AS I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE, IT HAS BECOME NOTICEABLE THAT THE SEAT CONTROLS IN THE SEAT CUSHION EXERT PRESSURE ON MY UPPER THIGH TO THE POINT OF IT BEING PAINFUL IF DRIVING FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. I ASKED THE DEALER REP. IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE, AND HE SAID HE HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY, AND HE SAID THAT THE 2005 MODEL HAS THE SAME DESIGN. I AM SURPRISED THAT THIS WAS NOT RESOLVED WITH THE NEW MODEL YEAR AS THERE HAS GOT TO BE OTHER OWNERS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. CURRENTLY, I DRIVE 15 MINUTES EACH WAY TO WORK, AND AS I AM SITTING HERE TYPING THIS, I CAN FEEL WHAT FEELS LIKE A BRUISE ON MY THIGH FROM THE PRESSURE FROM SITTING NEXT TO THE CONTROLS. I AM 6' 0" 185 POUNDS AND WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE OF AVERAGE BUILD. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF RETROFIT KIT AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE. [INFINITI] CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO TECHNICAL BULLETIN OR KIT AVAILABLE IN REGARDS TO YOUR SEAT CONTROL/CUSHION CONCERN. WE RECOMMEND CONTACTING YOUR LOCAL INFINITI DEALER TO REVIEW VEHICLE CONCERNS WHICH MAY BE ADDRESSED UNDER WARRANTY. [ME] IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT A CLAIM AGAINST THE WARRANTY IS A VIABLE OPTION. MY PURPOSE IN CONTACTING INFINITI IS TO NOTIFY YOU OF THE PROBLEM HOPING THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OR WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE DESIGN TEAM AND A SOLUTION PURSUED. THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT IS CORRECTABLE FOR THE CURRENT MODEL YEAR OR A CHANGE IN SUBSEQUENT MODEL YEARS; OR AT THE VERY LEAST YOU COULD GIVE DIRECTIONS ON HOW THE OWNERS COULD REMEDY THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN. THIS PROBLEM IS A RESULT OF NO PADDING IN THE SEAT AREA WHERE INSTEAD THERE ARE THE SEAT CONTROLS. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A RESULT OF A PARADIGM SHIFT TO A BAD IDEA. SEAT CUSHIONS ARE FOR SITTING, NOT FOR HARD CONTROLS. *JB