2004 INFINITI G35 Complaints

I STOPPED MY MY 2004 INFINITI G35 SEDAN AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY, SET THE PARKING BRAKE, AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM LEFT ON THE GROUND NEXT TO MY MAILBOX. WHEN I WALKED AWAY FROM THE CAR, IT BEGAN ROLLING. THE CAR ROLLED OFF THE SIDE OF MY DRIVEWAY AND INTO THE WOODS, WHERE IT HIT A TREE, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. INFINITI DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAMAGE, CLAIMING THAT THE BRAKE IS FUNCTIONING WITHIN FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS. THE FOLLOWING LINKS OFFER EVIDENCE THAT THE PARKING BRAKE ON THIS VEHICLE IS WOEFULLY INADEQUATE AS DELIVERED: HTTP://FORUMS.FRESHALLOY.COM/UBBTHREADS/SHOWFLAT.PHP?CAT=&BOARD=UBB25&NUMBER=67788103&PAGE=0&VIEW=COLLAPSED&SB=5&O=&FPART=1 HTTP://FORUMS.FRESHALLOY.COM/UBBTHREADS/SHOWFLAT.PHP?CAT=&BOARD=UBB25&NUMBER=67563340&FORUM=UBB25&WORDS=PARKING%20BRAKE&MATCH=ENTIRE%20PHRASE&SEARCHPAGE=1&LIMIT=50&OLD=1YEAR&MAIN=67563171&SEARCH=TRUE HTTP://G35DRIVER.COM/FORUMS/SHOWFLAT.PHP?CAT=&BOARD=1&NUMBER=293656&PAGE=0&VIEW=COLLAPSED&SB=5&PART= NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THE CAR IS IN A BODY SHOP TO REPAIR THE FRON END DAMAGE INCURRED IN THE COLLISION WITH THE TREE.*AK

NEW 2004 INFINITY G35 COUPE PURCHASED 12/11/03 SKIDDED OUT OF CONTROL 12/14/03 ON EXPRESSWAY WHEN LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING AND STICKING TO ROAD SURFACE. THE TIRES SOLD WITH THE CAR WERE "SUMMER ONLY" TIRES WITH AN N/A TRACTION RATING ON THE SIDEWALL. THIS FACT WAS NOT MENTIONED BY THE DEALERSHIP NOR ON THE CAR WINDOW STICKER NOR IN THE BROCHURE THAT GIVES THE DETAILS ABOUT THE CAR. WHEN I MADE THIS PROBLEM KNOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE INDIFFERENT. I HAVE JUST SPENT $1400 TO PURCHASE 4 WINTER PERFORMANCE TIRES FOR THIS CAR. THESE CARS ARE BEING SOLD IN WINTER MONTHS WITHOUT CONSUMERS BEING ABLE TO KNOW THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THEM IN WINTER CONDITIONS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. DEALER STATED THE TIRES WERE FOR THE SUMMER NOT WINTER CONDITIONS.*AK WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH 2004 INFINITI G35 SPUN OUT OF CONTROL DURING LIGHT SNOWY CONDITIONS. TIRE EQUIPMENT HAS NO WINTER TRACTION AND CONSUMER WAS NOT TOLD THIS INFORMATION BY SALES REPRESENTATIVE. TIRE EQUIPMENT ARE MICHELIN PILOT SPORT RADIAL X 225/45 R 18 (FRONT) AND 245/45 R 18 (REAR).*MR

THIS IS A FURTHER COMPLAINT RELATIVE TO COMPLAINT 10047159 RELATED TO A NEW INFINITI G35 WITH LESS THAT 2000 MILES ON IT WHEN THREE INCIDENTS OCCURRED. THE INCIDENTS INVOLVED THREE OCCASIONS IN WHICH THE CAR SUDDEDLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED TO VERY HIGH SPEEDS WITHOUT A ACTION BY THE DRIVER THAT SHOULD CAUSE SUCH ACCELERATIONS. IN TWO OF THE CASES THE CAR WAS IN SPEED CONTROL; IN ONE IT WAS NOT. 2 OF THE CASES: CAR IN SPEED CONTROL AT 60 MILES AN HOUR, FOOT WELL AWAY FROM ACCELERATOR. CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATES FULL THROTTLE TO 90 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE VERY SEVERE BRAKING CAN BRING CAR UNDER CONTROL. NOT ONLY DOES STEPPING ON THE BRAKE NOT TAKE THE CAR OUT OF SPEED CONTROL, IT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW CAR AS CAR CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE. SECOND OCCURRENCE INVOLVED CAR IN SPEED CONTROL AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. SAME THING HAPPENS BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP CAR AS IT RAPIDLY ACCELERATED AND FINALLY HAD TO SHUT THE IGNITION OFF AND DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER (INFINITI OF DENVER) ON 11/14/03, AND RETURNED TO ME (CAR IS ACTUALLY REGISTERED IN MY WIFE'S NAME, LOIS RINGER) OVER MY VERY STRONG OBJECTIONS ON 12/1/03, WITH THE STATEMENT THAT THE DEALER AND INFINITI ENGINEERS WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE THEY WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM FURTHER, BASED ON DIRECTION FROM INFINITI. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS SPORATICALLY, SO IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT THEY DID NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN THE MINOR TESTING THEY DID. A QUICK INTERACTION WITH ONE BULLETIN BOARD ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANY OTHER OWNERS OF G35S WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM REVEALED THREE OTHER DRIVERS HAVING VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE PRESIDENT OF NISSAN AMERICA (WHICH OWNS INFINITI) ON 11/14 TO NO AVAIL. THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF THE OTHER THREE OWNERS ARE DOCUMENTED ON THE EDMONDS.COM WEBSITE. GO TO THE WEB SITE, GO TO TOWN HALL, INFINITI G35 OWNERS, PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS, CITATIONS 967, 334, AND 751. *AK

I HAVE A 2004 GS SEDAN WITH ABOUT 2000 MILES ON IT PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 2003. IN THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE HAD THREE OCCASIONS WHEN THE ACCELERATOR FLOOR BOARDED ITSELF WITH NO ACTION ON MY PART TO CAUSE SUCH BEHAVIOR. ON ONE OCCASION THE CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AT ABOUT 60, AND ACCELERATED TO 90 BEFORE I COULD GET THE CAR UNDER CONTROL. PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT DISENGAGE THE ACTION. THE SECOND TIME THE CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AT ABOUT 50 AND THE SAME THING HAPPEN AS I GENTLY PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS A CAR. THE ACCELERATOR UNEXPECTED WENT TO THE FLOOR, WITH RESULTANT VERY SHARP ACCELERATION. THIS TIME I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF, AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT START SINCE THE ACCELERATOR WAS FLOORBOARDED. FINALLY GOT THE ACCELERATOR TO BREAK LOSE BY USING THE EDGE OF MY SHOE SOLE AND THE CAR WOULD RESTART, AND THEN BEHAVED NORMALLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THE THIRD TIME I WAS NOT IN CRUISE CONTROL, HAD SLOWED FOR AN EXIT RAMP, AND THEN GENTLY PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR TO SPEED UP. AGAIN THE ACCELERATOR FLOORBOARDED ITSELF, WITH VERY SHARP ACCELERATION. I DISENGAGED THE BEHAVIOR BY AGAIN LIFTING THE ACCELERATOR WITH THE EDGE OF MY SHOE. ONE COULD FEEL A POP EACH TIME THE ACCELERATOR WAS LIFTED WITH THE SHOE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHO HAS NOW HAD IT FIVE DAYS. SAYS HE HAS NOT SEEN THIS BEHAVIOR AND HIS POSITION IS THAT UNLESS HE CAN REPLICATE IT HIMSELF THERE ARE NO REPAIRS TO MAKE. I WILL NOT TAKE CAR BACK UNTIL DEALER SIGNS A LETTER VALIDATING THAT I CONSIDER THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THAT HE WILL ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. EXPECT THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO AN IMPASSE WITH THE DEALER. *LA