2003 INFINITI G35 Complaints

AT 9.5K SERVICE (3RD), CAR HAD SLIGHT PULSING IN THE BRAKES. DEALER CONFIRMED WARPED ROTORS AND MACHINED. ESTIMATED REMAINING PAD LIFE ONLY ABOUT 50%. CAR AND BRAKES HAVE BEEN WELL MAINTAINED IN MAINLY CITY DRIVING. THIS IS THE FASTEST WEAR I HAVE SEEN ON ANY CAR I HAVE OWNED IN 35 YEARS INCLUDING NUMEROUS PERFORMANCE CARS. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES MANY COMPLAINTS FOR PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A RECCURING TOPIC ON INFINITI WEB FORUMS. DEALER INDICATED INFINITI USED TO COVER THIS AS WARRANTY BUT IS NOW BALKING AT REPLACEMENT UNDER THE GUISE THESE ARE "HIGH PERFORMANCE" BRAKES AND NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ULTRA SHORT BRAKE LIFE, SOME CONSUMERS MAY NOT BELIEVE THE BRAKE WEAR INDICATOR SQUEAL AND NOT GET THE BRAKES CHECKED IN TIME TO PREVENT FAILURE. THIS COULD TURN INTO A LONG TERM SAFETY ISSUE. THIS ALSO MAYBE DUE TO AN UNRECOGNIZED INTERACTION WITH THE STABILITY CONTROL, ELECTRONIC BRAKE ASSISTANCE AND TRACTION CONTROL LEADING TO HIGHER BRAKE STRESSES AND SHORT LIFE. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FOR A TECHICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND WATCHED AS A LONG TERM SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CARS AGE.

MY BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN SERVICED, CUT OR REPLACED, (5) FIVE TIMES STARTING ON 09/18/02 WITH 5,350 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE SERVICED AT 15,409 MILES, THE FIFTH TIME, I WAS TOLD INFINITI WILL NO LONGER SERVICE THE ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. I MADE A COMPLAINT TO INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS WHO ADMITTED THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRAKES WEARING OUT QUICKLY. BUT, THERE WAS NO ANSWER AS TO WHY MY ROTORS WARPED REPEATEDLY, AND WHY A MASTER TECHNICIAN WOULD NOT LOOK AT MY CAR.*AK

FRONT BRAKE PADS ON INFINITY G35 CAUSE A PULSATING ACTION AND ARE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE DEALER TURNED THE ROTORS AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. INFINITY CORPORATE WILL NOT LET THE DEALER REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS, DESPITE A PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. MOREOVER, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. INFINITY CORPORATE DID ALLOW THE DEALER TO REPLACE THIS UNDER RECALL R3011.*AK

BOUGHT MY INFINITI G35 IN MAY OF 2002, EVER SINCE DAY ONE, THE DRIVER'S SEATS SEEMS TO BE MOVING, ROCKING DURING ACCELERATION AND BRAKING.. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ON A LOT OF G35'S. DEALER'S AND INFINITI HAS NOT RELESASE A FIX THAT WORKS YET AFTER A YEAR... I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM, BECAUSE TWICE MY FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL DURING BRAKING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT..... THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH LIFE OF THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WHERE THEY MIGHT FAIL PREMATURELY... MOST DRIVERS OF THE G COMPLAIN THAT THEIR PADS AND ROTORS ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AS SOON AS 8,000 MILES AND ARE NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT "ROCKS" BACK AND FORTH, SOMETIMES EMITTING A "POPPING" OR "CLICKING" NOISE, ESPECIALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR WHILE CORNERING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MOVEMENT OF THE DRIVERS SEAT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HAS CAUSED DISRUPTION OF NORMAL DRIVING HABITS, RESULTING IN ERRATIC ACCELERATION AND OVER AND UNDERSTEERING. I HAVE FOUND CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SEAT REDUCE THE MOVEMENT, BUT THESE ADJUSTMENTS MAKE THE SEAT UNCOMFOTABLE AND DO NOT PROVIDE THE PROPER SITTING POSITION I NEED TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE SAFELY. I SEE THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE AND HAVE THUS NOTIFIED TWO SEPERATE INFINITI DEALERSHIPS, BOTH OF WHOM WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM AND ONE OF WHICH MADE THE MOVEMENT WORSE DURING THEIR "INSPECTION" OF THE FAULTY SEAT. I OWN AN INFINITI G35 WITH THE PREMIUM PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES LEATHER UPHOLSTERY AND A FULL-POWER DRIVERS SEAT.*AK

I PURCHASED MY 2003 INFINITI G35 IN AUGUST 2002. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE I NOTICED A LOT OF BRAKE DUST ON MY FRONT BRAKES. I INFORMED THE SERVICE DEPT OF THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I BEGAN HEARING A SQUEALING SOUND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. THE DEALER EVEN BEGAN TO READ ME AN ARTICLE/PUBLICATION SUGGESTING THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE THESE WERE HIGH PERFORMANCE BRAKES. NEEDLESS TO SAY AFTER BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS DEALER AND INFINITI FOR OVER 4 MONTHS, TO NO AVAIL I LEFT THE ISSUE ALONE. NOW 6 MONTHS LATER, I REQUIRE NEW FRONT BRAKES AT ONLY 19,000 MILES. *NLM

I AM A 5'2" FEMALE AND HAVE A NEW G35 SPORT COUPE. THE SEAT BELT SHOLDER STRAP CUTS INTO MY NECK DO TO THE FACT THE STARTING POINT OF THE SEAT BELT IS TOO FAR BACK WHEN I ADJUST MY SEAT FORWARD IN ORDER TO REACH THE FOOT PEDALS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE CONSUMER DEPT. AT INFINTI AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IF I WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, THIS SHOULDER BELT WOULD SURLEY CUT INTO MY NECK AND CAUSE MORE HARM THAN GOOD. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK

2003 G35 CP 6 SPD I WAS DRIVING ON THE 60 FWY GOING WEST @ 2:30 AM, TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH & ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR SPIN OUT & SKIDDED ACROSS THE FREEWAY ONTO THE DIRT ALMOST HIT THE CENTER DIVIDER. I WAS SHOCK! I WAS THINKING MAN... WHAT DID IT JUST HAPPEN? FIRST I THOUGHT THERE WERE STUFF LIKE GREASE ON THE FWY THAT CAUSE THE SPIN OUT. BUT I WALK TO THE FREEWAY & THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE FWY. SO I GOT BACK INTO MY CAR TRY TO MOVE THE CAR, BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE REAR-WHEEL BRAKE IS LOCKED, THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. SO I CALL THE TOW TRUCK & TOW MY CAR TO THE DEALER IN RIVERSIDE. THEN WHEN THE CAR GOT TO THE DEALER, THE MECHANIC WENT UNDERNEATH AND FOUND OUT THERE WERE PLASTIC GOT CAUGHT AROUND THE DRIVESHAFT. THEN THEY JACKED UP THE CAR TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC, THEY'VE FIND OUT THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE TWISTED, THAT'S WHY THE REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP. SO AFTER THE DEALER GAVE ME A QUOTE TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. AND I ASK THEM ISN'T THAT A DEFECT FROM MANUFACTURE? THEY TOLD ME NO, THEY BLAME ON ME THAT I RAN OVER THE PLASTIC & CAUSE THE BRAKE TO LOCKED. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? BRAKE IS CONTROL BY THE DRIVER, NOT ANY OBJECTS ON THE ROAD. LUCKY THERE WAS NO CARS AROUND AT THAT TIME. AND ALSO THERE WAS NOT A FREEWAY DIVIDER RIGHT NEXT TO ME, OR ELSE WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD OF HAPPEN. I COULD CAUSE A BIG ACCIDENT. SO TO ME, THIS IS A VERY MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE & NOW I DO NOT FEEL SAFETY & COMFORTABLE DRIVING THAT CAR ANYMORE, AFTER I HAD ALMOST LOST MY LIFE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN ONCE & IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. AND IM NOT DOWN TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. SO NOW, I AM REQUESTING THE DEALER TO TAKE BACK THE CAR. THE CAR IS ONLY 9 DAYS OLD AND ONLY HAVE A FEW HUNDRED OF MILES ON IT. I SPOKE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT TAKE BACK THE CAR. CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME OUT HERE? *JB

AIR VENTS MAKES LOUD CRACKLING NOISE WHEN TURNING ON THE HEATER FAN WHEN CAR IS STILL COLD. *NLM

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE HEAD LIGHT SWITCH, WHEN TRYING TO DIM THE LIGHTS THEY TURN OFF. MR *TS