2004 INFINITI G35 Complaints

I HAVE OWNED MY 2004 G35X OUTRIGHT FOR 9 YEARS NOW. BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2005. I HAVE KEPT UP ALL THE MAINTENANCE, AND HAVE LOVED MY CAR UP UNTIL THIS POINT. I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD, AND DECIDED TO PASS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MY SPEED WAS APPROX 70 MPH AND I HAD NOT QUITE PASSED THEM WHEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. THE VDC LIGHT/SLIP LIGHT/SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ALL CAME ON. DASH LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. MY STEERING WAS NON EXISTANT, AND HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. LUCKILY NO ONE ELSE WAS ON THE ROAD!!! AND I COASTED INTO A DRIVEWAY. WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND THE CAR STARTED UP FINE. FAST FORWARD TO JANUARY, AND I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. LUCKILY, AGAIN, I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO A SAFE PLACE. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAILURE ON 2 SENSORS. CAM AND CRANKSHAFT, THE SAME SENSORS THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED ON THE 2003 MODELS AND 2005!!!! VERY HARROWING, AND FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. ALSO MEMORABLE ON MY PURSE AS THE COST TO FIX WAS $770, HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS KIND TO GIVE ME A DISCOUNT AND A LOANER CAR, AND GOOD SERVICE. SHOULDNT THE 2004 BEEN RECALLED AS WELL!!!???? SEEMS THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME MAKE/MODEL AND SAME DEFECTIVE PART. I AM GLAD I WAS NOT AND THAT ANOTHER CAR WERE NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT STEMMING FROM THIS DEFECT. THIS CAR WILL CLEARLY BE OUT ON THE ROADS FOR AWHILE, AS SOME MIGHT GIVE IT TO THEIR KIDS FOR THEIR FIRST CAR, EVEN THOUGH IT IS 10 YEARS OLD. I'M CLEARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35 COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

I'M THE SECOND OWNER THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, AND ALTHOUGH I DID NOT NOTICE THE PROBLEM SOONER, THE 3RD LIGHT ON MY 2004 G35 DOES NOT WORK (MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE THE SPOILER). WHAT I DID WAS PURCHASE A USED 3RD LIGHT FROM A SALVAGE YARD....AND IT DID WORK (BRIEFLY), NOW IT'S NOT WORKING.....SO I'M BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL, SO I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND MUCH TO SURPRISE CAME UP WITH MANY HITS OF OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE.......SINCE READING THE ISSUE OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE 3RD LIGHT NOT FUNCTIONING I HAVE NOTICED THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLES 3RD LIGHT ISSUE ON OTHER G35 ON THE ROAD, MORE THAN LIKELY THE OWNERS HAVE NOT NOTICED THE LIGHT NOT OPERATING.........THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE 3RD LIGHT IS TO BE SEEN BY OTHERS DRIVING BEHIND YOU.......IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, I HOPE THE NHTSA AND INFINITI TAKES STEPS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THIS IS REGARDING THE INFINITI VQ ENGINE AND ITS OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM. I OWN A 2004 G35X I PAID FOR AND ITS SITS WITH THE BIGGEST OIL CONSUMPTION PROBLEM DUE TO NISSIANS PROBLEM WITH THE VQ ENGINES AT THE TIME OF THE MAKE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. VERY MANY PEOPLE! I DONT FIND THIS FAIR AT ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOMEONE REGARDING THIS SITUATION AND COME TO A CONCLUSION. PLZ *TR

I NOTICED MY 3RD BRAKE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE NOTICED OTHER INFINITI G35 COUPES WITH NON- FUNCTIONING 3RD BRAKE LIGHTS. I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A RE-CALL. IT IS AN EXPENSIVE PART AND LABOR CHARGE TO REPAIR. PLEASE INDUCE INFINITI TO REPLACE THESE LIGHTS AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. THANK YOU. *TR

I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY THROUGH TOWN AT 30 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED AND ALL THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY COAST INTO A PARKING LOT OFF THE ROAD. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED CAR IGNITION TO OFF POSITION. I TURNED IT ON AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED NORMALLY. I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STALLED. I PUT THE CAR BACK INTO PARK AND TURNED CAR IGNITION TO OFF POSITION. I WAITED A FEW MORE MINUTES, STARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. *TR

THE VQ35DE INFINITI G35 ENGINE CONSUMES OIL QUICKLY. ROUGHLY ABOUT 1QT/1000 MILES. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT USED IN 2009 WITH 35,000 MILES. OIL CHANGES WITH FILTER AND PLUG HAVE BEEN MADE HABITUALLY EVERY 3,000 MILES WITH MOBIL 1 SYNTHETIC 5W-30 OR 10W-30 DEPENDING ON THE SEASON. I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONGST OTHER VQ35DE USERS ON BOTH THE INFINITI G35 AND NISSAN 350Z. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY SOMEONE, BECAUSE INFINITI DOES NOT SEEM TO BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT EITHER. *TR

I WAS ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND I LOST ENGINE POWER AS WELL AS POWER STEERING. ALL ENGINE LIGHTS TURNED ON. I LOOKED THIS UP, AND IT SEEMS LIKE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SO THERE WAS RECALL ON THE INFINITI G35 SEDAN, BUT INTERESTINGLY NOT ON THE COUPE. THE RECALL IS REGARDING THE CAMSHAFT POSITIONING SENSOR. I HAD MY CAR TOWED AFTERWARDS TO MY MECHANIC AND HE VERIFIED THE PROBLEM WAS THIS SENSOR AS WELL. THIS CAR FAILURE WAS VERY SUDDEN AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING AND STALLING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WOULD BE DRIVING FOR VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF TIME, FROM 5 TO 20 MINUTES, WHEN THE ENGINE POWER WOULD JUST CUT OUT. THIS WAS AT STOPLIGHTS, WHILE DOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY CONSISTENT REASON. BASED ON RESEARCH ON VARIOUS WEBSITES, IT APPEARS TO BE A CAMSHAFT OR CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. ONLY THE SENSOR, NOT ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS FLAW WHEN A SENSOR CAUSES YOUR VEHICLE TO STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND OTHER HIGHLY DANGEROUS TIMES. *TR

THIS CAR HAS A BAD CASE OF AUTOMATIC ACCELERATION. SINCE IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST 9 YEARS, I'VE GOTTEN FAMILIAR WITH THE SYMPTONS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THE CAR WILL SIMPLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND ALL OF THEM OCCUR WHEN BRAKING: 1) WHILE SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY JUST REV UP TO 4 OR 5 THOUSAND RPM. 2) SAME AS ABOVE BUT ACCELERATION CAN BE CAUSED BY PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. 3) EXITING FREEWAY AND BRAKING, THE ENGINE WILL REMAIN AT THE SAME RPM AND/OR SPEED UP. 4) (THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST DANGEROUS) WHEN BRAKING EXTRA HARD, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT DOWN AND THE ENGINE GOES TO FULL THROTTLE. THIS ONE HAS NEARLY GOTTEN ME A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE THROTTLE, THROTTLE BODY, ETC. NOTHING HAS RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND INCIDENTS MAY BE MONTHS APART. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE DEALER HAS DENIED THAT ANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM IN THE USA. OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT SINCE 2003 ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES WHILE THE MANUFACTURER DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAS ALLOWED IT TO PERSIST FOR 10 YEARS. ONLY RECENTLY HAS THE DEALER ADMITTED OTHER PROBLEMS AND STATED THEY WERE AFRAID OF WHAT HAPPENED TO TOYOTA. BRIEFLY LOOKING AT ENTRIES ON THE NHTSA SITE, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT HALF A DOZEN COMPLAINTS A YEAR. NONE REPORTED A FATALITY BUT THEN THE DEAD ARE UNLIKELY TO FILE A COMPLAINT. IF A TENTH OF A PERCENT OF THE OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM FILED COMPLAINTS, THAT WOULD BE 6,000 VEHICLES PER YEAR ARE BEING PRODUCED WITH THIS FATAL FLAW. IN SUMMARY, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A POTENTIALLY LETHAL VEHICLE? SELL IT TO SOME UNSUSPECTING PERSON AND ENDANGER THEIR LIFE OR KEEP IT AND WONDER WHEN IT WILL KILL ME? IF THE LATTER HAPPENS, WE'LL ALL KNOW WHY. *TR