2001 INFINITI I30 Complaints

TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL, INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION WITH THE CAR. OTHER VEHICLE AT FAULT, RAN STOP SIGN. CAR WAS TOTAL LOSS, AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. DAUGHTER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

THE LITE FOR THE AIRBAG STAYS ON;ALSO THE MAIN COMPUTER FOR THE CAR FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AS THE CAR WOULD NOT START

CAR HAS DEVELOPED ISSUES STARTING AND MAINTAINING SMOOTH IDLE ONCE STARTED. INITIALLY, A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE ISSUES AS THE IDLE CONTROL VALVE. IT WAS CHANGED AT A COST OF $800. THIS DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE. AFTER FURTHER TESTS, THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM). THIS HAD TO BE CHANGED BY AN INFINITI DEALERSHIP. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY AND WOULD COST $1300 TO REPAIR AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I INQUIRED IF THIS MEANT THE ECM WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT AND THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T. AFTER REPLACING THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED SINCE IT INTERACTS WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY AND ECM AND THE IDLE CONTROL VALVE TO MAKE IT ALL WORK PROPERLY. THIS WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL $3900. AT THIS POINT, SINCE THE CAR'S BLUE BOOK VALUE IS LESS THAN $3000, IT NO LONGER MADE SENSE TO MAKE THE REPAIR BUT I DID HAVE TO PAY THE $1300 TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL BODY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE TO INFINITI (AND NISSAN) AND THEY KNOW THE EXACT STEPS REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MY COMPLAIN IS THAT THEY DO NOT DISCLOSE THE FULL SPECTRUM AND COSTS OF THE REPAIR UNTIL AFTER THEY'VE HAD YOU PERFORM AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE OR FOUR REPAIRS "NECESSARY TO UNCOVER THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM" THEREBY ENSURING THEY GET PAID AT LEAST $1000 OR MORE JUST TO GET YOU ON THE HOOK FOR A LARGER BILL LATER. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A BAIT-AND-SWITCH SERVICE SCAM AND I'M HOPING THE NHTSA TAKES THE MANUFACTURER TO TASK ON THIS AND ISSUES AN IMMEDIATE RECALL RELATED TO THIS SERIOUS ENGINEERING/DESIGN FLAW THAT REQUIRES SUBSTANTIAL COSTS TO THE CONSUMER TO REPAIR A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 INFINITI I30. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWERVED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THE STEERING MADE A SHAKING MOTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE UNTIL THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRES TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 02V146000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 INFINITI I30. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE RADIATOR, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRAME BY THE LOWER TIE BAR WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE ENTIRE TIE BAR AND RE-WELDED IT TO THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

2001 INFINTI 115000 MILES LOWER CENTER OF RADIATOR SUPPORT WHERE MOTOR MOUNT IS LOCATED BECAME ROTTED OUT WITH RUST. I NOTICED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WIRE BRUSHED THE RUST AWAY AND PAINTED IT WITH RUST STOPPING PAINT BUT IT HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO RUST AND ROT. WHEN I SEARCH THE INTERNET I VIEWED MANY PICTURES FROM OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM

THE DASH SIGNAL FOR THE AIR BAG COMES ON DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVE PUT THE HARNESS ON AND CONTINUES TO FLASH EVEN AFTER YOU START DRIVING UNTIL YOU END YOUR TRIP! IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE HARNESS IS NOT SET!!

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN AN ONCOMING VEHICLE HIT MY CAR. IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING OR IDLING. STALLED AT 15 MPH IN A TRAFFIC CIRCLE CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. WIFE WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED. HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE TO RESTART. STALLS AT IDLE WHEN WAITING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS A WELL KNOWN SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE 2001 I30. THE PROBLEM IS THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE (IAC), THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM), AND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTS WHICH SHORT OUT CAUSING THE IAC TO SHORTOUT WHICH CAUSES THE ECM TO SHORTOUT. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND STILL EXPECTS THE OWNERS TO PAY FOR THEIR FAULTY ENGINEERING. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. THIS PROBLEM IS TALKED ABOUT ALL OVER THE INTERNET BY OWNERS OF THESE I30 AND MAXIMAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 INFINITI I30. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 217,981.