2003 INFINITI I35 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY LAST NIGHT DURING RUSH HOUR MY CAR ENGINE JUST STOPPED. . THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON,( SLIP, TCS,BRAKE,CHECK ENGINE SOON, OIL AND BATTERY). I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY. VERY SCARED BUT SAFE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE. TURNED OFF IGNITION WAITED A FEW AND RESTARTED. TOOK SURFACE STREET THE REST OF THE WAY. 3-4 HOURS IT STARTED FINE, HOWEVER WHILE DRIVING BACK 25 MILES ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET IT HAPPENED AGAIN. GOT IT STARED AND SOME LIGHTS REMAINED ON (SLIP,TCS,CHECK ENGINE SOON). HAVEN'T STARTED IT TODAY. GOING TO MECHANIC ON MONDAY. ONLY HAVE 65000 MILES ON THE CAR. I PHONED INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS TOLD MY VIN WASN'T AND IS NOT PART OF ANY RECALL AND IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE SAME ISSUE I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS.

TAKATA RECALL--------MY BROTHER WHO LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY GAVE ME HIS 2003 INFINITI I 35 WHEN HE RETIRED FROM NY PD AND GAVE ME THE INFINITI. SO I DROVE THE CAR TO CALABASH NORTH CAROLINA WHICH IS 10 MINUTE DRIVE TO MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA. FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS OR SO NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG HOWEVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER MY AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON? SO I CALLED MY BROTHER AND HE TOLD ME THE CAR ALREADY HAD THE AIRBAG REPLACE PER THE RECALL. SO I CALLED INFINITI TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP ME, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BUT THEY SAID I COULD GO TO A NISSAN OR INFINITI SERVICE. I GO AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME IT WAS $125 FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST. CALLED INFINITI BACK AND AGAIN I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND OWNED LOTS OF CARS NEVER ONCE DID I EVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AN AIRBAG! I HAVE OWNED FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CARS AND AGAIN NO AIRBAG PROBLEMS. WHAT ARE THE MATHEMATICAL PROBABILITY OF MY DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SYSTEM FROM ONLY A INFINITI I35 2003 BEING THE ONLY AIRBAG PROBLEM WITH ANY AUTOMOBILE THAT I HAVE OWNED IN THE LAST 40 + YEARS? THE MATH DOES NOT WORK THEY HAVE A PROBLEM BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS IT. IT'S THE MANUFACTURERS FAULT NOT MINE, WHAT DO THEY WANT ME TO DO REPLACE THE AIRBAG AGAIN? MY GUT FEELING TELLS ME THAT THEY DIDN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM OR THE HEAT FROM LIVING IN THE CAROLINAS IS ADVERSELY AFFECTING MY AIRBAG. PLEASE IF YOU WOULD SAVE MY EMAIL JUST IN CASE I GET HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THERE SUBSTANDARD AIRBAG SYSTEM THAT INFINITI STATED THAT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF A PRE-EXISTING SUBSTANDARD AIRBAG PLACED IN 2003 I35. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI I35. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE, PLACED IT IN THE PARK POSITION, AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. NISSAN SOUTH OF UNION CITY (4080 JONESBORO ROAD, UNION CITY, GEORGIA 30291, (770) 964-4900) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REQUESTED A DIAGNOSTIC BE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. A CERTIFIED NISSAN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, STARTER, AND BATTERY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 138,500.

TAKATA RECALL : I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE NYS D OF M STATING THAT THERE WAS AN URGENT RECALL ON MY CAR, AND LISTING THE VIN AND MAKE, MODEL, YEAR. I CHECKED WITH YOUR WEB SITE AND FOUND NO RECALLS ON MY CAR. MY INFINITI DEALER CHECKED AND FOUND NO RECALL FOR MY CAR, BUT SAID THERE MAY HAVE BEEN RECALLS FOR THAT MODEL, YEAR, ETC. BUT NOT FOR MY VIN. WHO DO I TRUST?

WHILE IN MOTION, MY VEHICLE STALLS/CUTS OUT COMPLETELY, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

THE CAR LOSES POWER AFTER A WHILE AND WILL JUST STOP AS IF IT RAN OUT OF GAS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, OTHERWISE THE CAR IS OK. THE MECHANIC SUSPECTS IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CRANK POSITION OR CIRCUIT BOARD. THERE WAS RECALLS ON THIS MODEL IN 11/2003 AND 12/2003 THAT DESCRIBE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO MY VEHICLE. THIS SLOWING DOWN TO STOPPING HAPPENED ON A MAJOR EXPRESSWAY AND I HAD TO BE TOWED. IT ALSO HAPPENED AGAIN IN MY STREET AND DRIVEWAY HAVING TO BE TOWED AGAIN.

MY VEHICLES CRANK/CAM SENSOR I BELIEVE HAS GONE BAD. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE AND IT WAS LIKE THE ENGINE SHUT OFF BUT IT WAS NOT I COULD DRIVE 1 MPH, AND CAR WOULD NOT REV UP. I SAW THERE WERE RECALLS ON THIS FOR INFINITIS MADE IN 2202-2003 BUT FOR SOME REASON MY 2003 INFINITI IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS! CAR NO LONGER WILL MOVE.

MY NAME IS [XXX] , I HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER CONTAINING AN URGENT AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL ON MY INFINITI I 35 2003. THE LETTER FROM FLORIDA HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES STATES THAT HAT THERE HAS BEEN AN AIRBAG RECALLED FOR A SAFETY DEFECT IN THE AIRBAG THAT COULD RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY TO ME AND/OR MY PASSENGERS. THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY ONLY VEHICLE AND IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING BECAUSE I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN, ONE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE OTHER IS AN INFANT! WE DEPEND ON THIS VEHICLE EVERYDAY FOR SPECIALTY APPOINTMENTS AND WORK! I NEED MY CAR REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND WHILE MY CARE IS BEING REPAIRED, I WILL NEED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AS THIS IS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE TO MY FAMILY! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I BOUGHT A 2003 INFINIT I35 A YEAR AGO AS MY FIRST CAR. I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE DYING FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE NO REASON. NO WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON NOT EVEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED A WEEK AGO. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT DIED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. WHEN I TRIED TO START IT BACK UP IT WOULDN'T TURN OVER. IT WOULD NOT TAKE A JUMP. NO FLUIDS WERE LOW. NO CABLES OR TERMINALS WERE LOOSE. I ENDED UP HAVING TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED. AT THE TIME IT HAD 216,000 MILES ROUGHLY. WHEN I DID RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH INFINITI MODELS 2003-2004 THAT HAD FAULTY CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSORS. THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT I HAD WERE MATCHING UP TO THE THOSE OF THE RECALL. IT WAS HAPPENING TO THOSE MODELS HAVING 113,000-225,000 ROUGHLY. WHEN I SEARCHED WITH THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND INFINIT I FOUND THAT THIS WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MY VIN NUMBER. I THEN TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND FOUND THAT IN FACT THOSE SAME SENSORS WERE FAULTY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FUNCTION INCORRECTLY. SO NOW I HAVE TO WONDER WHY THEN MY 2003 INFINIT I35 WAS NOT RECOGNIZED AS BEING AFFECTED BY MY RECALL WHEN I NOW HAVE PROOF THAT THE SAME SENSORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RECALL ARE IN FACT FAULTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI I35. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (ROSWELL INFINITI OF NORTH ATLANTA LOCATED ON 11405 ALPHARETTA HWY, ROSWELL, GA, 30076). THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE TIME WITH THE TECHNICIAN, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURMILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 76,000. ...UPDATED 07/11/17 *BF......UPDATED 10/27/17 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE.UPDATED 11/2/2017*JS