2002 INFINITI I35 Complaints

OUR 2002 INFINITI I-35 HAS ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN 3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TURNING AROUND IN OUR FRIEND'S DRIVEWAY AND IT TOOK OFF IN REVERSE. THE SECOND TIME WE WERE FIRST IN LINE AT A STOP LIGHT. THE THIRD TIME, I WAS MOVING THE CAR IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND IT WENT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBOR'S FENCE CAUSING $8,000 DAMAGE TO OUR CAR. THE DEALER IN GRAND RAPIDS SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE CAR AND INFINITI HAVE NOT ANSWERED OUR E-MAILS. INFINITI CORP HEADQUARTERS PRETTY MUCH TOLD US TOO BAD ON THE PHONE. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED APRIL 29TH,2005. TEMPTED TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND CAR LOST ALL POWER. OULD GO NO FASTER THAN 15MILES PER HOUR.CONTACTED INFINITI DEALER AND TOLD TO HAVE CAR TOWED IN.ACCELERATOR PEDAL REPLACED.TOLD PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. ON AUGUST 8TH,2005, WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK CAR IN SPACE AT BLOCKBUSTER,WHEN CAR ACCELERATED QUICKLY AND HIT THE BRICK PILLAR AT BLOCKBUSTER.BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.CURRENTLY THE CAR IS AT THE BODY SHOP FOR REPAIR AND I HAVE NOTIFIED THE INFINITI DEALER THAT I WOULD LIKE IT INSPECTED BEFORE I DRIVE THE CAR.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. OWNER GOT OUT THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THE AXLE BEARING SHEERED OFF. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BY CONSUMER.*AK

THE FACTORY STANDARD RADIO HAD A DISPLAY SYSTEM WHICH INFINITI LABELED AS RDS. IF ENABLED BY A BROADCAST STATION, THE DISPLAY WOULD DISPLAY A MESSAGE WHICH THE BROADCASTER WOULD PROGRAM. *SC THE CONSUMER STATED THAT DUE TO THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE DISPLAY IT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AND DISTRACTS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. *TC

1) TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS 50-60 MPH FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME FRAME, ONE-TWO HOURS. ON A HIGHWAY WITH STOP LIGHTS-WHEN TRYING TO STOP, MY INFINITI I35 (YR.2002) ACCELERATES WHILE I AM TRYING TO BRAKE. THE CAR LURCHES FOWARD WITH THE ENGINE GOING FROM 1500 RPM TO 7000 RPMS. THE INCIDENT REPEATED ITSELF LATER ON 8/16. WE WERE TRAVELING FROM BALTIMORE TO VIRGINA ON ROUTE 50--GOOD ROAD ACCOMODATING HIGH SPEEDS BUT HAS LIGHTS AS ONE PASSES THROUGH EASTERN SHORE TOWNS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO INFINITE'S NEAREST DEALERSHIP IN VA BEACH. ACCORDING TO THAT DEALER'S SHOP, NO ERROR MESSAGES OR ISSUES WERE REPORTED PER THEIR COMPUTERIZED TESTING. ACCORDING TO THEM, THEIR ROAD TESTS , TWO TESTS, A DRIVE FOR 15 MINUTES AND THE OTHER WAS TO GET THE CAR'S SPEED UP TO 80 MPH ON AN IN-SHOP ROLLING MACHINE, REVEALED NO ERRORS. *AK MY CONTACTING INFINITI'S NATIONAL CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFICE RESULTED IN NO TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE. THE DEALER DROVE THE CAR TO BALTIMORE, 8/20/04 AND REPORTED NO PROBLEMS. INTERSTATE 95 WAS USED (ITS NOT THE SAME AS ROUTE 50 WITH HIGH SPEEDS AND FREQUENT, QUICK(ER) STOPS. THE CAR IS NOT WORKING AND NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED; IT IS DANGEROUS. INFINITI WILL NOT PROCEED SINCE COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS REPORTS NO ERROR MESSAGES. IN JUNE, 2004, WE HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO JBA OF ELLICOTT CITY COMPLAINING THAT THE CAR WAS DEMONSTRATING PROBLEMS: AT STOP SIGNS, ON OCCASION, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD, THE ENGINE WOULD RACE, THEN THE CAR WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THAT DEALERSHIP AGAIN COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM REGISTERING ON ITS COMPUTER TESTING, THEREFORE, NO PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THAT THE FIRM'S TESTING METHODOLOGY ISN'T EITHER COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH OR LIMITED TO ONLY COMPUTER ANALYSIS. THE CAR HAS A DEFECT AND THIS FIRM CAN'T OR WON'T REACH OUT OF THE BOX TO TRY AND SOLVE IT, EXCUSING ANY EFFORT ON THEIR PART BECAUSE THEIR COMPUTER RESULTS DISCLOSE NO "ERROR MESSAGE".

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10MPH AND WHEN TURNING LEFT VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED OR RESOLVED. *AK *NM

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE SHOOK DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH FRONTAL ROTORS DUE TO CORROSION. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING:THE ENGINE SHAKED, AND WAS NOISY, FRONT END SHAKED AND PULLED, THE DOOR LOCKED BY ITSELF WHEN IT WAS SLAMMED, THE ACCELERATION PEDAL DID NOTHING WHEN DRIVEN IN HIGH SPEEDS, THE CLOCK KNOB WAS INOPERATIVE, FRONT DASH HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, GAS MILEAGE WAS ABNORMAL, CD PLAYER WAS INOPERATIVE, AND THERE WAS A RATTLE NOISE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAD LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FRONT END PROBLEMS, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY, WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NORMAL. SCC *JB

VEHICLE HAS NO SHOCK ABSORBENCY POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. PH