2001 INFINITI QX4 Complaints

INFINITI Q 4, 2001 GAS LEAK- RING NECK TO GAS TANK FAILS , CORRODES, LEAKING GAS ONTO REAR LEFT TIRE AREA. APPARENTLY, HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS SINCE WHEN DISCOVERED, THERE IS A SIZEABLE BACKORDER FOR PART IN QUESTION-DANGEROUS, FUEL LEAKS OPENLY. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON 8-15-05 WHILE GOING 40-45 MPH. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. AT FIRST , HIT A MAIL BOX. THEN, THE BACK OF CONTACT'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER CAR. SHE ENDED UP IN A DITCH, ROLLED OVER, AND HIT A TREE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT NEITHER THE FRONT OR SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER URGED CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE POLICE WERE CALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON EVER SINCE SHE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. SHE HAD THE SENSORS REPLACED AT LEAST SIX TIMES BECAUSE THE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. SHE SAID THE AIR BAG LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. *AK *NM

PURCHASED (4) PIRELLI STR-A' S FROM THE TIRE RACK. THEY WERE INSTALLED BY MERCHANTS TIRE. THE FIRST LOCATION DIDN'T CHARGE ME BECAUSE THE COULDN'T GET THE TIRES TO BALANCE. THE SECOND LOCATION FOUND ONE TIRE WAVY AND EACH TIRE TOOK FROM 4.5 TO 8 OZ OF WEIGHT. I STILL HAD A VIBRATION IN THE SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE RACK WOULD NOT REPLACE MORE THAN ONE TIRE AT A TIME. REPLACEING ONE TIRE TOOK CARE OF THE VIBRATION. I RETURNED FOR THE FIRST ROTATION AND BALANCE, MERCHANTS SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT PUT THE REAR TIRES ON THE FRONT BECAUSE EACH TIRE HAS 8 OZ'S OF WEIGHT. I TOLD THEM TO DO IT ANYWAY BECAUSE I HAD TO FOLLOW PIRELLI'S REQUIREMENTS OF ROTATION. ARE THESE TIRES HEADING FOR SELF DESTRUCTION WITH THIS MUCH WEIGHT??? I HAVE E-MAILED PIRELLI, BUT NO ONE REPLIED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS A CONCERN THAT ALL THE RIMS (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT) ON THE VEHICLE SHOWED HAIRLINE CRACKS AROUND THE LUG NUTS AREAS. *JB

WE WERE ON VACATION IN ORANGE BEACH, ALABAMA. WHILE RETURNING FROM A SHOPPING TRIP TO FOLEY, ALABAMA, WE WERE PULLING IN TO THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF OUR CONDO; MY WIFE, JUDY, WAS DRIVING OUR INFINITI QX4 2001 SUV. AS WE CAME TO A STOP THE CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED "WIDE OPEN" AND MY WIFE PUT HER RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, EXCLAIMING "SOMETHING IS WRONG, I CAN'T STOP THIS CAR!" WE WENT OVER A CURB AND HIT A CONCRETE UTILITY POLE WHICH FINALLY STOPPED THE MOTION OF THE SUV. WE WERE NOT INJURED. WE HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE AUTO MANUFACTURER. THEY HAVE SENT A REP TO DO A COMPLETE "TEST" OF THE VEHICLE. TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THEIR TESTING. *AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR QX4 INFINITI AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED; SHE APPLIED FULL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES; THE CAR JUMPED OVER THE CURB AND RAMMED INTO A CONCRETE UTILITY POLE. CAR WAS TOWED BY INFINITI BACK TO MONTGOMERY, AL. A FULL REPORT WAS DONE BY AN INFINITI REP; WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING TO DATE FROM CONSUMER AFFAIRS. WE ARE HAVING TO LEASE A CAR AT OUR OWN EXPENSE. WE HAVE NO ONE AT INFINITI WHO CAN GIVE US ANY INFORMATION AS TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS INCIDENT. WE ARE AFRAID TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE AGAIN UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THAT IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. WE WERE NOT INJURED AND THE ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS TO THE CAR ITSELF.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE BELTS, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKAGE, ETC... *PH TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING, ENGINE BELTS ARE CRACKING AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE BATTERY.*MR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE WHEN TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD DURING COLD WEATHER DURING MODERATE ACCELERATION. KNOWN SERVICE BULLETIN, NHTSA #62304. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS GOING UP A HILL THE IT WOULD STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STALLED AND RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. *NLM THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ON, BAD CARBON FUMES,THE TRANSMISSION GAINED SPEED ON IT'S OWN, STALLED WHILE TURNING, AND GOING UP HILL'S, AND BLACK SMOKE HAD COME FROM THE VEHICLE. SCC