2001 INFINITI QX4 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ACTIVATED, VEHICLE JERKS AND SYSTEM DISENGAGES. VEHICLE IDLED EXTREMELY FAST WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. DEALER STATED THESE SYMPTOMS ARE ALL NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER WAS UNHAPPY THAT A REMANNED TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED INSTEAD OF A NEW ONE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT AT THE TIME OF REPLACEMENT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 2800 MILES. *SLC

MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, INSISTS THAT COMPUTER NEEDS REPROGRAMMING. TRANSMISSION FAILED ROAD TEST BY MECHANIC AND A LONG LIST OF OWNERS AWAITING REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION BOXES (ACCORDING TO DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT FIELDS INFINITI GLENVIEW). TRANSMISSION BOXES NEED TO BE ORDERED FROM JAPAN, RESULTING IN ONE MONTH DELAY OF REPAIR. TWO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ALREADY EXIST FOR SAME PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR TO GO FORWARD PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND STUCK, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND AN INVESTIGATOR WAS SENT OUT AND STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS A BRANCH LOG ON HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE WENT DOWN AN ENBANKMENT AND HIT A TREE. VEHICLE ROLLED THREE TIMES. DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

LOOSE WELD IN FRAME WHERE A-PILLAR MEETS PASSENGER'S SIDE FENDER BY WINDSHIELD. DEALER WELDED IT, WHICH MAY EFFECT OR WILL NOT REACT CORRECTLY IN A VEHICLE CRASH. *AK

FRONT TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE SEEN FROM SIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN, AND SAID IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

THE FOOT BRAKE DID NOT WORK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP, CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL AND SKIDDED ABOUT 80-85 FEET UNTIL THE VEHICLE STOPPED ONE FOOT FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM