2003 Infiniti G35

THE AUDIO/CLIMATE CONTROLS ON MY 2003 INFINITI G35 STOPPED WORKING WHILE MY AC GOES ON FULL BLAST. CAN'T TURN IT OFF. I HAVE NO CONTROL OF MY RADIO. CALLED THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT COULD BE THE RADIO ($900), THE CIRCUIT BOARD ($900) OR BOTH ($1800) PLUS TAX. AND THAT'S ON TOP OF THE DIAGNOSTICS FEE THEY WILL CHARGE. INFINITI SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY, IT'S JUST LIKE A BULB GOING OUT. WHAT A RIPOFF. . *TR

INFINITI ISSUED A TSB ABOUT AN AUDIO FINISHER CIRCUIT POTENTIALLY FAILING. MEANWHILE THEY DID NO RECALL OR NOTIFIED CUSTOMERS. THE CIRCUIT CONTROLS ALL THE HVAC AND RADIO CONTROL. MEANING, WHEN IT MALFUNCTIONS, YOU HAVE NO ABILITY TO USE THE DEFROSTER TO DEFOG THE WINDOW. NO CONTROL CAN BE HAD OF THE SYSTEM. IT TURNS ON THE AC AUTOMATICALLY AND DISABLES ALL CONTROLS. *TR

I HAVE INFINITI G35 AND HAVE HAD THE SAME CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIO/AC/DEFROST /FAN CONTROLS. I KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2003 THAT WAS NOT MANDATORY BUT STATED DEALERSHIPS SHOULD REPLACE THESE CIRCUIT BOARD UNITS AS A SAFETY CONCERN AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THE DEALER SHIP..INSKIP- WARWICK RI - CLAIMS MY CAR DOES NOT MEET THE PROBLEM AND IT IS MY RADIO THAT NEEDS REPLACING FOR $900 EVEN THOUGH MY RADIO WORKS THROUGH THE STEERING COLUMN AND I CAN CONTROL SOUND, MODES AND STATIONS. HOW CAN IT BE THAT IT IS THE RADIO AND NOT THE CIRCUIT BOARD WHICH THEY ADMIT IS AN ISSUE IN OTHER G35'S. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE, INFINITI HAS SENT RECALL REGARDING THIS, THE DEALERSHIP ADMITS THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH BOARDS AND YET THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THESE UNITS....I FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL DEFROSTING DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. WILL IT TAKE SOMEONE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED TO GET SOME ACTION. *TR

THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE REAR WINDOW BRAKE LIGHT OF THE INFINITI G35. IN 90% OF 2003-2004 CARS, THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN TO OCCUR. A NON-FUNCTIONING BRAKE LIGHT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. INFINITI HAS YET TO ISSUE A RECALL. LATER MODEL YEARS DO NOT SUFFER AS MUCH FROM THIS ISSUE. TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE BULB REPLACEMENT. THE G35 HAS A FANCY AND EXPENSIVE LED SYSTEM. A SPECIFIC DIODE IS KNOWN TO GO BAD, WHICH MAKES THIS MORE OF A ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. *TR

ELECTRICAL CONTROL PANEL: HEAT/ DEFROST/ RADIO AND CD/TAPE. INTERMITTENT OPERATION WAS REPORTED TO INFINITI DEALER IN 2008. AT THE PRESENT TIME (OCT. 2010), THE CONTROL PANEL IS TOTALLY INOPERABLE AS OF THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER 2010. THERE IS NO WAY OF CONTROLLING THE AC/DEFROST/TEMPERATURE. THE AUDIO/ CLIMATE SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE CIRCUITRY HAS INTERNAL FAILURE. THIS HAS POSED A HAZARD SINCE THERE IS NO WAY OF CONTROLLING THE DEFROST AND FAN TO UNFOG THE WINDOWS. THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL IN 2004, HOWEVER I HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. SEVERAL SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN BLOGGED. DEALER WILL REPLACE UNIT FOR APPROXIMATELY $550.00 AT OWNER'S COST. HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT IT IS A DEFECT BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE 2003 INFINITI G35 COUPE MODELS. THE RADIO AND CLIMATE CONTROL LOOSES CONTROL AND ALL INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE DASH HAS NO FUNCTION AS IF THERE IS NO POWER, BUT DOES CONTINUE TO FUNCTION. THE "AUTO/AC" INDICATOR APPEARS ON THE CONSOLE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE CAR HAS TAKEN THE CONTROLS AWAY FROM YOU. THE A/C CLOSES THE VENTS TO ONLY CIRCULATE COLD AIR ON IT'S LAST SETTING. WITH ALL FUNCTIONS TURNED OFF, THE DASH TURNS ITSELF ON TO THE SAME SETTING WITHOUT ANY MANUAL OPERATIONS. THE RADIO VOLUME NOR CHANNELS CANNOT BE CHANGED (OTHER THAN FROM THE STEERING-WHEEL) AND THE AIR CONDITIONING IS STUCK ON THE LAST SETTING AND CANNOT BE CHANGED WITHOUT TURNING THE CAR OFF. IS THIS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE CONTROL BOARD? THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. ALSO THE CAR TENDS TO LOCK ON ITS OWN. STANDING OUTSIDE TO GET GAS AND YOU HEAR THE DOORS LOCK, SOMETIMES BEFORE YOU CAN WALK AROUND THE CAR TO THE GAS PUMP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI G35 SEDAN. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON THE REAR DEFROSTER BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN ON. HE WAS ALSO UNABLE TO CHANGE ANY OF THE CLIMATE CONTROL OR RADIO SETTINGS. AFTER THREE DAYS, HE WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE RADIO AND CLIMATE CONTROL SETTINGS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CONTACT CALLED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER; HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITHIN THE AUDIO FINISHER CIRCUIT BOARD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.