2004 Infiniti G35

THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ON THE REAR DECK HAS FAILED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. THEY WANT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE UNIT. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THIS IS A VOLUMINOUS PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. IT WAS RECALLED AND ADDRESSED BY INFINITI FOR THE 2003 MODEL YEAR G AND IT IS STILL A PROBLEM FOR THE 2004 YEAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED ACCORDINGLY AT THE MANUFACTURER COST. ALL THESE OWNERS ARE NOT HAVING THE SAME FAILING ISSUES WITHOUT CAUSE. I OWN TWO 2004 INFINITI G35 SEDANS. I USED TO LOVE BOTH OF THEM. THIS ONE HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT AND NOW THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS MYSTERIOUSLY BLINKING FOR NO REASON! THE OTHER ONE HAS HAD ISSUES FOR YEARS WITH BEING ABLE TO PUT GAS IN AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS AT THE GAS STATION TRYING TO FILL THE CAR! RIDICULOUS! IF INFINITI DOESN'T DO SOMETHING ... I'LL BE SWITCHING MAKERS. THIS ONE LISTED ALSO HAS FUEL PRESURE REGULATOR/DAMPER FAILURES ... WHILE MY OTHER '04 G (WITH OVER 200,000 MILES ON IT) HAS NONE. EXPLAIN THAT. I LIVE THE REAL ... BETWEEN TWO OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR. FIX THE PROBLEMS INFINITI! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE AIR BAG WARNING SENSOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000. UPDATED 03/16/12

IN JUNE OF 2009, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS SERVED AT THE DEALER (REPLACED DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG MODULE COSTING $735.50). IN OCTOBER 2010, I WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL CONCERNING THE AIR BAGS ON MY CAR. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED, BUT I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY MADE REPAIRS AT NO COST. I NOTIFIED INFINITE CONSUMER AFFAIRS ABOUT HAVING REPAIRS MADE TO THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG PRIOR TO THE RECALL AND THEY REIMBURSED MY INITIAL COST ($735.50). THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AGAIN APRIL 6, 2011. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND JUST BRING IT IN WHEN I COULD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 11, 2011, AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM BEING WITH THE AIR BAG MODULE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AT A COST OF $487.82 TO REPAIR IT. THEY SAID IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL OF 2010 AND WOULD NOT OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT THIS TIME (YET I WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG REPAIR AFTER THE 2010 RECALL). THEY RESET THE LIGHT AND IT IS NO LONGER FLASHING. I TOLD THEM I WANTED THE REPAIR AND DID NOT THINK IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE WITH FAULTY AIR BAGS. THEY SAID THEY ARE ORDERING THE PARTS AND WILL NOTIFY ME WHEN THEY COME IN. THEY ALSO SAID THE FLASHING LIGHT WOULD EVENTUALLY COME BACK ON. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH INFINITE CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND OPENED A CASE #XXXXXXX. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT APPEARS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ISSUES ARE NOT RELATED. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CAR IF IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE IT IS REPAIRED. I WONDER IF INFINITE IS BEING FORTHRIGHT ABOUT THE AIR BAG ISSUES. I WONDER HOW MANY OTHERS ARE AFFECTED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITY G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS AT A COST OF $700. ONE WEEK LATER, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THAT THE DRIVER SIDE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,176. UPDATED 04/25/11 *BF UPDATED 1/13/2012 *LN *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SKIDDED OVER BLACK ICE SENDING THE VEHICLE INTO ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT THE DRIVER SIDE DID NOT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FRONT-END CRASH INTO A TREE AT 20 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,850.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT 1 MPH, THE TWO SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO IMPACT, CRASH, OR WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AND IS CURRENTLY BEING INSPECTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000.

ON AUGUST 30, 2007, I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN MY 2004 INFINITI G35X AND WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WHILE STATIONARY WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE THAT STRUCK ME WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ESTIMATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 40MPH. THE IMPACT CRUSHED MY REAR BUMPER AND TRUNK AND DROVE MY VEHICLE INTO THE REAR OF THE SUV STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME, CRUSHING MY FRONT END AND INDUCING DEPLOYMENT OF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ONE OCCUPYING THE PASSENGER SEAT. HOWEVER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN THIS COLLISION, AND WHILE THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINED ME, MY ARM HIT THE STEERING WHEEL, AND I SUFFERED MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES IN THIS ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. BOTH THE INSURANCE APPRAISER AND I HAVE QUESTIONED WHETHER A DEFECT PREVENTED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG FROM DEPLOYING. I HAVE REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO INFINITI. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35 COUPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT THE DEALER. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR THE FAILURE TO HAVE OCCURRED WAS IF THE AIR BAG SENSOR WAS TRIGGERED DURING AN ACCIDENT. INFINITI SENT A SPECIALIST TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER WOULD CALL THE CONTACT BACK WITH FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT HEARD FROM THEM YET. HE CONTACTED A LAWYER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE STATE'S LEMON LAWS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT MET THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT OF BEING SERVICED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 56,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.