2006 Infiniti G35

MY 2006 INFINITI G35 CONSUMES OIL THAT NISSAN IS AWARE ABOUT. THE CAR DOESN'T BURN OIL OR LEAK OIL, BUT CONSUMES AROUND 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 1800 MILES. THE MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDS AN OIL CHANGE EVERY 3,750 MILES. I CHANGE MY OIL AT 3000 MILES AND EVERYTIME I CHANGE MY OIL MY CAR IS ALWAYS 3 QUARTS LOW. MY CAR STARTS TO MAKE NOISES AT START UP AND MY LOW OIL LIGHT COMES ON. I'M TIRED OF THIS ISSUE AND NISSAN/INFINITI IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ITS COSTING ME WAY TO MUCH MONEY AND I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

AT ~7,900MI, I TOOK MY G35 COUPE 6MT TO INFINITI DEALERSHIP WHEN I STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WOULD COME UP EVERY FEW TIMES A WEEK. I WAS CALLED IN 4 MORE TIMES AFTER THAT (EVERY 1,000MI) SPECIFICALLY FOR OIL-LEVEL TESTING. THE DEALERSHIP RECEIVED AN APPROVAL TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, AND AT 14,500MI, AFTER JUST ABOUT 6 MONTHS, I DROVE OUT WITH A NEW ONE (10102-AC7M9). I WAS TOLD TO GO EASY FOR THE INITIAL 12-15K. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 1000MI NOW, I AM RUNNING LOW ON OIL. I JUST CHECKED IT MYSELF. I PLAN ON TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SOON TO RECORD IT FORMALLY. BUT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM I AM HAVING, THE NEW ENGINE SEEMS TO BE A LOT LOUDER AND A BIT SLUGGISH TOO.. YES.. DEFINITELY NOT THE RIDE I GOT USED TOO!! *TR

2006 INFINITI G35 COUPE WAS DRIVEN 10 MILES AND PARKED. DRIVER RETURNED 7 MINUTES LATER TO FIND INTERIOR OF CAR ON FIRE. NYC FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND FOUND THE FIRE HAD EXTINGUISHED ITSELF. AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED AND INTERIOR OF CAR WAS BURNT. FIREMAN SUGGESTED THAT FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE SEAT HEATER. *TR

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF QUART OF OIL IS USED EVERY 700 TO 900 MILES. SOME INTERVALS ARE SHORTER AT 500 TO 700 MILES PER ONE QUART OF OIL USED AND SOME ARE LONGER, 700 TO 1,000 ONE AND ONE HALF QUART WILL BE NEEDED. OIL LIGHT HAS NEVER COME ON AS I HAVE CHECKED THE OIL EVERY 500 MILES SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT 15,800 MILES. *TR

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION NOTED AT 6,000 MILES. CONTINUED WITH 1,000 MILE INTERVAL TEST FOR OIL CONSUMPTION AND FOUND 1QT LOW AT 7,000 MILES, 1.5 QTS LOW AT 8,000 MILES, AND 1 QT AT 9000 MILES. INFINITI SAID THEY ORDERED ME A NEW ENGINE. THIS WAS A 2.5 MONTHS AGO AND I'M AT 12,500 MILES. I'VE HAD TO TOP OFF MY ENGINE WITH A 2 QUARTS OF OIL AND MY OWN SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT CALL ME BACK. *TR

CLUTCH ON VEHICLE 2006 G35 COUPE WITH 19,300 MILES WENT BAD. READ ONLINE AND RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT UNDER 20,000 MILES IS VERY LOW FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING UNDER "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR" CONDITIONS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT WILLING TO COVER 4YR - 60,000 MILE FACTORY WARRANTY, AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR SIMILAR TO BRAKE PADS!! CLUTCH?...BRAKE PADS? SAME?!?! THEY WOULD ONLY COVER IF PART WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. HAD TO ORDER REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT WERE TESTED TO BE MORE DURABLE THAN OEM VERSION OF CLUTCH. SEEMS TO HAPPEN OFTEN IN THIS MODEL CAR AND VERY EARLY ON IN THE VEHICLES LIFE. *TR

2006 INFINITI G35 COUPE 6-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION 1- NOTICED THE OIL LEVELS WERE TOO LOW BEFORE 3000MILE. 2- ENGINE'S LOW OIL LEVELS WOULD CAUSE A NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND PERFORMANCE DECREASES, UNTIL ADDITIONAL OIL WAS ADDED. 3- I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR INTO THE DEALER EVERY 1000MILES TO MONITOR THE LOSS OF OIL. (WHICH WAS 1.5 TO 2.5 QUARTS EVERY 1000MILES.) AFTER 5 SUCH CHECK UPS, INFINITI APPROVED REPLACING MY ENGINE. ENGINE WAS REPLACED THIS WEEK. (10-18-07). *TR