2008 Infiniti G35

Runaway acceleration. Three times now in the last two weeks the RPMs went to maximum redline without my foot on the accelerator pedal. Fortunately all occurred when I was at very slow speed and either in a driveway or a parking lot. Each time I immediately put the transmission to neutral and shut off the engine. For the first occurrence, Restarting the engine all went back to normal. But for the second instance, two weeks later on restart the engine again instantly went to maximum RPM (deep redline). On a second restart, with additional delay before attempting a restart, the problem cleared. I took the car to a mechanic and they said no error diagnostics were recorded. On test drive he said he noticed some brief unexpected surges. He said for liability reasons no way he would work on the car. No warnings, no instrument indications, car does not seem to "know" throttle is at max redline.

THE CAR IDLES WHEN TAKING OFF EVEN AFTER WARMING IT UP... WHILE CARS ARE PASSING ME BY. IT ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO CUT OFF WHILE IN TRAFFIC. IT WAS RAINING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I CAN'T EVEN FILLED THE CAR UP WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS. ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 3 WEEKS AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON. TOOK IT BACK MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL NOT FIXED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING ON THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES HOWEVER, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A BUILDING AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

FAX LETTER FROM CONSTITUENT REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2008 INFINITI G35; SEEKING HELP IN TRYING TO GET INFINITI TO ADMIT THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AS HIS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE CAME TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WOULD SURGE. WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SURGED EVEN MORE, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN START TO SHAKE. *JB

AFTER BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, FOOT WAS ON BRAKE, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO A 360 DEGREE SPIN. IT HIT A RETAINING WALL ON THE SIDE AND THE BUILDING BEHIND IT WHICH BROUGHT IT TO A STOP. AS THIS DEVELOPED THERE WAS ZERO CONTROL OF THE CAR AND THE DASHBOARD LIT UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE. IT TOOK INFINITI 11 DAYS TILL THEY CHECKED THE BLACK BOX AND 15 DAYS MORE TILL THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WAS $8000.00 IN DAMAGE TO THE CAR THAT WAS PURCHASED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 800 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. *TR