2008 Infiniti G37

AFTER 60K MILES, THE CAR HAS DIFFICULTY SHIFTING IN REVERSE. ONCE IN REVERSE, THE CAR DOESN'T ROLL BACK AND IT REMAINS IDLE AS IF LEFT IN PARK. A FOREIGN TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP OWNER SAID THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT USER ERROR, AND THAT NISSAN/INFINITI HAVE NOT BEEN HAVING ONGOING TRANS ISSUES WITH MANY OF THEIR MODELS, BUT REFUSE TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOST. NISSAN/INFINITI USA WILL EASILY GOAD CUSTOMERS INTO PAYING $8K TO INSTALL A NEW TRANS, HOWEVER.

MY VEHICLE'S CLUTCH COMPLETELY LOST ITS HYDRAULIC CAPABILITY AND LEFT MY VEHICLE STRANDED IN ONGOING TRAFFIC. ME AND A FEW VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO PUSH MY VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL MODE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, HOWEVER THIS COULD BE WARRANTED AS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN IF IT IS COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THIS MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED THE NEXT DAY TO AN AUTO SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED THE CLUTCH AND SLAVE CYLINDER WERE BOTH FAULTY. THOUGH WEAR AND TEAR MAY BE COMMON FOR THIS PART, AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON ONLINE FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH INFINITI G37'S. *TR

2008 INFINITI G37S WITH A 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH 41,000 MILES - I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 55 MPH AND THERE WAS AN 18 WHEELER IN FRONT OF ME HAVING A HARD TIME PICKING UP SPEED. BEFORE PASSING, I TAPPED MY BRAKE, DOWNSHIFTED FROM 4TH TO 3RD GEAR WITH MY LEFT PADDLE SHIFTER NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL AND PROCEEDED TO GET IN THE LANE TO THE LEFT OF THE MERGING LANE ONTO THE FREEWAY. I WAS HALFWAY IN THE LANE AND HIT THE GAS BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FOR 3-5 SECONDS. I HAD CARS COMING UP BEHIND ME AT 65-70 MPH AND MY CARS TRANSMISSION WAS LAGGING, IT WAS BASICALLY IN NEUTRAL WHEN I NEEDED TO GO IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN I HIT THE GAS, 2 CARS ALMOST HIT ME AS MY CAR DECELERATED TO ALMOST 45 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. WHEN THE CAR DOES FINALLY RESPOND, IT SLAMS INTO GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY AND IS SOMETIMES HARD TO CONTROL. PLEASE HELP US TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE OR SOMEBODY WILL EVENTUALLY GET HURT IF THEY ALREADY HAVEN'T. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS INFINITI OWNERS AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO THEM AS WELL BUT ONLY THE SAME YEAR AS MY CAR, 2008, AND ONLY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND NOTICED THE CLUTCH WASN'T "FEELING NORMAL." AS I SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR, THE CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND WOULDN'T SPRING BACK. I TRIED PUMPING ON IT, THEN MANAGED TO GET MY FOOT UNDERNEATH IT TO PULL IT UP AND THEN DOWN SHIFT. WHEN I DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH AGAIN AND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR, THE CLUTCH STUCK AGAIN AND I WAS STUCK IN 3RD. I FINALLY EASED ON THE BRAKES AND HAD TO INTENTIONALLY STALL MY CAR. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ON SLOW MOVING, LIGHTLY USED ROAD, OR ELSE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I MANAGED TO PUSH THE CAR OFF INTO A DESIGNATED PARKING AREA AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE CAR TO NO AVAIL. IN US LAW, ENDANGERING COMPRISES SEVERAL TYPES OF CRIMES INVOLVING CONDUCT THAT IS WRONGFUL AND RECKLESS OR WANTON, AND LIKELY TO PRODUCE DEATH OR GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM TO ANOTHER PERSON. FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AND READING OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, I AM SURPRISED NISSAN/INFINITI HAVE NOT RECALLED THESE CARS FOR OBVIOUS ENDANGERMENT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THE WELFARE OF OTHER DRIVERS. THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDERS (CSC) HAS OCCURRED COUNTLESS TIMES, PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER. IF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AT THE NISSAN/INFINITI DEALERSHIPS STATE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS, WHY HAS NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. NOT DONE SOMETHING TO RECTIFY THIS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI G37S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MERGING OFF AN EXIT RAMP AT 60 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR BUT THE CLUTCH REMAINED STUCK IN NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CONTACT SAFELY MERGED ONTO THE SHOULDER WITH THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A DRIVER'S ERROR. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

I UNDERSTAND THE CARS SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME DESCRIBED IN INFINITI'S ITB07048 BULLETIN (SUDDEN ACCELERATION), I WAS TOLD THE FIX IS FREE IN THE US BUT INFINITI IN PUERTO RICO WANTS TO CHARGE FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE FIX. I UNDERSTAND PUERTO RICO HAS THE SAME REGULATIONS AS IN THE US WHEN TRANSIT IS REFERRED TO. WHY IS IT NOT A RECALL? *JS