2008 Infiniti QX56

JUST PURCHASED A USED 2008 QX56 WITH 118,000 MILES. 2 INCIDENTS: WHILE COMING TO A STOP, BRAKES FAILED AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER SAYS LOW BRAKE FLUID SO THEY FILLED AND ALL SEEMED FINE. 3 DAYS LATER, COMING TO A STOP TRAVELING LESS THAN 30 MPH SAME THING. THE DEFECT CONTINUED AS I MADE MY WAY TO MY HOUSE A BLOCK AWAY. I CAN SEE WHY THIS ISSUE WOULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND THE ISSUE IN NO WAY FELT LIKE A PIN CAUSING AN ISSUE WITH THE PEDAL AND BRACKET AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL LISTED. VEHICLE BEING TOWED BY DEALER TO DETERMINE CAUSE BUT FROM REVIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS HERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE 2 COMMON THEMES: A BRAKE DEFECT AND NISSAN NOT FIGURING IT OUT.

DURING THE FIRST TWO OCCURRENCES, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKES APPEARED TO "OPEN UP" CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO THRUST FORWARD IN A SLIDING MOTION INSTEAD OF COMING TO A HALT. WHILE REPEATEDLY PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKING SYSTEM APPEARED EXTREMELY "LOOSE" AND THE BRAKES WOULD APPEAR TO ENGAGE AND QUICKLY DISENGAGE. THE SPAN OF BREAKING FOR EACH OCCURRENCE LASTED ABOUT 200-300 FEET BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD EVENTUALLY COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. FOLLOWING BOTH OCCURRENCES, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE BRAKES APPEARED TO WORK PROPERLY AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. DURING THE THIRD OCCURRENCE, THE EXACT INCIDENCE DESCRIBED ABOVE OCCURRED WHEN TRYING TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP; HOWEVER, THE SPAN OF BREAKING LASTED ABOUT 400 FEET. WHILE CONSTANTLY PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES WENT FROM BEING EXTREMELY "LOOSE" AND GOING TO THE FLOOR TO BECOMING EXTREMELY HARD AND NOT ENGAGING AT ALL. THE BRAKE PEDAL APPEARED TO HAVE LOCKED AND NO PRESSURE COULD BE APPLIED TO THE PEDAL. ONCE THE PEDAL LOCKED, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A GRADUALLY SLOW STALL AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED WITHOUT THE ABILITY OF APPLYING THE BRAKES. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO OCCURRENCES, THE BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD APPEAR TO OPERATE PROPERLY AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. *TR

I APPLIED BRAKES WITH PLENTY OF LEAD TIME BUT THE QX56 FAILED TO BRAKE CAUSING ME TO REAR END ANOTHER SUV; I DID MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE OTHER CAR BUT DAMAGED MY RADIATOR/FRONT-BUMPER/HOOD. I HAD A SIMILAR ABS ISSUE ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE AS DESCRIBED BY MANY FOR THE 2004-2006 NISSAN/INFINITY RECALL BUT I DIDN'T RESEARCH THAT RECALL UNTIL THIS CURRENT ACCIDENT. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF. ON INITIALLY BREAKING IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ABS WAS GOING TO KICK IN BUT THE CAR KEPT MOVING FORWARD WITH NONE OF THE NORMAL PULSING ACTION THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE FELT WITH ABS AND NO REDUCTION IN SPEED AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FULLY DEPRESSED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MY BRAKES STARTED TO SKIP. I STOP MY VEHICLE AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE THEN I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN AS NORMAL. IT HAPPEN THREE MORE TIMES AFTER THAT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR THIS KIND OF ISSUE TO OCCUR IN TRAVEL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED. I NEED THIS ISSUE LOOKED AT BY THE DEALER SHIP AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI QX56. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, SHE NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE BRAKE LIGHT, VDC AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX TIMES WHILE THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND THE MASTER VAC ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND RESULTED IN THE CONTACT BEING INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,670.

THE BRAKES ON MY 2008 INFINITI QX56 FAILED AT AN INTERSECTION TODAY, CAUSING ME TO GO THROUGH A STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND A SPORADIC GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD AND FELT IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. I PUMPED THE BRAKES, BUT HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THEN TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED, AND THE BRAKES APPEARED TO BE WORKING AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY INFINITI DEALER SINCE THIS IS MY PRIMARY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION AND I HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE FAULT CODE INDICATED MY VEHICLE HAD A FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR APPROX. $1000 (PARTS AND LABOR). THEY INFORMED ME THAT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SEEN MULTIPLE QX56'S WITH THIS PROBLEM COME INTO THEIR DEALERSHIP, NISSAN DID NOT HAVE A RECALL IN PLACE. I FIND THIS TO BE UNACCEPTABLE. I AM LUCKY NONE OF MY 3 CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME, AND THAT NO ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM MY BRAKE FAILURE. *TR