2011 Infiniti QX56

INFINITI/NISSAN ISSUED A RECALL BACK IN 2010 (RECALL ID#10V074000) FOR FUEL GAUGE/SENSOR SENDING UNIT PROBLEM. THE SAME ISSUE IS HAPPENING ON LATER YEAR VEHICLES, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THERE ARE ENDLESS REPORTS ON THE WEB ACROSS MANY FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED BEFORE. SEE NOTES FROM PAST RECALL. RECALL ID # 10V074000 - FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM RECALL DATE: MAR 03, 2010 SUMMARY: NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2009 TITAN, ARMADA, AND INFINITI QX56 VEHICLES. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FUEL GAUGE MAY INACCURATELY DISPLAY THAT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS SOME FUEL, TYPICALLY ABOUT ONE QUARTER TANK, WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS EMPTY. CONSEQUENCE: THIS COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS AND STALL ON THE HIGHWAY, WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. IS THIS NO LONGER A SAFETY CONCERN? SAME ISSUE, JUST LATER MODELS... MINE SPECIFICALLY IS A 2011 AND I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS IN IT. IT FLUCTUATES AND SHOWS EMPTY WHEN IT'S NOT AND SHOWS FULL WHEN IT'S NOT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND ADVISE THE MANY OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

FUEL LEVELING SENSOR IS FAULTY IN A LARGE VARIETY OF INFINITI CARS, BUT THERE IS NOT RECALL FOR MY VIN. THE CAR'S FUEL GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN ALL THE TIME AND TELLS ME I'M ON EMPTY WHEN I'M NOT AND NEVER REGISTERS FULL EVEN WHEN IT WAS JUST FILLED UP. IT CAN JUMP FROM READING 330 MILES LEFT TO EMPTY DOWN TO 299 AND BACK UP TO 330 IN JUST A FEW SECONDS. THE DIAGNOSTIC CONFIRMED A PROBLEM, BUT THEY WANT OVER $1,000 TO FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM IN MANY OF THEIR MAKES AND MODELS. THIS DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH ON THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE THAT IS FAULTY AS WELL. LUCKILY, THERE IS A RECALL FOR THAT ONE. HOW IS THE CONSUMER PROTECTED AGAINST THIS TYPE OF FAULTY PARTS? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE NEED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP.

I'M CURRENTLY DEALING WITH THE TIMING CHAIN NIGHTMARE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD AND ARE HAVING. OF COURSE JUST AS MOST OF THE OTHERS I'M OUT OF WARRANTY AND REALLY FRUSTRATED THAT INFINITI HASN'T STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM PROPERLY AS OPPOSED TO RENAMING THE QX56 TO QX 80 TO SAVE THEMSELVES, LEAVING CONSUMERS SCRAMBLING WITH EXPENSIVE TIME CONSUMING FIXES TO A KNOWN DEFECT ON THEIR PART. WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY ON THEIR PART, DO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE OR BE INJURED BEFORE THE CONSUMERS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE PROPER ASSISTANCE? WHO REALLY LOOKS OUT FOR US?

THE SUV WAS DRIVING WITHOUT ISSUE; HOWEVER, IF THE TIMING CHAIN HAD BROKEN WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ENGINE STALL WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WE HEARD A NOISE IN THE CAR AND DECIDED TO BE SAFE AND TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE. AFTER GETTING TO THE INFINITI DEALERSHIP OF GWINNETT THE NOISE HAD SUBSIDED. WE EXPLAINED WE HEARD A WHINING NOISE WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTING UP THAT WENT AWAY AFTER A TIME. THE NOISE WASN'T EVEN EVIDENT BUT THEY KNEW WHAT IT WAS BEFORE EVEN HEARING IT. AFTER LETTING THE CAR COOL DOWN THEY STARTED THE ENGINE UP AGAIN AND HEARD THE NOISE. THEY LET US KNOW THIS HAD CONFIRMED THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS OF A TIMING CHAIN ISSUE. AFTER GETTING HOME AND LOOKING UP THE ISSUE WITH THE CAR I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. APPARENTLY INFINITI HAS A DEFECTIVE OIL PUMP THAT LUBRICATES THE CHAINS THAT CAUSED THIS ISSUE. I WANTED TO VOICE MY CONCERN AND DISPLEASURE WITH THE TIMING CHAIN ISSUE THAT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2011 QX56.

THROUGH MY RESEARCH AND SPEAKING WITH INFINITI MECHANICS THERE HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE WITH TIMING CHAINS AND ASSOCIATE PARTS THAT ARE A HAZARD AND A MAJOR EXPENSE TO 2011-2012 INFINITY QX56 OWNERS. THIS ISSUE WILL LEAVE YOU STRANDED SOMEWHERE!! IT HAPPENS TO MY WIFE AND I THREE TIMES!!! I HAD TO GET IT TOWED ALL THREE TIMES!! THE HAZARD IS WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE ENGINE JUST LOSES ALL POWER LEAVING THE HAZARD OF SOMEONE RUNNING IN BACK OF YOU. IF YOU DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AND THIS PROBLEM COMES ABOUT YOUR VEHICLE WILL STALL AN YOU CAN POSSIBLY START ROLLING BACKWARDS. SO FROM MY RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO PEOPLE EITHER RIGHT BEFORE THERE WARRANTY ENDS AT 70,000 MILES OR RIGHT AFTER (LIKE ME) AT 74,000 MILES. I CALLED INFINITI AND THEY REFUSED TO HELP ME IN ANY WAY. THE GUYS AT MY DEALERSHIP SAID ITS A HIT OR MISS WITH THEM HELPING OWNERS OF THE QX56 THAT'S OVER THE WARRANTY. I WAS ALREADY $1500 IN THE WHOLE ON PARTS THEY THOUGHT WERE THE PROBLEM AND NOW THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME AN ESTIMATED $3,000-4,5000 TO DO THE REST OF THE WORK. ITS A FACT THAT INFINITI KNOWS THEY HAVE THIS ISSUE AND REFUSES TO RECALL OR HELP THE OWNERS. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A INFINITI AGAIN!!! AND WILL SPREAD THE WORD AROUND ABOUT THEM!

I NOTICED THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD WHISTLE NOISE EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE DURING COLD START-UPS. APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AT THE ORLANDO INFINITI DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 5, 2016. AS SOON AS I DESCRIBED THE ISSUE THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND MULTIPLE TECHNICIANS IMMEDIATELY SAID "IS THE TIMING BELT." PRIOR TO THIS VEHICLE I OWNED A 2005 QX56 THAT I DROVE FOR 10 YEARS WITH OVER 180, 000 AND NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES. NOW I LOOK ONLINE AND EVERYWHERE I LOOK I FIND THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT IS SO COMMON THAT THE INFINITI DEALERSHIP HAS ONE TECHNICIAN DEDICATED TO WORKING THIS ISSUE ALONE. WHILE AT THE SHOP I SAW AT LEAST 5 MORE QX56 VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. NOW I AM LOOKING AT A REPAIR BILL OVER $4500. I NEVER HAD ANY VEHICLE WITH 90,000 MILES AND HAVING THIS ISSUE. IT IS WAY TOO COMMON AND IT IS A CRIME THAT INFINITI HAS NOT CATEGORIZED THIS ISSUE AS A FULL RECALL. THESE ARE TOP DOLLAR LUXURY VEHICLES!!!

FUEL LINE FAILURE: A FUEL LINE FITTING/CLAMP ON BACK SIDE OF ENGINE (DRIVERS SIDE) IS STREAMING FUEL AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 1/2 CUP PER MINUTE. WHILE BRING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING, I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE, SO I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND SAW GAS STEADILY STREAMING FROM THE CAR AND FORMING A PUDDLES,I AM HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER'S GARAGE FOR REPAIR LATER THIS WEEK. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FUEL LINE LEAK MAY BE RELATED INFINITI'S RECALL: NHTSA ID: 14V-683.

FUEL LINE FAILURE: A FUEL LINE FITTING/CLAMP ON BACK SIDE OF ENGINE (DRIVERS SIDE) IS STREAMING FUEL AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 1/2 CUP PER MINUTE. WHILE STARTING MY CAR THIS MORNING, I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE, SO I CHECKED UNDERNEATH AND SAW GAS STEADILY STREAMING FROM THE CAR AND FORMING A 2 FOOT DIAMETER PUDDLE. I AM HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER'S GARAGE FOR REPAIR LATER THIS WEEK. THE CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 25000 MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE FUEL LINE LEAK MAY BE RELATED INFINITI'S RECALL: NHTSA ID: 14V-683.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A REPUTABLE INFINITY DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 31,2013 WITH 41,669 MILES,AND I ALSO PURCHASED THE EXTENDED ELITE PROTECTION PROGRAM WARRANTY FOR 5 YEARS FOR $4,978.00.ON MAY 5TH, 2015, I BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN FOR A STATE INSPECTION STICKER, WHICH WAS REJECTED BECAUSE MY REAR TIRES WERE WORN OUT BADLY WITH ONLY 15,725 MILES ON THEM.THESE WERE TOP-OF -THE-LINE MICHELIN LTX WITH A WARRANTY OF 70,000 MILES.I BROUGHT THIS SUV INTO THE INFINITY DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR CAMBERS WERE CORRODED AND REAR TOWS WERE FROZEN, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPLETE REAR SUSPENSION. NONE OF THIS WAS COVERED ON MY ELITE PROTECTION WARRANTY.THE AMOUNT OF CORROSION UNDERNEATH THIS VEHICLE IS ASTOUNDING, IT LOOKS WORSE THAN A 20 YEAR-OLD VEHICLE.THE PRICE OF THIS WORK WAS $2,000.00, ADDITIONALLY MY NEW REAR TIRES WERE $592.80.NOT WHAT I EXPECTED FROM A HIGH-END LUXURY SUV, I PREVIOUSLY OWNED 2 NISSAN PATHFINDERS WITH NO ISSUES. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY, 2010, AND I REALIZE THAT THERE WERE 2 SIMILAR RECALLS # 10E019000,(SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 12, 2010) AND A SECOND RECALL # 10V208000,(SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 20, 2010) WHICH STATES THAT NISSAN WAS RECALLING 2004-2010 QX 56 VEHICLES DUE TO FAULTY FRONT AND/OR REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS IN THE VEHICLE'S SUSPENSION SYSTEMS.(VEHICLES SOLD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 25, 2009 AND MAY 14, 2010.) MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY, 2010.I ALSO SAW ON THIS WEBSITE A COMPLAINT FILED ON 11/10/2014, NHTSA ID NUMBER 10653767; CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OF THEIR 2010 QX 56 VEHICLE. IT IS EXACTLY THE ISSUE I HAD WITH MY QX 56, AND I BELIEVE THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. I HAD CONTACTED INFINITY CORPORATION CONCERNING THIS ISSUE ON JULY 1, 2015, BUT THEY DID NOT THINK THESE WERE EXCRUATING ISSUES AND DECLINED MY COMPLAINT. ( MY CASE # 19302823 WITH INFINITY CORPORATION.)