2007 Infiniti G35 Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Infiniti G35. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, a ticking noise was present coming from the engine compartment. While her son was driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the engine was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.

THERE IS HESITATION, ALMOST STALLING, WHEN I AM EITHER GOING SLOW, WHEN I AM TAKING OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION, OR WHEN I AM GOING UP A HILL BEHIND VEHICLES AT A LIGHT, SO I AM STARTING AND STOPPING BECAUE WE ARE NOT GETTING THROUGH THE LIGHT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND NOT JUST A BULLETIN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. IF I TRY TO PULL OUT AND MY CAR HESITATES, STOPS, OR STALLS IT CAN PUT ME AND OTHER DRIVERS IN DANGER. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN MADE A RECALL. I'VE HAD IT FIXED ONCE ALREADY AND THE ISSUE IS HAPPENING AGAIN. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE BULLETIN # ITB11-018. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR HAVING A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THEY MADE IT WRONG. HESITATION IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO NOT TAKE OFF PROPERLY FROM LIGHTS OR PULLING OUT ONTO STREETS. PLEASE RESOLVE THIS ISSUE QUICKLY. THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. THANK YOU.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO RECOMMENDED REPROGRAMMING THE ECM AND THE TCM SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME AND MECHANIC CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY. *TR

ENGINE HESITATE, AND STALL AT LOW RPM, LOW SPEED. WHEN STOP THE CAR AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THEN YOU START TO ACCELERATE TO MOVE THE CAR, THE ENGINE WILL HESITATE AND SOMETIME STALL. *TR

I OWN A 2007 INFINITI G35 SEDAN. THE VEHICLE HESITATES/STUTTERS/SURGES WHEN SLOWLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THIS MAINLY OCCURS WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD (AFTER A COLD SOAK). THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE TURNING OR DRIVING FORWARD AND WAS NOTICED AT 5-30 MPH AND RPMS ARE BETWEEN 700-1800. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND THEY "COULD NOT DUPLICATE FAILURE." THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE ENGINE SURGE COULD CAUSE A COLLISION. *TR

THE VEHICLES ENGINE CONSUMES OIL DURING NORMAL OPERATION AT AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE. I NEED TO ADD OIL AFTER EVERY 300-500 MILES! AND I USUALLY END OF ADDING UP TO 3- 4 QUARTS OF EXTRA OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. THE LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION MAY DIFFER FROM VEHICLE TO VEHICLE BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT IS EXCESSIVE. IF I WERE NOT TO DO SO, THE ENGINE WOULD RUN OUT OF ALL OIL WELL BEFORE THE RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE INTERVAL AND RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM REQUIRES ME TO PULL OVER SEVERAL TIMES AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO ADD OIL DURING NORMAL OPERATION. SUCH MANEUVERS ON A JOURNEY ARE HAZARDOUS AND RISKY (I.E. TRAFFIC DISRUPTION, POSSIBLE CRASH). MOREOVER, IF A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE IS TO RESULT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, IT CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURIES OF OCCUPANTS (I.E. FIRE HAZARD, CRASH) AND A HIGH RISK OF FATALITIES. INFINITI HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE DEFECT BY RELEASING A SEVERAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS (TSB: ITB08-XXXX) BUT THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ISSUES: FIRST, IT ONLY COVERS CARS UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND, IT IS BASED ON CARS THAT SHOW A QUART OF OIL ON DIPSTICK WHILE THERE ARE VEHICLES (LIKE MINE) WHICH HAVE TWO QUART DIPSTICKS (FROM FACTORY). THESE VEHICLES, EVEN THOUGH CONSUMING EXCESSIVE OIL, WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT AS OIL CONSUMPTION TEST PROCEDURE BY INFINITI IS BASED ON MEASURING MM ON DIPSTICK ONLY AND NOT MEASURING THE ACTUAL OIL CONSUMED. AND THIRD, THE REPLACED ENGINES MAY STILL SUFFER FROM THE SAME PROBLEM AS EVIDENT BY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND PEOPLE GETTING IT REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. THEREFORE, IT MAY HAPPEN THAT ENGINES ARE REPLACED BY INFINITI WITH THE SAME DEFECTIVE MODEL SEVERAL TIMES ARE WARRANTY IS RUN OUT. CONSIDERING ALL THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST NHTSA TO ASK INFINITI TO ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM PERMANENTLY FOR ALL DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, RATHER THAN TEMPORARY TRICKY SOLUTION'.

INFINITI ISSUED A NOTIFICATION THAT THE RADIATOR FAN MOTOR MAY BECOME INOPERABLE, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE TO RISE. IN THIS CASE THE ENGINE PROTECTION LOGIC WILL LIMIT THE VEHICLE SPEED TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. I CONTEND THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. SHOULD THIS FAILURE OCCUR, THE CAR MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE DRIVEN MANY MILES IN TRAFFIC AT A REDUCED SPEED. THIS IN ITSELF IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT MY SON A NISSAN INFINITI G35 S MAKE 2007. WHEN DRIVING, ALL OF A SUDDEN HE NOTICED BATTERY LIGHT ON, BRAKE LIGHT ON AND POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING. TURNING THE STEER WAS EXTREMELY HARD, MUCH MUCH HARDER THAN A NONPOWER STEERING. FORTUNATELY HE HAS STRONG HANDS AND IS USED TO DRIVING AN OLD NONPOWER STEERING VEHICLE, HENCE HE WAS ABLE TO STILL DRIVE IT. MOST ELDERLY, OR FEMALES WOULD END UP WITH AN ACCIDENT,WHEN AT HIGH SPEED, THEY CAN NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. ESPECIALLY IF IT HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT HIGH SPEED. I TOOK IT TO DEALER. FOUND DRIVE BELT TENSIONER OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH PULLEYS. DRIVE BELT COMING APART.DEALER REPLACED DRIVE BELT AND DRIVE BELT TENSIONER FOR FREE. WITHIN WARRANTY TIME. BUT I THINK IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO HIM OR ANYBODY. HENCE I AM NOTIFYING YOUR AGENCY SO YOU CAN INVESTIGATE AND KEEP TRACK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 INFINITI G35. THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE TURNING OR DRIVING FORWARD AND WAS NOTICED AT 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND THEY DUPLICATED THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,500.

ENGINE CONSTANTLY USING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 INFINITI G35X SOMETIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING THE CAR ABOUT 60 KM/H AND ACCELERATE THE CAR ALARM COMES UP "ENGINE SERVICE SOON" AND "SLIP" AND "VDC" AND IT STARTS GOING CRAZY DOESN'T SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR AND WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE IT STOPS DIFFERENTLY. IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN BUT SCARY IT HAS LESS THAN 5000 KM IN. ALSO THERE IS SOME NOISE TOO. THE DEALER SHIP TRY TO FIND IT NOW BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE GUYS. WITH THE FIRST THING WITH ALL THE ALARMS. IF I TURN THE ENGINE OFF LEAVE IT FOR A MINUTE AND TURN IT BACK IT RESETS THE ALARM BUT NOT THE SERVICE ENGINE ONE. THEY SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I WISH I CAN CHANGE THIS CAR TO ANOTHER BRAND. THIS IS SCARY TO DRIVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL. ALSO CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME INFO ABOUT CANADIAN GOV. WEBSITE I CAN FILE MY REPORT TOO. THANKS ZOLTAN. *NM