2008 Infiniti G35 Powertrain & Transmission Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT EXACT PART WAS THAT WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI G35 X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BUCKLE AND PROCEEDED TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED DUE TO A RADIATOR COOLANT LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIATOR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,0000. UPDATED 2/11/14*CN A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST VERIFIED THE TRANSMISSION WAS CLEAN AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, AFTER FOUR FLUSHINGS. UPDATED 02/14/14

CLUTCH STICKS UNTIL WARM. *TR

VEHICLE WILL SHAKE/SHUDDER AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. TORQUE CONVERTER ENGAGES IN LOCK UP IN 5TH GEAR, AND/OR RELEASES THE LOCK UP IN 5TH GEAR AROUND 40MPH. *TR

DEAR SIR/MADAM, I AM WRITING YOU BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM I ENCOUNTERED WITH INFINITI AUTOMOBILES WHILE DRIVING IN LOOSE SNOW. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS ISSUE AS IT COULD AFFECT THE SAFETY OF POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF DRIVERS. NOTE THAT THE CAR PERFORMS AS EXPECTED ON DRY OR EVEN WET PAVEMENT, BUT ON SLUSHY SNOW THE COMPUTERIZED TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO FAIL AND THE CAR WILL NOT DRIVE. HAD I BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM I WOULD NEVER HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE CAR IN THE SNOW. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM UNIQUE TO THIS LOANER OR IF THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE ALGORITHM BEING USED TO CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION AND DRIVE TRAIN. THE PROBLEM THE 2 WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT EVENLY DRIVE THE CAR AND CAUSES IT TO STEER ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY IN LOOSE SLUSHY SNOW. THE DRIVE WHEELS LOOSE SYNCHRONIZATION AND ESSENTIALLY STOPS WORKING ON EVEN SMALL INCLINES. I COULD FLOOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. THE RPMS IN THE CAR WOULD REMAIN LOW AND THE TIRES WOULD HARDLY MOVE. MY EXPERIENCE ON THE MOST RECENT SNOW IN THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA ON MARCH 1 -2, 2009 I WAS DRIVING AN 2008 INFINITI THAT WAS A LOANER FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. I HAD TO DRIVE IT FROM WASHINGTON REAGAN AIRPORT FOR ABOUT 12 MILES TO GET HOME. GOING SOUTH ON GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY TOWARD OLD TOWN IN ALEXANDRIA THERE ARE NO HILLS TO SPEAK OF, ONLY MINOR INCLINES. THE CAR I WAS DRIVING HAD TO BE PUSHED UP THESE MINOR INCLINES, AND AGAIN ON THE BELTWAY AFTER CROSSING THE WILSON BRIDGE TO THE TOP OF THE HILL AT INDIAN HEAD HIGHWAY. WHILE THE MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN, THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD UNLESS BOTH WHEELS HAVE TRACTION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ESSENTIALLY STALL. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONDUCT TEST TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM, BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT CAUSE A SAFETY HAZARD WITH STEERING DUE TO THE PULLING UNEVENLY I WILL LEAD TO MOTORIST BEING STRANDED UNDER CONDITIONS WHERE THERE IS SNOW ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI G35. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE ANTI-TRACTION SWITCH ACTIVATED AND CAUSED THE WHEELS TO LOCK. THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, WHICH MEANS THAT IT WAS ACTIVATED AS WELL. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A CURB. THE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED COSMETIC AND WHEEL DAMAGE, WHICH WOULD COST $1,700 TO REPAIR. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,004.