2003 INFINITI G35 Driver assistance Problems

MY CAR SEAT MOVED ALL THE FORWARD WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN DENVER METRO'BENCH AND BACK SUPPORT BOTH PUSHED ME A FEW INCHES FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO MOVE MY LEG WITH MY HAND TO REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL. ONE WEEK LATER, MY CAR HORN BEGAN BEEPING AND WOULD NOT STOP WHILE DRIVING. MY VDC AND BRAKE LIGHTS NOW STAY ON CONSTANTLY BECAUSE THE ANTI SKID DOES NOT WORK'I ALMOST WRECKED ON A SNOWY HIGHWAY. THE FRONT TIRES WEAR EXPONENTIALLY FASTER THAN THE BACK TIRES. I HAD BLOWOUTS TWO SEPARATE TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE. THE FRONT WINDOWS ARE NOW GLUED SHUT BECAUSE THEY ROLL DOWN ON THEIR OWN. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON NOW TOO. I REALIZE IT'S AN OLD CAR; I BOUGHT IT FOR $8,000 4 YEARS AGO WHEN IT HAD ~95,000 MILES. NOW IT HAS ~140,000. THE LEVEL OF QUICK DECLINE IS TRULY FRIGHTENING THOUGH. I DON'T DRIVE MY 2003 INFINIT G35 ANY MORE AND AM APPREHENSIVE TO SELL IT TO ANYONE ELSE. THE CAR I LOVED IS NOW LIKE DRIVING A HORROR MOVIE.

NHTSA ID

11075344

Incident

Feb 1, 2018

Mileage

140,000 mi

I WAS FILLING GAS UP SUDDENTLY MY CAR DID NOT WANT TO START. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SOON WHEN ON. WHEN I STARTED DRIVING MY CAR WAS MOVING POORLY. MY ENGINE LIGHT WHEN ON AFTER. I WHEN TO AUTOZONE TO CHECK MY CODE. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TOO CAMSHAFT SENORS.

NHTSA ID

10984499

Incident

May 4, 2017

Mileage

176,951 mi

MY SLIP LIGHT AND VCT LIGHT HAS CAME ON IN MY 2003 INFINITI G35 AND ALSO THE EBRAKE LIGHT AND NON OF THEM WILL GO OFFF. I RECENTLY HYDRO PLANED IN THE RAIN DUE NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN MY TRACTION CONTROL ON ABS DID NOTHING TO STOP MY CAR FROM LOOSING TRACTION THIS WOULD NEVER OF HAPPENED IF MY CAR DID NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. FURTHER LOOKING INTO IT THEY HAVE HAD MADE A TSB TALKING ABOUT HOW THE ABS AND ANTI WHEEL LOCK MAY MALFUNCTION. I WAS IN A 5 CAR PILE UP AND ALMOST DIED. IF MY TRACTION CONTROL WAS ABLE TO BE TURNED ON WITCH IT WOULDN'T LET ME I WOULD NOT OF HYDRO PLANED MY WHOLE BACK END JUST SWUNG FORWARD OUT OF NOWHERE PEOPLE THOUGH SOMEONE IN MY CAR PULLED MY EBRAKE THE WAY THE BACK END JUST SWUNG FORWARD. BOTH THE SLIP LIGHT AND THE VCT LIGHT REMAINED ON ALONG WITH MY EBRAKE LIGHT. I DRIVE MY CAR LIKE A BABY AND TO BARLEY PUSH THE GAS SHOULD NOT RESULT IN MY BACK END SWINGING FORWARD RESULTING IN COMPLETELY WRECHING MY CAR ALONG WITH 4 OTHER DRIVERS. I FEEL INFINITI IS DEFINITELY RELIABLE AND SHOULD OF RECALLED THESE PARTS DUE TO PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A TSB LIKE ITS NOT A BIG DEAL. I AM ALSO NOT THE ONLY ONE IV FOUND A FEW PEOPLE THAT CRASHED THERE CAR DUE TO RAINY WETHER AND THE TRACTION CONTROL NOT WANTING TO TURN ON. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DOING ABOUT 60 TO 65. IF I NEW INFINITI HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS I WOULD NOT OF PURCHASED ONE 77 BULLETINS AND AFTER READING ABOUT ALL THE PROBLEMS THE 2003 HAD AND ALL THE RECALLED PARTS I WOULD NOT OF PURCHASED IT AND PUT MY LIFE AT RISK. I FEEL INFINITI SHOULD BE RELIABLE IT'S COMMEN SENSE TO KNOW THAT FIRST HAND NOT FIXING THOSE PROBLEMS WOULD LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURIES AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK I WILL BE EMAILING INFINITI TO. IT MAY NOT BE A RECALLED PART BUT IT' PUT ME AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THE FREEWAY AT RISK AND TOTALED MY CAR. BELLOW IS SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAD THE ISSUE

NHTSA ID

10928443

Incident

Oct 25, 2016

Mileage

113,000 mi

AS I WAS ACCELERATING TO ACCESS HIGHWAY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE. IT WAS AS IF I WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I KEPT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND IT SLOWLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND SEEMED FINE. A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, THE CAR DIED. I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED AND IT WAS FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS IN THE CARPOOL LINE AT MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL. CAR WAS RUNNING, WHILE I WAITED AND IT SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN. WHEN I RESTARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON. I CHECKED MY MANUAL AND THOUGHT IT COULD BE THE GAS CAP WASN'T ON TIGHT ENOUGH OR BAD GAS. FILLED UP MY TANK AND A FEW HOURS LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT. TODAY THE CAR DIED AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, HOWEVER IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. RESEARCHED RECALL INFORMATION AND CONTACTED INFINITI AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 03V455000. *TR

NHTSA ID

10629621

Incident

Aug 14, 2014

Mileage

139,044 mi

I HAD PULLED UP TO DRIVE THRU WINDOW AT THE BANK AND PUT MY CAR IN PARK, WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN I FINISHED MY TRANSACTION I TRIED TO PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULDN'T MOVE. I FINALLY SHUT MY CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND THE SHIFTER WORKED. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I HAVE STARTED MY CAR AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN REVERSE. IT IS INTERMITTENT. I ALSO HAVE AN AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT FLASHING AND HOPE THEY WILL INCLUDE MY VIN # IN THE RECALL BUT THEY HAVEN'T SO FAR. EVEN IN THE EXPANDED RECALL. I DON'T KNOW WHY. WHEN DOES OUR SAFETY BECOME IMPORTANT? MY STEREO/CD PLAYER ALSO STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO REPLACE THAT. WHAT GOOD DOES ALL OF THESE REPETITIVE COMPLAINTS DO IF THE AUTO COMPANIES AREN'T MADE TO REPAIR ALL OF THEM? *TR

NHTSA ID

10616591

Incident

Apr 14, 2014

Mileage

103,000 mi

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED CAR A FEW EVENTS SINCE EARLY '10 OF VEHICLE BEING RELUCTANT TO STOP, EVEN WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE LAST EVENT OCCURRED TODAY (9/18/11). TODAY'S EVENT WAS MORE SCARY THAN THE PREVIOUS EVENTS, IN THAT THE CAR ACCELERATED FAR AHEAD OF OUR DESTINATION AND COULD HAVE POSSIBLY HIT ANOTHER DRIVER, IF A DRIVER HAD BEEN PRESENT. THE BRAKES ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND ARE NOT WORN. AT THIS POINT, I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MALFUNCTION, AND IT FEELS LIKE I AM AT GREAT RISK OF HAVING AN UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT. *TT

NHTSA ID

10425956

Incident

Feb 25, 2010

Mileage

72,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI G35. WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE. SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO NO AVAIL. A PEDESTRIAN WAS IN HER PATH WHEN SHE FORCED THE VEHICLE INTO THE PARK POSITION TO AVOID HITTING HIM. IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A SUDDEN AND ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD NOISE. SHE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS, THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

NHTSA ID

10319214

Incident

Feb 20, 2009

Mileage

35,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING MY SISTER-IN-LAW TO MACARTHUR AIRPORT IN ISLIP, NY. WE CAME TO A RED LIGHT JUST OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND PUT IT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT I FELT THE CAR WAS STILL TRYING TO MOVE AS THOUGH THERE WAS ANOTHER FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. FORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT THAT MUCH THRUST INVOLVED. I KEPT PRESSING HARDER ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE CAR KEPT INCHING FORWARD AT ABOUT 2 MPH. I WASN'T SURE IF I COULD STOP BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME (FORTUNATELY I ALWAYS LEAVE LOTS OF ROOM). SO I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS PRESSED VERY HARD ON THE BRAKE, THERE WAS A SUDDEN JERK AS WE STOPPED SUDDENLY. LUCKILY WE ALL HAD OUR SEAT BELTS ON. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE PEDAL. MAYBE THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE FROM THE AIRPORT THAT MESSED WITH MY CAR'S ELECTRONICS? *TR

NHTSA ID

10304021

Incident

Oct 1, 2009

Mileage

81,000 mi

WAS DRIVING MY INFINITI G35 2003, WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE GOING SLOW MY ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR, BEYOND MY CONTROL, I HIT THE GAS PEDAL HARD WITH MY RIGHT FOOT WHILE PANICKING TRYING TO RELEASE IT. I WAS COMING TO AN INTERSECTION I HAD TO STAND ON MY BRAKE PEDAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST EXACTLY BUT IT WAS OVER 100 MPH. IT HAPPENED VERY FAST, I DID TRY TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL BUT MISSED AND HIT REVERSE I THEN WENT SIDEWAYS AND MY CAR MADE SOME VERY WEIRD WHINING SOUNDS. I THEN SHUT OFF THE IGNITION. I SHOULD'VE DONE THAT FIRST BUT IN THAT SITUATION YOU JUST PANIC. AFTER COASTING TO A LONG STOP I STARTED IT AGAIN. SAME THING STILL 8K RPMS, PEDAL STILL AT THE FLOOR, I SHUT IT OFF AND INSPECTED MY PEDAL IT WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR. NO FLOOR MAT GRABBED IT (LIKE INFINITY INSISTED HAPPENED) AND I AM 150 PERCENT SURE I DID NOT DEPRESS MY PEDAL THEN OR EVER TO THE FLOOR FOR WHICH IT COULD STICK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10297609

Incident

Dec 30, 2009

Mileage

58,000 mi

I HAVE A 2003 INFINITI G35. THE CENTER CONSOLE, CONTROLLING THE HEATER/AC AND THE RADIO IS NOT WORKING. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS A CONTROL BOARD PROBLEM THAT INFINITI IS NOT CLAIMING, YET ACCORDING TO THE WEB, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID

10292702

Incident

Nov 4, 2009

Mileage

322,800 mi

2003 INIFINITI G35 SEDAN LURCHES FORWARD WHEN CAR IS STOPPED. THE CAR ACCELERATES UNTIL BRAKES ARE SEVERELY DEPRESSED. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT STOP SIGNS, STOP LIGHTS AND IN MY GARAGE. THIS PROBLEM IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE. MY CAR HAS BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10282965

Incident

Sep 5, 2009

Mileage

68,456 mi

PROBLEM STARTED WITH RADIO NOT DISPLAYING ANY LIGHTS OR SCRIPT ACROSS DISPLAY. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK THE RADIO WOULD NOT COME ON UNTIL THE ENGINE HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND STILL WOULD NOT DISPLAY ANY LIGHTS THE WHOLE TIME. A FEW DAYS LATER THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLS STOPPED BEING ACCESSIBLE. THE BUTTONS FOR THE RADIO AND THE TEMP CONTROLS DON'T WORK. THE TEMPERATURE NOW DOES WHATEVER IT WANTS BASED ON THE AUTO CONTROLS. IT WILL RANDOMLY CHANGE WHETHER THE AIR BLOWS FROM THE FLOOR LEVEL OR ON TOP, AND CHANGE FORCE OF AIR THAT BLOWS OUT. THERE IS NO WAY OF SETTING DEFROST. THE ONLY WAY ANYTHING CAN BE CHANGED WITH THE RADIO IS THROUGH THE CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AROUND SEPTEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR THE CD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. IT WOULD RUN CONSTANTLY AS IF TRYING TO READ THE DISC EVEN WHEN THE KEYS WERE OUT OF THE IGNITION AND WON'T EVER PLAY. IT ALSO WON'T EJECT THE CDS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10260686

Incident

Feb 1, 2009

2003 INFINITI G35 WITH ACCELERATION ISSUES. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD WHILE SHE WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. SHE SAYS THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. SHE SAYS SHE HAS HAD TO TURN THE WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. *KB

NHTSA ID

10207225

Incident

Jan 1, 1901

I HAVE A 2003 G35 SEDAN WITH APPROXIMATELY 13,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A SIDESTREET AT 35 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT A MAJOR FOUR LANE CROSS STREET, REMOVED FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR SPONTANEOUSLY REVVED AT HIGH RPM (OVER 6000 RPM). HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE FORCEFULLY TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR POWERED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND INTO THE FIRST CROSS LANE OF THE FOUR LANE STREET. A CAR ON THE CROSS STREET HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID STRIKING OUR VEHICLE. THE CAR COULD ONLY BE STOPPED BY THROWING THE SHIFT LEVER INTO NEUTRAL. ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT ONE MONTH OLD, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SPONTANEOUS REVVING OF THE ENGINE WHILE STOPPED AT A SIGNAL. THE TWO PREVIOUS OCCURRENCES DID NOT RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO OUR SERVICING DEALER (AUTOPLACE INFINITI), WHERE THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH DIAGNOSTIC. THEY REPORTED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY DEFECTS, COMPUTER ERROR CODES OR MANUFACTURER SERVICE BULLETINS ON THIS PROBLEM, AND, OF COURSE, WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE WRITTEN TO INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AS WE ARE TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IT HAS BEEN IDLE IN OUR GARAGE THE PAST THREE WEEKS AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM INFINITI AS TO THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. *NM

NHTSA ID

10095633

Incident

Aug 20, 2004

Mileage

13,000 mi

2003 INFINITI G35 WAS TURNING INTO PARKING STALL AT ABOUT 5 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TOUCHED. BRAKES WERE NOT USED WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO STOP THE CAR. CAR JUMPED CURB, TRAVELED FIFTY FEET AND HIT A TREE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10073047

Incident

May 19, 2004

Mileage

20,100 mi

VEHICLE HAD ISSUES WITH NOT WANTING TO ACCELERATE FASTER THAN 5 MPH. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED IT WAS A PINCHED CRUISE CONTROL GROUND WIRE AND FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLE OPERATED FINE FOR ONE WEEK, HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. TOWED VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME WAS TOLD THAT THE ECU AND WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO IT GETTING WET FROM A GROMMET THAT WAS LOOSE DUE TO A AFTERMARKET ELECTRONICS WIRE UNDER IT. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAVE NOT HAD VEHICLE FOR ~5 WEEKS AND NO LOANER CAR WAS PROVIDED. UPON QUESTIONING INFINITI ABOUT WHY THE DELAY, I WAS TOLD THAT APPARENTLY THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS AND NONE WERE AVAILABLE. THIS IS BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE 2003.5 G35 COUPE HAS A DIFFERENT HARNESS THAN THE 04 G35 COUPE. WAS TOLD JAPAN HAD TO SPECIALLY MAKE A HARNESS AND SHIP IT. WILL NOT GET HARNESS TILL THE 20TH OF MARCH. PROBLEM WAS THAT DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE PROBLEM WITH THE FIRST TRIP THERE. HAD THAT BEEN CAUGHT I WOULD NOT BE PAYING ~3000.00 AND WITH OUT A CAR FOR 5 WEEKS. UPON TRYING TO DISCUSS OPTIONS WITH SERVICE MANAGER I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD GO TO COURT, AND THAT THEY WOULD WIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE MONEY THAN I DO. *AK

NHTSA ID

10062073

Incident

Feb 12, 2004

Mileage

8,400 mi

WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH FEET DEPRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND AIR CONDITIONER IS ON, VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE. BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO BE DEPRESSED VERY HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. CAUSE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION IS UNDETERMINED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10034392

Mileage

3,000 mi