Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2004 INFINITI G35 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 37 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 37, in the owner's own words
Car has unintended acceleration that can only be stopped by turning off ignition key. This happens without warning. When stopped and foot on brake car accelerates to top rpm then brake goes to floor resulting in no control of car.
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VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE ENGINE SEEMED TO ACQUIRE A LIFE OF ITS OWN AND SPED UP, UNRESPONSIVE TO DRIVERS APPLICATION OF BRAKES FOR SEVERAL SECONDS.AS DRIVER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, A PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE EMERGED FROM UNDER THE HOOD.
VDC & SLIP LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING & IS HARD TO START BECAUSE OF THIS & SLIDES. SENSORS BANK 1 & 2 HAVE BEEN REPAIRED & STILL THE SAME ISUUE AGAIN
1. TAKATA RECALL INFORMATION SITE SAYS MY CAR'S VIN NUMBER HAS 0 RECALL. MY CAR IS OVER 12 YEARS OLD, AND I LIVE IN FLORIDA. ANY CHANCE OF IT EXPLODING IN SUCH AN OLD CAR? 2. WHEN IGNITION IS STARTED, ON OCCASION, CAR HAS SCREECHING SOUND WHEN ENGINE IS COLD AND CAR IS NOT IN MOTION. DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. ALSO OCCASIONALLY WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED, IT 'MOANS'. IT ALSO SCREECHED RECENTLY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO STOP WHEN CAR WAS ONLY GOING 2-3 MPH. 3. LIGHT INDICATOR SAYING EITHER OIL (OR WATER?) IS NEEDED IS CONSTANTLY ON, FOR YEARS NOW, YET MECHANIC SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG... LIGHT INDICATOR COMPUTER IS FAULTY. TRUE OR FALSE? *TR
CAR WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING VDC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON BRAKES MAKES WHOLE CAR SHAKE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES
WINDOW GOES DOWN ON ITS ON WHEN TRY TO PUT IT UP JUST COMES RIGHT DOWN ALARM GOES ON BUT DNT LOCK DOORS DASH LIGHT CUTS OFF AT TIMES WHEN I ACCELERATE VEHICLE STARTS OFF FINE 2 SECONDS LATER FEELS LIKE IT LOCKS UP AND JUST GETS SLUGGISH STARTS RUNNING FINE COME TO COMPLETE STARTS AND TAKES OFF SLOW LIGHTS COME ON DASH VEHICLE WON'T START I PULL KEY OUT IGNITION PUT BACK AND STARTS UP FINE.
I WAS DIAGNOSES CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR A CIRCUIT BANK 2 P0345 PLEASE ADVISE. THANKS.
I DROVE TO BALTIMORE FROM DC AND BACK WITH NO ISSUES, THEN TURNED TO GO INTO THE ALLEYWAY BEHIND MY HOME. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND WOULD NOT TURN AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON, INCLUDING THE BRAKE LIGHT. MY BRAKE PAD FROZE MIDWAY DOWN, STOPPING THE CAR, BUT NOT BUDGING, EVEN WHEN I TAPPED THE GAS PEDAL. I PUT ON AND OFF THE PARKING BRAKE, TO NO AVAIL. I TRIED TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AROUND, BUT COULD NOT. THEN I TRIED TO TURN OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT, BUT IT TOOK ME THREE TRIES. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR, THE BRAKE PAD STARTED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AGAIN AND THE CAR HAS BEEN NORMAL EVER SINCE. ADDITIONALLY, NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. *TR
HELLO I PURCHASED A 2004 INFINITI G35 SEDAN FROM STAR MAX IN ORLANDO FL EAST COLONIAL DRIVE I'VE ONLY HAD IT 3 DAYS TOPS , FIRST OF ALL I LEFT AND THE GAS GAUGE ISN'T WORKING OR THE SPEEDOMETER , ALSO MY RADIO KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT MY LEFT WINDOW SEEMS TO GO UP AND DOWN WHEN IT WANTS TOO, MY TIRE PRESSURE LIGHTS ON AND MY CARS MAKING A VERY FUNNY ROARING NOISE IN THE BACK. ALSO WHEN I GO TO MAKE TURNS ,MY WHEEL JUST KEEPS TURNING ON ITS OWN AND HARD TO TURN BACK STRAIGHT IT LOCKS UP . AND I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A FUEL PUMP ISSUE AS WELL I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL SALES MEN THERE AND COMPLAINED SAYING I NEED TO FIX THINGS THE RIGHT WAY OR I NEED A DIFFERENT CAR IM PAYING $325 A MONTH WAY OUT OF MY BUDGET ON A BUY HERE PAY HERE CAR THAT'S NOT EVEN WORTH IT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS FAST! *TR
I'M THE SECOND OWNER THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, AND ALTHOUGH I DID NOT NOTICE THE PROBLEM SOONER, THE 3RD LIGHT ON MY 2004 G35 DOES NOT WORK (MY CAR DOES NOT HAVE THE SPOILER). WHAT I DID WAS PURCHASE A USED 3RD LIGHT FROM A SALVAGE YARD....AND IT DID WORK (BRIEFLY), NOW IT'S NOT WORKING.....SO I'M BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL, SO I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND MUCH TO SURPRISE CAME UP WITH MANY HITS OF OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE.......SINCE READING THE ISSUE OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE 3RD LIGHT NOT FUNCTIONING I HAVE NOTICED THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLES 3RD LIGHT ISSUE ON OTHER G35 ON THE ROAD, MORE THAN LIKELY THE OWNERS HAVE NOT NOTICED THE LIGHT NOT OPERATING.........THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE 3RD LIGHT IS TO BE SEEN BY OTHERS DRIVING BEHIND YOU.......IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, I HOPE THE NHTSA AND INFINITI TAKES STEPS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR
I NOTICED MY 3RD BRAKE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE NOTICED OTHER INFINITI G35 COUPES WITH NON- FUNCTIONING 3RD BRAKE LIGHTS. I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A RE-CALL. IT IS AN EXPENSIVE PART AND LABOR CHARGE TO REPAIR. PLEASE INDUCE INFINITI TO REPLACE THESE LIGHTS AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. THANK YOU. *TR
THIS CAR HAS A BAD CASE OF AUTOMATIC ACCELERATION. SINCE IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST 9 YEARS, I'VE GOTTEN FAMILIAR WITH THE SYMPTONS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THE CAR WILL SIMPLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND ALL OF THEM OCCUR WHEN BRAKING: 1) WHILE SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY JUST REV UP TO 4 OR 5 THOUSAND RPM. 2) SAME AS ABOVE BUT ACCELERATION CAN BE CAUSED BY PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. 3) EXITING FREEWAY AND BRAKING, THE ENGINE WILL REMAIN AT THE SAME RPM AND/OR SPEED UP. 4) (THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST DANGEROUS) WHEN BRAKING EXTRA HARD, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT DOWN AND THE ENGINE GOES TO FULL THROTTLE. THIS ONE HAS NEARLY GOTTEN ME A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE THROTTLE, THROTTLE BODY, ETC. NOTHING HAS RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND INCIDENTS MAY BE MONTHS APART. UNTIL RECENTLY, THE DEALER HAS DENIED THAT ANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM IN THE USA. OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT SINCE 2003 ON VARIOUS INTERNET SITES WHILE THE MANUFACTURER DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAS ALLOWED IT TO PERSIST FOR 10 YEARS. ONLY RECENTLY HAS THE DEALER ADMITTED OTHER PROBLEMS AND STATED THEY WERE AFRAID OF WHAT HAPPENED TO TOYOTA. BRIEFLY LOOKING AT ENTRIES ON THE NHTSA SITE, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT HALF A DOZEN COMPLAINTS A YEAR. NONE REPORTED A FATALITY BUT THEN THE DEAD ARE UNLIKELY TO FILE A COMPLAINT. IF A TENTH OF A PERCENT OF THE OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM FILED COMPLAINTS, THAT WOULD BE 6,000 VEHICLES PER YEAR ARE BEING PRODUCED WITH THIS FATAL FLAW. IN SUMMARY, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A POTENTIALLY LETHAL VEHICLE? SELL IT TO SOME UNSUSPECTING PERSON AND ENDANGER THEIR LIFE OR KEEP IT AND WONDER WHEN IT WILL KILL ME? IF THE LATTER HAPPENS, WE'LL ALL KNOW WHY. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE REPLACED THE FRONT DISCS BRAKES AND ROTORS AT 9,000 MILES, 14,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 26,000 MILES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FREQUENT NEED TO REPLACE THE PARTS BUT OFFERED NO EXPLANATION OR ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 01/09/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT PADAS AND ROTORS NEEDE TO BE REPLAVED IN A VERY SHORT TIME. UPDATED 01/10/13
THE THIRD LED BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. GOT PULLED OVER ON AUGUST 28TH BECAUSE THE OFFICER SAID MY THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WASN'T WORKING. I GOT THE LIGHT TESTED AND THE CAR SHOP SAID THEY WOULD TEST THE LIGHT TO SEE IF IT WAS THE LIGHT ITSELF OR THERE IS A SHORT DUE TO WIRING. THE CAR SHOP SAID THE LIGHT WORKED SO THERE MUST BE A WIRING MALFUNCTION SOME WHERE IN THE CAR THAT MAKES THE LIGHT WORK PROPERLY. *TR
BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE FROZEN UP HAVE BEEN REPLACED ALONG WITH ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS ON FOUR OCCASIONS. THESE SAME INCIDENTS WERE REPAIRED ON 6/16/2008; 4/25/2009; 9/12/2011 AND WILL BE AGAIN ON MONDAY 10/22/2012. *TR THIS IS CLEARLY A VEHICLE DEFECT THAT IS SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS FOR ANY INFINITI DRIVER, THE PASSENGERS AND CERTAINLY ANY OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE NHTSA LOOK INTO THE MATTER. THANK YOU.
THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT IN SPOILER-LESS G35 SEDANS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE TO FAULT AFTER JUST A FEW YEARS. OVER 50 OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WILL EITHER STOP WORKING ENTIRELY OR ONLY WORK AT TIMES WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE. *TR
2004 INFINITI G35X. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE BRAKES *TGW THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE HOOD HINGE WAS CORRODED, THERE WERE EVOP ISSUES, AND A FUEL VALVE LEAK WHICH CAUSED DIFFICULTY IN NOT BEING ABLE TO RE-FUEL THE VEHICLE TO ITS CAPACITY.
INOPERATIVE/DEFECTIVE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT. NOTED MULTIPLE OTHERS COMPLAINTS ON G35 FORUMS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *JS
I OWN A 2004 INFINITI G35 AND I WAS JUST TOLD BY THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT THE THIRD BREAK LIGHT NEEDS REPLACEMENT. IT IS AN LED LIGHT AND HAS NOT EVEN LASTED AS LONG AS THE BULB-TYPE BREAK LIGHTS. IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE PART AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *KB
ON MARCH 11 MY 2004 INFINITY G35X EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ALARMING SYSTEM FAILURE. THE POWER STEERING FAILED, THE BRAKES FAILED, IN FACT EVERY COMPONENT NOT RUNNING ON THE BATTERY FAILED. THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS LOOKED LIKE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME. FORTUNATELY I WAS ON A SIDE STREET, AND NOT A HIGHWAY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED A P-0340 CODE AND REPLACED BANK 1, CAM SENSOR. THIS VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 41,000 MILES AND IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I NOTICED ON-LINE THAT THIS PART WAS PART OF A VOLUNTARY RECALL IN MODEL YEARS 2003 AND 2005, BUT NOT MY YEAR, BUT ALSO THAT THE FAILURES REPORTED WERE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MILEAGE AS MY VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT HAD I BEEN ON A STREET WITH MORE TRAFFIC AS I HAD ONLY BRUTE FORCE CONTROL OVER THE BRAKES AND STEERING. MY IMPRESSION AT THE DEALER WAS THAT THEY WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DISPLAY OF WARNINGS ON MY DASH PANEL. THE DIAGNOSIS TOOK VERY LITTLE TIME, THE REPAIR WAS COSTLY, THE EXPERIENCE WAS EXTREMELY MEMORABLE. *TR
2004 INFINITI G35 COUPE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT NOT WORKING. STOPPED WORKING AT APPROX. 60K MILES. *TR
THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE HORRIBLE. I CONTINUE TO HAVE TO HAVE THEM CHECKED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 48,000 MILES. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI G35 SEDAN. THE CONTACT FELT ABNORMAL PULSATION WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE INSPECTION ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND HAD THE REAR AND FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS, ROTORS, AND PADS REPLACED. ALL OF THE REMEDIES HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT IN CORRECTING THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,802 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,042. UPDATED 2/18/09 *CN THE STEERING WHEEL KNUCKLE WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 05/20/09.*JB
2004 INFINITI G35 BRAKE SERVICE BRAKES-HYDRAULIC. *TR
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