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2003 INFINITI M Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 30, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 14, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 INFINITI M. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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ElectricalEngineFuel system
Filed Jan 30, 2012

CAR SHOWED OVER HALF TANK OF GAS THEN BEGAN SPUDDERING AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ADDED GAS, CAR STARTS AND RUNS FINE. *TT

NHTSA ID
10445909
Incident
Jan 27, 2012
Mileage
88,009 mi
ElectricalFuel system
Filed Oct 14, 2011

PURCHASED CAR FROM MARIN INFINITI IN AUGUST, 2011. NEXT DAY CAR STALLED DRIVING IN A 50 MPH ZONE AND HAD TO BE COASTED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD ACROSS TRAFFIC. FUEL GAUGE WAS FOUND TO BE INACCURATE, GAS TANK WAS EMPTY WHEN GAUGE STATED 7/8 FULL. MARIN INFINITI WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED FOR $400. GAS GAUGE CONTINUED TO BE INACCURATE, GIVING FALSE READINGS AND EVEN INCREASING AND DECREASING READINGS AS THE CAR WAS DRIVEN. MY MECHANIC CALLED A LOCAL INFINITI DEALER WHO STATED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND COULD ONLY BE CURED WITH REPLACING THE DASH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR $600.CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR THIS REPAIR. CONTACT WITH OTHER INFINITI M45 OWNERS PROVES THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT BY THE MANUFACTURER WHICH, DEPENDING ON WHAT PERSONNEL IS ARE CONTACTED AT NISSAN/INFINITI, HAS SOMETIMES BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND SOMETIMES THE MANUFACTURER'S REPS DENY THE ISSUE, FORCING THE PUBLIC TO PAY FOR MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10430189
Incident
Aug 18, 2011
Mileage
62,500 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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