Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 INFINITI M45 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 INFINITI M45. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V430000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 INFINITI M45. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH EXTREME DIFFICULTY. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND PARKED IT AT HOME. THE DEALER (NALEY INFINITI, 2020 COBB PKWY S, MARIETTA, GA 30060, 770-281-8600) INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V329000 (AIR BAGS) AND 16V329000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE WHEN THE DEALER WOULD BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIRS. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHEN THE MANUFACTURER WOULD SUPPLY THE PARTS TO THE DEALER. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
I HAD PURCHASED MY M45 2006 INFINITI USED FEB 20,2016 THE CAR DROVE GOOD EVERYTHING WORKED WELL NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. I DID NOTICED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO METRO HONDA WHICH IS WHERE I GOT IT FROM AS USED. THE CHECKED IT OUT THE LIGHT WENT OFF BUT CAME BACK ON AND STAY. JULY OF 2016 IS WHEN THE CAR WOULD JUST LOSE POWER CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ETC. THE CAR WOULD TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO START BACK UP. THE PROBLEM GOT MORE HECKED BECAUSE THE CAR CUT OFF ONE NIGHT MY CHILDREN AND I WAS DRIVING RIGHT ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND A 18 WHEELER WAS BEHIND US I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP SAFELY BUT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHICH WAS A BRIDGE. I HAD THE CAR TESTED IT CAME BACK AS MY CAM AND CRANK SHAFT SENSOR HAD THOSE REPLACED NOT EVEN BEEN 2 WEEKS AND THE GO STILL ACT AS IF NO GAS IS GETTING TO ENGINE AND STILL CUTS OFF THIS IS UNSAFE IT CAN CAUSE SOMEONE TO EVEN BE KILLED. I AM SO SCARED TO GO LONG DISTANCES BECAUSE I'M SCARED THE CAR WILL JUST LOOSE ALL POWER. I TOOK THE CAR TO INFINITI THEY COULDN'T EVEN TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE AND SEEN AT REPAIR PAL WHERE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CRANK SHAFT AND CAM SENSOR AS WELL AS FUEL PUMP GAS PEDAL AND THE RECENT ONE OF THE AIR BAGS. AS WELL AS A ELECTRIC PROBLEM AND ALL THIS WAS. BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2003 THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REPLACED ON THIS CAR WAS THE GAS PEDAL. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE INFINITI NEEDS TO RECALL ALL THIS ON THE M45 SPORTS 2006 I FEEL HELPLESS AND HOPELESS BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF MY CHILDREN AND I WILL GET IN THIS CAR AND MAKE IT BACK HOME ALIVE. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 INFINITI M45. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VDC AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND ON, WHICH RESET THE COMPUTER. THE FAILURE RECURRED MORE THAN TWICE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V430000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE RECEIVED THE RECALL REPAIRS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.
AFTER A VERY SHORT TRIP WITH THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT RE-START. THE ENGINE CRANKED BUT WOULD NOT START. 2 HOURS LATER I WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE KEYLESS REMOTE DOES NOTHING, THE PUSH BUTTONS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS DO NOTHING AND THE MANUAL KEY DOES NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS EITHER. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AS A PASSENGER LOCKED INSIDE THE CAR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AS IT IS RIGHT NOW I CANNOT EVEN MOVE THE VEHICLE SINCE I CANNOT OPENT THE DOORS OR THE TRUNK
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON INTERSTATE AT 70MPH AND ENGINE STALLED, ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUT OFF, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, VDC AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH SERVICE ENGINE SOON. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I PULLED THROUGH TRAFFIC AND MADE IT TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE WAS BARELY IDLING AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO RE-START VEHICLE, AND IT WOULD TURN OVER, BUT NOT IGNITE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR ENGINE STARTED AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND TOOK LESS CONGESTED ROADS HOME. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP FOR COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OF SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. THEY TOLD ME THE CODE REPORTED A PAIR OF MALFUNCTIONING "CAM POSITION SENSORS". IT IS INEXCUSABLE FOR A LUXURY AUTOMOTIVE MAKER TO HAVE CATASTROPHIC RISK EXPOSURE TO DRIVER, OCCUPANTS, AND OTHER HIGHWAY TRAVELERS DUE TO A SENSOR FAILURE! I CALLED LOCAL INFINITI DEALERSHIP AND THEY IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED MY CARS PROBLEM, AND THEN SAID MY YEAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN OR RECALL. *TR
WHILST DRIVING ON THE ROAD GOING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH THE CAR'S ENGINE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION NARROWLY MAKING IT ACROSS WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE CAR COMPLETELY WAS OFF. THE CAR WOULD NOT START UNTIL 4 TRIES LATER. I DROVE THE CAR TOWARDS THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN AT ABOUT 50 MPH CAUSING NO POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES OR WARNING - I NOTICED THIS WHEN THE CAR HAD NO POWER OR RESPONSE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS ABLE TO COAST SAFELY INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND RETRY TO START THE CAR AGAIN THIS TIME 3 TRIES STARTED IT BACK UP. I THEN PROCEEDED TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, THEY INSPECTED THE CAR AND SAID THAT, ONE OF THE "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSORS", WAS BAD AND REPLACED IT. 1 WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60+ MPH, IT WAS LIKE ONE MINUTE YOUR GOING 60MPH THEN NOTHING, YOU HAVE NO ACCELERATION, POWER BRAKES OR STEERING, I HAD TO FORCE CARS TO EVADE ME AS I COASTED WITH NO POWER OR ENGINE INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. HAD IT TOWED AGAIN TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM WAS AGAIN ANOTHER "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSORS", I HAD THEM REPLACE THEM ALL AT $1,100 IN TOTAL. INFINITI/NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA MUST RECALL THESE SENSORS! THEY SHOULD NOT BE FAILING AND CAUSING THESE DANGEROUS SYMPTOMS, GOD FORBID SOMEONE IS CROSSING TRAFFIC WHEN THE SENSORS FAIL AND GET T-BONED AND DIE OR GET SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 INFINITI M45. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE MANIFOLD SENSOR AND HO SENSOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
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