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 2008 INFINITI QX56 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
Fuel gauge reads incorrect when it does come on. Dashboard lights stay off until the tank is on E. Unsafe to drive bc you cannot see your speed. When the dashboard randomly flicks on it will show that it is changing the 2WD to 4WD to 2WD WITHOUT anyone actually moving the switch. I know the dashboard leds are not bad, they come on randomly and they are all present.
There was previous recall on this vehicle, 10V-074 (Infiniti #R1011) for a fuel sender problem, causing the fuel gauge to be inaccurate. Infiniti says it was fixed in 2010. Unfortunately, I am having the exact same problem now, and have run out of gas twice because of it. Infiniti said they can't help because it was already fixed. Safety issue because running out of fuel while driving is dangerous. Both times has been on an interstate. It was a previously reported recall and "fixed" but has failed again. Infiniti says they won't fix it again.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 INFINITI QX56. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE REFLECTED AN INCORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED ADEQUATE FUEL IN THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON FAILURE IN SIMILAR VEHICLES. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.
CONSTANT MOISTURE BUILD UP CAUSING HEADLIGHT BURNOUT A DANGEROUS SITUATION DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL POLICE PULLED ME OVER. FIVE TIMES THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED. VERY EXPENSIVE FIX AND EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT. UNFAIR TO CONSUMER AUTO SHOPS SAYS THE COMPANY KNOWS ABOUT IT. A SAFETY RECALL IS NEEDED.
QX56 2008 HAD LEFT ME STRANDED CV SEVERAL TIMES I BELIEVE RECENTLY AFTER ADDING GAS SAW MY FUEL GO FROM 88MILES OF FUEL TO 27MILES OF FUEL LEFT I DON'T TRUST IT WORTIED I WILL BE STRANDED AND NOW IT HAS ERACTICLY HAVE NO LIGHTS IN THE DASH JUST SLIPPERY RD SIM BV LE AND I SHUT IT OFF ONLY TO END UP WITH NO POWER AS IF BATTERY WAS DEAD AFTER DISCONNECTING BATTERY NOW MY FUEL IS ALWAYS AT EMPTY AFTER DRIVING FOR 10MINUTES
BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING, WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO BRAKES UNDER 40MPH THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE AND THE BRAKES SKIP. YOU CAN TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON AND SOMETIMES THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES OFF AND EVERYTHING IS FINE AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO RHYME OR REASON. SOME DAYS IT NEVER COMES ON AND SOME DAYS IT NEVER GOES OFF. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE IT APPEARS THAT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER MODULE AND A SOFTWARE UPDATE IS NEEDED. PLEASE FIX THIS. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT WAS VERY SCARY! I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 3 KIDS AND THOUGHT THAT MY BRAKES HAD WENT OUT COMPLETELY. IT WAS MONTHS BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE AN EVERY DAY OCCURENCE.
DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AND WHILE IN MOTION, THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR ON THE DASH CONTROL PANEL ILLUMINATES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSE THE BRAKES TO SHAKE AND MAKE SCRAPING SOUND. AT THAT POINT THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN A SAFE DISTANCE, INCREASING THE CHANCE OF A COLLISION. ABS BRAKE LIGHT CLEARS AND NORMAL BRAKE FUNCTIONS RETURN WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF, THEN BACK ON.
AIRBAG LIGHT SUDDENLY BEGAN FLASHING. I TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG MODULE SHORTED INTERNALLY. PRICE TO FIX IS $1,600.00. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR AT ANY TIME HAD ITS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ALL SERVICE TO TRUCK HAS BEEN WITH INFINITI DEALERSHIPS. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID ELECTRONIC ISSUE AND NOT OWNER ERROR. THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WITH THIS TRUCK. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID PROBLEM IS COVERED IF TRUCK LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD OR 60,000 MILES. THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND INFINITI SHOULD NOT CHARGE FOR THEIR ELECTRONIC DEFECT AFFECTING SAFETY. ALL AIRBAGS IN VEHICLE ARE NOW DISABLED. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY INFINITI. YOUR COVERAGE OF FUNCTIONING AIRBAGS SHOULD LAST THE LIFETIME OF YOUR VEHICLES. *TR
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