2008 INFINITI G35 owner complaints

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. While driving 35 MPH over a pothole, the air bags deployed without impact or warning. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle drove away from the scene. In addition, the contact stated that the driver and passenger seat belts no longer retracted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. Whenever the front passenger seat was occupied, the air bag warning indicator displayed that it was off. The air bag warning indicator started to flash. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who determined that the sensor needed replacement on the front passenger side. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.

We are having a reoccurring problem of the front passenger seat airbag sensor not working. The vehicle has a light which illuminates when the passenger airbag is not "armed" for deployment. The first time we took it to the Infiniti dealership they said they could not replicate the problem. It continued to be a problem for us intermittently for over a year. My main concern was always that if we (my wife and I) were involved in a front end collision that the airbag may not deploy and she could be injured as a result. Finally, a couple weeks ago, the light came on again. We happened to be close to the dealership so we took it right over. My wife even recorded a video of the light being on while she was in the passenger seat. The dealership tried replacing the airbag control unit. It

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. The contact stated that the front air bag warning indicator would not illuminate when occupied with a front seat passenger weighing 85 pounds and over, as it was supposed to. The vehicle was taken to the dealer three times for the identical failure. The technician informed the contact that the air bag was functioning properly. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 25.

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35 sedan. The contact stated that the air bag indicator does not illuminate when a passenger is seated in the front seat. The sensor indicator illuminates whenever the vehicle is in motion. The dealer inspected the vehicle and tested the sensor while someone was seated in and out of the seat. However, they found no failures with the sensor or air bag indicators. The failure mileage was 3,200.

When the passenger seat is occupied by an adult (150 lbs+), the passenger airbag warning light will sometimes illuminate indicating that the passenger airbag has been disabled. Infiniti has been involved with repairing the car 4 times for this issue. At this point they are no longer willing to further investigate the issue and say it is working as intended even though the light intermittently illuminates. The Infiniti dealer acknowledged that there is a design defect and maintained that Infiniti?s position is that the passenger needs to continue to adjust their seating position until the airbag indicator turns off (jump up and down, sit further upright, etc). The light can remain illuminated for as long as 10-15 minutes before finally being able to get the passenger airbag to be operab

Passenger seat occupancy sensor failure. This disables the airbags for the front passenger. Cost to repair approaches the value of the car ($6k-7k). Seems to be a common issue with this vehicle.

The vdc turned off on a 2008 g35 during driving at 65 MPH and tail spin happened. This is a loaner vehicle from a dealership so maintenance is unknown. Forums that are googled show the same. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. While in the process of purchasing a new safety seat for her 3 year old, 42 lbs. Son, the contact was unable to find out the correct weight load for the tethers and anchoring latch. She could not determine the correct weight needed to attach the latch system in the vehicle using a child safety seat. She would like to keep her son in the five point harness seat, but was unable to determine the correct seat to purchase because the latch system could only hold up to 40 lbs. The manufacturer stated that they had no information regarding the anchor, tethers, or load rating for the latch system. The VIN and mileages were unknown.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. While operating the vehicle, the air bag indicator illuminated and flashed off and on. In addition, the passenger side air bag indicator remained illuminated while operating the vehicle regardless if the passenger seat was occupied. The vehicle was taken to orlando Infiniti (4237 millenia blvd, orlando, fl) where it was diagnosed that the passenger seat occupant sensor was faulty and the front passenger seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,100.

While driving the vehicle on the highway smoke started coming out of the undercarriage and the vehicle started catching on fire. Had to pull over to get out and wait for the fire department to put it out.

The car idles when taking off even after warming it up... While cars are passing me by. It acts like it wants to cut off while in traffic. It was raining on the passenger side. I can't even filled the car up with a full tank of gas. Only had the car for 3 weeks and the service engine soon light come on. Took it back multiple times and still not fixed

After backing out of a parking spot, foot was on brake, shifted into drive and the car accelerated into a 360 degree spin. It hit a retaining wall on the side and the building behind it which brought it to a stop. As this developed there was zero control of the car and the dashboard lit up like a christmas tree. It took Infiniti 11 days till they checked the black box and 15 days more till they told me that there was nothing wrong with the car at the time of the accident. There was $8000.00 in damage to the car that was purchased on september 29, 2008 and had approximately 800 miles on the odometer. *tr

Runaway acceleration. Three times now in the last two weeks the RPMs went to maximum redline without my foot on the accelerator pedal. Fortunately all occurred when I was at very slow speed and either in a driveway or a parking lot. Each time I immediately put the transmission to neutral and shut off the engine. For the first occurrence, Restarting the engine all went back to normal. But for the second instance, two weeks later on restart the engine again instantly went to maximum RPM (deep redline). On a second restart, with additional delay before attempting a restart, the problem cleared. I took the car to a mechanic and they said no error diagnostics were recorded. On test drive he said he noticed some brief unexpected surges. He said for liability reasons no way he would work

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. While driving 25 MPH in rainy weather conditions, the anti-traction switch activated and caused the wheels to lock. The four wheel drive indicator illuminated, which means that it was activated as well. The failure caused the vehicle to crash into a curb. The wheel was damaged, but the contact was not injured. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the failure was due to driver error. The vehicle sustained cosmetic and wheel damage, which would cost $1,700 to repair. The contact is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 8,000 and current mileage was 8,004.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35 x. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle began to buckle and proceeded to stall. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis where the technician stated that the transmission was contaminated due to a radiator coolant leak. The vehicle was later towed to an independent mechanic for the replacement of the radiator. The approximate failure mileage was 32,0000. Updated 2/11/14*cn a transmission specialist verified the transmission was clean and functioning properly, after four flushings. Updated 02/14/14

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35. After the battery failed, he noticed that the steering wheel would not turn and the rear trunk could not be opened. The vehicle was taken to the dealership where the contact was informed that nothing could be done to remedy the failure. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 10000.

Brought car in for any state inspection and found the front suspension crossmember to 100% rusted thru. Car failed inspection. Found out that this is a common failure on this model of infiniti. In addition replacement part is on national back order. So on top of a poorly designed part they are unable to keep them in stock.

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Infiniti g35x. The contact was driving 35 MPH when a noise was heard from the front driver side brakes. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who informed him that the backing plates were rubbing together. The manufacturer was notified of the failure who advised that there were no recalls for the vehicle and offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 66,000.