Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems of the 2012 Infiniti FX35

Two problems related to front air bag sensor control have been reported for the 2012 Infiniti FX35. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Air Bag Sensor Control problem

Failure Date: 06/18/2017

Takata recall needed on Infiniti Fx35 2012. I was in motion, driving 75 mph on the freeway. A piece of debris bounced off of a car in my left lane and flew underneath my car. Bang! my airbags ejected and slammed my face hard. My whole front windshield blew white. I couldn't see anything in front of me. Trying to push the airbag down with one hand, while steering with the other hand at the same time, I was essentially driving blind on the freeway with speeding cars all around me. On top of that I couldn't move, because the seatbelts locked me. It's a wonder I didn't slam on the breaks, or swerve into the other lanes, a perfectly natural reaction. I used my peripheral vision to move into the slower lanes to the right of me. The last lane ended up being the exit lane. When the four of us got out to examine what we thought would be a huge dent, we were shocked. The car looked perfect. No collision. No damage. It was the airbags. Had we been injured or worse yet, killed in a crash that day (not to mention all the people in the surrounding cars) we would never have ascertained that it was as a result of the faulty airbag sensor. It happened so quickly that I would not have known what had come first - the accident or the airbags.

2 Front Air Bag Sensor Control problem

Failure Date: 06/18/2017

While driving in the middle lane on a five lane freeway, a piece of debris (about 1x2 ft) was bouncing from lane to lane. It bounced into my lane and went under my 2012 infinite Fx35. I heard a loud bang and my airbags ejected open. My whole front windshield blew white, leaving me unable to see the road. Essentially, I was driving blindly at highway speed on the freeway with moving cars all around me. It's a wonder I didn't slam on my brakes, swerve or plow into the cars that I was behind, in front of, or to the side of me on the freeway. To think about the catastrophic consequences! whited out front window, large impeding airbag in my face, but miraculously, I managed to safely maneuver across two lanes of traffic! the last lane turned out to be the exit off the freeway, where there was a gas station. When we stopped there, my three passengers and I got out of the car and immediately walked around it, looking to see what damage was visible on my Infiniti. It looked perfect: no signs of external damage whatsoever. No collision. No damage. A defective and hypersensitive sensor is something that needs to be looked into. Was this an isolated incident? or is this something that should be considered an Infiniti recall? the events in my case happened so quickly that had we had an accident, I would never have known what had come first, the accident, or the airbag. My auto insurance company was shocked that this occurred when there was absolutely no damage to the outside of my Infiniti. The interior however, was another thing altogether � the airbags, the dashboard, the computer system, the seat belts, etc. , it was unbelievable. They decided to do a thorough investigation. Their conclusion? my Infiniti deemed "totaled" was zero my fault.


Other Air Bag related problems of the 2012 Infiniti FX35

Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems
2
Air Bag problems
1


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