general problems of the 2002 Infiniti I35

Tl- the contact owns a 2002 Infiniti I35. The contact stated that upon taking his vehicle to an independent mechanic, he was informed that his lower control arm needed to be replaced. Upon investigation, the contact linked his failure to NHTSA campaign number:02v146000 (suspension); however, his VIN was not included in the recall. The contact stated that while driving at various high rates of speed, the vehicle would independently downshift as the "service engine soon" warning message illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact linked this failure to NHTSA campaign number :02v043000 (vehicle speed control); however, his VIN was also not included in the recall. The contact also linked his "service engine soon" to NHTSA campaign number: 03v455000(engine and engine cooling). The contact had taken his vehicle to cerritos Nissan(18707 studebaker rd, cerritos, CA 90703) where he was informed that none of these recalls were listed under his VIN. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and was given the same information as the dealer. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 223,000. Jo.

The tcs off and slip lights after a noticeable miss while accelerating, the vehicle fails to accelerate when the accelerator pedal is depressed, and then the vehicle stalls, regardless of traveling speed, resulting in total loss of power steering and power braking. After stalling, the vehicle sometimes will restart on first attempt, other times it takes a few tries or turning the key to on position for 5 seconds and then turning it back to off, repeating 2-3 times then starts. The problem is persistent, the vehicle continues to fail at random almost every time it's driven as short as 1 mile distance, but has also been driven 20 miles without failing. While driving a daily route, the problem often occurs at a common location, whether related to distance, terrain, or coincidence is unknown.

Experienced sudden loss of accelerator control and lost nearly all power while merging onto the highway. Lost all power in second lane. There were no warnings. Absolutely no response when pressing down on the accelerator. Car was only idling. Nearly was rear ended while trying to get onto emergency lane. Car was towed to mechanic. A faulty throttle body sensor was identified as a root cause of the sudden power loss, which yields the accelerator unoperational.

Our 2002 Infiniti I-35 has accelerated on its own 3 times. The first time we were turning around in our friend's driveway and it took off in reverse. The second time we were first in line at a stop light. The third time, I was moving the car in our driveway and it went through our neighbor's fence causing $8,000 damage to our car. The dealer in grand rapids said they never heard of such a thing. The dealer who sold the car and Infiniti have not answered our e-mails. Infiniti corp headquarters pretty much told us too bad on the phone.

1) traveling at high speeds 50-60 mph for a considerable time frame, one-two hours. On a highway with stop lights-when trying to stop, my Infiniti I35 (yr. 2002) accelerates while I am trying to brake. The car lurches foward with the engine going from 1500 rpm to 7000 rpms. The incident repeated itself later on 8/16. We were traveling from baltimore to virgina on route 50--good road accomodating high speeds but has lights as one passes through eastern shore towns. The car was towed to infinite's nearest dealership in va beach. According to that dealer's shop, no error messages or issues were reported per their computerized testing. According to them, their road tests , two tests, a drive for 15 minutes and the other was to get the car's speed up to 80 mph on an in-shop rolling machine, revealed no errors. My contacting Infiniti's national consumer affairs office resulted in no tangible assistance. The dealer drove the car to baltimore, 8/20/04 and reported no problems. Interstate 95 was used (its not the same as route 50 with high speeds and frequent, quick(er) stops. The car is not working and needs to be corrected; it is dangerous. Infiniti will not proceed since computerized analysis reports no error messages. In June, 2004, we had taken the car to jba of ellicott city complaining that the car was demonstrating problems: at stop signs, on occasion, the car would not move forward, the engine would race, then the car would lunge forward. That dealership again commented that there was no problem registering on its computer testing, therefore, no problem. It seems that the firm's testing methodology isn't either comprehensive enough or limited to only computer analysis. The car has a defect and this firm can't or won't reach out of the box to try and solve it, excusing any effort on their part because their computer results disclose no "error message".