Three problems related to strut tower have been reported for the 1997 Infiniti QX4. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I had my car sitting in my driveway detailing it. I've always took exceptional care of my vehicles and one thing I've always done was made sure the undercoating was top-notch. As I proceeded to undercoat the inside of the front fender wells on my 97 Qx4 I noticed some rust forming behind the strut tower. Some of it was flaky and some of it was raised rust. I took my scraper and lo and behold found a hole behind the strut tower. I continued to scrape and clean the hole and the area according to the recall campaign from infinity and I'm very concerned about vehicle safety and the rust behind the strut tower on drivers side. I have yet to check my passenger side since the driver side has issues I wanted to go ahead and notify you guys. I know there is a recall for the strut tower on Nissan pathfinders and Infiniti Qx4s 96 through 2004. I have a 96 pathfinder also that just last week I talked to a representative from Nissan north America and it still has a open recall concerning the strut tower. I live in tennessee and by the recall tennessee is not listed as one of the salt states but yet that is where my pathfinder is registered and it has a recall that needs to be performed on the strut tower so I'm wondering if my Qx4 which is a 97 model has had a recall performed on it or if the recall even concerns my Qx4 it clearly has rust behind the strut tower on the driver side and registered in tennessee. Please help me with this issue I had my seat belts replaced in my Qx4 6 months ago and when I had it in there I said something about checking my strut towers but on my ticket they gave me it doesn't list anything about them checking the strut towers campaign # r1109 NHTSA # 11v-244 applied vehicles 97-03 Qx4 (jr50) I need to know what my next action should be and whether or not this recall has been performed please help god bless and thank you very much.
The contact owns a 1997 Infiniti Qx4. The contact stated that the front driver¿s side strut housing was defective. The contact made repairs to the vehicle and later received notification of NHTSA campaign id number 11v244000 (suspension:front). The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where it was confirmed that the contact had made adequate repairs to the driver¿s side strut housing, per the recall. The contact stated that most recently, the passenger¿s side strut tower had also become defective, causing the strut housing to become separated from the inner hood ledge assembly. The manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance for the most recent failure. The contact stated that the dealer previously added a protective coating to the passenger¿s side of the strut housing when the vehicle was taken for inspection under the recall but was not repaired. The vehicle was also taken to a private mechanic for inspection. The manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 150,000 and the current mileage was 174,000.
The front driver side strut tower rusted out on my 1997 Infiniti Qx4. Part of the strut tower sheared, creating an obstruction that interfered with vehicle steering. I was notified of this problem by my mechanic after I asked him to inspect the shocks and struts to see if they needed to be replaced. My mechanic advised me to park the car until it could be repaired since it was not safe to drive.