Brake Light On problems of the 2004 Infiniti QX56

The vehicle's brake warning light keeps coming on. Rotors are fine. Brake fluid level is high. Yet, when I apply my foot on the brake, the warning light comes on and there is also a bad sound on the front wheels that sounds like metal to metal (there is a vibration). Once I pull over and turn the vehicle off for a minute or so, I am able to continue. However, the warning light comes back on moments later. This is getting very dangerous as it may trigger me to rear end the vehicle in front of me. The problem has been happening for the past eight months. However, it has been getting worst. The cruise control light also comes and stays on. Please help.

I get a brake light and a slip light sometimes when applying the brakes. Makes an awful noise and sometimes the brakes fail to operate. I have to turn the car off and restart it to reset something and then its fine for a few days and comes back. It is very scary. Others who have the same vehicle have complained of the same thing. Saying they think the brake master cylinder is defective. I have also heard of people crashing their SUV because of this. This happens just when applying the brakes. I see this a lot in the forums and wonder why they haven't recalled this dangerous defect. This has been happening numerous times in the past 5 years.

While driving at low/high speeds, the brake light will just turn on unexpectedly. Also, the abs brakes seem to fail where you have to press the brake pedal to the floor. The only way to temporarily fix this is to turn the engine off and turn it back on for the brake light to go away. Again, this will occur at least 1-2 times a day and/or 28 times in a month while driving. This is a very dangerous situation to put a driver in on the highway or other roadways.

While the car is in motion the red brake light will turn on and when you press the brake pedal the car slows down but makes a loud thumping noise, and you can feel like a spring on the brake pedal vibrating, if you turn off the vehicle, it resets for a while but now it is happening constantly. The brake pads and rotors are new.

As I was traveling on a city street, the brakes on my 2004 Infiniti Qx56 started making a grinding noise and the brake light on dash board went on making it hard to come to a stop. I don't know whats causing this problem. I know there was a recall on this vehicle for the same reason (brakes) but I don't have the number.

The first time I had issues with my brakes I was fortunate enough to be parked. I turned the vehicle on and tried to releases the emergency brake but the light wouldn't disengage. I put the vehicle in reverse and the applied pressure to the brake but the brakes didn't work. Then the vehicle made a severe grinding noise. I then turned off the vehicle and the problem went away. I then called the dealership and asked if there was a recall for this problem and they said "no". The second time it happened to me I was driving on the road. I notice the brake light turned on, so I slow applied pressed to the brake peddle and the vehicle would stop and began to shake furiously as if it was skidding on the road. Fortunately, their wasn't anyone on the road. The vehicle finally came to a stop and I was lucky enough to pull off the road. I tried pressing the parking brakes to release the light but that didn't work so I tried shutting the vehicle off. I turned the vehicle back on and the light was gone. I slowly began to drive and test the brakes and they work again. I have gone to the dealership and they told me again there was no recall on the issue at hand. The service department said it could be the brake booster but they couldn't find an issue with it so they didn't replace it.

While driving the emergercny brake dash light will become lit and all braking actions have drastically reduced power. A an audible grinding noise is observed from the front of the vehicle and the brake peddle has little to no resistance. A restart of the vehicle temporarily resolve the issue, but the issue has reoccured numerous times and is increasing in frequency.

Emergency brake: e-brake appears to engage on its own and the brake light indicator comes on. There's also a grinding sound when brake is pressed. Grinding sounds only occurs when this issue comes up. Exhaust manifolds: was notified by the dealer upon a service inspection that there was a small crack in the exhaust manifolds. Is this a normal thing? and should this be a recall item as it could throw off any smog check testing. In addition how about the exhaust in the cabin issue? maybe they used too thin of a metal for the manifolds.

Brake light came on and braking was affected while driving on a town street going about 25 mph. Once car was turned off and cranked light went off and brakes were fine. Have seen other complaints about a faulty sensor.

I have an 04 Qx56 as a daily driver. I was leaving walmart as I pulled out of the parking lot I pulled into the turn lane to allow a car to go by mashed my brake and it started jer king like something was trapped in my brakes. We pulled on down to a large parking lot got out notice the red brake light was on and under the hood something was clicking near the air intake thing. It did it the entire ride home as we were 30 mins from home we just drive slow. Got in it today for the 1st time was ok til about 45 mins into trip light came back on brakes started doing the same thing. I have rread many people complain of this issue. If it doesn't get recalled there will be a wreck in these vehicles! please make Nissan/Infiniti recalled this part! I have researched it and there was a lawsuit filed but it didn't make them admit there was an issue just made them pay for out of pocket expenses. I am a stay at home mom college student my husband just lost his job due to health reasons. I can't afford to pay for this issue!.

When driving vehicle suddenly makes a loud grinding sound and abs and brake light come on on gauge. When trying to break it is impossible. It will not stop. This has happened more than 6 times already. Thankfully I was not in traffic or collision and injury could have happened. In order to regain control you have to turn vehicle off to reset it. This problem may cause a severe injury or even death.

I have a 2004 Qx56 and like many of you, I MA having the same issue with my brakes. The brake light will come on and when I press the brake their is a grinding sound and it is very difficult to stop. I turned the truck off and restarted it and the light went out and you couldn’t tell that anything was wrong. I took it to the dealer and was told it was my rotors and they “think” the brake booster. This is a very serious problem and Nissan needs to be held accountable and made to fix this issue. !.

While driving and starting to apply the brakes there can be heard a grinding sound, brake light displays on the dash and the brake pedal goes to the floor. This is very unsafe to me and the public because once I was able to get home and restart the vehicle it functions like nothing was ever wrong. I drove around the block with no problem stopping which lasted about 2 weeks before it all started again, this time with my family in the vehicle. There are no leaks or squeaking from using my brakes; something needs to be done.

I have a 2004 Qx56 -- I'm having the same issue with my brakes. All of a sudden the brake light will come on and when you press on the brake you hear a scary loud grinding sound and trying to stop it really tough. It feels like the abs brakes kicked in --- it has happened several times randomly. As soon as I turned the truck off and restarted it the brake light came off and it started to drive like normal. But I have hit the grass several times bc when this failure occurs you're likely to hit someone in front or, with a sudden grinding stop, someone hit you from behind. I took it to the shop and they said it was a brake issue. So I replaced all 4 brakes and roters -- yet the problem still happened!! I went back and they said it's probably the delta sensor and it'll be $1000 plus a few hundred to update the computer too. This is very dangerous and the scary part is there is no warning-- it just happens randomly. This is something Infiniti / Nissan should fix!!.

While I'm driving, the brake light on my cluster would come on and if I try to brake, the pedal would just go to the floor and the vehicle would feel as if abs is kicking in. This is very dangerous as I've ran through multiple red lights and pedestrian crosswalks due to the brakes not working properly. Thank god I haven't hurt anyone or myself due to this on going problem with the delta sensor. Researched online and read tons of stories of people with the same issue which apparently cost $1000 usd to fix!! please make Infiniti responsible for this fix or someone will get hurt or even worse, deaths.

Brake light and slip light turns on in instrument panel, brakes do not grab or makes a grinding sound. My rotors and pads are in good condition per dealership.

While driving the vehicle and pressing on the brakes there is a loud cranking, grinding noise and the brakes appear to lock up. The slip, vdc off and brake lights illuminate on the dashboard. I will usually have to turn the vehicle off and back on for the lights to go off and to drive the vehicle. This works intermittently.

Complete brake system failure - this is the 3rd time, same exact symptoms. Brake light on dash comes on, computer noises beeping behind dash, brake pedal looses all pressure, vehicle unsafe, crash was imminent, if we had been traveling at highway speeds there would have been death. Brake pedal pushed all the way to the floor front brakes began making severe grinding noises, vehicle virtually incapable of stopping. This is a severe problem. Previous failure on 3. 30. 11 at 68kmiles, 1st failure on 8. 20. 10 at 57k miles. At 70k miles dealer reprogrammed vdc control as 'fix'. . . . . . . . Guess what it did not fix it. . . . . . . . This needs to be a factory recall item ASAP, and/or a class action lawsuit before someone is killed>.

Yesterday April 10,2012 I was driving and need to stop the my Qx56 I feel a complete brake failure,brake warning light on and a loud noise under the vehicle. Brake pedal doing all the down to the floor. After turning the vehicle off and restart, everything turn back to the normal and warning light gone. This is serious issue and manufacturer should fix the problem before any body die.

While driving Qx56 at approx 40 mph brake light on dash came on. At intersection to turn left brakes would not function and slowing down was difficult. There was a lound clunk and "boing" sound when brakes were applied. Turned to avoid traffic and started up hill allowing speed to decrease. Motor was turned off. When restarted to examine failure light was no longer on and brake seemed to work fine. Contacted local infinity dealer, was told it was brake booster and would most likley need replaced. Was told there was no service bulletin or recall but they have seen the issue quite a few times.

The contact owns a 2004 Infiniti Qx56. The contact was driving 30 mph when the brakes were depressed and a grinding noise emitted as the vehicle failed to stop properly. The emergency brake light illuminated during the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired and the VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 105,000 and the current mileage was 135,000.

This 95% total break failure has happened 2 separate times 8/2010 and 3/2011; and while no accident, there could easily have been one had I been traveling at a higher rate of speed, or if there had been other vehicles around me. Applied break, immediately brake pedal sunk to the floor, break light on dash came on, front breaks began making harsh grinding sounds (as when slip control enacts); had there been cars in front of me I would not have been able to stop w/out hitting them. Even with foot to floor vehicle did not stop, down shifted into 1st gear, and finally vehicle slowed and was able to stop. Pulled over and turned off car; after turning car back on brake light on dash had gone away and brakes were acting normal. This is a major safety hazard and someone may die from this. The front discs on this vehicle are no good even after Infiniti/Nissan has done their so called ?repair? and continue to prematurely warp?. A class action law suit needs to be formed to deal resolve this matter indefinitely. Dealer subsequently reprogramed vdc control.

At approximately 8k miles the dealer replaced the rotors and calipers per their service bulletin which seemed to solve the problem. Since then, periodically while driving, the brake light will illuminate when brakes are applied and the abs system activates and the brakes begin to groan, are spongy, have less than 10% braking power. This has happened to me 5 times over 90k miles. Although I did not make the connection at the time, I believe that it was the cause of a rear end collision that I was involved in 2008 when I attempted to brake the car on the freeway but felt that the car took much too long to come to a complete stop when I quickly slammed on the brakes. The vehicle continues these symptoms until the ignition is turned off. When restarted, the problem is resolved. It has mostly only occurred to me while driving away from a parking spot but yesterday it occurred while I was driving on the freeway at speed exceeding 50 mph. I was only able to stop the vehicle by downshifting my automatic to 1st gear while attempting to activate the emergency brake. I was fortunate that I was on a level freeway and not going down a steep incline. After I was able to safely pull over, the ignition was turned off and the car was restarted with no brake problems. Today I took the car into the Infiniti dealer and they said that it was a 'common problem' but not a recall and that they would try to reprogram the computer. Reprogramming did not work and they said I would need a new abs booster pump at a cost to me of $925. I looked up the problem on consumer websites and found that the problem is fairly common with both the 2004 Nissan titan and armada and the Infiniti Qx56. It seems to be a problem with the c1179 code. What I discovered is that any consumers still had the problem even after they reprogrammed the computer and replaced the abs booster pump. A service bulletin repair exists for the 2004 Nissan titan (NHTSA item number: 10020026). This is a serious safety concern.

Tla* the contact owns 2004 infinity quiz. While driving at approximately 30 mph, when the brake pedal was applied it went down to the floor, made a loud noise and failed to operate. The abs brake light illuminated after the failure occurred. The contact shifted the gear from fourth gear to first gear to slow the vehicle down. The manufacturer took a report and advised the contact to take the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed, because there was not a recall or a technical service bulletin for the brake failure. The failure mileage was 89,000 and the current mileage was 99,008. Updated 10/22/10 the consumer stated there is a failure in the sensor inside the brake booster. Updated 10/26/10.

The brake light came on and a loud clanking noise was heard when you pressed the brakes. Once you stopped cut SUV off and cranked it back up it was fine.