2004 Infiniti M45 Complaints

I RAN OUT OF FUEL LOST ALL POWER @ 70 MPH WITH FUEL GAUGE READING 1/4 TANK. NO ACCIDENT BUT THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN MY IMMEDIATE AREA AND IT WAS 9PM AND DARK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE FUEL GAUGE AND FUEL REMAINING COMPUTER SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT, ALMOST HALF A TANK. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF DRIVING THE CAR SPUTTERED AND STALLED. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED CRANKING THE MOTOR. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOW SETTLED ON EMPTY. CHECKED THE COMPUTER AND IT SHOWED 0 MILES TILL EMPTY. LUCKILY MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO BRING ME THE GAS FOR THE LAWNMOWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THIS INITIAL INCIDENT. A COUPLE TIMES WITH JUST MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THE CAR. FORTUNATELY MY WIFE'S COMMUTE INVOLVES STREETS AND AVENUES AND NO FREEWAYS OR HIGHWAYS. I'VE COMMUNICATED MY ISSUES ON FORUMS AND BLOGS, TURNS OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY INFINITI TO ADDRESS THIS. THE FIX COMES AT A RIDICULOUS PRICE, DEALER WANTS TO CHANGE OUT GAUGE CLUSTER, UPWARDS OF $1,000. I'VE BEEN USING THE KEEP IT FULL METHOD, SINCE I LIKE THE CAR, OF COURSE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO...

I RAN OUT OF FUEL ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED FULL WHEN THE TANK WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY. THESE GAUGES HAVE MAJOR INTERNAL ISSUES RESULTING IN WHAT MAY BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE (LINK BELOW) AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOUR ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS THIS TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITIES: HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/M45-FUEL-GAUGE-PROBLEM-POST-HERE-IF-YOU-HAVE-HAD-IT-T316682.HTML. *TR

THIS CAR DIED ON ME ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE SAID THAT I HAD A 3/4 TANK OF GAS REMAINING. THE CAR STARTED SPUTTERING LIKE IT HAD RUN OUT OF GAS SO WE ADDED GAS AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I DROVE IT TO A LOCAL INFINITI DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS IN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, WHICH SHOCKED ME AS I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF AN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR A CAR RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I SEARCHED SOME ONLINE FORUMS ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HAD THE FUEL SENDING UNIT OR FURL PUMP WENT OUT, THAT WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOING BAD COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. SINCE THE CLUSTER CONTROLS MILEAGE AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS SUCH AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, THIS WAS VERY SCARY. IT SEEMS THAT INFINITI KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS SAID INFINITI HAD PAID FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WITH THIS PROBLEM BEING SO PREVALENT, I THINK IT IS VERY...

2004 INFINITI M45 RAN OUT OF GAS WITH MY GAUGE READING 1/4 LEFT. FOUND OUT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH GAUGE CLUSTER WHICH IS ABOUT $1000.00 TO REPLACE. I HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT INFINITI REFUSES TO HELP WITH THE COST. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THANK YOU. *TT