2003 Infiniti QX4 Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE WHILE CHANGING LANES. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND ALL FOUR PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ALSO SUSTAINED A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT WHERE THE SUBFRAME MET THE SHOCK TOWER WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE MECHANIC STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO WELD IN NEW METAL IN ORDER TO REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION PE11004 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: SHOCK ABSORBE AND SUSPENSION: FRONT: MACPHERSON STRUT ). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LEAN TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THEN RESUMED WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY INFORMED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED; AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE STRUT TOWER FRACTURED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE STEERING. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE11004 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: SHOCK ABSORBER). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 149,000. UPDATED 03/22/11*LJ UPDATED 1/4/11 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE REAR AXLE WAS EXTENDED THREE FEET FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT HIS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 74,000.

THERE IS A PULSING FEEL IN THE BRAKES. HAVE CHECKED ONLINE AND REALIZED THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ENOUGH COMPLAINT BY OTHER OWNERS. ON HARD STOPS THE PUSH BACK BY THE PEDAL IS HARD ENOUGH THAT THE BRAKES LOCKUP INTERMITTENTLY. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PULSING FEEL OF THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE ROTORS ARE WARPED. IT IS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO, AND INCREASINGLY IN THE VEHICLE IN NORMAL DRIVING WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. IT IS NOT THE TIRES WHICH ARE FASTIDIOUSLY KEPT NEW OMI. NO INCIDENT YET BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A TREND THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR