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Air Bags
06/23/2015
PICKED UP THE VECHICLE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JUNE 23 2015. ON THE WAY HOME THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT FLASHED SO WE RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DID SOMETHING AND STTED IS WAS ALOOSE WIRE. NEXT DAY (ON A TRIP) THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN. RETURNED THE VECHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THREE DAYS AND WAS TOLD SOME PARTS WERE REPLACED. TWO DAYS LATER AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN. RETURNED TO THE DEALER (THIRD TIME) THEY COULD NOT FIND DETAIL OF FAULT EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHT WAS OBVIOUSLY FLASHING. THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT INFINITY AND GET TECHNICAL HELP BUT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE. AFTER THREE DAYS I AGAIN CALLED AND THEY SAID THEY WERE STILL WAIYING FOR A CALL BACK BUT TO BRING THE VECHICLE IN. THIS WAS ON AUGUST 13 2015 IT IS NOW AUGUST 19 AND MY VECILE IS STILL AT THE SHOP.
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Vehicle Speed Control, service Brakes
05/06/2015
DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH WITH NO CARS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. HEARD THREE QUICK BEEPS AND THEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. MOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDDLE TO THE BRAKE TO FIND THE BRAKE TO THE FLOOR. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. INFINITI CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED. THEY AGREED WITH DEALER THAT IT COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. COULD NOT TELL US IF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED REGARDING THE FEB SAFETY FEATURE OF THE QX80. *TR
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Vehicle Speed Control, unknown Or Other, service Brakes
05/06/2015
I WAS A PASSENGER IN MY INFINITI QX80 GOING ABOUT 25 +/- . THERE WERE 3 BEEPS AND THE CAR SUDDENLY BREAKED ON ITS OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I LOOKED UP TO FIND NOTHING IN FRONT OF US. THE DRIVER SAID THE CAR BREAKED SUDDENLY ON ITS OWN! HER FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDDLE AND WHEN SHE REACTED BY GOING FOR THE BREAK IT WAS ALREADY TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR THIS EMERGENCY COLLISION FEATURE TO GO OFF. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE CLOSE ENOUGH BEHIND US TO REAREND US, ALTHOUGH I'M CERTAIN THE DRIVER WONDERED WHY WE SLAMMED ON OUR BREAKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THANKFULLY WE HAD ALREADY GOT OFF OF I80 WHERE OUR SPEEDS RANGED UP TO 70 MPH. THE DEALERSHIP CURRENTLY HAS THE CAR AND CLAIMS THEY CAN NOT FIND ANY ISSUES, I'M FEARFUL OF GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL AND TAKING ANY CHANCES OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN. THE GENERAL MANAGER ASKED IF IT WERE RAINING HARD WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.....THIS MAKES ME EVEN LESS CONFIDENT IN THIS SAFETY FEATURE. THE OTHER SUGGESTION WA...