Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and resumed normally. There was a recall related to the failure under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000. Updated 8/27/14*cn updated 08/29/2014
2003 Infiniti G35 engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the engine stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. However, the check engine, the dynamic control and traction warning lights remained illuminated. The problem recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The contact was made aware of recall the federal safety agency campaign id number 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem.the approximate failure mileage was 107,000. Pam
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that the vehicle was able to start and accelerate, but stalled intermittently on multiple occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the cam position sensor needed to be replaced. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 83,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled multiple times intermittently. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the cam shaft position sensor bank 1 needed to be replaced. The contact was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was to be inspected and repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 199,000.
My vehicle's engine cuts off without warning. Infiniti had a recall regarding this yet they say my car isn't on the recall list. It deals with some sensors that cut the engine off without warning. I have the same exact problems as the recall states,
Stereo audio cut off and A/C turned on to full blast. Console controls and temperature controls stopped working. Turned off car then on to see if it would fix the issue, but once it was on the A/C turned to full blast again and controls don't work. This issue has my motor running harder bc the A/C is on causing my car to overheat while driving uphill. Ever since the controls have not worked constantly for over a year.
I got my car in april 2013 not a year yet. I was at work when they said the light started to blink and then the alarm started to go off when the security came by around it was smoking and on fire it was coming from the hood. The police and fire station said they think it was a electric problems. I really don't know what I should do now.
After purchasing the vehicle, I was driving it around for about a week. I came to a stop one day and my oil light came on. I took it to the dealership and asked them to check it. The dipstick is very hard to read, unlike most cars, long story short the dealership changed it. I don't believe that they did when I got it because of the color. Ever since I have been keeping track of the oil consumption issue that I have been having. I have a aftermarket warranty but they are no longer helping me with my issues (or feel as though I am not being helped) with my car at such low miles I have looked and there are several issues with vq35de motors with oil consumption issues that needs to be fixed. I have and am having sever issues with oil consumption. I just has a compression test and I have #'s but I have to call the dealership, they also just did a leak down test to see if it might be the rings just in case the compression test didn't get it. ** I now currently burn 1.2 quarts of oil in 800 miles. Was the last and latest oil consumption test that the dealership has run. After passing both tests. The most I have seen my car use is 3qts in 3k. Not goood! I currently have 98895 on the car right now. Please if you can help :) thank you!
After driving for about 5 minutes the car completely shut off. It was basically a moving parked car!!! The steering wheel locked so it was really hard to pull over. Thank god I was on a local street. I didn't force the steering too much b/c that could affect the power steering. Once on the side, the car took really long to start up, I mean about 5 seconds from hearing the crank to actual startup. Usually it?s instantaneous. Now, the service engine soon, vdc off, and slip lights were on. I got my car checked out with a scanner/diagnosis and it returned code ?p0340 camshaft position sensor.? I just find it really hard to believe nissan/infiniti does not cover such a dangerous problem. I can understand that every car has mechanical/electrical issues but for a car to stop working on the road like that is unacceptable. There was a recall on this issue but according to nissan/infiniti my car VIN is not for this campaign so I was rejected. Itb03-072 safety recall campaign 2002 q45, 2003 m45, g35, 2002-2003 i35; voluntary recall campaign engine sensors infiniti has determined that some 2002-2003 model year infiniti vehicles may have a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety. The engine might stop running while being driven if the crank position sensor or cam position sensor fails. This may also result in the ?service engine soon? Light coming on or reduced engine power. If the engine stops running while driving, this could result in a crash without warning.
The car simply died after pulling on to a busy highway. It would not start for several minutes. After taking the car to the infinity dealership I was informed that it was a cam shift sensor failure. Not just one, but two sensors. I understand that there was a recall for this model but I cannot get the infinity to comply with this recall and the subsequently charged me $500+ to replace the two fouled parts. Very disappointing.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled with the illumination of the service engine warning light. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where it was stated that the cam shaft sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000. Updated 09/18/13
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving approximately 56 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 03v455000 ( engine and engine cooling ). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 163,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly stalled while driving at unknown speeds. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was determined that the crank position sensor had failed. The contact was also informed that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 173,148.
Hello, I own a 2003 infiniti g35 and have an issue with my car overheating after driving it for short period of time. Also have noticed a check engine light come on. I've had multiple mechanics look at the car and replace items such as the water pump, thermostat housing, and engine fans and continue to still have the issue. I have been having this same issue on and off between mechanic visits for almost a year now. This is a serious hazard, considering that these incidents have happen with me also driving on a highway and having to pull over and get my car towed to my place of residence. I have noticed that I am not the first person with this issue and a number of drivers have the same issue. Just do a google web search for "2003 infiniti g35 overheating" and you will have a number of results come up on this issue and also a number of other drivers posting on the same issue with no resolution. I would like to know if this is part of recall that my car hasn't been identified as part of. If not, I strongly believe that a recall for this model needs to happen for this issue since this is a serious hazard to drive the car in this state. Any assistance on this on going issue will be appreciated.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic, who diagnosed that the crank shaft position sensor needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 60,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 5 MPH in reverse, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that he attempted to restart the vehicle but it would not start. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 190,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was told that the crank shaft position sensor needed to be replaced. The contact replaced the sensor and started having other electrical issues. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling), but the vehicle was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was 132,000 and the current mileage was 136,300.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The slt light and vdc off light illuminated on the instrument panel when she restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Pulled into a parking lot when the engine stopped running all of a sudden. The power steering also went out. Everything else including the electrical seemed to still work. Service engine soon, "slip" and "vdc off" lights displayed on the dashboard immediately. This seems to be related to the federal safety agency campaign id # 03v455000. I called the manufacturer who informed me my VIN was not within the range of this recall. Searching online reveals other owners whose vins are not within the range also have had this issue. It seems to me this recall should be re-investigated and reevaluated as this is a serious danger to the public (imagine this happening on a freeway which has happened to other owners).
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while stopped at a stop sign the vehicle suddenly stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure continued intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnose that the cam position sensor needed to be replaced. The mechanic informed the contact there was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) that may be related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning lamp, vehicle dynamic control light, anti-lock braking system light and the brake warning light illuminated. The contact mentioned that he lost all steering power and was able to continue driving after restarting the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who inspected the vehicle and stated that the crank shaft position sensor failed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The current and failure mileage was 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH the vehicle stalled. The vehicle would restart immediately, but the failure recurred constantly. The dealer was notified and advised the contact to bring the vehicle in for a diagnostic test. The vehicle was not taken in to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the vehicle was not included in the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). No assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Engine became inoperable while driving causing a major safety issue. Several warning lights came on simultaneously (check engine light, slip light, vdc light) at the time. Car was able to be restarted with some trouble. Problem repeated itself (stalling, loss of power, starting difficulty) over next couple days, although warning lights never went off. Independent mechanic identified problem as cam position sensor failures & advised there was a the federal safety agency safety recall (the federal safety agency campaign id 03v455000) for the problem with 2003 g35s, but that my VIN was outside the campaign recall vins. He suggested I contacted infiniti. I contacted both dealer and infiniti national customer service who acknowledged there was a cam position sensor problem with 2003 g35s, but because my VIN was not in the campaign they refused to do anything to address the safety issue. I had the dealer replace the cam position sensors at my expense (about $1500). There are a number of similar complaints filed with the federal safety agency about this problem with no apparent resolution with infiniti. The recall campaign 03v455000 needs to be extended to cover all problem vehicles.
Car would stop running (engine would die out) the reason for my complaint is that I went to infiniti dealer to get them to fix the problem, which they told me it was the "cam position sensor" that was bad, yet didn't tell me and now I find out that there was a recall on this item (itb03-072 safety recall campaign) I had my personal mechanic fix at my expense. Should they have fixed at their expense as part of recall? Please help me recuperate my money, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that while driving 5 MPH, he approached a stop sign and the vehicle stalled. There were no lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The failure caused the power steering and the brakes to fail. The contact let the vehicle sit for a few minutes and the vehicle restarted. The dealer was notified and stated that the failure was due to the engine sensor and it needed to be repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 97,000. Updated 7/12/12 *cn the consumer stated the A/C and radio haven't worked in years, due to a burned out circuit board. Updated 07/18/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact was driving 45 MPH when the vehicle stalled. The instrument panel lights illuminated before the failure occurred. The contact was able to restart the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic that located the failure at the camshaft sensor. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileage was 99,260.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 infiniti g35. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while attempting to accelerate from a complete stop. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they advised her that the cam shaft sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and advised her that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure and the current mileages were approximately 155,000.
I own a 6-speed manual transmission and the car is consuming a tremendous amount of engine oil. I am pouring two quarts of oil in it every 3 - 4 days. At this point, the oil is leaking into the combustion chamber producing white fumes out the tailpipe. I reached out to infiniti?s consumer affairs department with the issue and they advised me to take the car in to an authorized infiniti service center for evaluation. I then took the car to an infiniti service center and told the service rep my car complaint. His immediate response was that the manual transmissions do consume a lot of oil. After the car's evaluation, the service rep told me that the entire engine block would need to be replaced because of damaged or worn piston rings. I asked the service rep what could cause a sophisticated, expensive machine to require a motor replacement after only 126k miles. The service rep replied that it could be due to infrequent oil changes and/or driving the car for long periods without oil both of which do not apply to me. I then reached out to the infiniti consumer affairs department for some resolution to what I would consider a travesty and was told that there was absolutely nothing that they could do to assist me in this matter citing two reasons - (1) not being a loyal customer of infiniti because my last service visit was in 2009 and (2) the vehicle is way outside the manufacturer's warranty. I then did some research online to see if I was the only person with this car that was experiencing the same problem. I found numerous postings, most of which claim that nissan is fully aware of the issue, but they are taking no responsibility for the issue.
First defect: when I would start my car the lights would go out and the radio, heating and cooling buttons. The fan would come onto high and switch to airconditioning. I could not turn it down or turn it off or turn on my defroster when it was 30 degrees in the morning which made my visibility very poor. The only way to get this to stop was to pull the fuses. We check the recall history and found that it was only a courtesy recall and wouldn't be covered even after reading that hundreds of g35 owners were all having the same problem. We had to have the radio electronics removed from the car and sent out to be fixed. I think this issue would be consisted a safety issue when you don't have heat or a defroster. Second defect: the problem started while the car was idling and it would stall. Then 3 days later while driving at 50mph the car tried to stall and it lost all power and then the dash lights came on indicating service needed. The car seem to lack power. Did a recall check and found that all the conditions pointed to the cam shaft position censor failing. We checked the VIN# and of course my car isn't one that is on their recall list for the same problem they have on other g35 models. This could be a serious safety issue causing an accident when you stall and have no control of your vehicle going down the highway. Every issue I have had with my car has been on the companies recall list but not my VIN # for some reason. This issue to need to reviewed and corrected. Third defect: we have had to have the motor replaced twice in the drivers door that operates the electric window. Now the right door window is not working. If it does open it will get stuck and we have trouble getting it to come up. We have to keep it locked to avoid it being opened. *tr
I've recently been having issue with the engine where the car stalls. The car start fine when I do a cold start but when the car warms up the car stalls at times. I've been hearing a lot of the stories from other people on different forums where this is a common issue for this model. The culprit are either the throttle body which I had already replace three years back, the 2 cam position sensors and crank position sensor. I recently found out that there is a recall on the cam position sensors and crank position sensor. I'm hoping that my VIN# is part of that recall. The second issue I have been having with this car is the radio and temperature control. That I recently had changed with the factory radio attached to the temperature control. The radio would stop working. I have no control over the temperature control and the AC unit would turn on by it self. I recently just installed an after market radio. With everything after buying what was required to do a double din conversion and installation. It cost me a good amount of money. Another issue this car has is the seat belt issue. It doesn't retract properly and the passenger side it's a chore just trying to put on the seat belt.
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