2006 Infiniti QX56: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Jul 7, 2020 · Electrical, Suspension · 143,000 miles · WA

When my car is in motion and I go over any bumps it pulls the back end of car my to the side and bounces around so much that I almost don't have control of my car.this will pull so much it take me to the side of the land im currently in I have to make sure I look out for bumps in the road and make sure I slow down below the speed limit so I can keep control of the car. This causes my ABS to turn on when going over bumps because the car think im not in control which also cause more issues. This also cause a risk as I have other traffic driving around me, I have children and I am in constant worry that im not going to be able to slow down to keep control especially on a hwy there is no slowing down to 20mph on a hwy. 2nd issue my dashboard light continuous flicker and then go out. Rpm/tack needle has quit working. I have had this repaired several time and still have the same issue.

Filed Feb 1, 2020 · Brakes · 90,000 miles · WA

I was driving at approximately 60 MPH on a freeway when traffic ahead came to a sudden stop. I pressed the brake pedal and it traveled to the floor and I did not feel the car slow at all. The "brake" dash indicator light came on, and I continued pumping the brake pedal to try and slow the car. While I continued pressing the brakes, the car started slowing down rapidly on its own as if it was pressing the brakes on its own and I could hear a loud grinding sound. I released the brake pedal and crossed several lanes of traffic as the car was uncontrollably slowing to reach the shoulder. I called my husband to tell him what had happened and remained on the shoulder with the car running. My husband met me on the shoulder and drove the car home. He said that the grinding sound was the ABS on in a permanent state, and would activate during every braking unless the brakes were applied extremely lightly. The car was driven to our driveway and turned off. Several hours later my husband drove it again. The "brake" light was off, braking returned to normal, and ABS could be activated with hard braking as usual.

Filed Jun 25, 2019 · Brakes · 144,500 miles · CO

Traveling at highway speeds the emergency brake light illuminated. I started to get to the right hand side of the highway and slow down. When I would depress the brakes there was an inconsistent clunking noise, it was difficult to brake, ABS system didn't seem to be working. When the brakes were not engaged the vehicle seems to be driving fine. I was able to slow to a stop in a parking lot where I put the vehicle in park and physically engaged the emergency brake. I then disengaged the emergency brake and then turned the vehicle off. I got out and checked all of the brakes for visible debris and didn't see anything. I returned to the vehicle and started it. The emergency brake light was no longer illuminated and the vehicle seemed to be back to normal.

Filed Jan 31, 2017 · Brakes · 96,000 miles · AR

My car has the notorious issue that seems a lot of nissan titan, armada, and qx56 has. When driving, all if a sudden brake light will come on the dash. All of sudden, when I press in my brakes, it starts to make noise and loses almost all power in the braking system. Like the ABS is not working. When I turn the car off and back on, it goes away temporarily but will soon happen again. I took it to nissan, and they say they couldn't do anything about unless it's malfunctioning. So the next time it happen, I risked everything to drive it from the highway to the dealership without turning the vehicle and off to ensure the issue is present when at the dealership. Car had 75k miles at the time. They then took it back and did some king of update or flash and everything has been working for a couple of years. Well now it is back while I was driving my newborn to the children hospital 3 hours away. I had to put the car in neutral on the highway to let it roll, turn off the car while rolling, then start it back up for my brakes to work. This should definitely by a safety issue and recall to be fixed. So many reported incidents have been reported and even a lawsuit. Now infiniti wants me to pay to have the issued fix again even though it was temporarily fixed for a couple years. I don't know how many accidents or deaths are required to for nissan to take ownership on all these models and not just for whoever was part of the lawsuit.

Filed Jun 21, 2016 · Brakes · 123,000 miles · TN

When applying the brakes a grinding sound occurs. The ABS warning comes on and you really don't have control of the vehicle. It is really scary. It has happened a few times but yesterday was a very close call.

Filed Sep 18, 2014 · Brakes · 67,000 miles · CA

While traveling on the freeway at about 60 MPH, traffic in front of me began to slow. When I applied the brakes, the break pedal almost went to the floor and made a banging or thumping noise. It felt like the ABS went off and I almost ran into the back of the car in front of me. This has occurred many times since I have owned this vehicle and when I take it to the dealership they cannot find anything wrong and suggest to start replacing parts at the cost of a few thousand dollars. The most recent incident was yesterday while traveling on the freeway. Again I had to stop suddenly as there was debris in the roadway and the brake pedal went to the floor.

Filed Aug 6, 2014 · Brakes · 140,000 miles · TX

My infinity qx 56 truck brake pedal starts to vibrate and make loud spring noises, next the vehicle will begin to pulsate violently during braking and make a loud grinding noise with an extended braking response (nearly causing me to crash into traffic ahead or in front of me). The vehicle defectively turns on the ABS and brake light warnings in the dashboard while using brakes to stop at stop signs, red lights, or to make turns behind other traffic. This activation is random without cause or occurrence. I am terrified to drive my infinity 2006 qx56. I have experienced multiple near death car accidents. I have been dealing with this problem for about a year. Was told it was the brakes (changed them), was told it was the rotors (changed them), was told it was the master cylinder (changed it) with no resolve. Problems still exists. Finally, infinity admits its a malfunction in my delta senor. Malfunction to me sounds like a defective part and that is not my $1500 bullet to bite!

Filed Jun 8, 2013 · Brakes · 84,000 miles · TN

I was driving with my family in the car and exiting off the highway. When tried to stop for approaching traffic my brake warning like came on the brake pedal became unresponsive. As I pressed the brakes I could hear a broken spring kind of sound and it felt like the ABS system was trying to kick on. The car did slow but the brakes were at about 20%. To avoid hitting the approaching cars I had to swerve off the road. We were able to get the car to a stop but clearly would hit the cars in front of me if I were not able to get off the road. While we did not have a crash I did notice two large scrapes on the right side of the car from rubbing against the rail which I did not notice till late the day after. After turning off the car the brakes worked like nothing ever happened. We took the to a local dealership the next morning and we told that "yea that has been happening" with that model. When I searched the internet for the error code I was given (c1179) I found almost 200 hundred people with a similar story to mine. My vehicle has been dealer serviced with every recommenced service. While I understand that cars are machines and they do fail, brakes failing like this due to a bad sensor is a death waiting to happen. As a loyal nissan/inifiniti customer I am very disappointed that this well document issue has not been proactively addressed. For those reading this at the federal safety agency please understand that someone will die due to issue. Review the 16 claims on your site today, it is just a matter of time. Lawyers wont touch this unless you have a severe personal injury and nissan wont act till lawyers take suit...you do the unfortunate math. Nissan/inifiniti - I just expect more.

Filed Mar 22, 2013 · Brakes, Electrical · 57,675 miles · NJ

Multiple/numerous incidents: while at both high speeds (highway) and local driving the dashboard flicker and the ABS light comes on followed by loss of braking, groaning/grinding noise and inability to control the vehicle speed. This has occurred numerous (>20) times and the only resolution is to pull over, stop the vehicle and then restart the ignition to reset the braking system. In addition, we have lost brakes twice that resulted in the vehicle travelling through a red light at a 4 way intersection. There is an infiniti technical service bulletin related to the issue (itb-06-011 and itb-10-074) however the dealer has been unable to resolve the issue following these procedures. A complaint was filed with infiniti consumer affairs (case[xxx]) however after reviewing they have refused to provide any further assistance in the matter. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Sep 29, 2012 · Brakes · 25,000 miles · GA

Was traveling at approx 40mph in dry conditions on a good road surface and approaching traffic lights at an intersection. Applied the foot brake lightly and immediately noticed the brake pedal travel was significantly increased. Groaning & grinding noises emanated from front end and could be felt through the brake pedal. It was as if the ABS had engaged even though the car was braking gently on a good, dry road surface. Glancing at the dashboard I noticed the brake light was illuminated. Running out of stopping distance, I tried pumping the brakes and noticed a "rapid popping" noise as the brake pedal was traveling back up. Brake efficiency was significantly reduced but the vehicle did come to a stop albeit in an uncontrolled and dangerous manner. After traffic lights changed, I pulled over the intersection to stop on the side of road and the same problem re-occurred. The problem vanished after switching off the engine and despite trying for several hours the following day on an empty road; I could not reproduce the problem. Infiniti dealer investigated but found no dtc code and stated a known software problem was not the cause (version was already up-to-date). Dealer was unable to reproduce the problem. Following that first incident, the problem randomly re-occurred approximately 1 time every 3 months - each time a stop / restart of the engine would resolve the problem. Testing brake function during subsequent occurrences of the problem revealed that emergency brake function was seriously degraded and overall stopping distance increased by more than double. In the last several months the frequency of the problem has increased to the point it now occurs several times a week. The problem appears more frequently during the hot / summer months.

Filed Dec 26, 2011 · Brakes · 55,000 miles · LA

While driving, and without warning, ABS brake light comes on and brakes have severe vibrations and do not stop vehicle normally. Problem goes away with restart but comes back periodically( 2-3 times per month). Dealership is aware of problem but refuses to address it because it is too expensive to fix. Cost estimate is $2000. This problem is documented on numerous websites and is likely to result in death if not addressed. Very dangerous situation, notified infiniti who refused to fix problem because I had not done all my scheduled services at the dealership - in other words, because I wasn't a good enough customer they were unwilling to repair dangerous braking issue.

Filed Dec 28, 2010 · Brakes · 65,000 miles · CO

Brakes shutter and stop working on 2006 infiniti qx56. Determined that the ABS needed a firmware update. Went to dealership, paid $100.00 for update and problem is still occurring. This is my wife's vehicle and she travels with my 2 year old daughter. There are hundreds if not thousands of similar complaints on nissan user forum boards.