| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007104682 | Incident Date: Apr, 02 2007 |
| Consumer's City: BERKELEY | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: G35 | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JNKCV54E44M | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 03 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 29 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I experienced 'sudden' or 'unintended' acceleration with my 2004 infiniti g35 coupe twice in the last 3 months. the first time, in february or early march, my wife and i were at an intersection waiting for the left turn light. the car was stopped. all of a sudden the car's motor began to rev up. i pressed firmly on the brake so the car wouldn't move and shifted into neutral (it's an automatic). the car revved up alarmingly. i shut off the ignition. when the light changed, i restarted the car; all was normal. we continued on home. the only reason i didn't run into the person in front of me was because my foot was firmly on the brake. on april 3, 2007, i was backing into a parking space. the care was drifting at idle in reverse and my foot was on the brake. again, the engine began to race and i hit the car behind me -- not very hard because it was very close. my foot was definitely not on the accelerator when this happened. the next day i took the car to infiniti. three weeks later they say they can find nothing wrong. because this has happened twice in 3 months, i consider the car unsafe to drive; infiniti agrees. i've left the car with the dealer and am waiting to see if they'll buy it back from me or, at least, give me something on a trade-in for a 2008 g37 coupe. at this point, we're out $36,000. some people may continue to drive their cars in spite of this problem and hope, because it's intermittent, that the car won't kill someone or cause a terrible accident. i don't feel i can take that chance so i gave up on the car. *jb |
