Issue ID | 826503 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10364233 |
Manufacurer | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
Brand | INFINITI |
Model | FX35 |
Model Year | 2005 |
File date | 14/04/06 |
Component | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | Automatic door locks will and will not sporadically open the door locks. My wife drives alone and enters her car in a dark undercover parkade for employment daily. When leaving it is a coin toss as to whether the door lock actuator will or will not unlock the door. Upon taking it to the local herrin gear dealership they gladly fixed the problem for $600. 00 per door, i only did one first as i do not believe in throwing money in a pit and hoping that it will work.. After further investigation through speaking with other infiniti owners locally and looking at the different infiniti blog sites the number of people with the same problem is endless and probably will total the entire group of people who purchased a nissan murano or a high end car like me the infiniti fx35 full load package and you have repeat problems like this. This is a well known factory problem and nissan america/infiniti america needs to recall this product for a complete actuator replacement. I do not want to get the call from the police that my wife has been raped or beaten or purse stolen while trying to get the actuator to work. The design team took the keyhole away from the passenger side of the car and the actuator will not open either the front or back door, where does she run to?????? This is serious she works in s a multilevel parkade and when she finishes work she often has to walk to her car and load up the passenger side with important documents and the door won't open. I just spent 600$ to have the r-f door done to see if that is the be-all fix all before i go out and spend another 1800$. This should be a safety recall with all of the 100's of complaints logged on the websites and all of the dealership complaints. I would have rather they spend the money to fix a safety hazard such as the locks rather than the dashboard that was just replaced or the 4 light systems front and rear. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 40000 |
Number of Occurences | 1 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | CANTON, MS |
VIN pattern | JNRAS08W04XXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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Date of purchase | 16/09/24 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
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Vehicle speed | 0 |
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