NHTSA Complaint #10227541 — 2004 INFINITI G35

IN A LITTLE OVER YEAR AFTER PURCHASING MY G35 SEDAN I ALSO NOTICED THAT IT BEGAN CONSUMING MORE OIL THAN NORMAL. I ALSO HAD TO ADD ABOUT 1/2 OF OIL AFTER EVERY 1500 MILES OF USAGE. OIL CHANGES WERE DONE EVERY 3000 MILES, I ALSO ADVISED INFINITI OF THE PROBLEM BUT ALSO WAS TOLD THAT THIS OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NORMAL. I ADVISED THE INFINITI REP THAT MY ISUZU NOR MY NISSAN EVER HAD THIS PROBLEM OF CONSUMING SO MUCH OIL. A LITTLE AFTER THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE AT START UPS AND BEGAN BURNING MORE OIL. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO INFINITI AND ADVISED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. INFINITI NEW WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND WOULD NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY REPAIRS, STATING POOR MAINTENANCE. I HAD TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT MY COST. INFINITI KNOWS THAT THIS IS A DEFECT ON MOST OF THEIR VEHICLES BUT WILL NOT HONOR THE ENGINE WARRANTY AND MAKE REPAIRS. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE AN INFINITI VEHICLE EVER AGAIN. WHEN EVER I GET A BROCHURE IN THE MAIL FROM INFINITI I DO NOT BOTHER TO OPEN THE ENVELOPE, I JUST THROW IT AWAY IN THE TRASH. INFINITI HAS LOST A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE. *TR