NHTSA Complaint #10317629 — 2009 INFINITI FX35

MY CAR STARTED RATHER VIOLENTLY LURCHING WHEN I ACCELERATED. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN APPARENT ELECTRONICS FAILURE IN THE CAR. THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. TURN SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING. BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON BY ITSELF. AIR CONDITIONING WENT OFF. VARIOUS ICON LIGHTS THAT I DID NOT RECOGNIZE CAME ON. WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. AFTER A WHILE THE AC CAME BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE CAR. WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE CAR TO DRIVE AGAIN LATER, AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE INCIDENT STARTED AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER IN SAN ANTONIO, GUNN INFINITI, AND THEY COULD NOT HELP ME ON THE PHONE. I CALLED THEIR ROAD NUMBER AND THEY ARRANGED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO SAN ANTONIO. THEY HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR OVER A WEEK AND HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT WHAT HAS CAUSED AN APPARENT DEFECT IN THE CAR'S COMPUTER AFFECTING THE ELECTRONIC SYSTER. AT NO TIME DID I FEEL THAT I WAS IN DANGER WHILE DRIVING, ALTHOUGH WITHOUT A FUNCTIONING TURN SIGNAL AND SPEEDOMETER I COULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN FOR LONG. AS OF MONDAY, MARCH 8 THEY STILL HAVE THE CAR AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND HAVE NOT GIVEN ME AN ESTIMATED TIME WHEN THEY THINK THEY WILL HAVE THE CAR BACK TO ME. *TR