NHTSA Complaint #10383828 — 2005 INFINITI QX56

2005 INFINITI QX56. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN TO 5 MPH THEN TO A FULL STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. AFTER AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE THROTTLE BODY MOTOR ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS INSTALLED. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED TO A HALT AGAIN. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE AND HE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THE LABOR TO INSTALL THE NEW PART. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE FUSE BOX COVER WAS MISSING AND WHEN THE FUSES BECAME WET, THEY BECAME CORRODED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER THE FUSE BOX, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME HE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP, NO ONE OPENED THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER THEN DISCOVERED THE HORN WAS NOT WORKING, WHICH WAS FINE PRIOR TO GOING TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE HORN WAS WET AND ONCE HE WIPED OFF THE WATER, THE HORN BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK AND HALF LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER ESTABLISHMENT AND WAS INFORMED THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB