NHTSA Complaint #10412618 — 1999 INFINITI QX4

1999 INFINITI QX4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECENT REPAIRS DUE TO CORROSION *TGW THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING CORROSION TO THE STRUT TOWER. THE CONSUMER DID NOT BELIEVE THE CORROSION ISSUE WAS ISOLATED TO THE DRIVERS SIDE STRUT TOWER HOUSING IN THE FRONT WHEEL AREA. THE CORROSION ON THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY BAD IN THE INNER FENDER PANEL WHICH HOUSED THE ENGINE MOUNTS. IT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE VEHICLE BOUNCING. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE ON THE RACK DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE CORROSION AND THAT THE ENGINE WAS HANGING ON BY A FEW BOLTS ON ONE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS ADDITIONAL CORROSION UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC INDICATED IT WAS NOT AS SEVERE AS THE PREVIOUS CORROSION , BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE FIXED. *JB