NHTSA Complaint #10487267 — 2008 INFINITI G37

2008 INFINITI G37S WITH A 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH 41,000 MILES - I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 55 MPH AND THERE WAS AN 18 WHEELER IN FRONT OF ME HAVING A HARD TIME PICKING UP SPEED. BEFORE PASSING, I TAPPED MY BRAKE, DOWNSHIFTED FROM 4TH TO 3RD GEAR WITH MY LEFT PADDLE SHIFTER NEAR THE STEERING WHEEL AND PROCEEDED TO GET IN THE LANE TO THE LEFT OF THE MERGING LANE ONTO THE FREEWAY. I WAS HALFWAY IN THE LANE AND HIT THE GAS BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FOR 3-5 SECONDS. I HAD CARS COMING UP BEHIND ME AT 65-70 MPH AND MY CARS TRANSMISSION WAS LAGGING, IT WAS BASICALLY IN NEUTRAL WHEN I NEEDED TO GO IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN I HIT THE GAS, 2 CARS ALMOST HIT ME AS MY CAR DECELERATED TO ALMOST 45 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. WHEN THE CAR DOES FINALLY RESPOND, IT SLAMS INTO GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY AND IS SOMETIMES HARD TO CONTROL. PLEASE HELP US TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE OR SOMEBODY WILL EVENTUALLY GET HURT IF THEY ALREADY HAVEN'T. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS INFINITI OWNERS AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO THEM AS WELL BUT ONLY THE SAME YEAR AS MY CAR, 2008, AND ONLY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. *TR