NHTSA Complaint #10547124 — 2008 INFINITI G37
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM issue reported to NHTSA
Complaint Details
| ODI Number | 10547124 |
| Vehicle | 2008 INFINITI G37 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
| Date of Incident | |
| Date Filed | |
| Mileage | 40,000 miles |
| Crash | No |
| Fire | No |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Vehicle Towed | No |
| State | NY |
Consumer Description
I HAVE A 2008 INFINITI G37S / 6 SPEED, I HAVE GONE THROUGH 3 BATTERIES SINCE I PURCHASED IT USED / CERTIFIED IN 2010. MY BATTERY KEPT DYING SO I BROUGHT IT TO INFINITI AND THEY SAID I HAS A PARASITIC ELECTRICAL DRAW BUT COULD NOT TELL ME WHERE IS WAS COMING FROM. ONE DAY I WALKED UP TO THE CAR WHILE IT WAS SHUTOFF AND I HEARD THE SIX DISC CD CHANGER, MOVING AROUND THE DISCS. THE STOCK CD CHANGER WAS OPERATING WHILE THE CAR WAS OFF AND KILLING MY $150.00 BATTERY. I ULTIMATELY PULLED THE FUSE FOR THE RADIO AND UPON DOING THAT, I HAD NO RADIO, HEAT, REAR DEFROST AND THE AC COMES ON & YOU CAN'T TURN IT OFF. I DROVE AROUND FOR A MONTH IN THE WINTER WITH THE AC ON WHICH DECREASED MY MILEAGE. I CALLED UP INFINITI AND BROUGHT IT IN AND THEY CHARGED ME $138.00 TO TELL ME I NEED A NEW, SAME DEFECTIVE CD CHANGER AT A COST OF $550, WHICH WAS NOT COVERED. I ADVISED THEM THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND HOW COULD A CD CHANGER AFFECT THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT PANEL? IN ADDITION, YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT AN AFTERMARKET RADIO / CD CHANGER IN THE CAR BECAUSE THE HEAT, DEFROST, NAVI IS ALL ONE UNIT. THIS BOSE RADIO UNIT IS STILL BEING USED TILL THIS DAY IN THEIR NEW MODELS. I FILED A BBB CLAIM AND THEY WERE NO HELP. I LOVE THE CAR BUT WOULD NEVER BUY AND INFINITI AGAIN. I HAD AN ACURA BEFORE THIS CAR AND THEY FIXED EVERY PROBLEM I HAD AND TREATED ME LIKE I WAS THERE ONLY CUSTOMER THEY HAD. *TR
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