NHTSA Complaint #10683634 — 2003 INFINITI I35

AS I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TO MAKE A LEFT TURN MY CAR DIED SUDDENLY. I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SINCE IT STARTED UP IMMEDIATELY I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT. SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON, I BROUGHT IT IN TO MY MECHANIC AND HE CHECKED IT OUT AND THOUGHT HE HAD FIXED THE ISSUE. I HAD NO ISSUES FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME AND I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, I KNEW SOMETHING HAD TO BE WRONG. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT, SLP AND ESC LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTS JERKING FORWARD AND THEN THE CAR DIED. I MANAGED TO STEER THE CAR FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE RIGHT LANE AND PULL OVER. IT WAS A REALLY STRANGE AND SCARY FEELING. I TOLD MY MECHANIC WHAT HAPPENED AND HE SAID CARS JUST DON'T DIE AS YOU ARE DRIVING THEM AND I SAID WELL THIS ONE DID. I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC AGAIN AND THE CODE P0345, CAM SENSOR CAME UP. AFTER BRINGING IT IN A FEW TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT, SLP AND ESC LIGHT ALL COMING ON AND THE CAR JERKING FORWARD WE DECIDED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THE CAR. OUR RESEARCH SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND WE SHOULD CONTACT INFINITI. I CONTACTED INFINITI AND THEY SAID MY VIN IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST FOR THIS ISSUE. MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR INFINITI TO OWN UP THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH OWNERS DRIVING A CAR AND IT DYING SUDDENLY? OBVIOUSLY IT WILL TAKE A FEW SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE DEALER TODAY HOPING THAT THEY WILL FIX THIS ISSUE. WHEN I TOLD THE DEALER WHAT WAS HAPPENING HE SAID YOU HAVE A TECHNICAL ISSUE AND IT IS NOT A RECALL. *TR