NHTSA Complaint #10713885 — 2006 INFINITI M45

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON INTERSTATE AT 70MPH AND ENGINE STALLED, ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUT OFF, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, VDC AND ABS LIGHTS CAME ON ALONG WITH SERVICE ENGINE SOON. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I PULLED THROUGH TRAFFIC AND MADE IT TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE WAS BARELY IDLING AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO RE-START VEHICLE, AND IT WOULD TURN OVER, BUT NOT IGNITE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR ENGINE STARTED AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND TOOK LESS CONGESTED ROADS HOME. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO A CAR REPAIR SHOP FOR COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OF SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. THEY TOLD ME THE CODE REPORTED A PAIR OF MALFUNCTIONING "CAM POSITION SENSORS". IT IS INEXCUSABLE FOR A LUXURY AUTOMOTIVE MAKER TO HAVE CATASTROPHIC RISK EXPOSURE TO DRIVER, OCCUPANTS, AND OTHER HIGHWAY TRAVELERS DUE TO A SENSOR FAILURE! I CALLED LOCAL INFINITI DEALERSHIP AND THEY IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED MY CARS PROBLEM, AND THEN SAID MY YEAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN OR RECALL. *TR