NHTSA Complaint #11041876 — 2012 INFINITI FX35

WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON A FIVE LANE FREEWAY, A PIECE OF DEBRIS (ABOUT 1X2 FT) WAS BOUNCING FROM LANE TO LANE. IT BOUNCED INTO MY LANE AND WENT UNDER MY 2012 INFINITE FX35. I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND MY AIRBAGS EJECTED OPEN. MY WHOLE FRONT WINDSHIELD BLEW WHITE, LEAVING ME UNABLE TO SEE THE ROAD. ESSENTIALLY, I WAS DRIVING BLINDLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE FREEWAY WITH MOVING CARS ALL AROUND ME. IT'S A WONDER I DIDN'T SLAM ON MY BRAKES, SWERVE OR PLOW INTO THE CARS THAT I WAS BEHIND, IN FRONT OF, OR TO THE SIDE OF ME ON THE FREEWAY. TO THINK ABOUT THE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES! WHITED OUT FRONT WINDOW, LARGE IMPEDING AIRBAG IN MY FACE, BUT MIRACULOUSLY, I MANAGED TO SAFELY MANEUVER ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC! THE LAST LANE TURNED OUT TO BE THE EXIT OFF THE FREEWAY, WHERE THERE WAS A GAS STATION. WHEN WE STOPPED THERE, MY THREE PASSENGERS AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY WALKED AROUND IT, LOOKING TO SEE WHAT DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE ON MY INFINITI. IT LOOKED PERFECT: NO SIGNS OF EXTERNAL DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. NO COLLISION. NO DAMAGE. A DEFECTIVE AND HYPERSENSITIVE SENSOR IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. WAS THIS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN INFINITI RECALL? THE EVENTS IN MY CASE HAPPENED SO QUICKLY THAT HAD WE HAD AN ACCIDENT, I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN WHAT HAD COME FIRST, THE ACCIDENT, OR THE AIRBAG. MY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY WAS SHOCKED THAT THIS OCCURRED WHEN THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE TO THE OUTSIDE OF MY INFINITI. THE INTERIOR HOWEVER, WAS ANOTHER THING ALTOGETHER ' THE AIRBAGS, THE DASHBOARD, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, THE SEAT BELTS, ETC., IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THEY DECIDED TO DO A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. THEIR CONCLUSION? MY INFINITI DEEMED "TOTALED" WAS ZERO MY FAULT.