1999 INFINITI QX4 Suspension Problems

Unknown. Steering is rough. Sounds

Accelerating grinding sound in back chassis. Steering is harder than usual. Im not getting the power to accelerate properly all the time. Eventually the problem with salt cause im in Indiana too much salt on roads and i dont think things are sealed completely from manufacturers.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 INFINITI QX4. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V244000 (STEERING, SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT STRUT HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED INFINITY CONTACTED AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO OPEN CASE FOR HIS VEHICLE FOR MY VEHICLEAS THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN SERVICED IN 2008. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND THEY REPAIRED IT COMPLETELY WITH A BRACKET AND FIBERGLASS REPAIR KIT.*JB

WHILE ON VACATION WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE AND TRAVELING DOWN THE TURNPIKE AT 75MPH I STARTED DOWN A INCLINE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND WHEN THE MOTOR STARTED COASTING OR NOT UNDER LOAD THE REAR END STARTED TO SHAKE SIDE TO SIDE SO BAD THAT I HAD TO GET ON THE BRAKES AND SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH AND THEN IT STARTED TO DO IT A THIS SPEED ALSO (ANYTIME NOT UNDER LOAD FROM GAS PETAL IT STARTS TO WOBBLE. FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE THE REAR TRACK ARM BUSHINGS WHERE INSTALLED TO MAKE THEM FAIL BY NISSAN,. THE BUSHING ARUNDER SHEAR LOAD AS WELL AS TENSION LOAD. NOT A GOOD SET UP. COST TO FIX $1000.00 ($245.00 IN PARTS AND $705.00 IN LABOR TO REMOVE AND REPLACE. NISSAN HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE OR EVEN HELP WITH THE COST OF THIS DEADLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH SHE HEARD A RATTLING AND SQUEAKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. FOUR MONTHS LATER THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRUT HOUSING TOWER DROPPED AND DAMAGED THE BRAKE LINE, CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO DRAIN OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V244000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT) BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED THE DRIVER'S SIDE UNDER THE SAME RECALL A YEAR EARLIER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE THE BRAKE LINE WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE...

I BROUGHT MY 1999 INFINITI QX4 TO THE DEALER TO DETERMINE WHY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY STRUT TOWER WAS SEPARATED AND IT NEEDED TO GO TO A BODY SHOP. THE BODY SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE METAL ALONG STRUT TOWER WELDS WAS ROTTED, POSING A DANGER OF COLLAPSE ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THEIR CHECK OF THE PASSENGER SIDE FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH IT'S LESS SEVERE. I HAVE PHOTOS AND VIDEO. THEY WANTED OVER $6,000 TO FIX IT. INSURANCE WOULDN'T COVER IT SO I TOOK IT BACK TO INFINITI. THEY BROUGHT IT TO A BODY SHOP THEY USE AND FIXED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FOR $1800. THEY SAID THE PASSENGER SIDE WASN'T A PROBLEM TO WORRY ABOUT. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE QX4 AND SUGGESTED I COMPLAIN TO THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE. CORPORATE...

STEERING WHEEL SHOOK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER 9 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, COULD NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. DEALER HAS DONE WHEEL ALIGNMENT/REPLACED TIRES AND RACK AND PINION. BUT, THIS DID NOT IMPROVE CONDITION. FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE STATED ONCE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AND MOST CONSUMERS WERE SATISFIED.*AK*TT