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I do plan on drivung the g35 year round ,very carefully in winter, with good snow tires.
Quite frankly once you're dropping the bucks you have to spend for the car the extra ,1000-1500$ for snows to protect it ( and you) is something I can live with. Just keep reading the press about how this car should cost $10,000 more than it does and the $ for snows doesn't seem like such a hard pill to swallow.
as for the kids , mine are 6 and 8 so a booster is the worst thing I have to deal with at this point.
So far, and mind you I've only had opportunity to test in light snow, my AT coupe handles the snow considerably better than any FWD car I've driven.
I know that a lot of the complaints are from those with the 18's and summer pilots, but I've read a number of complaints or concerns about the 17's as well. In my experience thus far, I'm pleasantly surprised by the poise of the coupe in the snow with the a/s goodyear's.
BTW, my last car was a rwd 90 300zx, and the G coupe is far superior in its winter handling capability.
Other than the tire issue, I love the car. I plan to go to Summit, WVA this spring and learn what Pearl is really made of!
While I understand your desire to get rid of brake dust and hence you do not mind paying for your own pads, I have a feeling that you will be voiding the warrantee on the rotors by using after market pads. I have already gone thru two sets of front pads and one set of back pads along with having to change front rotors. All this with only 34,000 miles on my car. Initially prior to warrantee being introduced on brakes I was out of pocket $750.00 for these repairs. Once Infiniti introduced the warrantee they refunded every penny back to me. Got the cheque before x-mas
The early pads that they were using would become much more grabby as the pads wore down. The latest pads along with the new rotors have cleared up this problem.
I have heard that ceramic pads will damage the rotors so you may want to look into this before you are faced with having to pay big bucks for new rotors as infiniti will not warantee the rotors due to ceramic pads.
This is just a patch warranty extension. Someone ought to seek out a class action to have this brake problem resolved or extend the warranty to 100,000 miles no time limit.
It also seemed that there was a very small engagement range making it tricky to get smooth changes.
Is this normal for this car? It may colour my decision on buying this car.
Thanks for any feedback.
I've been in a few expressway traffic jams caused by construction and/or accidents (and the blackout in Detroit) that were over an hour of stop and crawl and repeat and the clutch was very tolerable.
Try driving a late 1960's to early 70's Detroit musclecar to see what a stiff clutch really is.
just give it a little time and once you get used to it you will realise it is a lot of fun, short throws, and you can turn the vcd off, entering a curve in a street downshift floor the gas with clutch not fully released and spin your tires and your back a little bit, it is such a fun car to drive with the manual transmission.
(the above statement is not intendend for advice purposes, i sometimes do it in slow speeds, and i don't accept any responsibility or any wrongdoing in any circumstances, use it on your own risk, actually do not use it at all.)
WEARING? I HAVE 28,000 MILES ON MY G
AND THE DRIVER SEAT IS SHOWING VERY POOR
WEAR, CRACKING AND JUST PLAIN WEARING OUT.
What are you doing to maintain the car?
Here's a source for some really good info on the topic.
http://www.leatherique.com/
Thanks to anyone who knows the answer!
Anyone else have this problem?
And at 6'5" 240 I am very comfy in the seats - but I had the seat control tsb..
Thus far I'm satisfied with the dealer svc. even though I think there have been too many "issues" since I've had the car.
Oh most definitely! I'm a very satisfied owner; I'm just trying to find out about the little squeak in my brakes. Speaking of squeaky things, just remember this is a small universe on this particular board, talking about whatever problems they seem to be having. It's not necessarily representative of the G35 universe.
I seen some great information on the NHTSA website (http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb/tsbsearch.cfm) that people have mentioned that they take with them to Infiniti Service regarding various problems found with the G35.
But, what do you actually take in? For example, if you do a search on "Vehicle -> 2003 -> Infiniti -> G35 -> SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER, you do get (what I think) is the infamous rocking seat TSB. It refers to Service Bulletin Number '061003'. Is the number 061003 what you take to the dealer to prove to them the problem exists (if they deny it?).
Or is there more detail that you have to pay $$$ to get?
Thanks in Advance.
Corey.
Sometimes things are not filed in the appropriate folder on the NHTSA site. This is because the complainant erroneously mis-classifies his/her issue. The NHTSA does not make a change because they want the complaint to remain in an original state without modification. This helps with subsequent investigations.
The people working at the NHTSA do not care where the issue is placed; however, they do care about the complaints themselves. They then pressure the manufacturer to make changes when necessary. Some very nice and caring people work there. The NHTSA pressured Infiniti to offer the same brake warranty in The United States that is offered elsewhere.
I read the TSB symptoms described in pretty decent detail by Nissan on NISSAN's technical web site for free.
If I think it sounds like an issue I'm having with my vehicle, then I write up (nothing verbal here as you want to maintain a written record of the issue, dates, etc) a complaint about the vehicle that almost matches exactly the description of the TSB and ask the dealer if they can look into fixing the issue.
I wait for the dealer's response about the issue and let them see if they find and fix the issue or identify the TSB.
I don't start mentioning TSB's to them unless and until the fail to find it on their own or I get the infamous (unable to replicate the problem).
I try to avoid the adversarial/confrontational method of addressing issues unless they can't fix-find the issue.
Then I'll maybe ask them if they checked for TSB's.
That virtually always gets them to identify and resolve the issue(s), although it does take two visits occasionally.
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What website are you looking at?
Also, in my previous posting about the TSB's on NHTSA, is the Service Bulletin number given the Infiniti reference number?
Thanks guys!
Corey.
http://www.nissan-techinfo.com/infiniti/TSB/G35_V35.asp?mscssid=
Perhaps more important, can anyone comment as to whether - and to what degree - sport performance might suffer with the all-seasons in normal conditions?
This concerns the RWD of course, w/ sport-tuned suspension. Although in the Northeast U.S., I'd prefer not to have the all-seasons, but the model I'll probably be buying has them. I'm too cheap to buy a summer set unless performance is appreciably hampered by them! I've never had all-seasons and I don't want to spoil the ride.
Much thanks.
Tony, re. the brake replacement, I'm told they are still, but not on the Brembro's. If you are in fact getting the coupe, you may well be getting the Brembro's (are they standard w/ the coupe?)so check. I guess the rationale is that if you're getting those brakes, you know what you're getting into. Glad you mentioned it, my dealer WILL now be putting what he said in writing.
By the way, if you ARE getting the coupe w/ Brembro's, that's not such a bad problem to have! I'd have done the same, but alas, my customers are not small enough to fit back there, and my company'd probably have fired me for spending their dime on a coupe for a company car! It was still tempting though...("but boss, it DOES have a backseat!") but the sedan's not a bad 2nd choice (and yeah, I could have had that "other" sedan just as well, but in all honesty, its "B" feels more like "Boring" than "Bayerische"!
I am very pleased with the G35 coupe with 6 speed, and would buy it again.
Richard
Have others experienced this? Could it be break-in period? Cold weather? Any after-market solutions?
One thing you might want to check is your tire pressure. Make sure it matches the 30psi recommended at all four corners (I think). Should be a cold pressure, meaning the tires haven't been driven a lot prior to checking, but that doesn't mean at 5 degrees like we've had here in NY. If it's really cold out (below freezing, shoot for 28 or 29psi, I'd say...no lower!). Tire pressure can make a huge difference in ride quality over expansion joints, etc. More so than the suspension tuning, in my experience.
Good luck and enjoy the car!