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I had a similar problem in my last car, a BMW. The computer would get confused and the car would not unlock. The remote wouldn't work, and when I would put the key in the lock and turn it, all I would get was the alarm. Even with the key in the ignition, I couldn't start the car.
Sometimes I could recycle the computer by locking and unlocking several times manually. Other times I'd have to wait 20-60 minutes before the system would right itself. A couple of times I was completely stranded.
The problem never happened when I had the car at the dealership, of course. Finally, after a couple of years, the obnoxious bastards told me there was nothing wrong with the car.
I wish I had, and my advice to you, is to keep complaining and to escalate early and often. The dealership finally reprogrammed my computer so that it wouldn't happen, but at the expense of disabling the security system. That's not a terribly big deal, actually, but when you buy a luxury car (540i) or 'near luxury' (G35), you expect and deserve to have all the bells and whistles working, and NOT to have an almost new car leave you stranded, particularly more than once.
-Brake dust in the front wheel, seems I get a lot and I am always cleaning them. Has anyone noticed this on their car? If so any fixes, or live with it until the first brake change which is on Infiniti.
-I don't know if the auto-dimming mirror is working. How can I tell? Homelink seems to work on that mirror. My car has the premium package with the big rear headrests that are in their elevated position. Anyone seen or heard anything like this?
Thanks everyone and have a merry christmas and a happy holiday!
This is my very first post, so I thank in advance for any respond.
I got my 03' G35 sedan about 3 weeks ago with 29K miles on it, and I love the car! It has all the power that I ask for, and the sound system and GPS are just sweet. But I did come across a few very small problems... and I wonder anyone could give me a hand:
Interior noise - I find a very small and annoying noise from the bottom of the seat (driver side). It could be the padding inside, or something ails. It happens when I have a sharp turn, and in bumpy road. I try to adjust into different position; but it doesn't help at all. Any one has a similar experience?
'Fish-tail' - When I push the car at corner, seem like the car would 'fish-tail' me pretty easily even with the stability control is on. The control applies brake to one side of the wheel, and it doesn't help to stable the car. The problem is that it comes a bit late. I had a C-230 coup before, and it performs (to stop 'fish-tail') much better than G35. And I begin to wonder if I get a new set of tires would help or not...
Home Link system - I can't get my home link works! I have the 'rolling-code' garage door opener, and I try to follow exactly on what the manu said; but no luck so far... any suggestion?
Sorry for the long message... and thank you for any input!
Called dealer, was ready to get service done, then salesman found out the following:
When Infiniti ships cars they remove a 10 amp fuse for the electrical parts (at least all those mentioned above). When its delivered the fuse is supposed to go back in...mine didn't.
Could be that this fuse has come loose in your fuse panel, since it has to be installed by hand on delivery. Worth checking.
The TSX and G35 are not in the same league with the G35 by far being the better in every measurement. The TSX is a great car too but they forgot to eally put an engine under the hood.
In my first month with the G35, not a one complaint. Excellent quality.
Thanks in advance!
I am probably ill-knowledged on this, but I think that statement is a bunch of garbage. I don't think Infiniti sells that as a feature, and it doesn't seem logical. If a car develops a certain response and adjusts throttle and mixture, etc., according to the way I drive, it would make the car behave like crap when someone else drove. If it is a family car, it's certainly going to get confused as several different family members drive.
Also, as it 'learns' my style of driving, I'm probably going to adjust my throttle subconsciously to adjust for what the computer is doing. It's always going to be chasing me, or maybe you could even say fighting me, and the result will never be optimum.
I think there have been reports of mileage increasing after a few months of ownership, but that's been attributed to break in of the engine, not to some magic computer chip. If the computer chip were able to do that, I think it would give the optimum mileage without having to learn anything.
For the record, I have just under 4000 miles on my '04 6MT and have been averaging about 25.0 when on the Interstates at 75 mph or so. That's based on over 2500 miles of Interstate driving, according to the car's computer. I am a bit disappointed at that, since my big V-8 BMW did a bit better than that. The G35 seems to be doing a bit better around town, although I haven't done enough of that driving to compare. The BMW was also a 6-speed.
I'd like to see a slightly higher first gear and a bit wider spacing of the gears, to get lower rpms at highway speeds. That may improve the economy with little or no sacrifice in performance.
It's more oney, but you'll be glad you did it once it's complete. I went from the FM modulated to the direct connection and would never even consider an FM modulated unit again.
As I was making a sharp right, the left rear wheel spun out, but only for fraction of a second. I immediately felt the computer brake the wheel and apply power to the front wheels and I was off like a shot...WOW!
Don't worry, the street was empty so I didn't endager anyone's life (except my own). Another great thing about the AWD system is the "Slip" light that goes on whenever power is redistributed to the front. Because the AWD is so seamless in transitioning power, to the point where I often dont' notice, the light is a good indication of the road conditions so I can make appropriate adjustments such as slowing down or down shifting.
Also, the "snow mode" works great (snow mode basically puts care in full-time 4wd). This morning, none of the streets in my area were plowed yet, and I flipped on the snow mode. Handling was quite easy and the gas peddle was much less sensitive allowing substantially greater control. Of course I'm not ready to go off roading in the alps, but for a suburbanite like me, it worked great.
So I picked up a set of Continental ContiExtremeContact from Tire Rack. I ordered 245/40 on the fronts since they didn't have the OEM size of 225/45, but this results in a diameter/speedo error of only about one percent, which is tolerable. The whole package, shipped and then expertly mounted and balanced at a local shop, ran about $800.
After a 1000-mile jaunt up to Boston over the holidays (which included a 12-inch snowstorm), I can report they've performed admirably. In dry and wet conditions alike, they appear to hold on as well as the Pilots, and exhibit the same forgiving and gradual behavior when losing grip. Actually, they may have given some traction up to the Pilots, but since the fronts are now wider by 20mm, the additional rubber widens the contact patch and reduces understeer as well. I haven't driven through standing water, but I hope they will resist aquaplanning as well as the Michelins.
As for the snow, well, there's no comparison. The Pilots were astonishingly bad, like driving on oil-slicked ice, continuously confounding the ABS, traction, and VDC systems. The Conti's, while certainly no dedicated snow/ice tires, got me through the white stuff much more ably.
And, to my surprise, road noise doesn't seem to be any worse (which I had feared). Overall, I recommend the Conti's highly.
As for the gas, the car will probably run fine on 87 octane, but the engine will likely retard timing to avoid pinging (especially in warmer climates), thereby reducing its output. I save a couple of bucks by blending a 50/50 ratio of 89 and 93 octane at the pump, which meets the manual's call for 91 octane minimum.
IMO, that's about 10,000 miles. The schedule I used is full change with regular oil at about 2,000 miles to get the worst of the break in metal out of the engine early.
Then another regular oil change at about 6,000 miles (normal suggested mileage between changes is 7500, severe service interval is 3750).
Then at 10,000 I go to 5-30 Mobile One and change it every 5,000 miles. That schedule matches up with the Nissan-Infiniti scheduled maintenance of 15k-30k-45k-60k, ect.
It's worked for me on my 95 Maxima, my 00 Maxima, and my 03 Murano. Total combined mileage on the three vehicles so far is ~372k with no engine issues, noisey valves at startup, nothing, and I live in Wisconsin where it gets pretty cold!
I want to alert everyone to a problem that I have with my 2003 G35 Sedan.
I had one of the first G35's here in Canada back in March of 2002. Cars came out in Canada about a month prior to USA. My 3 year lease runs out in a few weeks.
Bubbles started to appear during the summer. The exact location is on the door frames between the front side windows and the back side windows. This problem is happening on both side of the car, therefore all 4 doors. The problem is getting worse and is not just happening in one location, there is much corrosion on the whole length of the door from the top to the bottom.
The rust is eating through from outside to inside.
If you are having trouble understanding the exact location picture standing on the side of the car. If you look at the front drivers window and the passengers window, in between the two windows there is metal where the two doors meet. This is part of the door frames. The rust is happening along the complete length on all 4 doors.
I have taken it to my dealer who took pictures and told me he will contact Infiniti. As luck would have it the pictures did not come out so he asked me to come back so he could take others. When I showed up there happened to be a rep from Infiniti Canada there and he examined the car and authorized the repairs. My lease is up in a few weeks so i want the car repaired before I turn it back to the leasing company.
I just want to alert all you owners out there, I do not want anyone thinking about getting a G35 to be discouraged from doing so. Although I only had my G35 hand washed, I do park it in a garage in the winter and these things do happen. Infiniti is being their good selves again by taking care of the problem.
I loved driving my G35, the only problems that I had over the 3 years were the early recalls and the brake problems which Infiniti came through for me and refunded me $800.00 in repair costs tot he brakes. Aside from this I have had no problems and would probably be getting another G35X, HOWEVER, I have had the pleasure of seeing the new Infiniti M45/35 and hope to be taking delivery of one in early March. Stay tuned....
I would be curious and happy to hear you compare and contrast the G35 and the M35.
Just returned from dropping off my car at the dealer. Body shop guy tells me that they decided not to repair my car. So while my blood starts to boil, he goes on to explain that they will be replacing all four doors. Turns out that this is the first such problem reported and Infiniti wants the doors back for inspection to determine why they are rusting.
Talk about pro-active customer service.
They gave me a 2004 G35 AWD to drive for the next few days. What a difference, roads were slick this morning and this car just sticks to the road.
First time I am driving an AWD car, I have had 4 Wheel drive SUV's, but never an awd car. The only negative comment that I have is that the AWD feels so much heavier than my regular G35. I guess that after driving it for awhile I will get used to it.
I have to tell you that after driving the AWD, I would never consider not getting an AWD version.
Even though I have 4 winters on MY G, you still have to know how to drive this car in snowy conditions. You constantly have to play with the gas peddle to balance yourself between slippery conditions and the traction control/vsc. I find it easier to drive my G in snow using the tiptronic in standard mode, than in automatic mode.
Anyone have any comments?
Does the G/awd have different tires than the G w/o awd?
I concur about the G35X. I got one as a loaner as well a few weeks ago, and was similarly impressed with its traction, especially when accelerating hard through turns (behavior which easily provokes either oversteer or the ASC system on my Coupe). Interestingly, I didn't find it to feel much heavier than the other sedans I've driven, but then again I'm used to my Coupe.
Second, I've had misgivings about the Bose system as well (the headunit is made by Clarion, by the way), but on other occasions I'm rather happy with it. I think it's inconsistent, basically. Radio almost is always disappointing, and the bass-heavy tendencies can muddle some more delicate tunes. But with a good quality CD or XM radio, most rock-pop tracks sound pretty good. Not as good as my father-in-law's Acura TL's 5.1 system (which is almost as good as the incredible Lexus ML system), but certainly decent.