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It's really not a problem.
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Mark
June '03 - G35 Coupe for me
About 7 weeks ago, it wouldn't immediately start in the morning. It took about 6 tries (turning over strongly but not firing) for it to fire up. I didn't bring it to the dealer then, since I felt it was probably just a fluke. It didn't happen again for several weeks, but about 3 weeks ago, it happened 3 times in a 1 week period (each under different circumstances), and the last time it wouldn't start for about 10 minutes of trying continuously (I was actually on the phone with the infiniti road service when it finally started). I brought it directly to the infiniti dealer (only 5 miles from my work) and left it with them. They tried to recreate the problem for several hours and finally it started the same behavior. They hooked up the computer to it and found out that it wasn't reading a proper key code from the encoded key. I had to go home and get all of the keys so they could reprogram them. Since they did that, I think that it might have happened once again, but it only took two tries for it to kick over. If it happens again, I'll have to return to the dealership though.
My other main issue is the slow response in the auto climate control. I live in Maine where the daily temps vary considerably (from 50 in the AM to 90 in the afternoon). I find myself having to continually change the temperature setting in order to maintain a comfortable temperature. In the mornings when it's cool, I have to drop it down to the mid 60s in order to get any cool air flowing (its 50 outside, but warm in the car), in the afternoon, if its over 70 outside, I have to raise the temp up to 70-73 or it is freezing in the cabin. If the outside temp goes over 85, I have to raise the inside setting to 75+ to keep it from freezing me out.... None of my other auto climate cars ever reacted like this. The dealer spent quite a bit of time in it and agreed that it did not cut the fan back properly when the outside temp was high and the inside of the car was already cooled and said that they were going to try it out on other G35s on the lot. Anyone else experienced this?
Regards,
Dan
Any suggestions appreciated.
Both of my front doorsill plates are dented and the right front plate is scratched.
I plan to ask the dealer to replace them as I have never had this problem with Hondas, Corvette, Porsches, and an Explorer. I believe the plates in the G35 are just made of a really soft aluminum material. Has anyone else had these plates replaced?
I have one issue - the front drivers seat has "slop" in it and moves slightly when taking off or stopping. Two dealers and Nissan of NA claim this is typical "?". Irriates the **** out of me.
The other unusual item I have noticed in the morning after I back out of the garage is a noise in the front of the vehicle. I have been told this is the ABS system. It is not very loud and the excuse seems reasonable - does this make sense to anyone?
Any ideas on the seat would be greatly appreciated.
Bud S.
The ABS system will do a cycle, self-test after backing up and then moving forward, strange, but not loud noise from right front at about 5-10mph. Normal, and even refered to in the manual.
Hope this helps
Scott
Kinda strange.
I have an '00 Altima and my windows do the same thing.
But what can I do? The dealer won't replace the air conditioner compressor unless Infinit puts out a service bulletin. Right?
NT
It is probably to soon for most of you as U.S. G's only started arriving early April, but I would like to know if anyone else out there is experiencing this problem. TKS
Scott
As far as the swirl marks go on the rear rotors, those are not grooves that could be made by a rotor spinning on a lathe. It looks like they used a handheld angle grinder. Or, if they sanded them down after putting them on a lathe, they were way too aggressive. My research says the rotors should be perfectly smooth. I'll take some pictures to document this. I think my service advisor has some explaining to do when I see him next week. And maybe some new rear rotors too.
Thanks.
I bought the Infiniti front end mask a few weeks after getting my G35. And since then its been folded up nicely in my trunk
The truth is that I am a bit nervous about the damage to the finish of the car that I've been reading about at other car forums.
I was wondering if there was anyone out there that has been using a mask for an extended period of time and what level of maintenance you use as a result... I know that the car must be clean and preferrably with as thick a layer of wax/protectant as you can in the areas in contact with the paint.
I also know that you can't let the car get wet and leave the mask on as that will also damage the paint...
I suppose my big inquiry is if I can leave the thing on for a few weeks at a time (given the car is garaged every night, relatively clean all the time, and it doesn't rain in the period I leave it on) I do 95% freeway driving about 80 miles a day and the mask seems to fit VERY snug with no apparent areas that would "flap" or vibrate at speed...
Thanks for any info in advance!
Faenor/Dane4
My 95 went the first 50k and the front end was starting to look like most unprotected high mileage cars, almost lightly sandblasted with an occasional small chip. (I also kept it very clean and well waxed.)
I added the front end mask from Nissan at about 50k and there's been no additional damage to the front end. Matter of fact, now the front end pretty well matches the rest of the car and at 190k it still looks pretty good.
Bottom line, your approach to using the front end mask (cleaned and waxed, not left on when wet for more than the day you get caught in the rain, removed and washed and waxed when necessary) will eliminate far more damage to the front end of your car than leaving it un-protected.
The hardest part of all was talking the wife into putting the front end mask in her washing machine when I did get caught out in the rain:)
At about 14k miles, the front end of my G35 is showing a few small scratches and the occasional chip from a larger rock... Right now it is imperceptible to most others but of course I see each one like a gunshot wound in my poor car
The ivory has some very distinct advantages, impossible to see swirls or light scratches in the clearcoat, impossible to see that little bit of wax residue you missed during waxing, etc, but there are some distinct disadvantages as well... Chips show like mad, anything that discolors the paint slightly can be seen more easily in the light color...
The specific kind of damage to the car surface I was worried about using the mask was the light scratching and abrasion marks one might expect at locations where the mask makes tight edge contact with the finish...
In your experience for using one for so long, did you notice wear marks in the paint of your Max where the mask "rubbed" against it?
I read a message posted on this board where an individual mentioned that they put a new Mask on their brand new car for a drive down to LA 300 miles one way... when He got there he said that there were scratches in his paint in contact areas that took him hours to buff out... That was one of the things that had me a bit leary...
Is your Max light or Dark colored?
Thanks Again for the info!
Feanor/Dane4
The 95 GLE is a color called Black Emerald, very deep green metallic color that actually looks black in some lighting conditions. I also have a 00 SE in Sterling Mist which is a very light silver.
I have used nose masks on both of the cars and there is absolutely no abrasion marks. Now if I get caught in a rain storm with it on, I have to take it off and clean it really well before it goes on again.
In my experience, the only way you get any kind of abrasion is if something is either on the car or on the underside of the nose mask when you put it on.
I imagine that if you just put it on and left it on for weeks at a time, got caught in the rain a time or two, you could get some marks at the edges. (I'm guessing that's what the people who complain about damage actually did regardless of what they say.) I have a relative who bought a new Odessey, put the full nose mask on and didn't take it off for 6 months. When I asked how the underside was, they said they'd never looked!!
I still think you'll be fine with the way you maintain the car normally, especially if you get the factory nose masks which do fit very tight, sometimes so tight that they are difficult to get on the car the first time.
Scott
Scott