Infiniti G25 Reliability by YearBest & worst years, problems & recalls — NHTSA data

MY DASHBOARD START MELTING AND LOWER THE VISIBILITY TRUE MY FRONT WINDOW. DURING THE DAY WHEN THE SUN IS OUT I CAN HARDLY SEE ANYTHING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW DOWN BECAUSE IT STAY GLOSSY. IT KEEP ON GETTING WORSE AND WORSE WITH EVERY DAY! NISAN/INFINITI NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE COULD COST THE LOST OF SOMEONES LIFE.

AFTER NORMAL USE, AND WITH NO WARNING INDICATIONS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER BEING PARKED. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO LOCK, AND THE INTELLIGENT KEY INDICATOR ILLUMINATED FROM THE DASH WHEN THE PUSH-BUTTON IGNITION WAS PRESSED. ACCORDING TO THE 2011 INFINITI G OWNER'S MANUAL, WHEN THE INTELLIGENT KEY INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARS, IT INDICATES A MALFUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRICAL STEERING LOCK SYSTEM OR THE INTELLIGENT KEY SYSTEM INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE INFINITI DEALER, AND THE DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED, IN ORDER TO RETURN THE VEHICLE BACK INTO AN OPERABLE STATE. THIS MECHANICAL DEFECT POSES A SAFETY RISK TO UNEXPECTED VEHICLE OWNERS, AS IT COULD LEAVE THEM IMMOBILE IN INSECURE SURROUNDINGS, AND PREVENT THEM FROM REACHING IMMEDIATE HELP WHEN THREATENED OR HARASSED, AND IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCIES, MEDICAL CONDITIONS OR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHAT IS MORE DISTURBING, IS THAT INFINITI IS AWARE OF THE STEERING LOCK DEFECT. THIS IS EVIDENT FROM THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF INFINITI OWNERS, PUBLISHED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE, CONSUMER ADVOCACY WEBSITES, ONLINE FORUMS, MESSAGE BOARDS, AND SOCIAL NETWORKS. IN ADDITION, NISSAN (INFINITI'S PARENT COMPANY) ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM WITH A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN ON SPECIFIC MY2009-10 NISSAN ALTIMA, ALTIMA COUPE, ALTIMA HYBRID, AND MAXIMA VEHICLES, WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) WITH AN ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN BOX (ESCB). HOWEVER, INFINITI (THE LUXURY DIVISION OF NISSAN) HAS REFUSED TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS KNOWN DEFECT WITH THEIR STEERING LOCK AND WILL NOT MAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ON THE BEHALF OF THEIR CUSTOMERS TO ENSURE THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF THEIR PRODUCT.

THE STEERING LOCK UNIT FAILED ON MY INFINITI G25X. IT WAS WAS STATIONARY AT A GROCERY STORE AND WHEN I CAME OUT IT WOULD NOT START SO I HAD IT TOWED TO INFINITI OF LYNNWOOD. I SEE THEIR WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART BY NISSAN BUT INFINITI REFUSED TO HONOR IT EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME PART. INFINITI HAS A GREAT SCAM GOING AS ONLY THE DEALERSHIP CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM SO THEY CHARGE OUTRAGEOUS PRICES. $2,264.14 IS WHAT THE INFINITI DEALERSHIP WANTS TO FIX THIS. PLEASE HELP.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 12 TIMES AND HAS HAD 2 ECM REPLACEMENTS, 3 MASS AIRFLOW SENSORS, 2 THROTTLE BODIES, 3 COMPUTER REPROGRAMS, MULTIPLE AIR FILTER REPLACEMENTS AND TWO FUEL INJECTION CLEANINGS. VEHICLE'S CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE HAS ANOTHER CORRUPT MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. INFINITI IS UNWILLING TO FIX THE VEHICLES WARRANTIED PARTS. WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT 06/2016 AND WAS T-BONED THE OTHER DRIVER WAS GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WHEN ONE OF THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSORS FAILED THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HIGHWAY. INFINITI WANTS ME TO TRADE THE VEHICLE IN AT THE LOWEST DEPRECIATED AMOUNT WITH AN OVERHEAD AMOUNT OF 8K ON THE LOAN.

WENT TO START CAR AND DEPRESSED PUSH START BUTTON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. A YELLOW KEY SYMBOL AND RED CAR SYMBOL WITH A KEY INSIDE APPEARED IN THE DASH, BUT NO OTHER LIGHTS IN THE DASH CAME ON, NOR DID THE RADIO. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE KEY IN THE SLOT, CHANGE THE KEY FOB BATTERY AND JUMPSTART THE CAR, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 G25 INFINITY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE TURNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO PERFORMED AN INSPECTION WHICH LOCATED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT WHEEL HOUSE KNUCKLE AS FRACTURED. THE STRUT WHEEL HOUSE KNUCKLE WAS WELDED TWICE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT FLICKERED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,751.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 INFINITI G25. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WHILE ACCELERATING AT 25 MPH. THE FAILURE RECURRED A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE PARKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 INFINITI G25. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS SHE WOULD FEEL AN ABRUPT JERKING IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE AS IF SOMEONE HAD CONTINUOUSLY CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS WHETHER THE CONTACT WAS DECELERATING OR ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 298.

NOTE: MODEL IS NEW FOR 2011...G25 (NOT IN YOUR DATABASE). WHEN AN IPHONE IS CONNECTED TO THE IPOD INTERFACE IN THE VEHICLE THE PLAYBACK SKIPS AND IS INTERMITTENT. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME THE IPHONE IS CONNECTED AND IS CONTINUOUSLY INTERMITTENT THROUGHOUT THE PLAY TIME. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES UNDUE ATTENTION TO BE PAID TO THE PROBLEM SITED AND NOT THE TASK OF DRIVING SAFELY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE (<600 MILES). *TR

This is a follow up to a compliant that I put in early this year or late last year. There is not much discussion of the failed occupancy sensor for the passenger front airbag on this website, but it does get discussed online more often. I am not sure why Infiniti says the entire seat must be replaced ($5,000 or so) rather than just replacing the sensor. Also, the seat has now been discontinued. It's unfortunate that there is no other solution that I am aware of other than finding a discontinued seat.

2012 Infiniti G25x: Occupancy sensor failed (diagnostic code B1018) around 132,000 miles. This is a common problem with Infiniti cars. Apparently for 2007 and 2008, there were recalls, but this problem continued into later years with no recall. The cost I was quoted to repair this (replacing the entire passenger seat) was $5,000, which is not practical for a 12 year old car. Although I haven't been able to get an exact answer, it seems that this failure not only shuts off the front passenger airbag, but the entire SRS system (all airbags and all pretensioners) - I haven't been able to get a definite answer from multiple dealers that I contacted or from the Infiniti national customer service. Otherwise, the car has been the most reliable car I ever owned, but there should be at least some compensation for this problem which has existed for a number of years.