2013 INFINITI JX35 Exterior Lighting Problems

Known issue by Infiniti. Front (driver's side) headlight main bulb shorted out. Condensation "traveled" in the the assembly, but did not vent out. Replacement bulbs do not resolve the issue. The first time it happened, it occurred in December 2017 and was replaced by Infinity of Lynnwood (that was also the last month of the warranty). Now, the same one shorted out again at the end of December 2022, just 5 years later. It's a known issue but Infinity won't issue a recall. There is a service bulletin (TSB No. 03-051I) SB-10032304-9755. Though a known issue, the dealership will not rectify the situation without compensation.

On three occasions the headlight assembly became unsealed allowing moisture to enter the sealed headlight assembly, thus short circuiting the HID bulb and ballast. This affected both the drivers and passenger headlight assembly the first time and just last week the driver's side light, again. We have seen other JX35, as well as QX60 models having moisture in the headlight assembly (light not functional), and were told by the dealership that they currently have two other cars (same model) on the lot with the same issue. Searches on line show this is a continual problem with these models (JX36 and QX60). The manufacture is not standing behind their product and this is a safety hazard as the vehicle is without a, or both headlights.

There are several complaints regarding the headlights that the headlights continue to get moisture in them and it requires a new headlight assembly. There were 16 cases regarding the JX35 model and several for the QX60 model that replaced it.

ON MARCH 7 DRIVER SIDE LIGHT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. HAD TO HAVE WHOLE UNIT REPLACED. NOW JUST 2 WEEKS LATER, ON THE WAY HOME TONIGHT, DRIVING AGAIN, THE PASSENGER SIDE WENT OUT. THIS SIDE WAS REPLACED FULLY BY INFINITI JUST 2 YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IS NOW IS ONCE AGAIN GONE OUT WHILE DRIVING. EACH TIME THEY SAY IT IS A BALLAST AND THE FULL UNIT,$1500, HAS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND IS VERY DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 112,000

BOTH HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE! I DID NOT HAVE ANY LOW BEAM LIGHTS OR HIGHBEAM LIGHTS ON BOTH HEADLIGHTS. ONCE THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT I HAD NO WAY TO NAVIGATE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT NIGHT ON A CITY STREET.

Mileage: 69,000

ON MARCH 3, 2021, I WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY AND SUDDENLY. SOME ROADS HAVE NO OR INADEQUATE STREET LIGHTS AS WELL AS NO SHOULDER FOR PULLING OVER WHICH MAKES IT AT ONCE IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP DRIVING AND DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE LOCAL INFINITI DEALERSHIP COULD PROVIDE NO EXPLANATION FOR WHY THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING.

Mileage: 136,000

I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY IN MY 2013 INFINITI JX35 3-4 TIMES. DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO SAY THIS IS NORMAL. RECENTLY, MULTIPLE EXTERIOR LIGHT BULBS HAVE GONE OUT AND THE 'INSTRUMENT CLUSTER' SUDDENLY WENT DARK WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I CANNOT SEE METERS LIKE GAS, SPEED, ETC. I CANNOT HEAR OR SEE MY BLINKER OR HEADLIGHT INDICATORS. ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE POWER CONTROLS INCLUDING SPEED CONTROL NO LONGER WORK. I AM CONCERNED THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL SAFETY HAZARD. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR WITH MY CHILDREN. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF SIMILAR CLAIMS FOR THE 2013 INFINITI JX35 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ONLINE. I WOULD LIKE INFINITI TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR KNOWINGLY PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER BY REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR.

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 INFINITI JX35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE LOW BEAM AND HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GREG ORR INFINITI LOCATED AT 8727 BUSINESS PARK DR, SHREVEPORT, LA 71105, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND HEADLIGHT BULBS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND BULBS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, OFFERED NO ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,550.

Mileage: 141,550

MOISTURE PENETRATED INTO PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT AND THE HEADLIGHTS GET KNOCKED OUT. IT IS AN ISSUE WITH SEAL. THESE LIGHTS ARE TO BE SEALED AS IT IS OUTSIDE THE BODY. MY OPINION INIFINITI SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF FAILURE TO A HEAD LIGHT AS MANY MORE CAR OWNER HAVING SAME ISSUE.

Mileage: 89,000

I WAS IN FOR AN ISSUE WITH MY PASSENGER HEADLIGHT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO WATER GETTING INTO MY ASSEMBLY, AND IT WASN'T AN INFINITI DEFECT. I AM NOT SURE HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE SINCE HEADLIGHTS ARE TO BE DESIGNED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR 100% OF THE TIME. NOW MY DRIVERSIDE HEADLIGHT HAS FAILED, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SAME REPAIR ON THE OTHER LIGHT. A DEAD HEADLIGHT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. BOTH HEADLIGHTS GO DEAD FROM WATER AND ITS MY FAULT? SOUNDS VERY ODD.

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON CITY STREET I NOTICE THAT MY CAR SEEMED POWERLESS WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDEL ALSO STARTED TO SHUDDER AN VIBRATE. ALSO NOTICE THAT MY HEADLIGHT WAS STARTING TO OBTAIN MOISTURE IN THEM.

Mileage: 74,000

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR (AFTER FEW MINUTES AFTER ENGINE START), THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (DASHBOARD) WENT DEAD - NO PANEL LIGHTS, NONE OF THE GAUGES - TEMPERATURE, FUEL, RPM, SPEEDOMETER, ETC. ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WERE WORKING. THE CAR RAN NORMALLY - ACCELERATION, BRAKING, WITH ALL THE LIGHTS (HEADLIGHT, TURNING LIGHTS, ETC.) WORKING - BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION TO THE DRIVER OF THESE COMMANDS, FROM THE INSTRUMENT DASHBOARD / CLUSTER PANEL.

Mileage: 72,000

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE INFINITI JX 35 ARE NOT PROPERLY FOCUSSED AND MAKE NIGHT-TIME DRIVING HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IN RAIN AND SNOW CONDITIONS. REPEATED COMPLAINTS TO MY DEALER HAVE NOT RESULTED IN ANY ACTION WITH THE DEALER PLEADING INABILITY TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS.

Mileage: 700

I PARKED IN MY DRIVE-WAY ABOUT 9PM ON SUN, NOV 22, 2014. UPON EXITING THE CAR, I SMELT AND SAW FAINT SMOKE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. I WALKED TO THAT SIDE AND SAW ORANGE FIRE BEHIND THE FOG LIGHT IN THE LOWER PASSENGER BUMPER (INSIDE WHERE THE BUMPER HAS A FLAT LEDGE). I RAN IN THE HOUSE FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND MY HUSBAND AND WE TRIED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT WOULD RE-IGNITE. WHEN WE REALIZED WE COULD NOT EXTINGUISH, WE CALLED 911 FOR THE FIRE DEPT. WE ALSO RECONNECTED THE WATER HOSE TO KEEP RUNNING WATER OVER THE FIRE (THE HOSE AND PIPES HAD ALREADY BEEN WRAPPED FOR WINTER SO IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES). WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE CAR, THE FIRE HAD GROWN AND FLAMES STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE GAP BETWEEN THE QUARTER-PANEL AND HOOD. THE WATER KEPT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL UNDER THE FIRE DEPT ARRIVED. THE FIREMEN ASKED IF I HAD ANY RECENT WORK DONE ON THE CAR AS THEY BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL. I THEN REALIZED I HAD JUST HAD A SYNTHETIC OIL CHANGE DONE AND THE PASSENGER FOG LIGHT REPLACED THE WEEK BEFORE ON SAT, NOV 15, 2014. THE FIREMEN MENTIONED THERE MAY HAVE BEEN EXCESS GREASE LEFT ON THE BULB WHEN CHANGED AND THAT MAY BE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE, BUT IT IS STILL UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND MY INSURANCE AND BOTH HAVE HIRED C&I SPECIALIST TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. IN THE MEANTIME, I AM SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT TO SEE IF ANYONE WITH MY VEHICLE HAS HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE HAPPEN TO THEM TO HELP DETERMINE IF THIS IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE OR RECALL ISSUE. ANY COMMENTS OR RESEARCH SUPPORT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 INFINITI JX35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE DURING THE NIGHT HOURS THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS BEHIND THEM. THE DRIVER ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE BACK UP CAMERA DOES NOT HELP EITHER BECAUSE THE REVERSE LIGHTS ARE NOT ILLUMINATED BRIGHT ENOUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ALTER THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,400.....UPDATED 12/20/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED INFINTI WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES AND IF LIGHTS WERE ADDED BY THE CONSUMER THE WARRANTY WOULD VOIDED. UPDATED 12/28/2012 *JS

Mileage: 1,400