2003 INFINITI QX4 Problems & Recalls
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Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain air bag inflator replacement service parts that may have been installed as part of a theft or collision repair. The parts include certain pass...
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2001-2003 Maxima, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2007-2011 Versa Sedan and Versa Hatchback, 2001-2004 Infiniti I30 and I35, 2002-2003 ...
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 Nissan Maxima, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 and I35, 2003 FX35 and FX45, and 2001 I30 ve...
NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1996-2004 PATHFINDER AND MODEL YEAR 1997-2003 INFINITI QX4 VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD, OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, IOWA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, ...
I KEEP GETTING NOTICES ABOUT THIS AIRBAG RECALL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS DONATED TO HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL AND BROKEN DOWN FOR PARTS. THIS VEHICLE HASN'T BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR OVER 3 YEARS. PLEASE TAKE THIS OFF THE RECALL LIST.
BOUGHT A USED CAR FROM A USED CAR DEALER WITH 1 PREVIOUS OWNER. IN 2011 A RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY DONE BY INDICATING "INSPECTED!" WHY WASN'T THE PARTS REPLACED?
Mileage: 204,000
BOUGHT A USED CAR FROM A USED CAR DEALER WITH 1 PREVIOUS OWNER. IN 2011 A RECALL WAS SUPPOSEDLY DONE BY INDICATING "INSPECTED!" WHY WASN'T THE PARTS REPLACED?
Mileage: 204,000
2003 INFINITI QX4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FRONT STRUT TOWER SEVERE RUSTS AND CRACKS RECALL ISSUES. *SMD *TR
2003 INFINITI QX4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FRONT STRUT TOWER SEVERE RUSTS AND CRACKS RECALL ISSUES. *SMD *TR
THIS CONCERN IS INVOLVING THE R1109 RECALL ISSUED BY INFINITI. THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED SIX YEARS AGO, HOWEVER RUST, AND HOLES IN THE METAL ARE NOW VISIBLE. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST ME. THIS VEHICLE WILL SOON BE UNSAFE TO DRI...
Mileage: 188,000
THIS CONCERN IS INVOLVING THE R1109 RECALL ISSUED BY INFINITI. THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED SIX YEARS AGO, HOWEVER RUST, AND HOLES IN THE METAL ARE NOW VISIBLE. I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST ME. THIS VEHICLE WILL SOON BE UNSAFE TO DRI...
Mileage: 188,000
THE CONTROL ARM IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY AS THE PATHFINDERS THAT THEY RECALLED AND IS DOING EXACTLY AS THEY HAVE DONE...BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE INFINITI I WAS WONDERING WHY THOSE AND NOT THE INFINITI AS WE LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE SALT DOES THE SAME ON THIS CAR NOW WE HAVE THE DEATH WO...
Mileage: 200,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE WAS CRACKED DUE TO RUSTING AND CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 200,000
FUEL FILLER NECK HAS CORRODED CAUSING GAS TO LEAK ON TO TIRE AND BRAKES WHILE FILLING GAS TANK. RECALL OF PREVIOUS MODEL. *JS
Mileage: 95,000
RUNNING BOARDS ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED, THEY WILL EITHER FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR AN UNSUSPECTING PERSON COULD BE RELYING ON THEM TO ENTER THE SUV AND HURT THEM SELVES. THE SUV WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF, 1 OWNER, AND THE FRAME RAILS AND CHASSIS ARE CONSIDERABLY RUST FREE. HOW...
Mileage: 98,050
2003 INFINITY QX4. ATTORNEY WRITES ON BEHALF OF THE CONSUMER IN REGARDS TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE STRUT TOWER HOUSING UNIT *TGW THE LAWYER STATED HIS CLIENT'S VEHICLE WAS SEIZED BY INFINITI AND THEY OFFERED TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK. HIS CLIENT NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER AND WAS ONLY MADE AWARE ...
PASSENGER SIDE STRUT TOWER COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, THE DEALERSHIP DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT COVER THE PASSENGER SIDE, ONLY THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT. *KB
Mileage: 123,000
PASSENGER SIDE STRUT TOWER COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, THE DEALERSHIP DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT COVER THE PASSENGER SIDE, ONLY THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO COVER THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT. *KB
Mileage: 123,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE WHILE CHANGING LANES. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND ALL FOUR PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ALSO SUST...
Mileage: 95,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT WHERE THE SUBFRAME MET THE SHOCK TOW...
Mileage: 130,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LEAN TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THEN RESUMED WITH CAUTIO...
Mileage: 149,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE REAR AXLE WAS EXTENDED THREE FEET FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THE...
Mileage: 74,000
THERE IS A PULSING FEEL IN THE BRAKES. HAVE CHECKED ONLINE AND REALIZED THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ENOUGH COMPLAINT BY OTHER OWNERS. ON HARD STOPS THE PUSH BACK BY THE PEDAL IS HARD ENOUGH THAT THE BRAKES LOCKUP INTERMITTENTLY. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PULSING FEEL OF THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. IT FE...
SEVERE CORROSION ON FACTORY INSTALLED RUNNING BOARDS ON INFINITY QX4 WHICH COULD COLLAPSE CAUSING INJURY. *TR
Mileage: 95,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE WINDOWS ROLL DOWN WITHOUT WARNING INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000. UPDATED 09/23/09. *LJ UPDATED 09/23/09.*JB
Mileage: 65,000
WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 INFINITI QX4 ON THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A SEVERE VIBRATION COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND TIRE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SERVICE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOOK OFF MY LEFT FRONT TIRE AND SAW WHERE MY INNER APRON WAS SEVERELY CORRODED, CRACKED AND PERFORATED.THEY STATED THEY...
WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 INFINITI QX4 ON THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A SEVERE VIBRATION COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND TIRE. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SERVICE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOOK OFF MY LEFT FRONT TIRE AND SAW WHERE MY INNER APRON WAS SEVERELY CORRODED, CRACKED AND PERFORATED.THEY STATED THEY...
THERE WAS A SEVERE PULSATION IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE OVER 20 TIMES. *JB
Mileage: 6,000
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ON A DRY SINGLE LANE PAVED ROAD, I UNAVOIDABLY RAN MY INFINITI QX4 SUV OVER A TREE BRANCH IN THE ROAD. THE TREE BRANCH BRIEFLY BECAME ENTANGLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THEN WAS EXPELLED. ONCE THE TREE BRANCH WAS RELEASED, MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY INIFINI...
Mileage: 5,900