Other Restraint System Info: 2nd row outboard and 3-pt manual belts, 2nd row center 3-point manual belts
Plant Company Name: Tochigi Plant
Plant Country: Japan
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2012
ENGINE
9/25/2012-I AM HAVING SOME SEVERE ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES ON THE M37. YESTERDAY I JUST AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT WITH THE BACK END OF A UPS TRUCK AS THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THE BRAKES. EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN WHILE TRAVELING ABOVE 50 MPH AND TRYING TO STOP QUICKLY. THE REACTION OF THE CAR IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN YOU ARE ON WET OR ICY ROADS. HOWEVER, THE ROADS HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY DRY AND THE SUN IS SHINING. WHEN TRYING TO USE THE BRAKE TO DECELERATE THE PEDAL WILL PULSATE AND THE ENGINE RPM WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. BASICALLY THE CAR DRIVES THROUGH THE DRIVER'S COMMAND TO STOP. LAST NIGHT IT WAS SO BAD THAT I HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE ONCOMING LANE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO PREVENT ME FROM REAR-ENDING THE UPS TRUCK. I AM A VERY SOUND DRIVER THAT DOES NOT TAIL GATE AND THIS CAR HAS DONE THIS NOW 3 TIMES. THE OTHER TWO TIMES I WAS TRYING TO AVOID ANIMALS THAT SHOT OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM ON SEVERAL MODEL YEAR CARS FOR INFINITI. *TR
2011
POWER TRAIN
I LEASED MY INFINITI M37 SPORT THE FIRST MONTH IT CAME OUT IN 2010 (2011 MODEL). THE FIRST DAY I DROVE THE CAR THE ISSUES WERE APPARENT. I DROVE IT DIRECTLY BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE..ITS LEARNING YOUR DRIVING STYLE..(I TOO HAVE HAD MERCEDES, BMW, AUDI ETC THAT LEARN YOUR DRIVING STYLE) THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. WELL, NOW I AM AT 33,000 MILES AND THE ISSUES HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. ITS BEEN TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR THE JUMPY STOPS...WHEN BREAKING (NORMAL NON AGGRESSIVE) THE TRANNY WANTS TO JUMP FORWARD AND ALMOST HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. ITS EXTREMELY SCARY AND INFINITI HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? IT NOT ONLY DOES THAT BUT WHEN BREAKING IT DOWNSHIFTS BAD AND BUMPS AT TIMES. WITH THE AC ON I NOTICED IT DOES ALL OF THIS MORE FREQUENTLY, ALTHOUGH THE ISSUES ARE ALWAYS THERE. NOW IT RANDOMLY DROPS RPM'S ALMOST DOWN TO STALLING THEN KICKS IT BACK UP (CATCHES IT SELF - LARGE RPM SWINGS) WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP. I'VE DONE THE ECU FLASHES AND OTHER TRICKS THAT HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. SAD THING IS THIS CAR HAS ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNS AND MOST AMAZING INTERIORS, JUST ONE OF THE WORST ENGINE SET UPS EVER...VERY DANGEROUS AND THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES MY CAR ALMOST JUMPED FORWARD WHILE BRAKING AND HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I AM REALLY UPSET, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, THERE ARE A TON OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND NO ONE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A FIX. PLEASE SEE THIS LINK TO SEE SOME OF THE ISSUES, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. PLEASE HELP! *TR