GVWR: Class 2F: 7,001 - 8,000 lb (3,175 - 3,629 kg)
Make: INFINITI
Manufacturer: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC
Manufacturer Id: 997
Model: QX56
Model Year: 2010
Note: Position 6 is model change number code.
Other Restraint System Info: 3rd row center 3-point manual belts, 3rd row outboard 3-point manual belts and curtain side airbags, 2nd row center 3-point manual belts, 2nd row outboard 3-point manual belt and curtain side airbags
THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER STATES THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER WIRING. OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT IF THIS LIGHT COMES ON, IT MOST LIKELY MEANS THAT THE AIRBAGS ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. SEAT BELTS AND AIRBAGS ARE KEY SAFETY MEASURES. TO HAVE THEM BE NOT FUNCTIONING IS A MAJOR CONCERN. IF YOU PUT IN A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHING INFINITI QX56" YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF POSTINGS FROM PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS, SO THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. *TR
2010
STEERING
I OWN 2010 QX56. ON NOVEMBER 16TH I WAS COMING OUT OF PARKING GARAGE AT CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT. AFTER I PASS THE PAY BOOTH, WITH IN 15 FEET AT THE SPEED OF 4 TO 5 MILES PER HOUR, I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE OF SOME MALFUNCTION OF THE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY. STEERING WHEEL MOVED 180 DEGREE IN ONE SECOND AND HIT THE PAY-BOOTH. CAR HIT THE SIDE PAVEMENTS OF THE PAY-BOOTH AND CAUSED THE FLAT TIRE, DAMAGE THE BODY OF THE CAR AND STEERING WHEEL GOT LOCKED. ALL THE POWER-STEERING FLUID GOT LEAKED OUT. I HAD A FRACTURED THUMB BECAUSE OF THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND ENDED UP TOWING TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALER REPLACED THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THIS CAN BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GO ON A HIGHWAY. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I AM NOT SURE I WOULD BE ALIVE. *KB