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: 2nd row outboard 3-point manual belt and curtain side airbags, 3rd row center 3-point manual belts, 3rd row outboard 3-point manual belts and curtain side airbags
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 INFINITI QX56. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN AT 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT AND DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEELS INDEPENDENTLY INCREASED IN ROTATION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ERRONEOUSLY TURN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 800.
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