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Sedans Infiniti G35 Infiniti G35 Maintenance and Repair
2835 messages, Last post on Oct 30, 2009 at 4:11 PM
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Replying to: zenithfac (Jun 06, 2009 7:01 pm) Once upon a time I was in the market for a used Corvette, and a private party seller let me take his car (a 1970 large block convertible) for a full one hour spin. The owner told me he had hit a telephone pole but that the car had been repaired by a reputable collision shop. The car generally looked good and the price was attractive. Under acceleration and deceleration the nose of the car would travel upward slightly to the right and then dive down slightly to the left. I returned, told the seller about it (he probably knew), and asked if it was ok to take the car to a place of my choosing for an opinion. He agreed. My guy confirmed that the car was straight but that incorrect motor mounts used in the repair were causing the issue. Plus a front suspension spring was also incorrect. He gave me a quote to correct these things, and I returned to the seller. But the seller wouldn't budge on the price. I took a walk, and eventually my patience was rewarded with a 1969 Coupe, slightly more money. Still have the car 36 years later. If the G35 is straight and running well, the price is right, and you are facing just plastic, sheet metal, and paint, this could be a good deal. Just 45,000 miles makes the idea interesting, TO ME, to get into the G35 Coupe. The car is a blast to drive and (heresy!) so civil and foregiving relative to my Corvette.  Jack |
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I own a 2007 G35X on which I had the Paint Shield applied. Not too long after ownership (e.g., within 6-months) I started noticing little vertical scrape marks on the driver-side frontdoor and passenger-side backdoor. The only reasonable explanation I could come up with was my leaning the driver-side door against my rounded edge lawnmower handle, and the passenger backdoor being from my wife's reardoor that she would carefully rest against my car when she needed to retrieve something from her back seat. She always was careful about not 'banging' her door against my car. And I was always careful when I opened my driver-side door and rested it gently against the lawnmower handle. (All of this was because our garage is rather tight for space.) Anyway, in spite of our careful efforts, the paint job managed to show little scrapes marks as a result. We were both very surprised that such little pressure would be able to cause these marks. We hoped that maybe we were just scraping the 'paint shield'. I finally took my car to a recommended body shop who stated a blended paint job would do the trick for about $1000.00. Being I like this car, I was considering this option. But I also decided to stop at another body shop who discouraged me from the paint job just because of the cost factor. He suggested trying a buff-out first (for about $100.00). Boy! Am I glad I tried his recommendation. They got out 95% of the scrapes. Looks almost brand new. A couple dings were slightly deeper and couldn't be repaired this way. But they are very small. Heck, any car is bound to get a few dings eventually unless you never drive it. But the difference between the string of scrapes that were, versus what I see now is really astounding. So basically nothing to complain or question about here. I am just happy that I was finally able to get something satisfactory repaired for under $250.00 on my car. |
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Hello everyone, I recently just replaced my battery, simple stuff really. After I did this I turned the power back on and the control panel inside the car comes on, however the outside temp guage stars at 54 and works it's way down to the outside temperature. Also the indicators don't work and the 4 ways dont work. I checked every single fuse that car has and they are all good. Has anyone heard or had this happen to them before? Any idea's thoughts?? HELP!!!!! |
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Hi all, I was just wondering how much the 30k maintenance and a rear brake(s) replacement should go for? Dealer quoted just over $900...
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Replying to: joen05 (Jul 13, 2009 10:23 am) You lumped two things together.......the 30K maintenance and the rear brake job. And you didn't state the year/model of G35. So it is difficult to say what is acceptable and what may be out of wack. Jack..
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Replying to: pscheid (Jul 13, 2009 10:49 am) The 30k maintenance was a little over $500. The brakes were just about $400. Thanks for the quick feedback....
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Replying to: joen05 (Jul 13, 2009 11:01 am) Hope it helps! |
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I have a 03 G35 Sedan. In the past week the indicators lights on my dash have stopped working, my clock and my hazard. The actual lights still work on the indicator and hazard, it just doesn't show on the dash that they are on. I have checked all the fuses and everything is ok. Does anyone have any ideas?? I would appreciate the advice. Regards, Greg |
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Guys - So I have a 2004 G35 Sedan - fully loaded, that I bought new. I drove it about 12K/year until, last year after my wife started driving it to school. It has 72K miles on it already and will be driven about 90miles a day on the freeway for the next year. I am guessing that worst case it will pile up another 18-20K miles by end of next year. So far I have changed the brakes on this one once and the tires from Costco. Other than that there have been no major expenses, but regular oil changes. So it is safe to say that this car has been trouble free all these years. Does anyone know if it is super expensive to pay maintainence once the car accumulates high mileage? What are the known failure mechanisms? We have talked about potentially selling this car off and buying a Nissan/Honda with lower mileage to use as a commuter vehicle. Any suggestions/pointers on this one? If we kept the car or about 2 more years, would it be worth it? We get about 24mpg average on the freeway -not bad at all.. Thanks
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