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Infiniti M35/M45 Maintenance and Repair

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#1011 of 1362 Re: 2006 M35 sport steering issue [southbay1] by ghstudio

Dec 31, 2008 (4:28 pm)

Replying to: southbay1 (Dec 31, 2008 4:00 pm)
Your technician may not have heard of it, but your service manager should have been in the car with you. I suggest you drive a 2008 sport to see if it does the same thing. With stock tires and 19" wheels, it is, unfortunately, a common complaint.
 
Ask to meet with the Infiniti service representive the next time he visits the dealer. Tell them that it is a safety concern...your wife drives the car and at times it jerks and is uncontrollable. Make them write that on the service ticket from today's visit...or make them write up a new ticket saying "customer concerned about safety. At times the car is uncontrollable when it catches a tar strip of similar in the road". Make sure that the infiniti rep sees that those words are on file.
 
(note: at some point Infiniti is going to wind up in court on this issue due to an accident. With documentation such as I am suggesting, they will have a great deal of difficulty saying they were unaware of the issue).
 
The tires really are the bulk of the problem and changing them seems to be a significant part of the solution. Not all the cars need a new steering rack, but you want to be on record, just in case you have a problem down the road.....and need an extended warranty repair.
 
As far as gas mileage...your car is broken in. I got 16-17 on my 06 M35 and I only rarely floor it. Most of my driving is in a spralled out city with a fair number of lights. If I were in NY with lights at every corner, I would expect significantly less MPG. I always burn regular fuel. I now get about 19 on my 08 M35 (5000 miles) using regular with no ethanol which is available at a few local stations.

#1012 of 1362 Re: 2006 M35 sport steering issue [southbay1] by jian2003

Jan 01, 2009 (7:17 pm)

Replying to: southbay1 (Dec 31, 2008 4:00 pm)
hi, barryend,
 
You got the exactly same answer I got. It looks infiniti is trying to avoid this issue.

#1013 of 1362 M45 Transmission or driveline whine by BMW540

Jan 04, 2009 (2:53 pm)

I have a 06 M45 sport that has noticeable driveline whine at 40mph and 80 mph. The dealer states that this is a normal characteristic of the car. Anybody else notice this in their car?
Bmw

#1014 of 1362 by ghstudio

Jan 04, 2009 (3:21 pm)

As always, when the service manager says "they all do that" or "that's normal", you say ok...let's find one in your used car lot and drive it just to verify that "they all do it" ....make him come with you. If he refuses, then ask to see the infiniti regional rep on his next pass thru the dealership and then take the infiniti service rep out driving with you.

#1015 of 1362 Steering wheel adjustment noise by shmang

Jan 05, 2009 (2:03 pm)

I have a 06 M45 and when ever I adjust the steering wheel (up, down or telescope), it makes squeaking noises. Has anyone had this kind of issue? If anyone does, what is the fix?
 
TIA

#1016 of 1362 Re: "They all do that" [ghstudio] by southbay1

Jan 05, 2009 (2:20 pm)

Replying to: ghstudio (Jan 04, 2009 3:21 pm)
I forgot to add that when I saw the service manager last week they took me out in another '06 M35 Sport that was in for service (for some other issue I was told). It too showed the same grabby/wandering steering but all that really tells me is that the problem is pervasive to the '06s. Is anyone driving '07-'09s experiencing the same steering problem/defect or has Infiniti quietly fixed the issue in the newer models?

#1017 of 1362 Re: Steering wheel adjustment noise [shmang] by alanpreston05

Jan 05, 2009 (2:49 pm)

Replying to: shmang (Jan 05, 2009 2:03 pm)
My 06 M35x did the same thing. The dealer lubricated it and it stopped for about a year, now it's starting to do it again, mostly when it's cold. Other than that, not sure what another fix might be.
 
Alan

#1018 of 1362 Re: Steering wheel adjustment noise [alanpreston05] by shmang

Jan 05, 2009 (2:53 pm)

Replying to: alanpreston05 (Jan 05, 2009 2:49 pm)
Thanks. I will ask my dealer to lubricate it and see how long it will last...

#1019 of 1362 driver seat by ellie15

Jan 05, 2009 (7:55 pm)

can someone help, my seat will not lean forward, all the buttons are working, seat will go forward and back but the back rest will only move back, has anyone had this problem how did you fix it?

#1020 of 1362 Re: Steering wheel adjustment noise [alanpreston05] by shmang

Jan 16, 2009 (3:48 pm)

Replying to: alanpreston05 (Jan 05, 2009 2:49 pm)
Well, I take the car in this morning to have the steering wheel noise checked out - thought it just need to be lubricated or something,no biggie. This afternoon, got a call from the service adviser, the motor to move the steering wheel need to be replace and they ordered the parts, should be all good next Monday.
 
While doing the inspection, they want to replace the coolant, tranny fluid, air filter and driving belts and stating there are some bad cracks on the belt. I know for a fact that the coolant was flushed 3 month ago and I myself replaced the air filter last month, I just basically declined all those service requests.
 
Now, I am curious: Has anyone replace their driving belts? If you did, at what mileage & age of the car? It seems too early consider the car is only 3 years old and has about 43k miles on it.

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