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Replying to: kmj1216 (Oct 18, 2008 11:49 am)
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Replying to: lra (Oct 20, 2008 8:46 am) Thanks so much for sharing. This confirms how much I detest Dealerships - the fact that I am quoted close to $3000 and you had yours fixed for $300.00. I think they just want to soak up money from customers. That figure came straight from the dealership. I have it on the work order. I spoke with the manager in the dealership and told him I knew about a service recall on this very issue. The service campaign is noted as ITB03-007b. It can be found by googling it. HOWEVER, the manager tells me that my VIN number falls outside of the cars that are covered. IN other words Infiniti only chooses to address a small portion of the cars that were affected by a manufacturers defect. I imagine they are quoting me that number for one or two reasons. One - to scare me away or Two - because they dont want to repair it but would rather just replace the whole audio/electrical sub system. Either way this is a serious problem with Infiniti, and I hope they will address it. I would love to get more information on how you got your problem resolved and where you went to resolve it. It has been very difficult not having use of my AC/Heat. I am in Atlanta and we are just starting our winter. Although, I know the winters are mild here. You do have to use the defrost, so I could say that it would be a safety issue. JMK
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Replying to: kmj1216 (Oct 20, 2008 10:55 am) It does NOT matter what your VIN number is. The part only cost around $300 and you just add the hour to swap out the unit. |
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Replying to: kmj1216 (Oct 20, 2008 10:55 am)
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Replying to: kmj1216 (Oct 18, 2008 11:49 am) For a circuit board? Are you sure it's not a Lexus?
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Replying to: kdooley (Oct 20, 2008 1:34 pm) Thanks so much for your post. That is exactly the same dealer I am dealing with and I suspect I am getting the same run around. I will get an attorney involved if I have to. Infinit needs to take ownership of this. They do not want to take ownership for what is clearly a manufacturer defects. I am glad you posted. I can certainly appreciate what Ira posted, but it DOES matter according to Infiniti what your VIN is. It is on the Service Recall bulletin. You can download it off the internet. In the bulletin, they mention that only some 23,000 cars are affected. I would venture to say that is a very low conservative estimate. I am sure that there lack of Quality Control to carefully disign a circuit board for a Luxury car is the reason why this is a huge problem among 2003 Infiniti G35s. Ira could you please share with kdooley and myself how you managed to get your problem fixed for $300.00. That certainly is much better than the same story that both kdooley and myself have been told at around $3000.00. As far as the stereo having to be replaced too. I believe that is the case because I have found articles on the internet pointing to the a flaw being found in the car stereo which causes a huge current drain which eventually causes the finisher board to go out. Some Infiniti users have even had their batteries drain and go dead on a recurring basis. I also agree with you that this is certainly a safety issue, when due to changing weather conditions or if their is rain and I can't operate my defrost then I have a serious problem on my hands which could cause an accident. I hope that Infiniti will choose to address this and take it more seriously than they have been.
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Replying to: popeye1250 (Oct 20, 2008 2:02 pm) I think I should post an attachment of the service record from the dealership. Seems too unbelievable. Perhaps having an image of the document scanned would blow everybody's mind like it did mine when I saw it. I imagine the quote is to replace more than the circuit board and includes the stereo, since the dealership claims that the problem will resurface if the car stereo is not replaced. |
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Replying to: nickdecarl (Aug 01, 2008 7:32 pm) |
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Replying to: kmj1216 (Oct 20, 2008 3:39 pm)
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Replying to: lra (Oct 22, 2008 5:49 am) thanks..
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