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2010 Infiniti G37 Sedan and Coupe

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#235 of 242 Brake pad wear-out too quick? by civic2001

Dec 29, 2010 (8:32 pm)

Took my 2010 G37 for a routine maintenance at 6 months. According to dealer's inspection, the front brake pad is at 7.5mm, and rear is at 5mm. Considering the car only has about 6000 miles and even with mostly local driving, the wear seems excessive. Comments are welcomed.

#236 of 242 Re: Defective Convertible Roof? [tkogrady] by greenvillesc

Mar 09, 2011 (10:34 am)

Replying to: tkogrady (Oct 24, 2010 7:02 pm)
I have a brand new (less than 2 weeks) Convertible G37 and I love it. However, I had the exact same thing happen with my roof....less than 10 days old and I have two significant dents in my roof and large oily black spots. My Infiniti has basically inferred that I left something in the trunk - and I had forgotten until I read your blog...that my car was also indicating that the trunk was open. So I closed the roof and went to the trunk - it wasn't open and there was nothing in it.....but the next day I saw the dents. I will cost me $500 for this repair....and quite frankly I am pretty upset about this. I do believe it is a significant design flaw, and for a $50K car with many bells and whistles Infiniti should have done a better job of building sensors into the roof and trunk to prevent these issues. My dealership indicated that a beach towel I had in my car could even cause this kind of damage to the roof. I think that is very inadequate performanceof this roof....

#237 of 242 Re: Defective Convertible Roof? [greenvillesc] by tkogrady

Mar 17, 2011 (1:41 pm)

Replying to: greenvillesc (Mar 09, 2011 10:34 am)
Sorry to hear about that. Yes - you have to be perfect over the lifetime of the car about leaving nothing in the trunk when you open it. Even the smallest things will jam the roof and cause it to dent. Seriously - a $50K car and they didn't think about putting some kind of protection in to avoid that? Even worse, Infiniti's response was piss poor. I'll vote with my feet and buy a different brand when the time comes.
 
By the way - have you been getting a lot of creek / gasket rubbing on yours? I expect a certain amount because it's a convertible, but it's loud enough to hear over the stereo.

#238 of 242 Re: Defective Convertible Roof? [tkogrady] by poodog13

Mar 31, 2011 (6:38 am)

Replying to: tkogrady (Mar 17, 2011 1:41 pm)
So now it's there fault that you can't seem to remember that you can't put the top down while there's stuff in the trunk? So much for personal accountability. Same type of people that sue when they get burnt when they spill hot coffee on themselves.

#240 of 242 Re: Defective Convertible Roof? [tkogrady] by greenvillesc

Mar 31, 2011 (1:51 pm)

Replying to: tkogrady (Mar 17, 2011 1:41 pm)
Hi - no, no creeking of any nature...in fact everything else about my car is perfect...with exception of the roof issues I had. I really absolutely love the car.
 
My Infiniti dealership in Greenville, SC fixed the dents in my roof, without charge - they knew I was being very sincere in my accounts of operating the car properly, and felt it was the right thing to do. I am back to being thrilled with my car - and will judiciously watch an negative effects with operating the roof. Since it has been fixed the only thing that has happened is that I was getting a square black grease spot on the top of my roof, on the driver side, the first couple of times I put the roof down, driven and when I got to my destination, closed the roof and there was the black grease spot. I took pictures, it happened twice or so...but not since then. Wishing you luck with yours....

#241 of 242 Re: Defective Convertible Roof? [greenvillesc] by tkogrady

Mar 31, 2011 (4:00 pm)

Replying to: greenvillesc (Mar 31, 2011 1:51 pm)
Infiniti of Willow Grove, PA wouldn't cover mine, so I had to shell out the money to get it fixed. $600 bucks. Makes me even more pissed that they they are now starting to acknowledge it's a problem and fixing it for free. Someone else contacted me via YouTube and told me their dealership also fixed theirs. Despite loose bolts in my roof, they still insist it was my fault.

#242 of 242 Re: Defective Convertible Roof? [poodog13] by tkogrady

Mar 31, 2011 (4:08 pm)

Replying to: poodog13 (Mar 31, 2011 6:38 am)
Poodog - if you read my original post - I'm pissed because the first dealer wouldn't fix it (Infiniti of Willow Grove, PA). After I had it fixed and shelled out the $600, the service department at another dealership (Infiniti of West Chester PA) told me I had two loose bolts in the roof. There was reason to believe this was caused by a defect because the sections of the roof shouldn't press together enough to dent the metal. But I now know of at least two other people who have had this problem. So perhaps it is just shitty design work. I'm sure if you shelled out $50K for a car that could be damaged so easily, you'd feel differently.

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