I was in for an issue with my passenger headlight less than a year ago. i was told that it was due to water getting into my assembly, and it wasn't an infiniti defect. i am not sure how that is possible since headlights are to be designed to be outside of the car 100% of the time. now my driverside headlight has failed, and i do not believe i should have to pay for the same repair on the other light. a dead headlight will not pass inspection. both headlights go dead from water and its my fault? sounds very odd.
While driving my vehicle on city street i notice that my car seemed powerless when i pressed on the gas pedel also started to shudder an vibrate. also notice that my headlight was starting to obtain moisture in them.
While driving the car (after few minutes after engine start), the entire instrument panel cluster (dashboard) went dead - no panel lights, none of the gauges - temperature, fuel, rpm, speedometer, etc. on the instrument cluster were working. the car ran normally - acceleration, braking, with all the lights (headlight, turning lights, etc.) working - but there was no indication to the driver of these commands, from the instrument dashboard / cluster panel.
I parked in my drive-way about 9pm on sun, nov 22, 2014. upon exiting the car, i smelt and saw faint smoke on the passenger side of the car. i walked to that side and saw orange fire behind the fog light in the lower passenger bumper (inside where the bumper has a flat ledge). i ran in the house for a fire extinguisher and my husband and we tried to extinguish the fire several times, but it would re-ignite. when we realized we could not extinguish, we called 911 for the fire dept. we also reconnected the water hose to keep running water over the fire (the hose and pipes had already been wrapped for winter so it took a few minutes). when we returned to the car, the fire had grown and flames started to come out of the gap between the quarter-panel and hood. the water kept the fire under control under the fire dept arrived. the firemen asked if i had any recent work done on the car as they believed the fire was electrical. i then realized i had just had a synthetic oil change done and the passenger fog light replaced the week before on sat, nov 15, 2014. the firemen mentioned there may have been excess grease left on the bulb when changed and that may be what caused the fire, but it is still unknown at this time. i have contacted the auto repair shop and my insurance and both have hired c&i specialist to try to determine the cause. in the meantime, i am submitting this complaint to see if anyone with my vehicle has had a similar issue happen to them to help determine if this is a manufacturer issue or recall issue. any comments or research support would be greatly appreciated. *tr
The headlights on the infiniti jx 35 are not properly focussed and make night-time driving hazardous and dangerous, especially in rain and snow conditions. repeated complaints to my dealer have not resulted in any action with the dealer pleading inability to make any adjustments.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 infiniti jx35. the contact stated that when placing the vehicle in reverse during the night hours the driver was unable to see what was behind them. the driver also mentioned that the back up camera does not help either because the reverse lights are not illuminated bright enough. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to provide any assistance since they were not able to alter the design of the vehicle. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. the failure and current mileage was approximately 1,400.....updated 12/20/12 *bf the consumer stated infinti will not make any changes and if lights were added by the consumer the warranty would voided. updated 12/28/2012 *js