2012 Infiniti M35 HEV 4 DR RWD

IT ALL STARTED WITH A SMALL VIBRATION THAT FELT LIKE A WHEEL NEEDING BALANCING. THIS SYSTEM HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY AND FOR SHORT DURATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEN THE VIBRATION STARTED TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN, FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AND WITH MORE INTENSITY SUCH TO BECOME A SHUTTERING THAT WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. WHEN THE SHUTTERING SUDDENLY BECAME VERY SEVERE, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AT THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH. I MANAGED TO PULLED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHERE I OBSERVED AND WATCHED SMOKE COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT DISC BRAKES. IT APPEARED, THE BRAKE HAD TRIED TO LOCK UP. A DIAGNOSTIC ENGINE REPORT IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING CODES: BRAKE CODE, GENERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE C1A6E AND C1A70 ALSO ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM, GENERAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE C118C.

ON MARCH 4, 2019 WHILE DRIVING THROUGH JEFFERSON CITY DOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD EXPLOSION. I PULLED OVER TO INSPECT THE CAR ONLY TO FIND MY SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. A LARGE HOLE WAS IN THE SUNROOF WITH GLASS DEBRIS ON THE OOF. LUCKILY THE EXPLOSION WAS OUTWARD AND NOT INWARD INTO THE CAR. I TOOK PICTURES WHICH SHOWS THE DAMAGE AND THE GLASS THAT WAS LEFT ON THE ROOF. I SUSPECT THE REMAINING GLASS BLEW UP AND TOWARD THE BACK OF THE CAR.

MY CAR WAS ISSUED A RECALL NUMBER 16V-527 IN JULY. AFTER MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AFTER IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FWY DUE TO THE HYBRID SYSTEM. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT COMPLETE THE RECALL WORK DUE TO THE LACK OF PARTS, EVEN THOUGH THE RECALL APPEARS TO RELATE DIRECTLY TO THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WAS IN MTION ON THE FWY WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED DUE TO A HYBRID MOTOR ISSUE.

I WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH MY 2012 INFINITI M37X PURCHASED ON 1/3/2012 AT INFINITI. MY SAFETY WAS PUT AT RISK WITH THIS VEHICLE. I TOOK DELIVERY OF MY NEW M37X ON THE NIGHT OF 1/4/2012. UPON DELIVERY, I DROVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS(65 MPH). THE CAR WAS VIBRATING CONSTANTLY, AND I FELT THE VIBRATIONS PROMINENTLY THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. WITHIN TWELVE HOURS OF DELIVERY, I CONTACTED INFINITI ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES VIA EMAIL AND TELEPHONE. ON 1/5/2012, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT INFINITI. INFINITI DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED TWO DEFECTIVE TIRES/WHEELS. I FEEL THAT MY SAFETY HAS BEEN PLACED IN JEOPARDY WITH THIS INFINITI VEHICLE. MY MINIMUM EXPECTATION FROM INFINITI IS THE DELIVERY OF A SAFE VEHICLE. *TR