2012 Infiniti M37 4 DR AWD

airbag light blinks. We tried the reset and it worked until someone sat in the seat. Called dealer and they said the seat bottom needs replacing as it’s a occupancy sensor. Cost for part + labor = 5K .. Totally outrageous. safety issue

When the steering wheel is adjusted up, down or the telescopic adjustment is used a loud pop is heard, the casing comes apart and it is no longer possible to turn the wheel left or right.

WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS ADJUSTED TO A NORMAL SETTING THE CASING POPS AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL.

THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON IN MY 2012 INFINITI M-37 UPON STARTING IT THE MORNING OF 10/09/2020. I BROUGHT IT INTO MY LOCAL TAMPA INFINITI DEALERSHIP ON 10/21/2020 WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND HAVE HAD OVER 90% OF THE SERVICING COMPLETED. MY SERVICE ADVISOR MICHAEL ENGLISH EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $7104 TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. IN ADDITION A DIAGNOSTIC SENSOR WOULD LIKELY NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $450. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS ONE THAT OCCURS IN A NUMBER OF INFINITI AUTOMOBILES OF THIS TYPE. HE WAS SORRY THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY AND THAT IT DIDN'T SEEM FAIR THAT A RECALL WASN'T AVAILABLE TO REMEDY THE SAFETY PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS ONLY 120,000 MILES ON IT AND RUNS VERY WELL AND IS WORTH ABOUT $8000 AS A TRADE IN BUT NOT WITH A FAULTY PASSENGER SEAT SAFETY HAZARD. I CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT COST NEARLY AS MUCH THE CAR IS WORTH. HOW COULD INFINITI MAKE OR DESIGN A SEAT WITH AIR BAG SENSORS THAT CANT BE REPAIRED WITHOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SEAT? THIS IS THE RESULT OF POOR ENGINEERING AND IS A PRODUCT SAFETY HAZARD FORCING MANY CONSUMERS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HAVING SAFETY EQUIPMENT OR DOING WITHOUT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH EXPENSE TO REPAIR. I'VE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT TO DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS AND MY CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND THERE SHOULD BE A REMEDY FOR ALL THOSE OWNERS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. I HAVE NOTICED THERE ARE MANY OWNERS OF SIMILAR INFINITI VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM.

I NOTICE WHEN I BROUGHT THIS CAR AT 47,000 MILES USED THE CAR WAS LACK OF POWER AND HESITATED TO GO WHEN TRYING TO PASS OTHER CAR ..I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOFTWARE PROBLEMS BUT IT HAPPENED THE 2ND TIME , BUT THIS TIME ALMOST COST THE ACCIDENT,WHEN I WAS GOING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THE HESITATED FOR ABOUT 6TO9SECOND DELAY BEFOR IT TAKE OFF WAS CLOSE OF OTHER CAR HITTING ME

PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR HAS FAILED AND THE DEALER HAS QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $7019 TO REPAIR IT, SAYING THE SEAT HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE COST IS EXORBITANT, AND APPROACHES TO HE TOTAL VALUE OF THE CAR. THIS IS A DEFECT OF THE PART AND THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BARE.

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. I WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR ON PASSENGER SEAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WHICH COST AROUND $5500. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG SENSOR TURNS OFF AIRBAG WHEN AN ADULT IS SEATED THERE. THIS OCCURS ALMOST EVERY TIME I HAVE A PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT. I CAN OCCASIONALLY GET IT TO TURN AIRBAG ON BY SHUTTING CAR OFF AND RESTARTING, SOMETIMES IT TAKES 3 CYCLES OF OFF/ON. MOST TIMES IT STILL WON'T RESET AND MY PASSENGER HAS TO MOVE TO A REAR SEAT. THIS HAPPENS EVEN WITH A 200 LB. MAN SEATED THERE. THIS IS MY 4TH INFINITI AND THEY'VE ALL HAD THIS ISSUE. INFINITI SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE AIRBAG SENSOR

I PURCHASED MY CAR USED WITH APROX 45,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER, I TEST DROVE IT & IT RAN & HANDLED PERFECT. AS SOON AS I TOOK THE CAR HOME I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC TO CHECK IT OUT, I GOT THE OIL & FILTERS CHANGED & CAR INSPECTION, ALL WAS GOOD. I OWNED THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS & MAINTAINED IT REGULARLY. ONE MORNING I STARTED IT UP & IT STARTED POPPING & JUMPING (THE DAY BEFORE IT HAD RUN PERFECTLY) & MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS APPROX 65,000. MILES ON THE ODOMETER, THERE WAS LESS THAN 1000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC & THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT..THE OIL WAS COMPLETELY GONE. THERE WAS NO OIL SPOTS IN MY DRIVEWAY AT ALL WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE OIL COULD HAVE GONE IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES SINCE MY LAST OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANICS FILLED IT WITH OIL, I DROVE IT ONLY LOCALLY A FEW WEEKS & WHEN I CHECKED IT AGAIN THE OIL WAS GONE..WITH NO OIL STAINS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I CALLED INFINITY, THEY TOWED IT TO INFINITY DEALERSHIP IN NJ, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO NEGLECTING TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED & I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR WHICH COST APPROX $12,000. I TOLD THEM I HAVE RECEIPTS OF THE OIL CHANGES & THEY SAID THEN IT WAS NEGLECTED PRIOR TO MY OWNING IT WHICH I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD BE AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR OVER 3 YEARS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THEY THEN ACCUSED ME OF NEGLECTING THE CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T BRING IT TO THEM FOR MAINTENANCE. NO ONE I SPOKE TO CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD RUN COMPLETELY OUT OF OIL IN LESS THAN 1000 MILES & IT DIDN'T START RUNNING BAD GRADUALLY IT LITERALLY HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. ONE MECHANICS I SPOKE TO SAID IT MAY BE A DEFECT TO LOOK UP RECALLS, I SAW A SIMILAR ISSUE ON SOME MODEL INFINITIES BUT MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I NOW HAVE LESS THAN 69,000. MILES ON AN INFINITY WHICH NEEDS A NEW MOTOR THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE CAR VALUE.

2 DAYS AGO I WAS LEAVING THE MARKET & MY CAR WON'T START EVERY LIGHT FROM ENGINE , BRAKES, ELECTRICAL COME ON. I WAITED 15 MINUTES @ IT STARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 7 TIMES. I HAVE MAY SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS. I'VE MENTIONED IT TO MY DEALER, I THOUGHT IT COULD BE MY BATTERY, IT WAS NOT. THE SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I'VE HAD TO CALL FAMILY TO COME & GET SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY EACH TIME.

I'D LIKE TO REPORT A PROBLEM THAT HAS OCCURRED WITH MY 2012 INFINITI M37 WHICH SEEMS TO BE PRETTY FATAL. THE PLASTIC COVER THAT COVERS THE STEERING WHEEL'S ROD CRACKS OPEN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TILTED TO A LOWER POSITION. ONCE THE COVER IS CRACKED, STEERING WHEEL RUBS ON TO THE PLASTIC BEHIND IT AND MAKES THE STEERING WHEEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. IF SOMEONE FACED THIS ISSUE BY CHANGING THEIR STEERING WHEEL POSITION WHILE DRIVING, IT WILL SURELY LEAD TO A FATAL ACCIDENT. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL ACCORDING TO THE FORUM LINK ATTACHED: HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/STEERING-WHEEL-RUBBING-PLASTIC-HOUSING-T609452.HTML I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT INFINITI REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND THE ANSWER I RECEIVED WAS THAT THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE I AM OUT OF WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THAT PART OF THE VEHICLE IS BARELY USED NOR TOUCHED WHICH MAKES THIS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT BUT NO ONE WANTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE I'D LIKE TO ASK NHTSA TO GET INVOLVED AND HELP US OUT ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WILL AWAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

TOTAL LACK OF ACCELERATION WHEN PASSING. THERE IS A 2-3 SECOND DELAY PRIOR TO THE DOWNSHIFT AND I'M NEVER SURE WHEN THE ACCELERATION WILL TAKE PLACE. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS FROM 50MPH AND UP. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED OVER TIME. INFINITY REPROGRAMMED THE ECM AND NO IMPROVEMENT WAS NOTED. I GAVE UP ON THEIR SERVICE SUPPORT. THANKS

WHEN ENTERING & EXITING THE CAR THE STEERING WHEEL WILL ADJUST. WE STARTED NOTICING A NOISE AND THEN IT MADE A LOUD POP. I NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC HOUSING AROUND THE COLUMN WAS IN A BIND. I MOVED THE STEERING WHEEL UP TO BE ABLE TO STEER. THIS IS RIDICULOUS ON THIS TYPE OF CAR. I'VE READ MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND NOT THERE IS NO RECALL??? IS THERE A RECALL OR NOT? CAN THIS BE FIXED REASONABLY?

PLASTIC SURROUNDING STREAMING COLUMN SEPARATED. STEARING WILL NOT TURN ALL THE WAY AND THE PLASTIC IS RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER MAKING A NOISE WHILE TRYING TO TURN OR ANY STEARING.

FAILURE OF THE TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN. A BROKEN LIMITER CAUSED THE TILT MOTOR TO EXERT BEYOND IT'S THRESHOLD CAUSING FAILURE DURING ENTRY/EXIT AUTOMATIC OPERATION. STEERING WHEEL NOW RUBS ON PLASTIC TRIM PIECES. REGARDLESS OF WHAT INFINITI CLAIMS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHERS WITH SAME ISSUE: HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/STEERING-WHEEL-WON-T-TURN-UNLESS-COLUMN-TILTED-UP-T611149.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/STEERING-WHEEL-RUBBING-PLASTIC-HOUSING-T609452.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/STEERING-COLUMN-SHROUD-POPPING-UP-T610716.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/STEERING-WHEEL-SOUNDS-LIKE-A-MICE-WHEEL-T610742.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.NICOCLUB.COM/STEERING-WHEEL-POWER-TILT-MALFUNCTION-11-M37X-T600860.HTML

DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS KEEP FAILING. THE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ON ALL FOUR DOORS HAVE FAILED AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED. WHEN THEY FAIL, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCK OR UNLOCK THE DOOR. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 75,000 MILES.

2012 M37 49,700 MILES. WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS IN THE POSITION SELECTED FOR DRIVING, THE WHEEL LOCKED UP.UNABLE TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. DEALER SAID UPPER STEERING SHAFT FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 INFINITI M37. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TILTED DOWNWARD, IT WAS UNABLE TO BE TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,541.

OPENED CAR WITH TOUCH KEY AND TELESCOPIC STEERING WHEEL MADE LOUD POPPING SOUND. STEERING WHEEL DID NOT GO TO SET POSITION AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AFTERWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING THANKFULLY AS IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AFTER THE POPPING SOUND. THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE KEPT IN AN UPWARD POSITION TO STEER AT ALL WITH DIFFICULTY.

VEHICLE WON'T START REPLACED BATTERY 2 WITHIN 4 MONTHS INFINITY DEALERSHIP CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT CAR WON'T START . CAN CHARGE BATTERY DRIVE SMALL DISTANCE AND CAR WILL NOT START HAD TWO PLACES CHECK ALTERNATOR AND STARTER STATED NO PROBLEM BUT UNABLE TO FIND THE DRAIN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 INFINITI M37. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, BLACK SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A BALL OF FLAMES IMMEDIATELY SHOT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DIALED 911. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINUTES LATER AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. BOTH A FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WERE FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE REMNANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE TOWED AWAY BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 INFINITI M37. WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

HAVE OWNED THE CAR SLIGHTLY OVER A YEAR. SINCE THE BEGINNING THE TRANSMISSION HAS SHIFTED ERRATICALLY, IS IN 4TH GEAR AT 25 MPH. WHEN STEPPING ON GAS THE CAR HESITATES WHILE TRYING TO PICK A GEAR. THERE IS NO POWER AT LOW SPEEDS BECAUSE THE CAR IS IN TOO HIGH A GEAR. AT HIGHER SPEEDS IF YOU TOUCH THE BRAKES THE CAR DROPS TWO OR THREE GEARS CAUSING THE CAR TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FROM THE DOWNSHIFT. THE ENGINE KNOCKS CONSTANTLY AT LOW SPEEDS DUE TO THE GEARING EVEN THOUGH PREMIUM FUEL IS REQUIRED. DEALER HAS TRIED TO REPAIR AND APPLIED SOFTWARE PATCH THAT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR TO RECEIVE BUT NO HELP. DEALERSHIP SAYS NOTHING CAN BE DONE. FROM RESEARCH AND OTHER NHTSA COMPLAINTS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. TRIED TO GET INFINITI TO REPURCHASE BUT THEY REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND CAR, SAY IT'S "WITHIN SPECS". CAR IS UNSAFE BECAUSE OF SEVERE DOWNSHIFT COMPRESSION AT HIGHER SPEED, NO POWER AND SEVERE HESITATION AT LOWER SPEEDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 INFINITI M37. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED AND EXHIBITED A LOUD BANG WHEN SHIFTING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN. THE DEALER RE-PROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED WELL FOR A WHILE BUT THE FAILURE SOON RECURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW WITHIN THE VEHICLE BUT A REMEDY WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,473 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

EXPERIENCED VERY SLOW ACCELERATOR RESPONSE SINCE VEHICLE WAS BRAND NEW. NOW IN ADDITION TO THAT THE CAR IS HAVING HORRIBLE PROBLEMS WHILE BRAKING, TRANSMISSION BANGS OUT OF GEAR, THE CAR ALSO DROPS MULTIPLE GEARS AT ONCE WHICH CAUSES A VERY HIGH REV OF ENGINE. IT FEELS SO ROUGH IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THIS CAR FEELS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THERE MUST BE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS OR SOFTWARE HERE. *TR

9/25/2012-I AM HAVING SOME SEVERE ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES ON THE M37. YESTERDAY I JUST AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT WITH THE BACK END OF A UPS TRUCK AS THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THE BRAKES. EACH TIME IT HAS BEEN WHILE TRAVELING ABOVE 50 MPH AND TRYING TO STOP QUICKLY. THE REACTION OF THE CAR IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN YOU ARE ON WET OR ICY ROADS. HOWEVER, THE ROADS HAVE BEEN PERFECTLY DRY AND THE SUN IS SHINING. WHEN TRYING TO USE THE BRAKE TO DECELERATE THE PEDAL WILL PULSATE AND THE ENGINE RPM WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. BASICALLY THE CAR DRIVES THROUGH THE DRIVER'S COMMAND TO STOP. LAST NIGHT IT WAS SO BAD THAT I HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE ONCOMING LANE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STOP IN TIME TO PREVENT ME FROM REAR-ENDING THE UPS TRUCK. I AM A VERY SOUND DRIVER THAT DOES NOT TAIL GATE AND THIS CAR HAS DONE THIS NOW 3 TIMES. THE OTHER TWO TIMES I WAS TRYING TO AVOID ANIMALS THAT SHOT OUT IN FRONT OF ME. I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM ON SEVERAL MODEL YEAR CARS FOR INFINITI. *TR

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