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Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:30 pm
Infiniti M45 issues in June and July 2008 – WHAT THE HECK IS IT?
June 24 -- Car driven to Costco (it was about 110 outside)Turned off car and went in to Costco for about 45 minutesCame out, unlocked car, started it and began driving. At the traffic light I noticed that although the AC fan was blowing on high, there was NO cool air. Then I noticed that the gear selector indicator on the dash was not registering anything, the temp gauge read “zero”, etc. (the gas gauge was OK – in fact the left ½ of the cluster was functioning).I pulled into a parking lot, placed the car in Park, turned off the ignition and removed the key. Re-inserted the key immediately and started the car. All systems operational. To date, this has not happened again.
July 5 – started the car in garage and began driving from Tempe to Phoenix. US60 to the I-10 south, at about 8 miles into the trip (around Warner – I was exiting at Ray Rd) the engine died. I was probably at around 75 MPH at the time. Tach dropped to zero. I immediately placed the trans into neutral and began coasting towards the Ray Road exit. As the road was straight and I was aimed straight, I turned off the ignition key, removed it and re-inserted it and immediately turned the key to the “on” position – the engine started as if nothing happened (I was now at about 50 MPH). I placed the trans back in Drive and proceeded to my destination. This has not repeated itself since then.
July 22 – drove the car twice today prior to this latest occurrence. Started the car this evening (after the car sat in the garage for about 5 hours since last being driven). Backed out of driveway, placed the car in Drive, and attempted to accelerate. The engine would rev in a “stutter/miss” (like fuel or spark was not @ 100%), and not exceed 3,000 RPM. When I placed the trans in neutral and rev’d the engine, there was a consistent miss/hesitation. I pulled back into the driveway (in case this problem was permanent), placed the trans in Park, turned off the ignition, removed the key, re-inserted the key and started the car. Ran perfectly and has not repeated today. I started the car 3 times since this latest failure.
The car now has 33,000 miles on it. Serviced Only at Infiniti every 2,500 miles.
I replaced the batteries in BOTH key fobs last week --
The battery is about 1 year old and tests out fine – WHAT IS GOING ON? Any ideas?