Braking fast locked the front hood hindges and I could not open the hood.

[beach bum gman]

I have not heard of this anywhere but it happened to me. Driving along and had to hit the brakes fast at about 60mph. I heard a clunk and thought nothing of it. A few days later I went to open the hood and it stopped half way up. When I lifted hard I heard a crunch and looked to the fender and it was bent by the corner.I went to the dealer and he said part of the crash system crumple zone was locking hood hinges and mine were locked?Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?The dealer was really nice and gave me a loner and had it like new in 6 days all at no charge.

I just thought I would relay the info to see if it has happened to any club members.

[pfarmer]

I have not heard of this anywhere but it happened to me. Driving along and had to hit the brakes fast at about 60mph. I heard a clunk and thought nothing of it. A few days later I went to open the hood and it stopped half way up. When I lifted hard I heard a crunch and looked to the fender and it was bent by the corner.I went to the dealer and he said part of the crash system crumple zone was locking hood hinges and mine were locked?Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?The dealer was really nice and gave me a loner and had it like new in 6 days all at no charge.

I just thought I would relay the info to see if it has happened to any club members.

The hood was bent by the corner? I sort of like this idea as a well designed hood is suppose to be part of the total crash characteristics of a car. That is one of the reasons why some debate hood replacement on street cars. Most seem to agree that replacement of a steel hood by an aluminum or even good fiberglass hoods is acceptable. Most carbon fiber hoods for street cars may be ok as well since most are not truely 100% carbon fiber and maintain fiberglass characteristics. A 100% carbon fiber may present a couple of issues on the other hand.

I haven't heard of this on an Infiniti but it makes a lot of sense if it functions properly.

Perry

[audtatious]

I understand the use of the hood "hooks" in that it keeps the back of the hood from shooting through the windshield during a crash, BUT I was not aware that they moved in the least and that is exactly what they would have had to do if you had this problem after heavy braking. Very weird.....

[Poyzinous]

Have the hood crumple under heavy braking? Uh, sounds odd to me. I mean if you had sticky 385/10/r20 tires up front with front wheelie (stoppie?) bars and dual (like Maybach) 8 piston front caliper set with ceramic brakes then yeah I could see it happening. 60-0 braking of 30 feet, oh yeah.

[audtatious]

Even then the chassis itself would have to be loose and able to shift.....The only way I see this happening is if the hooks themselves moved forward as some safety measure

[pfarmer]

Have the hood crumple under heavy braking? Uh, sounds odd to me. I mean if you had sticky 385/10/r20 tires up front with front wheelie (stoppie?) bars and dual (like Maybach) 8 piston front caliper set with ceramic brakes then yeah I could see it happening. 60-0 braking of 30 feet, oh yeah.

Not sure if that is what he meant or if he crumpled the hood by trying to force it open when it was latched.

Perry

[beach bum gman]

In the original post the hood and fenders were bent from opening the hood, not the sticky tires from the massive G force applied from the superior stopping force of a G35.

When it happened at night I went to the dealer the next day and I did not think to take pictures of it but I still have the bill for parts and labor, all covered with no charge to me.

I really thought it was a rare problem and someone else had the same thing happen but now I guess NOT.

[audtatious]

So, do the hooks actually move forward in the G?

[beach bum gman]

I think the hook latches move because when I looked at the hooks they were secured to the hood.Been busy at work to answer. I ordered the grounding kit and will post when installed to give the results. I hope the sound system and shifting is better.