My Q45 is on its way home!!!

[lino]

I just bought a 1991 Q45A and is the first time I've ever owned a Nissan/Infiniti. I have the service records for the car here in front of me and was wondering if it would be ok to post them so that you guys can see some of the history and comment on what you think needs to be done etc...I'm just super excited. So can I post them?

[rsiwicki]

Hell....before you post your service records we want pics and more details of your car. We like pics. Is it still a true active suspension car and does the active stuff work.....congrats on your Q45.

[lino]

I haven't seen the car yet myself. I bought the car sight unseen. It has 144,000 miles. I will post pics as soon as I can. I am told that everything in the car works, including ice cold A/C and even the power antenna. I have some of the service records, the ones from Infiniti anyway. Ah, heck I'm going to post them and if for any reason I'm in violation of the forum rules, please accept my apologies and remove the post.























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[redmanfx]

Welcome. Congrats on the active Q!!

One thing to check for and I didn't see on your records are the Chain guides! The 91 came with plastic chain guides that fail and they should be changed to metal chain guides. I may be blind but I didn't see where they had been replaced. They will cause your car a tragic death from where there is no return should they fail. Double check with the previous owner to see if they were replaced. If not, make it your number one priority. Search "chain guides" to find all the info on the subject.

I'M REDMAN

[lino]

Welcome. Congrats on the active Q!!

One thing to check for and I didn't see on your records are the Chain guides! The 91 came with plastic chain guides that fail and they should be changed to metal chain guides. I may be blind but I didn't see where they had been replaced. They will cause your car a tragic death from where there is no return should they fail. Double check with the previous owner to see if they were replaced. If not, make it your number one priority. Search "chain guides" to find all the info on the subject.

I'M REDMAN

Thank you for the warm welcome and thanks again for mentioning the plastic chain guides issue. I have been reading as much as I can to understand these cars and saw the info on thi ssubject. I don't have any information indicating that the guides were replaced. I am going to work on asking the previous owner.

One thing I do know is that the transmission was replaced. You can see it in the service records on the very bottom of Page 9. It says the following:

G50 A/T LOCK-UP CLUTCHHOST GENERATED CLAIM: Q45 A/T REPL

I believe this recall may also have been referred to as P2200.

[Jehangir]

your accumulators may be flat as well. I didn' t see any work done on your suspensions actuators or accumulators. Eitherway, look for posts from Texaloil. He'll save you a ton of headaches and money. Good luck on your new purchase. When I'm driving mine, it almost seems like I'lm cheatiing physics

[pito11213]

Two ways to view that list. One the guy really cared about his car and had everything done at the dealer or that car has had a ton of problmes and what else is lying in wait. Also I notice it said leaky transmission fluid and other leaks but doesnt show repair done. Could that be that it was repaired by an outside mechanic?

[lino]

your accumulators may be flat as well. I didn' t see any work done on your suspensions actuators or accumulators. Eitherway, look for posts from Texaloil. He'll save you a ton of headaches and money. Good luck on your new purchase. When I'm driving mine, it almost seems like I'lm cheatiing physics

How will I know if they are flat? Also, what do the N and H stand for on the button?

[lino]

Two ways to view that list. One the guy really cared about his car and had everything done at the dealer or that car has had a ton of problmes and what else is lying in wait. Also I notice it said leaky transmission fluid and other leaks but doesnt show repair done. Could that be that it was repaired by an outside mechanic?

From what I understand, all the work we see from the service records is from the 1st owner. He sold the car to his good friend/neighbor who owned the car for a little over a year. I'm not sure where the 2nd owner had the car serviced. I'm working on getting that info and finding out what he had repaired. I bought the car through a 3rd party and he said the the owner of the car bought the car for his wife and then after a year decided to buy her a brand new Q45 as an anniversary gift, since she loved the Q so much.

He also said that the car was just checked out by his personal mechanic and everything looked good, except for a power window regulator and he had it replaced. I'm over 2000 miles away from the car so I'm going on his word. I bought the car without seeing it and just took a chance. Let's see how it turns out.

[Jehangir]

Eitherway, I'm sure you will be getting a solid and fun car. Inorder to make it a reliable car I would just plan on spending another couple thousand. This way you'll know what work is done. The most important being the chain guides. I bought mine with 125K and there wasn't any extra noises comming from under the hood. when I had the chain guide worked on they were cracked and broken.

[redmanfx]

How will I know if they are flat? Also, what do the N and H stand for on the button?

The "N" is normal and the "H" is high. This is your Height control button. When you get your car at idle turn the switch from N to H and your car should rise and vice versa from H to N the car should lower. Your car should stay level around turns and should also compensate for passenger load and weight. Eventhough the car raises and lowers itself doesn't mean your accumulators aren't "dead" You'll be able to tell that when You drive it. The acitve Q is an amazing car as you will find out. Let us know when you get it because there is allot to go over.

I'M REDMAN

[lino]

Thanks Redman! I'll be sure to let you know when I get the car. BTW what's the mileage on your car?

[nchopp]

Welcome. :-)

[1993TanJ30]

Congrats on your new purchase!

Every Q45a owner that I've seen has nothing but GREAT things to say about the active suspension!

It looks like alot of work was done. Like previously mentioned - you can take it two ways: 1) Good, alot of stuff is taken care of or 2) Whats coming next, this thing seems like its on a roll!

Either way please post right after you take it for a nice one hour RUN... See what the car can do, I'm sure it'll amaze you.

I've never been in a Q45 and thats unacceptable...

CONGRATS!

[redmanfx]

My Q has 262,762 miles on it.

red

[lino]

More good news guys!!

I called the 1st owner of my Q45 and he told me that he had the chain or guides done in 1999 when the car had approximately 115,000 miles. He didn't remember exactly but remembered paying $900 in total and the parts being something like $300. The work was done by a mechanic from the Infiniti dealership that he used to go to, only the mechanic did the work for him on the side. He gave me the name of the mechanic and his telephone number and I called him. The mechanic said it ws the guides that were changed, not the chain. So at this point it appears that the guides have been done already.

[Jesda]

You are one LUCKY sob! Huge congrats to you!

All there is left to do is enjoy it.

[lino]

You are one LUCKY sob! Huge congrats to you!

All there is left to do is enjoy it.

Thank You

[PalmerWMD]

More good news guys!!

I called the 1st owner of my Q45 and he told me that he had the chain or guides done in 1999

thast awesome and rare..

In 1999, few people were even aware of the issue and even most dealerships service departments, were unaware .

So it was an unusually astute, previous owner.

This really bodes well, for the overall condition of the car.

I was really worried at first, when you told us, you had bought it sight-unseen, but I am no longer worried now.

Also the first immediate expense and worry, of owning a used early Q isnt there. ( some of us dont driven them at all when buying used, until guides are done)

Fred..

PS: I lost not one but 2 engine to this failure, as I didnt understand the issue until failure #2 and then joined nico and wrote a good 100 posts on it in 2000/2001...

[lino]

thast awesome and rare..

In 1999, few people were even aware of the issue and even most dealerships service departments, were unaware .

So it was an unusually astute, previous owner.

When I was talking to the mechanic, I mentioned to him that most people I have spoken to from the Infiniti dealerships where I live had not heard of the valve guide issue and he said that he had seen quite a few of them when he was working there and he was well aware of the problem. He mentioned that the noise was very noticeable when they were about to fail. He worked for Infiniti in Southern Florida.

[gniknave]

He mentioned that the noise was very noticeable when they were about to fail. He worked for Infiniti in Southern Florida.

Thats a first. You should see the condition mine were in on my last Q before they were about to fail. I decided to do them myself just to find out that had I waited any longer I would have been facing a failure within one more trip. I didn't hear anything but a smooth engine.

[lino]

Thats a first. You should see the condition mine were in on my last Q before they were about to fail. I decided to do them myself just to find out that had I waited any longer I would have been facing a failure within one more trip. I didn't hear anything but a smooth engine.

Good thing you caught them in time. The fact that your car was quiet may mean that yours hadn't broken yet when you did the repair and you caught it at an early stage and maybe the noise the mechanic was refferring to is the noise coming from the chain?? Is that possible???

Also, I spoke with an Infiniti tech this morning and he said that he has never seen a Q45 with the chain guide issue, but has heard of it happening to people who live in hotter climates and that did a lot of highway driving.

[redmanfx]

What happens is the plastic guides break off piece by piece and fall. Many of those who have done the guides have taken pictures of the plastic pieces taken from the bottom of the oil pan! so they are in various points of desintergration by the time they are changed. No symtoms at all, no noise just a dead engine. Anyway you don't have to worry about that.

Your suspension will be your labor of love. When you go for a drive get back to us with the news..

I'M A CONVERT