I tried to breathe life back into my qx4, and it was great for about a month, but after the most recent issue, bad axle seal and bearing, the unnerving feeling I had was enough to make me "get rid of it".
Between the IAC valve, belts, O2 sensor, coil pack, new registration, and some other knick knacks, i was just under 1000$ with some labor done by me, some by my mechanic.
The car still needed, pretty much all new suspension and new tires to make it safer @ highway speeds. Not to mention its the dead of summer and my A/C needed to be recharged.
Living in one of the worst salt belt states didnt help, infiniti did their recall on the wheel well/strut housing, but rust ate a hole through the driver front fender, and was eating bad @ the rear passenger door opening area. Not to mention my running boards were gone and the rust was eating through the bottom rockers behind and in front of the wheels. aaaand not to mention someone backed into me and dented my rear driver door and the rear bumper was also damaged.
I can wrench on my car, but I do not enjoy fixing it myself like some people do.
My living/working situation also called for something more reliable than my 15 yr old QX4 (been renitng a car for the past 4 weeks @ 900$
) So anyways, I made the conscious decision to list it for 1500$ and if I got a 1000$ i would take it. before I did that I just said if I bring it to carmax and they give me 500$ I can forego paying insurance on it, I dont have to worry about taking it on test drives without current registration (i renewed at a horrible time, I paid full two year price for 2 months), and i wouldnt have to waste my time explaining to people the problems it had.
So anyways, carmax gave me 500$ and I was relieved to just be rid of it. It sucks because the month or so I had it on the road I got the best gas mileage I ever had, and I really like driving it as it offers a lot of comfort. But like I said, needed new suspension (4WD was useless without it, death trap last season in the snow).
Anyways my point is, all im seeing nowadays on this forum are people having problems (tons, TONS of IAC problems), and I felt like this axle seal/bearing was the last straw, and probably just a precursor of things to come.
I hope you guys have better luck. At 171k miles, this chapter is closed for me, but I enjoyed the vehicle while I had it.
