2003 INFINITI QX4 — Complaint #1459119
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT filed April 4, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1459119 (ODI reference 10933508) concerns a 2003 INFINITI QX4 and was filed on April 4, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 16, 2016. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:macpherson strut, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same INFINITI QX4 cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:macpherson strut failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2003 INFINITI QX4 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2003 INFINITI QX4. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FRONT STRUT TOWER SEVERE RUSTS AND CRACKS RECALL ISSUES. *SMD *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1459119 |
| ODI Number | 10933508 |
| Date Filed | April 4, 2018 |
| Failure Date | November 16, 2016 |
| VIN | JNRDR09Y73W |
Similar SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT Complaints for 2003 INFINITI QX4
PASSENGER SIDE STRUT TOWER COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, THE DEALERSHIP DEEMED THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT RECALL DOES NOT COVER THE PASSENGER SIDE, ONLY THE DRIVERS SIDE AND IT'S MY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 INFINITI QX4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT STRUT TOWER ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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