Total Complaints
41 filings
INFINITI I35 · model year
41 NHTSA complaints, and 3 active recalls for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2004INFINITII35 carries 41 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2004 I35 is air bags with 12 filings, followed by electrical system (5) and engine (5). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability. This model year has 3 active recall campaigns, which means the manufacturer is obligated to remedy the covered defect at no charge for the life of the vehicle — the full NHTSA campaign numbers are listed below.
NHTSA currently has 7 investigation files overlapping the 2004 I35. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
41 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | 12 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 5 |
| ENGINE | 5 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 4 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 3 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 2 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | 1 |
| EQUIPMENT | 1 |
| SUSPENSION | 1 |
| STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | 1 |
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 1 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY | 1 |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV) | 1 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2006-2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007-2011 Nissan Versa vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississ
AIR BAGS
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2003-2005 FX35 and FX45, and 2006 M35 and M45 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registere
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2001-2003 Maxima, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2007-2011 Versa Sedan and Versa Hatchback, 2001-2004 Infiniti I30 and I35, 2002-2003 Inifiniti QX4, 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 and 2006-2010 M35 and M45 vehicles. The vehicles are
The red airbag light on the instrument panel IS on. I have taken the car to the infinity dealer and they say a sensor is out and would be $800 to $1000 to repair. It seems the airbag system should be warranted as long as the car is registered. The mfg book says if this light is on the airbag may inflate, not inflate when needed, just not work. I am concerned, I do not want the bag to inflate as I or my wife is driving. This not a very good safety system if can go out from just one sensor it seems it should have a redundant system for this.This is a safety issue that seems infinity should have to fix especially with the problem with airbags. I do not want my wife or I to be a statistic for a bad airbag system.
The steering wheel is hard to turn and it makes a weird noise when turning it. And I have gotten things sent to me about the airbags being recalled
ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING. LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT SOON CAME ON ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER WARNING LIGHTS, ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART READILY AND THEN STALLED AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED FROM THE ROAD FOR REPAIR. THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR AND CRANKSHAFT SENSORS WERE REPLACED. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME REPAIR CONDUCTED UNDER THE RECALL 03V455000 FOR INFINITI I35S FOR 2002 AND 2003. OBVIOUSLY THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED IN CARS PRODUCED IN EARLY 2004.
Mileage: 108,346
TWO MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE LOOSE FROM RUSTED FRAME. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON IT. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THE DEFECT WAS FOUND. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN CONNECTICUT IN JUNE OF 2017 AND DRIVEN TO LAS VEGAS NEVADA. VEHICLE HAD 89,00 ORIGINAL MILES WHEN PURCHASED.
Mileage: 95,000
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT HAD BEEN WAITING OVER A YEAR TO HEAR FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO THE PARTS BEING AVAILABLE FOR THE TAKATA RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN WILL THE PARTS BE AVAILABLE? I DO NOT WANT TO BE A STATISTIC. MY HUSBAND AND I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY TRAVELING IN HUMID AREAS.
TAKATA RECALL STILL NOT FULFILLED.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS REPLACED AFTER THREE REPAIRS; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.
Mileage: 62,000
I WAS APPROACHING TO INTERSECTION TRAFFIC LIGHT, SLOW DOWN FORM 35MPH TO STOP SAW THE GREEN SIGNAL, TRY TO MOVE BY APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR CAR DOES NOT MOVE. ON THE DASH I SAW THE LIGHTS ABS AND TCS OFF COMING UP AND GOING EVERY 3 SECONDS. TURN ON THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS HIT THE BREAK PUT THE CAR TO PARKING & PUT TO THE D GEAR IT MOVED SLOWLY AND OTHER TWO LIGHTS CAME ON SEAT BELT LIGHT EVEN THOUGH WAS WEARING IT, AND AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. EVEN IF I APPLY ACCELERATOR NO NOISE OF HUMMING NOTHING, WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MOVE TO THE NEAREST PLACE (GAS STATION AT THE INTERSECTION) & ABLE TO PARK. AFTER PARKING IT I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND OPEN THE HOOD TO SEE WAS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT WITH MY CAR AT THIS TIME I FELT THE STRONG SMELL OF SOME WIRE OR PLASTIC BURNED ( FELT THE SAME SMELL WHILE VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL AT THE INTERSECTION BUT WAS NOT THAT STRONG). EVERYTHING LOOKED ALRIGHT. LET IT COOL DOWN A BIT THEN CHECKED FLUIDS, ALL THE FLUIDS WERE OK. TRIED TO CRANK DID NOT START, ALL THE LIGH
Mileage: 134,550
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 INFINITI I35. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER THE BATTERY WAS RECHARGED, BUT IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,000.
Mileage: 208,000
WHILE DRIVING ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. FIRST INCIDENT WHILE DRIVE ON HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF, I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR CONTROL THE VEHICLE. WHILE STOPPED, I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND OCCASION , I WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. I RESTARTED IT. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCASION, JANUARY 13, 2015, I WAS AT A RED LIGHT, THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR I EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK THROUGH MY CAR KEY. I AM HAVING A MECHANIC CHECK OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING. *TR
Mileage: 94,000
WHILE DRIVING ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. FIRST INCIDENT WHILE DRIVE ON HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF, I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR CONTROL THE VEHICLE. WHILE STOPPED, I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND OCCASION , I WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. I RESTARTED IT. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCASION, JANUARY 13, 2015, I WAS AT A RED LIGHT, THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR I EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK THROUGH MY CAR KEY. I AM HAVING A MECHANIC CHECK OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING. *TR
Mileage: 94,000
WHILE DRIVING ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. FIRST INCIDENT WHILE DRIVE ON HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF, I WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR CONTROL THE VEHICLE. WHILE STOPPED, I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND OCCASION , I WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED. I RESTARTED IT. ON THE MOST RECENT OCCASION, JANUARY 13, 2015, I WAS AT A RED LIGHT, THE CAR STOPPED RUNNING. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR I EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK THROUGH MY CAR KEY. I AM HAVING A MECHANIC CHECK OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FRIGHTENING. *TR
Mileage: 94,000
Complete loss of motive power due to engine failure
Occupant Classification System Failure
Improper Frontal Air Bag Deployment
Steering column separation
Collision Mitigation System Malfunction
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
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