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2018 INFINITI Q60 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

1 injured · 1462151 · 2018-04-16

Vehicle

Make
INFINITI
Model
Q60
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Nissan North America, Inc.
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Miles at failure
1,020
Speed
70 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY SAW SOMETHING ON MY LANE SO I TRY TO AVOID IT BY CHANGING LANE BUT MY WHEELS LOCKED AND POWER STEERING SIGN CAME ON SO I ENDED UP DRIVING OVER AN OBJECT. I FORCED MY WHEEL TO THE EMERGENCY LANE SAFELY AFTER VEHICLES ZOOMING BY ME ON BOTH LANES AND TO A COMPLETE STOP. SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, EXITED THE VEHICLE TO SEE SCRATCHES ON MY BUMPER. IT WAS RATHER HARD FOR ME TO FORCE THE WHEEL DUE TO MY MEDICAL DISABILITY FROM THE MILITARY. I DIDN'T DO A FULL INSPECTION SO WENT BACK INTO MY VEHICLE TURNED THE CAR ON AND THE SIGN WENT AWAY SO I KEPT DRIVING TO MY DESTINATION. WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE DIDN'T FEEL THE SAME IT KEPT STEERING TO THE RIGHT. THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS I GET IN MY CAR STARTED DRIVING BUT IT KEPT STEERING TO THE RIGHT SO I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND CHECKED AGAIN TO SEE THAT I HAD A FLAT TIRE RUNNING ON RUN FLATS AND SCRATCHED RIMS. SO I TAKE THE CAR TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT THAT THE CAR WAS ON RECALL ON JANUARY 18, 2018 AND I HAD LEASED THIS CAR ON MARCH 21,2018. THE DEALERSHIP THEN TOLD ME THEY CAN FIX THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM AND MY TIRES BUT THE SCRATCHES ON THE RIMS WAS MY FAULT AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. REMIND YOU THIS VEHICLE WAS TITLED NEW WITH 14 MILES TO START OFF WITH WHEN I LEASED THE VEHICLE. THE CAR NEVER WARNED ME OF A FLAT TIRE OR LOW TIRE PRESSURE ALSO A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM WHILE ON REVERSE. THE REVERSE CAMERA MONITOR WILL BLACK OUT. FAULTY BACK UP CAMERA.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11088508
Machine
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