2005 Infiniti G35
This year drew an ordinary 215 complaints for a Infiniti G35 — the model's median is 114. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.8% of them mention coupe, against 3.5% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 215 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 114 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- coupe — 8.8% of this year's complaints, against 3.5% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: coupe, g35 coupe.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
EXPLODING SUNROOF. 2005 INFINITI G35 COUPE. DRIVING ONTO EXPRESSWAY FROM ENTRANCE RAMP, GAINING SPEED, SUDDEN EXPLOSIVE SOUND ABOVE HEAD, NO LOSS OF CONTROL OF CAR. STOPPED AND INVESTIGATED AND THE ENTIRE SUNROOF HAD BLOWN INTO PIECES ALL OVER MY TRUNK ON TO R…
I OWN A 2005 G35 COUPE AND STARTED NOTICING THAT THE MOTOR IS BURNING A LOT OF OIL. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT MY YEAR OF CAR HAS PROBLEMS WITH OIL CONSUMPTION. SO I CALLED MY LOCAL INFINITY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY CAN PERFORM THE TEST BUT IF I WAN…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10V175000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Infiniti G35 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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