So I heard back from Infiniti Consumer affairs. Basically, they're going to refer it to my service manager - same guy who had never heard of the problem, though certainly nice enough. D'oh

"I am going to transfer your file to one of our specialists assigned to
your region. The specialist will be coordinating the resolution to your
concern through your Service Manager at Frontier Infiniti. If for any
reason you haven?t heard from your Service Manager or a specialist
within 2 business days, please feel free to call consumer affairs at (800)
662-6200 and reference to file number xxxxx. "

 

I called them.. They know jack **** about the problem and told me to go to my dealer which I called and the service rep knew crap about it too and told me to take the car to them. So I will

 

So here's an odd data point: i had bass at 0, treble at +5, and I experienced this issue. I dropped treble to +4, and bass to -1, and there is no issue; the settings persist after shutting off the ignition.

they should still fix it.

 

This is amazing! I can't believe my eyes. I had a 94 J30 and a 95 G20 with Bose systems. Both were crap that rquired several speaker changes before getting it right. I eventually took the complete system out and replaced with aftermarket stuff. I can't belive Infiniti and Bose haven't improve their systems after all these years. I may think twice about getting a G35. There were other issues I'd better check with you guys about...in other threads. I don't wanna highjack this one.

 

My 05 coupe AT does not seem to have this problem. I have been looking for it since this was first posted. Maybe I am lucky.

Kevin

 

maybe its the 6MTs??

 

i have an auto with the problem.dba4life,what is your build date?maybe that has something to do with it?

 

My '05 6mt sc doesn't seem to have this problem. Also I just came out of an acura rsx type s, so the infiniti stereo is way better than what I was used to.

 

list your build date.this may be part of the problem.mine was built on 10/04 and i have the problem.

 

Well, I happened to have my car today at work, and my office is right across the street from my Infiniti dealer. I'm friendly with everyone there, so I called one of the service writers to come out and confirm if my ears were playing games with me or what. I pulled the car into the service area, he sat in the car with me and heard what I was talking about. We then went into 2 other brand new cars (G35x's w/ premium), I put the radio settings the same as I had in my car (treble on 5, bass on 3) and both cars did the same thing. But when I raised the volume towards 20, it got clear by itself....very odd.

 

Tried to reproduce it in a 6MT Sedan and couldn't today. It just arrived at the dealer 3 weeks ago, so maybe they have fixed lately?

 

I got my my 6mt two weeks ago. the build date is 12/04 and I have the same problem. I wrote to infiniti informing them of the problem. I will post when I get a reply from them.

 

So I just got a call from "Phyllis" at Infiniti Consumer Affairs. Nice lady, she urged me to take it into the dealer for evaluation, and that they would replace the HU with a remanufactured one if they determined there was a problem. I patiently explained to her that the problem did not appear to be MY Clarion unit but THE Clarion unit and I directed her to this forum. She appears to have looked up this thread. She then asked me if I had talked to Clarion about it.

D'OH

I told her I considered it to be Infiniti's responsibility to "talk to Clarion", not mine. At the end of the day, however, she indicated that taking it into the dealer would be the only way to address it. I told her that I didn't see the point of getting a replacement radio that was flawed in the exactly the same way, just to help get the message out that there's a problem.

There's got to be a better way than that.

 

confirmed also that my 05 has this problem... more than likely all of the 05s have the problem but since most people don't play with the bass/treble levels they won't notice it...

 

My '05 AT has this problem. I read this thread and decided to give it a shot. I keep my treble at +5 and my bass at +2, typically. I've played with the bass and it seems to remain at +2, however, knocking my treble down to +4 vastly increases the treble.. just like you all have discovered. Lame.

Not worth a trip to the dealer... yet. I'll probably have them deal with it when I take the car in for its first service. (only got 800 miles on her so far...)