Hello Guys,

To my dismay, my dealer told me I need to replace both pads and rotors on my front brakes (for $525). I am at 20,000 mi and 4 years (2003 model), so I am out of their specific warranty for this failure.

To me, this is clearly a FAULTY design for which Infinity should have recalled all G35, as opposed to just offering a 36k/3-year warranty (which I wasn't aware of).

In my 40 years of driving career, I have never heard of such a problem with any other car.

This is why I am consulting with my lawyer about initiating a Class Action suit against them. To be effective, and interesting for a law firm to pursue, I'll need to come up with as many complainants as possible, and the more the merrier.

Please contact me if you are as pss'd off as I am.

Thanks, Yair Barniv, ybalias-travel@yahoo.com

 

Soft pads = Short stopping distance = fast wear. Get it checked by an independent shop. Sounds like you wore the pads down and gouged the rotors if you need to replace the rotors as well. mine needed replacing, pads that is @17K.

 

Regardless of your lawsuit, getting the brakes done at the dealer is just too expensive and you're only going to get OEM parts which will give you the same problem again in the future. Most here have gone aftermarket and have been better since. www.RacingBrake.com offers some good solutions that should cost a bit less overall.

 

Thanks, Graphite. I have never stopped hard in my whole driving career, which is why I am convinced the design is faulty to begin with. Yair

 

Will hiring a lawyer and starting a class action lawsuit cost more than $525? And then how long afterwards will it take to get a set of free brakes if you are successful?

 

There was already a class action suit against them about this a while back.

That's why they even started changing them for the amount of time they have.

 

When you buy a car, you inherently agree to the warranty that is clearly spelled out with that car. If your dealer is refusing to replace parts within that warranty period, you have a gripe. If they are refusing outside of that period, you are wasting your time. The only way a class action suit would make sense outside of warranty is if the brakes were undergoing catestrophic failures and resulting in injuries or death.

Think about it as a manufacturer. Would you want to foot the cost of someone needing brakes because they auto-x their cars and wore them out? They have no way of knowing how the car's been driven.

Good luck, but my guess is your legal friends will tell you to save your money....

 

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Best of luck to you, ybarniv1, but I believe that even the most lawsuit happy lawyer would say based on your scenerio that there is no merit. By the way, $525 will not go far in retaining a quality attorney and you are better served to just find a local shop that will repair your brakes at a cost below the stealership instead IMO.
Brakes are a wear and tear items and will with time (and improper replacement ie. not replacing your pads before they damage the rotors) require repair and/or replacement. By your own admission, you received over 4 years worth and 20,000 miles of usage out of an item(s) before it require repair. Normal maintenance of an automobile is not grounds for a lawsuit.
If the brakes failed on your car (and a proven percentage of your fellow G35 drivers) causing accidents or worse then I would be in agreement with looking at legal action.
Get past the anger and move on. The legal system (and car companies) should be troubled with more important concerns.

 

In your 40 years of driving, I bet you never had brakes that worked this well. I got 25K out of my first set of brakes which I was satisfied with. Now at 44K I am near the end of my second set of pads. I really don't think these brakes wear any faster than any other high performance brake system. There is a always a compromise for our killer braking.

As others have said, the dealership is charging you about $100 too much brembo replacement rotors are about $100 a piece and pads are $65. If you figure 1.5 hours of labor at $150 you're still only at $415

I will do my own brakes, I bought the rotors, Hawk pad and Brake fluid. Since I saved on the labor by doing it myself, I went with Stainless steel brakelines.

 

Even though you never brake hard... you could. And if you did, your G35 would stop from 60 MPH in ≈112 feet (with the GSD summer tires). Just because you don't do it does not mean that you should get 45,000 miles from brake pads.
I am stating what others have already. My thought: I love the dust, and Infiniti will replace my pads & rotors untill 3/36. Now I know this does not help you, but you are not alone. (Misery heart company).

 

As said above, this a wear and tear item. I can only offer you that replacing the brakes is much less trifling than the course you are pursuing.

Find an indepedent shop, DIY, or get some high quality aftermarket components.

Good luck in whatever you plan to do.

 

Yup! Class action lawsuit #1 was already thrown out by the California Judge presiding over the case. However..... the plaintifs in that case, myself and 3 others, , were awarded $2500 apiece. That money went to buy new wheels to hold my Wilwood 6-pot BBK. Yes, the 2003 G35 non-brembo brakes are defective and Infiniti recognizes this.

 

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That actualy bugs me too, esp when owners do it.

 

I say the rest of us start a class action against people who cry about G brakes...