1998 Infiniti QX4 Steering Problems

“As I passed through an intersection, a vehicle went through a red light. I tried to veer to avoid him, but the steering column failed. As a result of this equipment failure, the car struck my vehicle and my car was totalled. After my car was scrapped, I received the safety recall notice.”

“Had a recall on our car and when we called to tell them we had it fixed they wanted us to take it to their dealer which the closest one to us is over 300 miles and impossible for us to do I am on disability and can barley survive on what I get and there is no way possible for me to be able to afford to travel this distance money wise they are supposed to reimbursed me for the repair expenses but wont if I cant get it to their dealer. …”

“I brought my truck in for a recall with strut tower and chassy,they patched tbe chassy up,when I went to pick it up I didn't get 5 minutes up the road and it was pulling to the right hard and shaking ast 40to 50mph,it's a driving hazard,I brought it right back they did an alignment on it,called me and said it's still doing it and there's nothing else they can do,so now I'm out of a vehicle they told consumer affairs that I called that it could of been a,pre existing problem so now consumer affairs won't help me so what do I do now it's my only vehicle and the dealership wants me to just…”

“I recently bought this car today and it was driving fine at low speeds, but until I accelerated over 40mph the rear back was swerving left to right after I release my foot off the gas. Almost had 4 crashes. Something in the rear is making the car swerve like its losing traction but only when it's released off the gas pedal. It was the biggest fatal part of experience within driving of my life. All I know is that it is pretty rusted on the strut areas since I checked if something was broken under the car. …”

“The contact owns a 1998 Infiniti QX4. The contact stated that while driving at 15 MPH, the steering wheel fractured. As a result, the contact was unable to steer the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the steering wheel fractured due to corrosion and that the steering column and spring needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 173,757.”