2003 Infiniti M45 problems
Owners have filed 178 complaints about the 2003 Infiniti M45 with NHTSA. Fuel system, gasoline accounts for 36.5% of them — far more than any other system, ahead of engine at 12.9%.
Complaints178
Crashes0
Fires0
Injuries0
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Fuel system, gasoline 36.5% · 65
Engine 12.9% · 23
Electrical system 12.4% · 22
Engine and engine cooling 10.7% · 19
Fuel system, other 6.2% · 11
Fuel/propulsion system 3.4% · 6
Seats 2.8% · 5
Power train 2.2% · 4
Reading the numbers
Filings have fallen off, 5 in the last three years against 6 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 95,000 miles.
In owners' own words
I bought a 2003 Infiniti M45 from a private lot, and the gas gauge showed full. I drove this vehicle about 20 miles that day and it died on the street while I was driving through my residence. Couldn't figure it out until we smelled gas so I had to have someone to bring me gas in a gas can and the car started right up. The private lot didn't want to do anything about it since I drove it off the lot that day. Fuel system, gasoline · reported at 95,000 miles
Purchased 2003 Infiniti M45 with 104k miles at volvo of houston, tx and drove back to austin, tx. The fuel gauge read more that half a tank in the car, but was in fact closer to empty. While driving car ran out of gas on a main thorough fare had to call aaa roadside assistance for towing to local autorepair shop. In the past year have learned that this is a common problem the nissan corp refuses to recall. Fuel system, gasoline · reported at 104,500 miles
2003 Infiniti M45, vehicle stalled in highway traffic on 2 separate occasions due to low fuel. Fuel gauge and electronic fuel monitoring system both showed over 1/2 tank of fuel on both occasions. I narrowly missed being rear ended in one instance and t-boned on another as I tried to merge onto oncoming traffic. Fuel gauge cluster and fuel sensor need replacing. Fuel system, gasoline · reported at 110,241 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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