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2004 Infiniti FX35: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the 2004 Infiniti FX35. The newest campaign is 20V008000. NHTSA received the report on 9 Jan 2020. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal / Passenger Side / Inflator Module. NHTSA has 43 complaints on file for this model year. 3 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

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Remedy of the newest campaign, 20V008000, in the NHTSA record

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflators with alternate desiccated inflators, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2020. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 888-737-9511 or Infiniti customer service at 888-810-3715.

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Recall campaigns

7 campaigns, newest first. 2,228,048 units in total.

  • 20V008000Air Bags / Frontal / Passenger Side / Inflator Module
  • 16V349000Air Bags / Frontal / Passenger Side / Inflator Module
  • 15V287000Air Bags
  • 15V226000Air Bags
  • 06V328000Exterior Lighting / Headlights
  • 06V244000Exterior Lighting
  • 05V555000Fuel System, Gasoline
  1. 20V008000Received . 307,962 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal / Passenger Side / Inflator Module

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2001-2003 Maxima, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2007-2011 Versa Sedan and Versa Hatchback, 2001-2004 Infiniti I30 and I35, 2002-2003 Inifiniti QX4, 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 and 2006-2010 M35 and M45 vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with non-desiccated, frontal passenger air bag inflators containing phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant that were used as interim remedy parts for previous Takata recalls. These inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflators with alternate desiccated inflators, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2020. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 888-737-9511 or Infiniti customer service at 888-810-3715.

    Report filed by Nissan North America, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 16V349000Received . 413,852 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal / Passenger Side / Inflator Module

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2006-2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007-2011 Nissan Versa vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Nissan is recalling certain model year 2005-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2006-2008 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007-2008 Nissan Versa vehicles, originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Lastly, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Nissan is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Infiniti I35 vehicles originally sold, or registered, in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. These inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began December 21, 2017. All owners should receive a second notice by May 15, 2017. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

    Report filed by Nissan North America, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 15V287000Received . 1,090,569 units.

    Air Bags

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 Nissan Maxima, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 and I35, 2003 FX35 and FX45, and 2001 I30 vehicles. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: On December 18, 2015 Nissan informed NHTSA of an amendment of this recall to remove 2004-2005 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 vehicles.

    Report filed by Nissan North America, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  4. 15V226000Received . 12,606 units.

    Air Bags

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Infiniti I35, 2003-2005 FX35 and FX45, and 2006 M35 and M45 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Georgia, are included. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: This recall supersedes recall 14V-701.

    Report filed by Nissan North America, Inc.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  5. 06V328000Received . 105,200 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    During a canadian compliance test, certain sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, 'lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.' the headlamp assemblies do not meet the headlamp photometric values requirements of the standard.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This standard is to reduce traffic accidents and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic accidents, by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and by enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the headlamp assemblies. The recall began on december 18, 2006. Owners may contact infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.

    Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number R0608. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  6. 06V244000Received . 105,200 units.

    Exterior Lighting

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    During a canadian compliance test, certain sport utility vehicles failed to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, 'lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.' a rear combination lamp assembly did not meet the requirements.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This standard is to reduce traffic accidents and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic accidents, by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and by enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the rear combination lamp assemblies. The recall began on december 18, 2006. Owners may contact infiniti at at 1-800-662-6200.

    Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number R0607. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  7. 05V555000Received . 192,659 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain passenger and sport utility vehicles, the fuel filler hose may crack and result in fuel leakage from the hose while refueling.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the fuel filler hose. Recall began on february 27, 2006, for nissan owners, and on march 13, 2006, for infiniti owners. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261 or infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.

    Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number R0505 & R0508. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

43 complaints, 56 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2004 Infiniti FX35
  • All 2004 vehicles
2004 Infiniti FX35: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2004 FX35All 2004 vehiclesFX35, all yearsMentions
Latches/Locks/Linkages321.422.6185.818
Exterior Lighting89.328.253.15
Service Brakes, Hydraulic89.376.5141.65
Fuel System, Gasoline71.43261.94
Structure53.655.561.93
Seats53.616.661.93
Electrical System53.6140.970.83
Child Seat35.71.435.42
Fuel System, Other35.76.517.72
Seat Belts35.71326.52

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 17.

Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
27 Sep 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2004 Infiniti FX35, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 17 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2004 Infiniti FX35
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA21002Engineering analysisDesiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureAir Bags / Frontal / Driver Side / Inflator Module17 Sep 2021Open
EA15001Engineering analysisAir Bag Inflator RuptureAir Bags / Frontal24 Feb 2015Open14V668
PE14016Preliminary evaluationAir Bag Inflator RuptureAir Bags / Frontal11 Jun 20142 Mar 201513V172000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 200310
  2. 20047
  3. 20059
  4. 20067
  5. 20074
  6. 20084
  7. 20091

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2004 Infiniti FX35: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/infiniti/fx35/2004/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Nissan North America, Inc.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2004 Infiniti FX35?
2,228,048 units in 7 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Infiniti FX35 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 13 recall campaigns for the Infiniti FX35, model years 2003 to 2009. 7 of them name the 2004 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2004 Infiniti FX35 name most often?
Latches/Locks/Linkages: 18 of 56 component mentions, or 321.4 per 1,000. For all 2004 vehicles the figure is 22.6 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 Infiniti FX35 open?
2 investigations have no closing date in the NHTSA file, of 3 that name this model year.