2008 Infiniti G37 Air Bags & Restraints Problems

The contact owns a 2008 Infiniti G37. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the air bag warning light flashed intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed, and determined that the Occupant Classification System (OCS) varistor in the front passenger seat had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the cost. The contact related the failure to the Manufacturer Recall Number: P8243. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure; however, no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Three times in the past 4 years, the air bag warning light was triggered when the battery was either disconnected/reconnected or jump started. Each time to re-activate the airbag safety system, I had to send out the air bag control module to have it reset. It is not expensive to do that , but it does mean one has to disassemble the center console, remove airbag control module and send it out to be reset. Additionally, during the time that the airbag light is on, my understanding is that the SRS is deactivated, which is obviously a safety hazard.

According to Campaign P8243, Ref ITB08-045e, NTHTSA # 08-521, my 2008 Infiniti G37 has a warning blinking light for the passenger airbag. I contacted the National Consumer Affairs Dept of Infiniti and they said that my vin # did not indicate it has a recall. I was quoted $5000 to replace the seat by other mechanical shops, but my vehicle is not worth that anymore. Please advise. Thank you.

The passenger air bag light is on and flashing and all my controls for my steering wheel have stopped working including my horn!

Air bag light indicator on dashboard continually flashes off and on…no reason for it to be doing so; i.e., the vehicle has had no impact to cause it to flash.

SRS Air Bag light continues to flash after the vehicle is running. This causes the passenger airbag to stay off even if a passenger is buckled in the seat.

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT KEEP BLINKING LIKE THE SENSOR ISN'T NOT WORKING, I DID CAME AND ASK INFINITI DEALER IF THERE'S ANY RECALL AND THEY SAID NO

AIR BAG SENSOR SUDDENLY COME ON. IT COST $500 TO DIAGNOSE THAT IT WAS "PROBABLY" THE SENSOR OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. COST TO REPAIR ESTIMATED AT $5000. I SEE THAT THIS IS A MORE COMMON PROBLEM THAN NISSAN ADMITS. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AS OTHERS HAVE. NOT SURE WHY IT HASN'T BEEN. THE CAR IS WORTH LESS THAN $10,000. SO I'M DRIVING IT IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION BUT HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE FINANCIALLY. *DT VIN NOT AVAILABLE *JB

THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ILLUMINATED. THE REPAIR SHOP TRACED IT TO A POSSIBLE FAULTY SENSOR OR POSSIBLY THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE SENSOR MUST BE ORDERED FROM INFINITI AT A COST OF ALMOST $1300.AND IT MIGHT TAKE 10 DAYS TO GET IT. PLUS $700 IN LABOR. IT MIGHT NOT FIX IT AND IT COULD BE THE SEAT WHICH WOULD BE $5000. THIS IS HALF OR MORE OF THE VALUE OF THE CAR. I HAVE NOTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2008-2010 INFINIT'S. I WAS REFERENCED IN THE INFINITI SERVICE BULLETIN AS A KNOWN DEFECT BUT THEY ARE NOT OFFERING ANY RECALL OR REPAIR COMPENSATION. THAT MEANS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND IN THE OLDER INFINITI'S WITHOUT AIR BAGS!!

TAKATA RECALL THE PASSANGER AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON WILL NOT DEPLOY AIRBAG. RECALLS WAS MADE BUT NOT FOR THE VIN OF THE INFINITI G37 COUPE 2008. I CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH INFINITI AND THEY ARE STILL SAYING THEIR IS NO RECALL FOR THE COUPE MODEL ONLY THE SEDAN.

THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING. THERE WAS A PAST RECALL ON THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR FOR THE VERY SAME ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY INFINITI AS PART OF THEIR RECALL. I DO NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS SAME ISSUE DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NUMBER BUT WAS APPLICABLE TO OTHER SAME MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR CARS AS MINE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER AVENUES I CAN PURSUE TO FIGHT THIS?

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 30 MPH OR LESS, I HIT A BUMP AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOY. INFINITI HAS AN "OPEN CASE" WITH ME BUT TELLS ME IT WILL TAKE 6-8 WEEKS TO DETERMINE IF IT EVEN IS THEIR LIABILITY. THE CAR DRIVES FINE AND HAS HAD NO ISSUES UNTIL THIS. INFINITI DOES NOT RETURN CALLS AS I HAVE CALLED OVER THIRTY TIMES AND LEFT MESSAGES. I HAVE A CASE MANAGER, [XXX], WHOM I LEAVE VOICE MAIL. MY INSURANCE AGENT SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFAULT AND TO CONTACT INFINITI, WHICH I PROMPTLY DID. THEY REFUSE A LOAN VEHICLE WHILE I AM PAYING NOTES ON A CAR I CANNOT DRIVE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR DOES NOT WORK. CHECKED WITH INFINITI AND VIN DOESN'T FALL UNDER ANY RECALL. GETTING THE SENSOR REPLACED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. SEEING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS. *TR

PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG SENSOR DOES NOT WORK. INFINITY HAD AN EARLIER RECALL AND SAID PROBLEM WAS FIXED IN 2009. INFINITY SAYS AUTOMOBILE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE SEAT AT COST OF $3500.00. I WAS TOLD BY INFINITY THE RECALL WAS JUST TO FIX A WIRE NOT THE SENSOR. WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU OF CONTINUED PROBLEM AND SEE IF MORE OWNERS ARE REPORTING CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG. *TR