2010 Infiniti G37
This year drew an ordinary 76 complaints for a Infiniti G37 — the model's median is 63. What they were about is the unusual part: 9.2% of them mention unless, against 2% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 76 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 63 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- unless — 9.2% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the model's other years (4.6×). Owners wrote it as: unless, slowly, shifting, concerned about.
- more than — 10.5% of this year's complaints, against 3% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: more than, trunk, independently, occasion.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND FALSELY DISPLAYED THAT THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL MILEAGE WAS REPORTED INCORRECTLY AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRUNK OPE…
I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT, READY TO PARK MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING VERY SLOW. SUDDENLY, MY CAR [VIN] AND I HIT THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME. IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE. EVERYTHING LASTS NO MORE THAN 5 SEC.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Infiniti G37 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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