Only two major problems so far. One was Nissan's 5th gear "pop-out" problem that happened to a lot of the SR engine/manual transmissions (Infinitis and Stanzas both had this problem). The dealer would not do anything about it until I videotaped driving down the freeway and having it pop out of gear, then they fixed it on warranty.
The other problem is a throw-out bearing noise in the transmission. I gave up on trying to get the dealer to do anything about it. Since the noise only happens under certain conditions I have just been living with it. When the bearing finally gives up the ghost I will take it to an independent garage here in St. Louis that just works on Nissans.
Like the car a lot.
Pros are that it's fun to drive, has classic looks (it's 8 years old and doesn't look dated), and is pretty reliable (except for the above, no other problems).
Cons are its ride is stiff (I switched to a softer tire and that helped somewhat), and no comfort features (I had a '92 Honda, that had a cup holder, a fold-down rear seat and a center arm rest which the '92 Infiniti doesn't).
Just a question: is this review in the right place? The reviewer appears to be talking about some kind of Nissan, this review is supposed to be an Infiniti G20.
To the person that commented that this review isn't in the correct place. The Infiniti is a Nissan product so the review is in the correct place.
The Infiniti G20 ('91-'96, '99-'02) is called Nissan Primera in Europe. It bears an SR20DE motor which also comes in '91-'93 NX2000s, '91-'94 Sentra SE-Rs, '95-'98 200SX SE-Rs and '99-'01 Sentra SEs. This motor has a timing chain (unlike most Honda and Toyota engines in the same class) and is the strongest, most reliable engine I have seen in my life! I've owned a few of these cars with the SR20DE engine and they are pretty quick, but still great on gas mileage! In Europe, they offer (essentially) a VTEC and TURBO version of this engine, which is readily available to swap into your engine bay in the States. I can't stress enough how great these cars are!!!
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