1995 Infiniti Q45 from North America - Comments

Automatic suspension completely bad when purchased at 90,000 miles.

Leaky gasket head with oil pouring out of it when purchased at 90,000 miles.

Hopefully someone will learn from my idiotic mistake. Purchased a 1995 Infiniti Q45a in 2005 with 90,000 miles on it. Low miles for the year. Carfax checked out clean. Paid $5200. Took car to our local mechanic for a once over and discovered suspension was bad and there was leaky head gasket that was so severe the oil was pouring out of it. Was told they could not fix it, had to be done by a dealer. Took it to Infiniti dealership the next day. Was informed the suspension needed replaced to the tune of $5500 for parts ONLY. The gasket replacement was in the neighborhood of $2000. We were looking at spending $7500 to fix a car we had just bought a week prior, and that was BEFORE labor costs. This car only had 90,000 miles on it and was driven by a female doctor who put less than 11,000 miles on it annually. Not only should the car have broken like this, but the cost to repair is just plain ludicrous. Don't make the mistake I did. Don't buy an Infiniti, especially a used one. It's like emptying your bank account and flushing every last dime down the drain. Supposedly they are fairly reliable cars, but when they do break down the repair costs can be far more than the car is worth.

Yes the Q45 can be a pain. i purchased a 1996 Q with 45000 miles and the air conditioner compressor went bad. Parts from dealer where way to high for rebuilt $780,i found a rebuilt on internet for $290 but my tech wouldn't install it. well $1325 later it worked for 5 days.ill bring it back on Monday to have them fix it again for free!!

Don't assume all Infinitis are bad cars. They are simply Nissans. I have owned and many people I know own Nissans and Infinitis. You bought a used car, what do you expect? That's the drawback to buying used. People don't sell cars randomly, they sell them to avoid future maintenance costs. I have a 2000 I30 with 112k miles, NO PROBLEMS EVER!

I've owned a 1994 Q45, and the only thing that seems to make sense it that the antifreeze was never changed or allowed to get dangerously low, this may cause the heads to warp and most likely burn out the head gasket. I'd try some auto parts store and ask them for a head gasket repair product in a can or bottle. (I sold my 1994 a couple of month back with 188,000 miles, other than routine maintenance, it was a great car)

"Automatic suspension completely bad when purchased at 90,000 miles.

Leaky gasket head with oil pouring out of it when purchased at 90,000 miles."

Quite obviously this owner did not do his homework and did not understand what he was buying, nor the cost of restoration to working order, nor the car's condition, evidently.

More a comment on an ill informed purchase than a comment on a particular car model.