The TrueDelta Vehicle Reliability Survey results suggest that the repair rate of the new for 2007 Infiniti G35 is high, about 79 repair trips per 100 vehicles per year. However, while this is the initial repair rate when annualized, in future updates the reported repair rate will likely be lower.

The reason: nearly every repair reported was for one of two items: a non-functioning passenger seat heater or detached sunroof trim. Infiniiti has a TSB for both. This means that they’ve recognized that these are common problems, and have a fix for them. This fix is no doubt included on more recently produced G35s.

This is standard practice for automakers, and explains why repair rates are often higher for the first few months after a new design is introduced.

Going forward, the Infiniti G35s that have been fixed shouldn’t have these problems again, while newer cars will probably never have these problems. So, unless new problems pop up, the reported repair rate in future updates will be lower, even much lower. (Though there might be a brief blip this fall when people first try to use their seat heaters.)

Stay tuned: the next update will be in November.