Infiniti QX50Years to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 279 NHTSA owner complaints across 9 model years, the Infiniti QX50 years to avoid are 2019, and the strongest years are 2020 and 2021. The QX50 has 7 safety recalls on record.

Years to avoid'19Based on weighted complaints Best years'20 '21Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints279Top: Engine Safety recalls72016–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Best & worst years

Infiniti QX50 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the QX50 median. Tap a year for its full report.

19 13 14633 41 17 4 5 1

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2025Too new–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls 2024Not rated–/1005 complaints · 1 recall 2023Not rated–/1004 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/10017 complaints · 2 recalls 2021Solid50/10041 complaints · 2 recalls 2020Solid63/10033 complaints · 2 recalls 2019Avoid28/100146 complaints · 3 recalls 2017Not rated–/10013 complaints · 0 recalls 2016Not rated–/10019 complaints · 0 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Infiniti QX50 problems

All model years combined: 279 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

107Engine8 crash/fire/injury

44Engine and engine cooling

42Electrical system5 crash/fire/injury

36Forward collision avoidance

35Power train5 crash/fire/injury

21Service brakes

14Fuel/propulsion system

13Vehicle speed control

8Structure

4815 other systems6 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine	107	8
Engine and engine cooling	44	0
Electrical system	42	5
Forward collision avoidance	36	0
Power train	35	5
Service brakes	21	4
Fuel/propulsion system	14	3
Vehicle speed control	13	2
Structure	8	2
15 other systems	48	6

7 recalls

Infiniti QX50 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Engine: hard parts internal/mechanical25V-437 · 2019–2022 · Jun 27, 2025 · 443,899 vehicles Driver side: inflator module24V-154 · 2023–2024 · Feb 27, 2024 · 351 vehicles Doors: lock23V-187 · 2022 · Mar 20, 2023 · 48 vehicles Spindle: arm21V-402 · 2021 · May 27, 2021 · 14,276 vehicles Other: labels21V-025 · 2020 · Jan 26, 2021 · 8,291 vehicles Sensing system: camera19V-654 · 2019 · Sep 12, 2019 · 1,228,830 vehicles Air bags: knee bolster18V-593 · 2019 · Sep 6, 2018 · 1,671 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the QX50

Dec 13, 2023
Complete loss of motive power due to engine failurePE23023 · 2019–2025 · closed Jul 18, 2025
Led to recall 25V-437