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Infiniti QX4 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 8 safety recalls and 277 owner complaints across 9 model years of the Infiniti QX4 (1997–2006). The most-complained-about year is 2001.

8
safety recalls, all years
277
owner complaints, all years
2002
year with most recalls
2001
year with most complaints

Pick your Infiniti QX4 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2006 Infiniti QX401
2004 Infiniti QX401
2003 Infiniti QX4320
2002 Infiniti QX4537
2001 Infiniti QX4473
2000 Infiniti QX4328
1999 Infiniti QX4243
1998 Infiniti QX4229
1997 Infiniti QX4245

What Infiniti QX4 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 277 complaints with NHTSA. The 2001 model year has the most, with 73.

All Infiniti QX4 recalls (8)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Infiniti QX4, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 20V008000 Reported 307,962 vehicles potentially affected Nissan North America, Inc.

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2001-2003 Maxima, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2007-2011 Versa Sedan and Versa Hatchback, 2001-2004 Infiniti I30 and I35, 2002-2003 Inifiniti QX4, 2003-2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45 and 2006-2010 M35 and M45 vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with non-desiccated, frontal…

    Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflators with alternate desiccated inflators, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2020. Owners may contact Nissan customer…

    Model years: 2002, 2003

  2. Inflator module (air bags)

    NHTSA 17V068000 Reported 46 vehicles potentially affected Nissan North America, Inc.

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2002 Pathfinder and Infiniti QX4 vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with Takata air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air…

    Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began on March, 31, 2017. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

    Model years: 2002

  3. Air bags

    NHTSA 15V287000 Reported 1,090,569 vehicles potentially affected Nissan North America, Inc.

    Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2001-2003 Nissan Maxima, 2002-2004 Pathfinder, 2002-2006 Sentra, 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 and I35, 2003 FX35 and FX45, and 2001 I30 vehicles. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

    Remedy: Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261. Note: On December 18,…

    Model years: 2002, 2003

  4. Suspension: front and column (steering)

    NHTSA 11V244000 Reported 195,991 vehicles potentially affected NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Nissan is recalling certain model year 1996-2004 pathfinder and model year 1997-2003 infiniti qx4 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, connecticut, delaware, iowa, illinois, indiana, massachusetts, maine, maryland, michigan, minnesota, missouri, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island,…

    Remedy: Nissan will inspect the strut housing and repair the vehicles as necessary, free of charge. An interim notification letter was sent out in may 2011. The second notice was mailed on july 25, 2011. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  5. Air bags: frontal

    NHTSA 10V312000 Reported 46 vehicles potentially affected NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Nissan is recalling forty-six certain model year 2002 pathfinder and infiniti qx4 vehicles manufactured from august 24, 2001 through august 28, 2001. The air bag inflator contains propellant wafers that are required to properly deploy the front passenger air bag. Due to improper propellant wafer installation during the air bag inflator…

    Remedy: Nissan will notify the owners of the forty-six affected vehicles. Dealers will replace the front passenger air bag module assembly with a new one free of charge. The safety recall began on august 19, 2010. Owners may…

    Model years: 2002

  6. Filler pipe and cap (fuel system)

    NHTSA 07V435000 Reported 372,250 vehicles potentially affected NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    On certain vehicles originally sold in or currently registered in the states of connecticut, delaware, iowa, illinois, indiana, kentucky, massachusetts, maine, maryland, michigan, minnesota, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, tennessee, vermont, virginia, west virginia , wisconsin and the district of…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the fuel filler tube assembly with a new one with an improved coating process. The recall began on november 26, 2007. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261.

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

  7. Hinge and attachments (structure)

    NHTSA 01V282000 Reported 31,000 vehicles potentially affected NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. Some of the brackets used to attach the two gas struts to the rear door (hatch) may have been improperly made. At high ambient temperatures, the increase in gas pressure in the strut(s) could cause one or both brackets to bend, resulting in the struts detaching from the bracket(s) when…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the strut brackets. Owner notification began september 24, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

    Model years: 2001

  8. Ignition (electrical system)

    NHTSA 00V410000 Reported 9,200 vehicles potentially affected NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles may have an ignition lock assembly with improperly seated key cylinder cap connector pins. Vibration can cause the connecting pins to loosen and/or fall out allowing the key cylinder cap to disengage from the key cylinder.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the ignition lock assembly and assemblies with loose or missing end cap connector pins will be replaced. A ring clip will be installed on all others to prevent loosening of the pins.

    Model years: 2000, 2001

Other Infiniti models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.