Infiniti QX50 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 277 owner complaints across 11 model years of the Infiniti QX50 (2014–2025). The most-complained-about year is 2019.
Pick your Infiniti QX50 model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Infiniti QX50 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 Infiniti QX50 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 Infiniti QX50 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 Infiniti QX50 | 2 | 16 |
| 2021 Infiniti QX50 | 2 | 41 |
| 2020 Infiniti QX50 | 2 | 33 |
| 2019 Infiniti QX50 | 3 | 141 |
| 2017 Infiniti QX50 | 0 | 13 |
| 2016 Infiniti QX50 | 0 | 19 |
| 2015 Infiniti QX50 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 Infiniti QX50 | 0 | 2 |
What Infiniti QX50 owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 277 complaints with NHTSA. The 2019 model year has the most, with 141.
All Infiniti QX50 recalls (7)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Infiniti QX50, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Hard parts internal/mechanical (engine and engine cooling)
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Rogue, 2019-2020 Altima, 2019-2022 Infiniti QX50, and 2022 Infiniti QX55 vehicles equipped with 3-cylinder 1.5L or 4-cylinder 2.0L variable compression turbo (VC-Turbo) engines. The engine bearings may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine failure.
Remedy: Dealers will reprogram the engine control module (ECM) software, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed April 8, 2026. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 800-647-7261 or Infiniti's customer service at…
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Inflator module (air bags)
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2024 Titan, Frontier, Infiniti QX60, Pathfinder, 2023-2024 Sentra, Versa, Kicks, Infiniti QX50, and 2023 Rogue vehicles. Due to a manufacturing issue, the driver's air bag inflator may absorb moisture, and cause the air bag to deploy improperly.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the front driver's air bag assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2024. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669. Nissan's numbers for this…
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Lock (latches/locks/linkages)
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2023 INFINITI QX55 and 2022 INFINITI QX50 vehicles. The incorrect door latch may have been installed in the front right-side passenger door lock assembly, preventing the front right-side door lock from automatically locking.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the front right-side passenger door lock assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed May 14, 2023. Owners may contact Nissan's customer service at 1-800-867-7669.…
Model years: 2022
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Spindle (suspension) and arm (steering)
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2020 Nissan Murano, INFINITI QX60, 2021 Nissan GT-R, INFINITI QX50, and Q50 vehicles. The front steering knuckle or rear axle housing may have insufficient strength due to improper heat-treatment.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the front steering knuckle and rear axle housing, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 26, 2021. Nissan owners may contact customer service at…
Model years: 2021
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Labels (equipment) and tires
Nissan North America, Inc. (INFINITI) is recalling certain 2020 INFINITI QX50 vehicles. The text of the Tire and Loading Information placard, including the tire size and loading capacity, may be illegible. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection…
Remedy: INFINITI will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the legibility of and, as necessary, replaced the placard, free of charge. The recall began March 17, 2021. Owners may contact INFINITI customer service at…
Model years: 2020
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Camera (back over prevention)
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Nissan Altima, Armada, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200, Pathfinder, Rogue, Rogue Sport, Sentra, Titan, Titan Diesel, Versa Note and Versa Sedan vehicles, as well as Infiniti Q50, Q60, QX30 and QX80 vehicles. Additionally included are 2019 Nissan GT-R and…
Remedy: Nissan will notify owners in phases, having dealers update the back-up camera settings software, free of charge. The recall began November 11, 2019 and all affected VINs should be activated. Owners may contact Nissan…
Model years: 2019
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Knee bolster (air bags)
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2019 INFINITI QX50 vehicles. In the event of a crash in very cold temperatures, the trim cover may separate unexpectedly from the passenger-side knee air bag module instead of splitting at the trim cover tear seam as designed.
Remedy: INFINITI will notify owners, and retailers will replace the passenger-side knee air bag module, free of charge. The recall began October 23, 2018. Owners may contact INFINITI customer service at 1-800-662-6200.
Model years: 2019
Other Infiniti models
- G351,351 complaints
- QX60588 complaints
- QX56538 complaints
- G37537 complaints
- Q50488 complaints
- M35461 complaints
- FX35447 complaints
- JX35280 complaints
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.