1991 Infiniti M30

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. It has been recalled 2 times.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System4
010
Structure › Body › Door1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000

2 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System95I006000
Filed Nov 1, 1995686,649 vehiclesNissan North America, Inc.

Defect. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATION 573. HOWEVER, IT IS DEEMED A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN BY THE AGENCY. THE CAMPAIGN WILL REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTORS AND RELATED HOSES OF AFFECTED VEHICLES WHICH COULD LEAK.

Risk. FUEL LEAKS IN THE ENGINE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. NISSAN DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTORS AND RELATED HOSES ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES.

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly95V103002
Filed May 24, 19952,730,462 vehiclesNissan North America, Inc.

Defect. THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTONS CAN BREAK. THESE RED PLASTIC RELEASE BUTTONS ARE MARKED "PRESS." IF A BUTTON BREAKS, PIECES CAN FALL INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY.

Risk. THE SAFETY BELTS WOULD NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO AN OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. OWNERS SHOULD PROMPTLY CHECK THE CONDITION AND OPERATION OF BOTH FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES AND CAREFULLY INSPECT THE RED RELEASE BUTTON FOR ANY BREAKS OR CRACKS. THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT BOTH BUCKLES ARE OPERATING PROPERLY BY INSERTING EACH LATCH PLATE INTO ITS BUCKLE, TUGGING ON THE BELT TO MAKE SURE THE LATCH IS SECURELY LOCKED, AND THEN PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON. THE LATCH PLATE SHOULD POP OUT OF THE BUCKLE WHEN THE BUTTON IS PRESSED. IF EITHER RELEASE BUTTON SHOWS A SIGN OF BREAKING OR CRACKING OR IF EITHER BUCKLE FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY, OWNERS SHOULD PROMPTLY CONTACT THEIR AUTHORIZED DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE BUCKLE REPLACED OR REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Sep 29, 2004LA

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. MR *TC

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Oct 16, 2002LA

CONSUMER STATES WHILE SHE WAS AT THE POST OFFICE DEPOSTING A LETTER , SHE GOT OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILE AND WHEN SHE GOT BACK INTO THE AUTO SHE SMELLED SMOKED. AFTER THAT SHE BEGUN TO LOOK AROUND AND ACTUALLY SAW THE SMOKE, SHE STOPPED THE CAR. LATER SHE FOUND OUT THAT IS APPEARED TO BE ONE OF THE ELECTRICALLY BOXES IN THE TRUCK OF THE AUTO. NO INJURIES. MR

Electrical System
Filed Oct 16, 2002LA

MR

Electrical System
Filed Oct 16, 2002LA

MR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Oct 8, 1998CA

EXHAUST MANIFOLD BOLTS BROKE, ALLOWING EXHAUST GAS TO LEAK.

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Apr 14, 1998FL

ENGINE BURNED CAUSING FAILURE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 25, 1997NC

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND LURCHING. *AK

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Jun 21, 1997NJ

DOOR FRAME CRACKED.

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19925100Routine
1991 — this page8210Routine
19909210Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Nov 1, 1995. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.