1996 Infiniti Q45

Routine

Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › tail lights. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls1
000
Suspension › Front › Shock Absorber1
000
Suspension1
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Power Adjust1
000
Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights1
000
Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Jun 26, 2002KY

WHILE IN MOTION, AFTER CONSTANT FREEWAY DRIVING A HARSH GRINDING NOISE APPEARS IN THE FRONT LEFT SUSPENSION AREA. A RASPING, GRINDING MEAL ON METAL NOISE HAPPENS IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF LOUDNESS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE NOISE. *JG

Seats › Front Assembly › Power Adjust
Filed Jan 16, 2001CA

CONSUMER WAS INSIDE OF GARAGE AND VEHICLE WAS PARKED. HE WENT TO TURN ON VEHICLE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FLIPPED UP, CAUSING CONSUMER TO BE TRAPPED UNTIL HIS WIFE CAME OUT TO RELEASE HIM. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT SEAT MODULAR MEMORY WAS ERASED FROM MEMORY BANK.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT ERASING OF SEAT MODULAR MEMORY COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. *YH

Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module
Filed Nov 4, 1997CA

AIR BAG ECM FAILED CAUSING INDICATOR TO FLASH.

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Oct 27, 1997CA

POWER WINDOW FAILED CAUSING IT NOT TO GO UP OR DOWN.

Suspension › Front › Shock Absorber
Filed Sep 18, 1997CA

SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Nov 4, 1996FL

DUE TO MEDICAL REASONS, CONSUMER WANTS TO DISCONNECT THE AIR BAGS IN HIS VEHICLE. HAS EYE PROBLEMS AND IS AFRAID THAT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT COULD LEAD TO BLINDNESS. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights
Filed Sep 12, 1996CA

REAR WINDOW TAIL LIGHTCOMES ON AS A HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT/ HAS NO LENS, BRIGHT LIGHT CAUSED LOSS OF PARTIAL VISIBILITY. *AK

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20060100Routine
20054300Routine
20047200Routine
200312100Routine
200220100Routine
20015100Routine
20009100Routine
19999000Routine
199814310Routine
199712300Routine
1996 — this page7000Routine
19957000Routine
199430040Routine
19932000Routine
199228160Routine
199134240Routine
199028100Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.