Infiniti Q50
Owners filed 490 complaints across 10 model years of the Infiniti Q50. The 2014 drew the most (170).
Which Infiniti Q50 years should you avoid?
Going by 490 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Infiniti Q50 years to avoid are 2014 and 2015.
- 2014170 complaints, 3.2× a typical Q50 year, most often about the steering.
- 2015126 complaints, 2.4× a typical Q50 year, most often about the transmission.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2016 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Infiniti Q50 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | — | 2 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2019 | 30 | 1 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 63 | 4 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2016 | 39 | 4 | — | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2015Avoid | 126 | 3 | 2 | 16 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2014Avoid | 170 | 5 | 2 | 11 | Steering | Fatalities reported |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.