2017 Infiniti Q50
This year drew an ordinary 62 complaints for a Infiniti Q50 — the model's median is 30. What they were about is the unusual part: 14.5% of them mention caused, against 4.7% across the model's other years.
Generation 1 of the Infiniti Q50, which began in 2014. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 62 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 30 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 23.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- caused — 14.5% of this year's complaints, against 4.7% across the model's other years (3.1×).
- seen — 8.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.6% across the model's other years (5×).
- turbos — 6.5% of this year's complaints, against 0.8% across the model's other years (8.1×). Owners wrote it as: turbos, blow, porus, block.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
The car needed new sprockets after 105K miles. I haven't seen anyone else have this problem, so my car maybe a lemon. But just in case more people start reporting it, I just want to make sure it's on record. The dealership has no idea why they'd fail, as I hav…
The sunroof leaks when it rains creating water inside the interior that holds standing water. It has caused issues with mold which my son it highly allergic to. This issue seems to be a common defect in sunroofs for Infiniti. I've had it repaired, but the prob…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V571000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V244000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V476000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V470000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Infiniti Q50 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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