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2019 Infiniti QX50

Complaints about this year name engine engine far more often than the model's other years — 24% of them, about 61× the usual rate of 0.4%.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

Also unusual this year

• engine cooling — 24% of complaints, 59× usual
• oil — 18% of complaints, 44× usual
• cooling however — 16% of complaints, 41× usual

What owners wrote

the vehicle was not driven for 4-days while on vacation however, upon returning, the vehicle failed to start. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the engine after finding metal shavings inside t…

Engine lost power in normal course of driving. Loud engine noise. Burning oil smell. Mechanic assessed an internal engine component like a broken rod is the cause. Whole engine needs to br replaced at 103k miles.

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.

Recalls for this year

• 18V593000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
• 19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
• 25V437000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.

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How this was worked out

Every year of the Infiniti QX50 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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