FaultScore

Worst years for a Infiniti Q50

Owners have filed 740 complaints about the Infiniti Q50 with NHTSA across model years 2014 to 2023. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2014 Infiniti Q50

255 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2016 Infiniti Q50

58 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Infiniti Q50 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2023 C 13 4 0 Steering
2022 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2021 6 3 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 5 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2019 C 57 7 0 2,000 Engine & Cooling
2018 C 66 3 1 27,253 Engine & Cooling
2017 C 92 5 0 29,700 Engine & Cooling
2016 B 58 1 0 33,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 F 187 22 4 36,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2014 F 255 22 5 9,750 Steering

What breaks on a Infiniti Q50

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 125 16.9%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2014

Engine & Cooling 81 10.9%

Worst in 2018

Worst in 2015

Airbags 62 8.4%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2015

Brakes 42 5.7%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2014

Wheels 18 2.4%

Worst in 2014

Seats 14 1.9%

Worst in 2017

Suspension 13 1.8%

Worst in 2014

Seat Belts 13 1.8%

Worst in 2015

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Infiniti Q50, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2013 peak 21 Aug 2026

Infiniti Q50 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Infiniti Q50

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.