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Infiniti · NHTSA safety record

2015 Infiniti QX70

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

8

Complaints

0

Crashes

1

Fires

0

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2015 Infiniti QX70 have filed 8 safety complaints with NHTSA between April 2015 and January 2025. The most complained-about system is the brakes, named in 3 of them (38%). The typical failure was reported at 448 miles, the median across the 5 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 1 recall covering this vehicle.

Recalls (1)

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

14V683000 · November 28, 2014

The defect
Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Nissan Juke, 2012-2013 Infiniti M56, QX56, and 2014-2015 Infiniti Q70 (V8 engine vehicles only), and QX80 vehicles. The fuel pressure sensors may not have been sufficiently tightened during production. As a result, the fuel pressure sensor may loosen with vehicle usage and cause a fuel leak.
The risk
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source could cause a vehicle fire.
The remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will re-torque the fuel pressure sensors free of charge. The recall began on January 25, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.

Nissan North America, Inc. · up to 133,592 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 8.

SERVICE BRAKES 3 38%
AIR BAGS 1 13%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 13%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 13%
SEAT BELTS 1 13%
STRUCTURE 1 13%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 13%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2015 at 3.

2015 2025
2015 to 2025

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire

Brake fluid began leaking onto the ABS actuator circuit board and created an electrical fire. This melted the engine harness and the connector to the abs module. This was confirmed by dealership technicians at Sewell Infiniti - Dallas. Dealership informed me they could not fix the vehicle because the part needed to replace (affected by a different recall), was discontinued and made me tow the vehicle to my house. The issue was confirmed by mechanics at Parkwood collision - Frisco. InfinitiUSA customer service acknowledged the issue and that they would have the original supplier of the engine harness (discontinued) make me one if I purchased at the dealership (which to my understanding would

NHTSA complaint 11639483, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES
I was backing out of the garage intending to stop on the driveway and inspect tires in the sunlight. The brakes had no effect and the car proceeded across the street and up the neighbor's driveway and finally stopped just short of their garage door. All this time I was applying the brake repeatedly with no result. Why it stopped just in time to save neighbor's door I don't know. I was too panicked to think of using the parking brake until later. A similar incident had occurred about a year ago in a restaurant drive-through. At that time I rear-ended the car in front about instantly, the cars were so close together. It happened so fast I thought maybe I had pushed both accelerator and brake

NHTSA complaint 11417442, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

92,000 miles

FOR MY 2015 INFINITY QX70, I WAS TOLD THE AIR BAG MODULE WITHIN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (OCS) WHICH IS PART OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM HAVE BOTH GONE BAD THIS FRIDAY CAUSING MY SENSOR LIGHT TO COME ON. THE DEALER IS SAYING THE ONLY WAY TO REPAIR IT IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SEAT, WHICH I VERY SELDOM EVER HAVE ANYONE IN MY CAR. BOTH THE QX50 & QX60 HAVE RECALLS FOR THE SAME THING, BUT THE QX70 DOES NOT. THE LIGHT JUST CAME ON FRIDAY MORNING, WITH NO ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OR ISSUES. I'M TOLD THE REPLACEMENT PART FOR THE AIR BAG MODULE IS 873003GW4B AND THE OCS SENSOR IS K88206W0Y0A

NHTSA complaint 11157321. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STRUCTURE:BODY

14,718 miles

THE SUNROOF EXPLODED AT APPROX 8AM 5/30/2017. THE EXPLOSION WAS PRECEDED BY A RATTLING NOISE, THEN A VERY LOUD AND SCARY BANG. I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 65 MPH ON I80 W (BETWEEN VACAVILLE AND FAIRFIELD CALIFORNIA). MORNING TEMPERATURE MILD--PROBABLY IN THE UPPER 60'S. I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND FOUND THE SUNROOF GLASS HAD FIRST EXPANDED THEN SHATTERED. BECAUSE THE INSIDE ROOF DOOR WAS CLOSED, SHARDS OF GLASS DID NOT FALL INTO THE CAR, BUT THEY DID DO SOME DAMAGE TO THE PAINT JOB. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO HAD ME BRING IT IN THE NEXT DAY--I WAS TOLD THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY NOR MY EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED SOMETHING HIT THE GLASS. WHEN I TOLD THEM NOTHING

NHTSA complaint 11000071, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES

5 miles

WHEN SITTING WITH THE VEHICLE STOPPED, SUCH AS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL FADES AND THE PEDAL ALMOST GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.

NHTSA complaint 10910179. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE INTERIOR COURTESY LIGHTS UNDER THE DASH REMAIN ON WHEN CAR IS RUNNING. DURING NIGHT TIME DRIVING THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING TO ATTENTIVE SAFE DRIVING. ACCORDING TO INFINITI, THIS WAS ENGINEERIED TO REMAIN ON AND THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF. THE CHANGE TO THE LIGHTING WAS DONE ON MODELS BEGINING WITH 2014. IN EARLIER MODELS ALL THE AMBIENT LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED.

NHTSA complaint 10809288. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

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Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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