2015 Infiniti Q50: owner complaints and recalls

Complaints about the 2015 Infiniti Q50 are still climbing years after launch. The last three full years account for 45 of the 123 filings on record, which usually means a defect that surfaces with mileage rather than a factory fault.

123
Complaints
3
Recalls
16
Crash reports
2
Fire reports
10
Injuries
126.8
Severity index

Severity index 126.8 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 126.8p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2015 Infiniti Q50 sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 143 2015 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2015 Infiniti Q50 ranks 25 of 143 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 83% of its model-year peers. See the full 2015 ranking.

What actually fails

Power TrainPower Train: 38 complaints (30.9%)38 31%SteeringSteering: 27 complaints (22.0%)27 22%Vehicle Speed ControlVehicle Speed Control: 21 complaints (17.1%)21 17%Air BagsAir Bags: 19 complaints (15.4%)19 15%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 17 complaints (13.8%)17 14%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 17 complaints (13.8%)17 14%Service BrakesService Brakes: 12 complaints (9.8%)12 10%EngineEngine: 9 complaints (7.3%)9 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
POWER TRAIN3830.9%
STEERING2722.0%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2117.1%
AIR BAGS1915.4%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1713.8%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1713.8%
SERVICE BRAKES129.8%
ENGINE97.3%

Complaints filed per year

09182015: 102016: 142017: 82018: 22019: 102020: 62021: 82022: 132023: 112024: 182025: 162026: 7 (partial year)15161718192021222324182526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
201510
201614
20178
20182
201910
20206
20218
202213
202311
202418
202516
2026 (year to date)7
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 1.7x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
16V43000013/06/2016STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERINGNissan North America, Inc.'s (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Infiniti Q50 vehicles manufactured December 26, 2012, to December 11, 2015, and Infiniti Q50 Hybrid vehicles manufactured December 10, 2012, to December 17, 2015. The Direct Adaptive Steering system
16V24400026/04/2016AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATIONNissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 N
24V47000021/06/2024POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFTNissan North America, Inc. (INFINITI) is recalling certain 2011-2013 M56, 2012-2013 M35 Hybrid, 2014-2018 Q50, Q70 Hybrid, 2014-2019 Q70, and 2015-2019 Q70L two-wheel drive vehicles. The driveshaft can fatigue and break.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.