AutoUtility currently tracks 13 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Infiniti QX50. Air Bags & Restraints issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 3 complaints (23.1% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 filing cites a crash.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 13 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Air Bags & Restraints (3 reports • 23.1% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Body & Structure (2), Visibility, Wipers & Glass (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
13
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
1
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Infiniti QX50

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 23.1% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 15.4% of complaints

Body & Structure

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 15.4% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 15.4% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#5 Problem Area 7.7% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Infiniti QX50

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11736097
Filed: 05/06/2026

"The Infiniti dealer (BERGLAND Infiniti Roanoke, VA recently inspected the car, 68000m flashing airbag light caused by passenger seat electronics. The part to repair is 12400$"

Incident Date: 05/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11704503
Filed: 12/11/2025

"The contact owns a 2017 Infiniti QX50. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the passenger’s side air bag sensor unexpectedly illuminated and failed to turn off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed, and determined that the passenger’s side seat..."

Incident Date: 12/11/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11627097
Filed: 11/24/2024

"Engine shut off while driving 45mph with no prior warning"

Incident Date: 11/14/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,ENGINE
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11620722
Filed: 10/18/2024

"Engine light is on - transmission output speed sensor. Vehicle was inspect by Pep Boys # 208 My vehicle don't want to pick up speed. I don't know what caused the problem."

Incident Date: 10/16/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11559402
Filed: 12/10/2023

"Last year I had to have the BCM replaced on my infiniti. Here I am a year later and I'm being told that I have to replace the BCM again. The dealer told me that there's water that is literally streaming directly past the module due to the drainage coming from the sunroof. I have no idea why that I..."

Incident Date: 12/10/2023 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Infiniti QX50

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2025)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Infiniti QX50 3 0 0 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Infiniti QX50 19 3 0 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Infiniti QX50 Current Page 13 1 0 Current
2019 Infiniti QX50 137 3 3 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Infiniti QX50 30 0 2 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Infiniti QX50 39 2 2 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Infiniti QX50 16 1 2 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Infiniti QX50 4 0 1 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Infiniti QX50 4 0 1 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Infiniti QX50 1 0 0 View 2025 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Infiniti QX50

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 10 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 3 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 2 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (13). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.