AutoUtility currently tracks 14 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2016 Infiniti QX80. Brakes & Traction Control issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 3 complaints (21.4% of submitted records). Zero crashes, fires, injury reports, or fatality reports are cited across these complaint records.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 14 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Brakes & Traction Control (3 reports • 21.4% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (2), Air Bags & Restraints (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 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
14
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
0
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 2016 Infiniti QX80

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

#1 Problem Area 21.4% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

3 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#3 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Air Bags & Restraints

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#4 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#5 Problem Area 14.3% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

2 owner complaints 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 2016 Infiniti QX80

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

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11699087
Filed: 11/13/2025

"I live in a state where it is required to have both front and back plates. When I got my 2016 QX80 it did not have official front plate mounting so I bought a kit and installed the front license plate. Since then I have not had a working sensor. The front collision sensor states there’s an..."

Incident Date: 06/01/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Visibility, Wipers & Glass NHTSA ODI ID: #11656818
Filed: 04/25/2025

"The contact owns a 2016 Infiniti QX80. The contact stated that while her husband was driving 50 MPH on the interstate, there was an abnormal booming sound coming from the sunroof, and the driver discovered that the sunroof glass had shattered. The contact called the Insurance Company for..."

Incident Date: 04/23/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: VISIBILITY
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11650820
Filed: 03/26/2025

"Vehicle will not shift pass 3rd gear. Valve body issue, diagnosed by dealership. Many of the same model have the same problem. Vehicles have very low mileage with a problem like this. Dealer refuses to replace part or compensate. Vehicle poses a potential safety issue on the road."

Incident Date: 12/31/2024 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Air Bags & Restraints NHTSA ODI ID: #11645583
Filed: 02/28/2025

"Airbag light keeps coming on and we take it in to be serviced and they say hey it shows low voltage so we tighten down your battery and that fixed it. Then we drive 100 miles and it's back on. Took it to a different dealer and they said the same thing. Another few hundred miles airbag light is on..."

Incident Date: 01/25/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: AIR BAGS
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA ODI ID: #11425452
Filed: 07/19/2021

"The contact owns a 2016 Infiniti QX80. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked in the garage, there was an abnormally strong fuel odor inside the garage. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the..."

Incident Date: 07/14/2021 • Raw NHTSA Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
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 QX80

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Infiniti QX80 18 1 2 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Infiniti QX80 Current Page 14 0 1 Current
2017 Infiniti QX80 17 1 1 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Infiniti QX80 9 1 2 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Infiniti QX80 20 0 2 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Infiniti QX80 6 0 2 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Infiniti QX80 7 0 3 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Infiniti QX80 1 0 1 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Infiniti QX80 2 0 1 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Infiniti QX80 2 0 1 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Infiniti QX80 8 1 4 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Infiniti QX80 0 0 2 View 2026 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 2016 Infiniti QX80

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 2 0 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 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 (14). 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.