MODELYEARINDEX

Infiniti QX50

165 complaints across 3 scored model years and 7 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Infiniti QX50 Full report
F
Grade 2019–2021
2019 vs model median 2.4×
Model median3× median
Driver Assist 15
Brakes 9
Electrical 6
Avoid

2019

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2019
2.40× 60 F
2020
0.71× 19 B
2021
1.00× 26 B
2022 P
0.84× 22 B
2024 P
0.50× 10 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG25.5
City / Highway22.5 / 28.5
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,975

Recalls

7 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019 1,228,830
25V437000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL 2019–2022 443,899
21V402000 SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE 2021 14,276
21V025000 TIRES 2020 8,291
18V593000 AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER 2019 1,671
24V154000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2024 351
23V187000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK 2022 48

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2019 QX50
Complaints in window
60
Severity-weighted
84
Model median (weighted)
35
vs model median
2.40×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
3
Open investigations
0
Score 32.5 F