The 2015 Infiniti Q50 has 3 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 3,332,351 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 181 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the power train. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
POWER TRAIN24V4700002024-06-217,222 affected
Defect
Nissan 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.
Consequence
A broken driveshaft can result in a loss of drive power, or a vehicle roll away when the vehicle is in park without the parking brake applied. Both scenarios can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the driveshaft, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 13, 2024. Owners may contact INFINITI's customer service at 1-800-662-6200. INFINITI's numbers for this recall are R24A5 and R24A7.
STEERING16V4300002016-06-1328,182 affected
Defect
Nissan 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 may experience an error at vehicle…
Consequence
If the vehicle does not steer as the driver anticipates, there is an increased the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the Direct Adaptive Steering ECU software, free of charge. The recall began on August 12, 2016. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
AIR BAGS16V2440002016-04-263,296,947 affected
Defect
Nissan 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 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and…
Consequence
If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.
Remedy
Nissan will notify their owners. Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors. Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder,…
Complaints by component
POWER TRAIN
36
1fires
STEERING
26
3crashes1injuries
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
20
AIR BAGS
19
9crashes9injuries
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
17
1crashes1fires1injuries
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
17
1crashes1injuries
SERVICE BRAKES
12
5crashes2injuries
ENGINE
9
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
3
1crashes
SEATS
3
1crashes
Total complaints181
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“The valve body on these cars are useless. Driving down a highway and cant shift out of 3rd gear almost had a car re-end me. Today I am driving and the ecu is not responding I see the check engine light on then I'm like not again. This would be the 3rd valve body I replaced. First I replaced the…”
“The valve body on these cars are useless. Driving down a highway and cant shift out of 3rd gear almost had a car re-end me. Today I am driving and the ecu is not responding I see the check engine light on then I'm like not again. This would be the 3rd valve body I replaced. First I replaced the…”
“The valve body on these cars are useless. Driving down a highway and cant shift out of 3rd gear almost had a car re-end me. Today I am driving and the ecu is not responding I see the check engine light on then I'm like not again. This would be the 3rd valve body I replaced. First I replaced the…”
“The transmission speed sensor has failed needs a new valve body. It seems like a very common problem with this car and it’s a $3000 fix according to my mechanic. I think there needs to be a recall issued considering everybody on this website is reporting the same problems.”
“The transmission speed sensor has failed needs a new valve body. It seems like a very common problem with this car and it’s a $3000 fix according to my mechanic. I think there needs to be a recall issued considering everybody on this website is reporting the same problems.”
“Das issue that I have been dealing with for two months now, issue is still not resolved even after taking out a personal loan for 6k to fix the modules at douglas infiniti, waited weeks for the modules, they replaced the modules, did the calibration but a new issue is happening where I'm losing…”
“Transmission control body. Lost of speed during driving which put me in danger of being hit from behind on the highway. The car was scanned and came up the code p0500 and p0720.”
“The door lock of the driver's door is stuck in the locked position and the door cannot be unlocked or opened. It will not unlock using the key fob, nor with the manual control inside the door, nor with the emergency key from outside the car. This could trap an inured driver inside the car in the…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2015 Infiniti Q50 as of
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