Infiniti QX60: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy
Infiniti QX60: 11 model years scored from 600 NHTSA owner complaints and 26 recall campaigns. Worst year 2014, best year 2018.
Infiniti QX60: which years to avoid
Across 11 scored model years the Infiniti QX60 ranges from 33/100 in 2014 to 93/100 in 2016 — a 60-point spread, so which year you buy matters more than whether you buy a QX60 at all. The weakest year’s complaints concentrate in Power Train (118 of them).
Avoid: 2014 — scored below 45 on the complaint and recall record.
Safest years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 — scored 70 or better.
Scored from NHTSA complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. How the score works · every car’s years to avoid.
Editor's note
Avoid the 2014 QX60, which has 229 owner complaints and a score of 33. Buy a 2015 or newer car: the 2015 scores 76 on 92 complaints, the 2016 scores 93 on 29, and every year from 2018 to 2020 is at 88 or better on 38 complaints or fewer. The 2014 car's problem is the power train, with Power Train at 118 complaints, more than half the year's total, and no campaign on record addresses it, so the remedy has to be found in the service history. The seven campaigns it does carry, five safety-critical, cover the brakes (13V445000, 15V012000), the air bags (15V681000, 14V138000) and a wheel lug nut (14V229000). The 2017 car dips to 81 on 68 complaints, with Engine at 20, and carries 18V601000 for an anti-lock brake actuator pump that may leak onto a circuit board, and 19V807000 for cars the first repair missed. The 2022 to 2025 cars score 88, 82, 77 and 74 on low evidence, with campaigns mainly for seats.
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Used Infiniti Q50, QX60 and QX50: the years to avoid — written and signed by Adir Trabelsi, 2026-09-16.
How the QX60 changed, run by run
The federal record falls into 2 stretches of years that behave alike. A redesign shows up here as a step in the complaint rate that then holds.
2015–2020
Mean score 87/100, about 5 complaints per year on the road. Owners of these years complain about Power Train more than anything else (67 complaints). 8 recall campaign(s) in this run touch fire, crash or stall risk.
2022–2025
Mean score 80/100, about 10 complaints per year on the road. Owners of these years complain about Unknown Or Other more than anything else (25 complaints). 3 recall campaign(s) in this run touch fire, crash or stall risk.
Year-by-year data table
Best year in our data: 2018 (score 90). Worst: 2014 (score 33, AVOID).
| Year | Score | Verdict | Running cost / yr | NHTSA complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | BUY | $3,984 | 16 | 1 |
| 2024 | 77 | BUY | $4,300 | 19 | 3 |
| 2023 | 82 | BUY | $4,431 | 27 | 3 |
| 2022 | 88 | BUY | $4,504 | 22 | 2 |
| 2020 | 93 | BUY | $4,752 | 23 | 1 |
| 2019 | 88 | BUY | $4,920 | 37 | 2 |
| 2018 | 90 | BUY | $5,050 | 38 | 1 |
| 2017 | 81 | BUY | $5,243 | 68 | 2 |
| 2016 | 93 | BUY | $5,294 | 29 | 1 |
| 2015 | 76 | BUY | $5,538 | 92 | 3 |
| 2014 | 33 | AVOID | $6,032 | 229 | 7 |
Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.
Photographs and every generation of the QX60, through the years →
QX60 sub-models & family
What goes wrong on the Infiniti QX60
Across every QX60 model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.
- Power Train190 complaints across all QX60 years · typical job: Transmission service or clutch-pack repair$1,290–$4,040
- Unknown Or Other108 complaints across all QX60 years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
- Engine105 complaints across all QX60 years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220
- Electrical System84 complaints across all QX60 years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
- Air Bags50 complaints across all QX60 years · typical job: Airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement$600–$1,700
- Vehicle Speed Control40 complaints across all QX60 years · typical job: Throttle body, pedal sensor or cruise module replacement$520–$1,150
Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.
FAQ
Which Infiniti QX60 years should I avoid?
On the NHTSA record the years to avoid are 2014 — each scores below 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. The 2014 is the weakest at 33/100, with its complaints concentrated in Power Train.
What are the best Infiniti QX60 years to buy?
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023… all score 70 or better. The strongest is the 2016 at 93/100, on 29 complaints and 1 recall campaigns.
What is the most common Infiniti QX60 problem?
190 of the complaints filed against the QX60 across all its model years sit in the Power Train group — more than any other component.
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Sources: NHTSA, EPA · Methodology · Updated 2026-10-04