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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JN1BV7AR5FM••••••2015 Infiniti Q50
That is about average for the 2015 Infiniti Q50 — 4 complaints per build across 29 builds.
4on this build
119on the model
29builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 2Service Brakes 1Steering 1
What owners of this build wrote
SteeringcrashOct 2022
I was driving and tried to turn but had lost complete control of the steering and hit the curb infront. Luckily i was only going 5-10 MPH so the impact was not terrible. My biggest concern is a lot of times my mother drives that car who is permanently disabled in one hand so I…
Power TrainApr 2024
The valve body/TCM shorts out on the car unexpectedly and can happen at any time causing the car to be unable to go past third gear. This is an known problem with 2014-17 Infiniti Q50 & there is a service bulletin issued by Infiniti associated with this problem published in…
Service BrakesJul 2022
Brake Pedal sinks to floor slowly at Red Lights. Randomly vehicle will yank seat belt back when abs module detects no brake fluid pressure once in a blue moon. This is because of the defective ABS module hydraulics leak internally from the factory. As brake fluid heats up the…
Power TrainSep 2022
The valve body/TCM. Yes the vehicle is available for inspection. The valve body/TCM shorts out on the car unexpectedly and can happen at any time causing the car to be unable to go pass third gear. This can occur on the freeway, or when trying to avoid an accident. This is an…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JN1BV7AR5FM408577 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.