2014 INFINITI QX50 — Complaint #1483888
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE filed July 18, 2018
NHTSA complaint #1483888 (ODI reference 11112221) concerns a 2014 INFINITI QX50 and was filed on July 18, 2018. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 15, 2018. The vehicle had 90,615 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:storage, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same INFINITI QX50 cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:storage failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 INFINITI QX50 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 INFINITI QX50. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM INFINITI OF ORLAND PARK (8751 W 159TH ST, ORLAND PARK, IL 60462), BUT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE COULD NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP BECAUSE IT NEEDED UNKNOWN RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO LACK OF FUEL AND WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FULL BODY INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS TICKETED FOR 'DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE'. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE SAME DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE R
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1483888 |
| ODI Number | 11112221 |
| Date Filed | July 18, 2018 |
| Failure Date | May 15, 2018 |
| VIN | JN1BJ0HR9EM |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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