2021 INFINITI Q50 — Complaint #2175016
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:RIM filed February 9, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2175016 (ODI reference 11716743) concerns a 2021 INFINITI Q50 and was filed on February 9, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 4, 2026. The vehicle had 44,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:rim, 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: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. 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 Q50 cohort independently describe similar wheels:rim 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 2021 INFINITI Q50 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2021 Infinity Q50. The contact stated that the vehicle was recently purchased from a dealer. When the vehicle was purchased, the tires were replaced. The vehicle was later taken to the dealer for maintenance, and while at the dealer, the contact was informed that there were nails in the tires and that the tires needed to be replaced. The contact checked the sticker on the door panel for the tire information. The contact stated that the sticker indicated that the wheels were 18-inch rims. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to install the new tires, and the contact was informed that the rims on the vehicle were 17-inch rims. The vehicle was purchased at a CarMax dealer, and the contact asked why the 17-inch rims on the vehicle. The contact was informed that the ride would be better with the 17-inch rims and tires. The rims were not replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 44,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2175016 |
| ODI Number | 11716743 |
| Date Filed | February 9, 2026 |
| Failure Date | February 4, 2026 |
| VIN | JN1EV7BR2MM |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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