Infiniti Q50 Hybrid 2014

• Recall 110879 [USA]: If the vehicle does not steer as the driver anticipates, there is an increased the risk of a crash.
  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 start up altering the vehicle's steering responsiveness and turning radius.
  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.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 119633 [USA]: 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.
  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 chevrolet city express, 2014-2015 nissan pathfinder hybrid, and 2013 infiniti jx35 vehicles. In these vehicles, the front seat passenger occupant classification system (ocs) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied. As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.
  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, infiniti q50, jx35, and qx60 and chevrolet city express vehicles, free of charge. Interim notices were sent to owners on may 31, 2016. Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 105092 [USA]: The vehicle may gradually accelerate due to the throttle chamber reopening. this unexpected acceleration may increase the risk of a crash.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 infiniti m35 hybrid vehicles manufactured april 7, 2012, to september 9, 2013, 2014 infiniti q50 hybrid vehicles manufactured december 10, 2012, to july 15, 2014, and 2014-2015 infiniti q70 hybrid vehicles manufactured april 9, 2010, to may 7, 2014. Due to a software error, in the affected vehicles, if the signal is lost from one of the two throttle position sensors (tps), the engine control module (ecm) will go into a fail-safe mode, partially closing the throttle chamber. Should the lost signal be restored, the throttle chamber may open, regardless of the position signal from the tps.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the ecm, free of charge. The recall began on november 10, 2014. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 105497 [USA]: The damaged housings could crack and fracture, creating road debris and disabling the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2014 infiniti q50 hybrid vehicles manufactured october 16, 2013, to january 27, 2014, and infiniti q70 hybrid vehicles manufactured november 7, 2013, to december 10, 2013. The affected vehicles may have been assembled with transmissions whose housings were damaged during their manufacturing.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the transmission assembly and replace it if cracks are found, free of charge. The recall began on november 10, 2014. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1- 800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 105608 [USA]: The stall-like condition that occurs when the electric motor stops working may increase the risk of a crash.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2014 infiniti q50 hybrid vehicles manufactured december 10, 2012, to june 25, 2014, and infiniti q70 hybrid vehicles manufactured november 7, 2013, to may 7, 2014. Due to a software error, the electric motor may stop working while the vehicle is being driven using the electric motor only.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the motor inverter software, free of charge. The recall began on november1, 2014. Owners may contact nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 102296 [USA]: If the ocs does not detect an adult occupant in the passenger seat, the passenger airbag would be deactivated. failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the passenger.
  Nissan north america, inc. (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 altima, leaf, pathfinder, and sentra, model year 2013 nv200 (aka taxi) and infiniti jx35 and model year 2014 infiniti q50 and qx60 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the occupant classification system (ocs) software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult.
  nissan will notify owners, and dealers will update the ocs software, free of charge. The recall began on april 14, 2014. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 101307 [USA]: The disablement of the steering systems could result in a loss of steering, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Nissan north america, inc.'s (nissan) is recalling certain model year 2014 infiniti q50 vehicles equipped with direct adaptive steering. The affected vehicles received a power steering software version that, should the engine compartment reach freezing temperatures, the power steering software may disable the electric steering system and also may delay the engagement of the mechanical steering backup system.
  nissan notified owners and arranged to have vehicles towed to the nearest infiniti retailer. Customers were instructed not to drive their vehicles until they were repaired. Infiniti retailers provided affected customers with loaner vehicles, while the software update remedy was applied. These services were provided at no cost to the customer. Owners may contact infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall R/2014/120 [UK]: Vehicle may cut out
  It has been identified that due to a software error the traction motor inverter may incorrectly diagnose communication between the inverter and the transmission control module (tcm). This can cause the inverter system to suddenly shut down. If the vehicle is being driven in electric vehicle (ev i.E. Engine off) the power to the electric motor may be cut resulting in the vehicle coming to a sudden stop.
  recall all affected vehicles to install new software for the traction motor inverter control module.

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• Recall R/2014/122 [UK]: Unintended acceleration
  It has been identified that under certain circumstances the throttle position sensor may send an error signal to the engine control module (ecm). As a result the ecm may not operate as intended and the vehicle may accelerate gradually without the driver operating the throttle pedal. However this acceleration can be overridden by application of the brakes.
  recall all affected vehicles to install new software of the ecm.

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• Recall R/2016/123 [UK]: Steering / directional control may be affected
  Due to incorrect software in the direct adaptive steering control unit the steering wheel may be off centre and driver's may interpret this as the steering pulling to one side. The turning circle may also be increased.
  on affected vehicles reprogramme the direct adaptive steering control unit

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• Recall R/2014/121 [UK]: Under extreme circumstances transmission may detach
  It has been identified that due to an issue during the casting process of the front of the transmission casing the casting may become cracked during the release phase of the operation. If the vehicle is driven at high speed in this condition the crack can grow and cause a vibration. In an extreme case the transmission may detach from the vehicle.
  recall all affected vehicles to inspect the transmission casing for cracks and replace any transmission are found to be cracked.

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• Recall R/2015/027 [UK]: Oil may leak engine may stall
  Due to insufficient sealing of the timing chain tensioner gasket the timing chain tensioner may loosen and an oil leak may occur from the engine. If t the vehicle continues to be driven engine oil could leak onto the road and the engine might stall due to low oil level. In an extreme case and in the presence of an ignition source there may be an increased risk of a fire.
  on affected vehicles replace the timing chain tensioner gasket with new.

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• Recall 2016296 [Canada]: Steering
  On certain vehicles, a combination of low battery voltage at engine start up (~7 volts) and the vehicle being parked with the wheels turned could cause an error in the direct adaptive steering ecu. This could cause the steering wheel to be off centered and the vdc warning lamp to illuminate. If operated this way, this could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will update the direct adaptive steering ecu.

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• Recall 2016179 [Canada]: Seats and restraints
  On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: for affected altima, maxima, murano, rogue and sentra vehicles, dealers will reprogram the airbag control unit and the occupant classification system control unit. For affected leaf, nv200, pathfinder, q50 and jx35/qx60 vehicles, dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit.

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• Recall 2016123 [Canada]: Airbag
  On certain vehicles, the front passenger seat occupant classification system software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult. If this occurs, the passenger airbag would be deactivated without the illumination of the airbag warning lamp. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant. Correction: dealers will reprogram the occupant classification system. This is an expansion of recall 2014-093.

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• Recall 2014416 [Canada]: Powertrain
  On certain hybrid vehicles, the transmission housing may have been damaged during manufacturing. This could allow a crack in the housing to form, and could eventually result in a transmission housing fracture, which would result in debris being spread onto the roadway, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will replace the transmission assembly if cracks are found during inspection.

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• Recall 2014415 [Canada]: Powertrain
  On certain hybrid vehicles, a defect in engine control module programming could cause a gradual throttle increase without driver input, which could cause vehicle speed to increase. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will update vehicle software. Note: applying the brake would allow the vehicle to be slowed or stopped.

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• Recall 2014414 [Canada]: Powertrain
  On certain hybrid models, an error in communication between the electric motor inverter and the transmission control module could cause the electric motor to stop functioning when the vehicle is operated in electric-only mode, causing a loss of motive power and illuminating the warning lamp. This could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will update vehicle software.

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• Recall 2014093 [Canada]: Airbag
  On certain vehicles, the front passenger seat occupant classification system software may incorrectly classify the passenger seat as empty, when it is occupied by an adult. If this occurs, the passenger airbag would be deactivated without the illumination of the airbag warning lamp. Failure of the passenger airbag to deploy during a crash (where deployment is warranted) could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant. Correction: dealers will reprogram the occupant classification system.

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• Recall 2013410 [Canada]: Steering
  On certain vehicles equipped with direct adaptive steering (steer-by-wire), cold weather operation could cause the system to malfunction on startup, and delay the engagement of the mechanical backup system. This would result in a loss of steering, which would increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will reprogram the direct adaptive steering module.

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• Recall 2016296 [Canada]: Steering
  On certain vehicles, a combination of low battery voltage at engine start up (~7 volts) and the vehicle being parked with the wheels turned could cause an error in the direct adaptive steering ecu. This could cause the steering wheel to be off centered and the vdc warning lamp to illuminate. If operated this way, this could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: dealers will update the direct adaptive steering ecu.

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• Recall 2016179 [Canada]: Seats and restraints
  On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: for affected altima, maxima, murano, rogue and sentra vehicles, dealers will reprogram the airbag control unit and the occupant classification system control unit. For affected leaf, nv200, pathfinder, q50 and jx35/qx60 vehicles, dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit.

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• Pedestrian alert sounds investigation # DP22005

  Nhtsa received a petition on or about july 18, 2022, requesting that federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the united states. The petition can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under odi number 11486072. Fmvss 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after march 1, 2021.On january 27, 2023, nhtsa opened defect petition (dp) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On june 24, 2023 and as supplemented on june 25, 2023, the petitioner notified nhtsa he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review of data, there is no justification for asserting potential benefits that could be derived from actions sought by my petition. Based on the petitioners withdrawal, dp22-005 is closed. Closure of this dp does not represent a determination by nhtsa regarding the subject matter of the petition.
  

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• Occupant classification system failure investigation # EA15004

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1. The electric power assist system or das malfunctioned preventing the car to steer correctly. When pulling out of side street onto the main boulevard, the car would not steer straight, there was no response from the steering wheel input and the vehicle crashed into a parked car parked on the side of the road 2. The safety of the driver and others were put at risk because the car crashed. 3. The problem has not be confirmed by the dealer our insurance company stated they may or may not investigate the problem. 4. Our insurance company has photos of the accident and damaged vehicle but has not inspected the car components for possible failure. 5. No warning light or messages were displayed to the best of my knowledge prior to the crash. 6. There was a safety recall # 16v430000 for this model and model year but our vin indicates that there is not an outstanding recall currently for the car

Engine has rough idle while in park. Even after the following maintenance was done. Replacing spark plugs, engine software update, coolant flush, power steering flush, fuel system clean, new mass air flow sensors both sides, serpentine belt, all new gaskets on top part of engine, valve cover, intake manifold, spark plug tube seals. Flushed rear and rear diff and transmission. Steering is heavy to turn. The colder it is outside the worse the engine shakes. Throttle response is delayed at times. Transmission shifts hard the worse the engine shakes. Colder it is the slower the windows roll up and down along with the wipers. Engine drops rpm when turning wheel while in park. When driving engine drops about 100 - 200 rpm then keeps going back up under acceleration but causes transmission to shift hard. This problem causes the output shaft seal to break and rear wheel speed sensors were replaced. After a sharp turn car hesitates to accelerate even if hard on the gas. Extreme cold temps outside make the engine almost sound as if something inside engine internals is not right. Hot and humid weather makes it run the best. No check engine light problem started at 90,000 miles now im at 126,000 miles and still no fix and no check engine light. Loss of engine power. Even going up the smallest hill incline maybe a couple feet over a distance of maybe 3 blocks engine downshifts to 5th gear just to maintain 70mph even though i can be going 50mph in 7th gear. Car jolts forward when coming to a stop as if the output shaft is still spinning at a different speed than the engine. Can cause an accident if not fixed. Other infiniti cars seem to have the same problem. Even the g37.

The chassis control module error light just come on ....Also the gps and radio there is no sound and wont tune in the in touch not working

The chassis control module error light just come on ....Also the gps and radio there is no sound and wont tune in the in touch not working

Vehicle would not start and determined that battery was dead. Arranged for jump start (through my roadside assistance program) but vehicle would still not start. Had vehicle towed to infiniti dealership. They figured out a way to charge car (wasn't accessible via front hood since a hybrid) and found a way to open truck to direct access and charge battery. Upon car starting, various error codes appeared. Car dealership had no knowledge of what they meant as they had not seen them before. I contacted infiniti corporate and they associated the codes with a previous das voluntary recall. However, upon further investigation by dealership, it was determined that das update was already applied. To determine the root cause, i was told it would require the car to be partially disassembled. As two of the codes points to a braking system issue, and one to the chassis system, i wanted to verify if this is a safety issue and if a recall is needed. (see attachments for reference)

Vehicle would not start and determined that battery was dead. Arranged for jump start (through my roadside assistance program) but vehicle would still not start. Had vehicle towed to infiniti dealership. They figured out a way to charge car (wasn't accessible via front hood since a hybrid) and found a way to open truck to direct access and charge battery. Upon car starting, various error codes appeared. Car dealership had no knowledge of what they meant as they had not seen them before. I contacted infiniti corporate and they associated the codes with a previous das voluntary recall. However, upon further investigation by dealership, it was determined that das update was already applied. To determine the root cause, i was told it would require the car to be partially disassembled. As two of the codes points to a braking system issue, and one to the chassis system, i wanted to verify if this is a safety issue and if a recall is needed. (see attachments for reference)

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 infiniti q50. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to turn off when attempted. The contact also stated that the keyfob was not recognized. The contact stated that the vehicle shut-off only after running out of gas. The vehicle to was towed to lupient infiniti milwaukee (10595 w. Arthur avenue, west allis, wi 53227, (262) 649-2236) to be diagnosed however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 66,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 infiniti q50. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to turn off when attempted. The contact also stated that the keyfob was not recognized. The contact stated that the vehicle shut-off only after running out of gas. The vehicle to was towed to lupient infiniti milwaukee (10595 w. Arthur avenue, west allis, wi 53227, (262) 649-2236) to be diagnosed however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 66,000.

Our front right bumper was just slightly damaged when back out of our garage. It was very mild cosmetic damage that occurred at only a speed of perhaps 5 mph. Original body work estimates came in at $2,000 only to spiral out of control with the steering modules being replaced them steering rack before the car was ultimately totaled as the steering programming was still off. Upon research we found out that this particular model was plagued with electronic steering issues which appeared to be addressed under multiple recalls. The insurance company stated that they have videos of the steering wheel going crazy back and forth wildly after the modules were replaced. I am extremely concerned that such an insignificant bump could not only result in totaling a vehicle but could jeopardize a driver's safety with the steering issues.

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• B00A0 [4] Occupant Classification System (Subfault)
• P0456 [8] Evaporative Emissions System Small Leak Detected
• P0442 [3] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0455 [3] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)
• P0116 [1] Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor Circuit 1 Range/Performance Problem
• P5323 [2] P5323
• P5326 [2] P5326
• C1A27 [1] C1A27
• P0101 [1] Mass or Volume Air Flow "A" Circuit Range/Performance Problem
• P010B [1] Mass or Volume Air Flow "B" Circuit Range/Performance
• P0171 [1] System too Lean (Bank 1)
• P0174 [1] System too Lean (Bank 2)
• B2190 [1] Window Passenger Rear Remote Up Switch Short to Battery
• U1000 [1] CAN bus network code
• U1001 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Primary Id
• U1002 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Primary Id
• U1010 [1] SCP (J1850) Invalid or Missing Data for Engine Air Intake
• P0139 [1] 02 Sensor Circuit Slow Response (Bank 1 Sensor 2)
• P0159 [1] 02 Sensor Circuit Slow Response (Bank 2 Sensor 2)
• P0720 [1] Output Speed Sensor Circuit Malfunction
• C1B90 [1] C1B90
• C1B92 [1] C1B92
• C1BA0 [1] C1BA0
• P3182 [1] P3182
• C13E9 [2] C13E9
• C13EB [2] C13EB
• C1130 [1] C1130