1990 Infiniti Q45 problems
Owners have filed 33 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Infiniti Q45. Transmission is the most reported problem area, at 33% of complaints. Next are wipers, windshield & visibility (12%) and brakes (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Infiniti Q45 with enough data (4 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
When driving vehicle on uneven pavement vehicle will loose its stability, shoulder bump, vehicle loss vehicle stability impact 11:00 position speed 65 MPH. Tt
When consumer is driving at highway speeds of 50 or above the vehicle will make a noise of fuses popping, and the vehicle will shut down at that time. There is no warning indicating this problem before hand. Vehicle has shut down and been repaired by dealership three times. The dealer cannot identify the problem. When vehicle shuts down, consumer will replace fuses first. Consumer has exprienced shutdown for fourth time as of september 10, 1997. Dealer says someone will call consumer, and no one has called.
Vehicle has defective ABS brakes, leaks brake fluid and brake light comes on. The consumer has spoken to various dealers, it appears that the problem started in 1990-1992. In most of 1993 models the defects started with the vendors. ABS housing of metal castings are defective and started to break away internally.. Second ABS unit is being installed in vehicle.