1997 Infiniti QX4 suspension problems
20 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1997 Infiniti QX4, which is 33% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 33% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 128,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When suspension problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 128,000 miles, and 7% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
At 6:45 a.m car traveling down freezeland road, linden, va at about 30MPH. Weather conditions: clear, dry. Road conditions: no defects, oil or other traction faults that would cause accident. Qx4 as described by witness to police looked at though rear of vehicle body was acting independent of body frame. At this point driver could not recover, had no time to brake, steering would not respond. Qx4 would not respond and continued straight up an embankment, hit large bolder and flipped onto passenger side.
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 infiniti qx4. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, he started to hear a loud noise on the driver side. The vehicle was then inspected by a dealer who informed him that the front left shock tower had completely rusted due to corrosion. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000. Updated 04/15/11 updated 05/02/11
Suspension problems in other years
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- 1997