1998 Infiniti QX4 problems
The 1998 Infiniti QX4 has 46 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns suspension. Next are steering (13%) and cruise control (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 46 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 11 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 161,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
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%.
When 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 | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Of the 25 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 161,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% 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 1998 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Infiniti QX4 with enough data (15 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in collision with multiple vehicles, no deployment of air bag during collision.
On nov.9 I was driving home on pattersonmill rd. In barnwell sc. A buck deer hit my 1998 infiniti qx4 I went off road n hit a tree cutting in half I was able to kick out windshield crawd out went to neighbors home she called for help morel to story I have a crack in skull under eye contusion and concussion with chronic pain up down my spine I have surgery on my orbital floor on monday please help me call plenty lawyers but they don't have the experience to halide my case my driver side air bag didn't deploy but…
Tl* the contact owns a 1998 infiniti qx4. The contact stated that the frame was rusted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was confirmed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 9/4/13
I brought my truck in for a recall with strut tower and chassy,they patched tbe chassy up,when I went to pick it up I didn't get 5 minutes up the road and it was pulling to the right hard and shaking ast 40to 50MPH,it's a driving hazard,I brought it right back they did an alignment on it,called me and said it's still doing it and there's nothing else they can do,so now I'm out of a vehicle they told consumer affairs that I called that it could of been a,pre existing problem so now consumer affairs won't help me so…