The 2016 Infiniti Qx60 has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 3,296,947 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 38 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS16V2440002016-04-263,296,947 affected
Defect
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…
Consequence
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.
Remedy
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,…
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
1
Total complaints38
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“I am reporting a serious safety concern with my 2016 infiniti qx60 involving a defective cooling fan system. The vehicle currently experiences a ticking/tapping noise from the cooling fan, and the fan does not operate properly, which has caused the engine to overheat. This condition creates a…”
“I am reporting a serious safety concern with my 2016 infiniti qx60 involving a defective cooling fan system. The vehicle currently experiences a ticking/tapping noise from the cooling fan, and the fan does not operate properly, which has caused the engine to overheat. This condition creates a…”
“I am reporting a serious safety concern with my 2016 infiniti qx60 involving a defective cooling fan system. The vehicle currently experiences a ticking/tapping noise from the cooling fan, and the fan does not operate properly, which has caused the engine to overheat. This condition creates a…”
“Component: air bags / occupant classification system (ocs) problem description: the occupant classification system (ocs) in my 2016 infiniti qx60 is malfunctioning. The passenger airbag indicator light flickers on and off even when the passenger seat is empty. When an adult passenger is seated…”
“The contact owns a 2016 infiniti qx60. The contact stated that while making a left turn at a low rate of speed, another vehicle attempted to drive around the contact's vehicle. As the vehicle attempted to drive around, the contact was hit by the passing vehicle. The contact stated that they could…”
“2016 infiniti qx60 93,000 miles the battery light was on. I have noticed that my cvt transmission goes into limp mode. This has happened several times with no help from infiniti. I can only go 10mph and it revs only 1000 rpm, then it'll be fine after I turn off and on again. Had battery and…”
“The electric controlled coupling failed and as a result, the awd failed. There is vibration when turning and driving 25 mph. The grinding noise remained after I got new brakes and I was told it’s from the coupling trying to power the awd. I took my 2016 qx60 to the dealer and also to a foreign…”
“The electric controlled coupling failed and as a result, the awd failed. There is vibration when turning and driving 25 mph. The grinding noise remained after I got new brakes and I was told it’s from the coupling trying to power the awd. I took my 2016 qx60 to the dealer and also to a foreign…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2016 Infiniti Qx60 as of
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