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Infiniti QX80: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA

Infiniti reported 11 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Infiniti QX80, model years 2014–2020, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.

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11 incidents reported
1 deaths, as claimed
16 injuries, as claimed
2014–2020 model years named

By model year

Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports
Model yearIncidentsKilledInjuredBuiltPer 100,000 built
2014214——
2015405——
201710121,1374.7
201810113,0347.7
201920424,2368.3
202010112,0608.3

The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.

By the system the claimant named

Source: as the manufacturer reported it
System namedIncidentsKilled
Rollover30
Structure20
Seat Belts20
Air Bags20
Power Train21
Steering System10
No System/Component Specified10
Lane Departure10
ESC10
Fire10
Seats10
Engine and Cooling System10
Electrical System10

An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.

Every one of these, dated and numbered

The defect dossier for the Infiniti QX80 puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Infiniti QX80, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.

The incidents

Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters
IncidentModel yearStateKilledInjuredSystems namedReported
2025-05-072019NC01Steering System · No System/Component Specified2025 Q2
2021-11-232015AL02Rollover · Structure · Lane Departure · Seat Belts · ESC2023 Q1
2021-06-172019FL03Air Bags2021 Q3
2020-08-312020NV01Fire2021 Q2
2019-09-122017AZ01Seats2021 Q2
2019-02-152018VA01Seat Belts2019 Q1
2018-07-262015FL01Power Train2019 Q4
2017-10-252014NJ04Engine and Cooling System · Electrical System2018 Q2
2017-08-212014TX10Power Train2018 Q3
2016-12-202015WA01Air Bags · Rollover2017 Q1
2016-03-032015TX01Structure · Rollover2016 Q2

Each row above is a claim or notice Infiniti received alleging a death or injury in a Infiniti QX80 and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a QX80 that sold more will have more rows. All Infiniti models · What these reports are, and are not.