Model-year matrix

Infiniti QX56
which year?

Compare every Infiniti QX56 model year the EPA recorded, 2004 to 2013. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Infiniti QX56 year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Infiniti QX56?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Infiniti QX56 years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2004

106 indexed complaint reports; service brakes is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2004 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2005

80 indexed complaint reports; service brakes is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2005 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2006

79 indexed complaint reports; service brakes is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2006 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Infiniti QX56 model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2012 Infiniti QX56

NHTSA complaint allegations: 57
Combined EPA economy: 16 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $4,750
Fuel labels: Premium Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsengine 24electrical system 9fuel/propulsion system 7

Open the 2012 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2013 Infiniti QX56

NHTSA complaint allegations: 32
Combined EPA economy: 16 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $4,750
Fuel labels: Premium Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsengine 19service brakes 4suspension 4

Open the 2013 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2013 has 25 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2012.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Infiniti QX56 by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Infiniti QX56 model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2013	32	engine 19service brakes 4suspension 4	16	2	$4,750	Dossier →
2012	57	engine 24electrical system 9fuel/propulsion system 7	16	2	$4,750	Dossier →
2011	78	engine 37fuel/propulsion system 18suspension 9	16	2	$4,750	Dossier →
2010	25	air bags 6steering 6electrical system 3	14	2	$5,450	Dossier →
2009	7	suspension 3electrical system 2structure 2	14	2	$5,450	Dossier →
2008	52	service brakes 18electrical system 7suspension 7	14	2	$5,450	Dossier →
2007	21	service brakes 9suspension 7electrical system 4	14	2	$5,450	Dossier →
2006	79	service brakes 46service brakes, hydraulic 11electrical system 8	14	2	$4,400	Dossier →
2005	80	service brakes 22fuel/propulsion system 12fuel system, gasoline 11	14	2	$4,400	Dossier →
2004	106	service brakes 33service brakes, hydraulic 33electrical system 16	14	2	$4,400	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.