Model-year matrix

Infiniti QX80
which year?

Compare every Infiniti QX80 model year the EPA recorded, 2014 to 2027. 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 QX80 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 QX80?

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 QX80 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 inspect2019

20 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2019 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2014

20 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2014 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2015

18 indexed complaint reports; fuel/propulsion system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2015 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 QX80 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

2026 Infiniti QX80

NHTSA complaint allegations: 5
Combined EPA economy: 17–18 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $4,200–4,450
Fuel labels: Premium Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 6back over prevention 1fuel system, gasoline 1

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2027 Infiniti QX80

NHTSA complaint allegations: 0
Combined EPA economy: 17–18 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $4,200–4,450
Fuel labels: Premium Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsNo component label indexed

Open the 2027 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2027 has 5 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2026.

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 QX80 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 QX80 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
2027	0	—	17–18	2	$4,200–4,450	Dossier →
2026	5	forward collision avoidance 6back over prevention 1fuel system, gasoline 1	17–18	2	$4,200–4,450	Dossier →
2025	8	unknown or other 4electrical system 2air bags 1	17–18	2	$4,200–4,450	Dossier →
2024	2	electrical system 1visibility 1	15–16	2	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2023	2	unknown or other 2electrical system 1forward collision avoidance 1	15–16	3	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2022	1	back over prevention 2electrical system 1	15–16	3	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2021	7	engine 2fuel/propulsion system 2vehicle speed control 2	15–16	3	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2020	6	forward collision avoidance 3unknown or other 2back over prevention 1	15–16	2	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2019	20	electrical system 8unknown or other 5back over prevention 2	15–16	2	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2018	9	electrical system 4air bags 2unknown or other 2	15–16	2	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2017	17	air bags 7electrical system 5unknown or other 4	15–16	2	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2016	14	service brakes 3air bags 2engine 2	16	2	$4,750	Dossier →
2015	18	fuel/propulsion system 6engine 5air bags 4	15–16	3	$4,750–5,050	Dossier →
2014	20	engine 6fuel system, gasoline 4electrical system 3	16	2	$4,750	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.