Infiniti QX70
Registered from 2014 to 2016.
About this model
The Infiniti QX70, formerly the Infiniti FX until 2013, is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV marketed by Infiniti, Nissan's luxury division between 2002 and 2019 over two generations. The model replaced the QX4 as Infiniti's mid-size SUV. The model does not have a Nissan-branded equivalent, and was never sold in Japan.
From the Wikipedia article Infiniti QX70, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2014 3.0 diesel. 24 of 167 tests failed, 14%.
Better than 66% of 2014 cars. The typical one fails 17%, across 870 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 46% | 11 |
| Tyres and wheels | 29% | 7 |
| Suspension | 25% | 6 |
| Visibility | 25% | 6 |
| Lights and electrics | 13% | 3 |
| Body and structure | 8% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 93% of 2014 cars — 46% of its 24 failed tests, where an ordinary 2014 car has 25%.
- Visibility: failed more often than 95% of 2014 cars — 25% of its 24 failed tests, where an ordinary 2014 car has 11%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 46% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Tyres and wheels — 29% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Suspension — 25% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- Lights and electrics — 13% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 25% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Body and structure — 8% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
When it starts failing
At 80–100k miles this one fails 19% of its inspections, against the 21% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–60k miles | 14% | 15% | 37 | |
| 60–80k miles | 15% | 19% | 61 | |
| 80–100k miles | 19% | 21% | 37 |
135 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.