# NHTSA recall 14V581000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 14V581000
- Manufacturer: Nissan North America, Inc.
- Reported: 2014\-09\-22
- Owners notified: 2014\-11\-01
- Component: HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 5412

## What is wrong

Nissan North America, Inc. \(Nissan\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 hybrid vehicles manufactured December 10, 2012, to June 25, 2014, and Infiniti Q70 hybrid vehicles manufactured November 7, 2013, to May 7, 2014.  Due to a software error, the electric motor may stop working while the vehicle is being driven using the electric motor only.


## What can happen

The stall\-like condition that occurs when the electric motor stops working may increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the motor inverter software, free of charge.  The recall began on November1,  2014.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1\-800\-647\-7261.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-04\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 5412
- Reported remedied: 5236 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 INFINITI Q50 HYBRID](/makes/infiniti/q50/2014/recalls.md). Built 2012\-12\-10 to 2014\-06\-25. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2014 INFINITI Q70 HYBRID](/makes/infiniti/q70/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-11\-07 to 2014\-05\-07. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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