Body Class: Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
Displacement CC: 5600.0
Displacement CI: 341.73296693050
Displacement L: 5.6
Doors: 4
Drive Type: 4x2
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 2F: 7,001 - 8,000 lb (3,175 - 3,629 kg)
Make: INFINITI
Manufacturer: NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD
Manufacturer Id: 996
Model: QX56
Model Year: 2011
Note: Position 6 is model change number code.
Other Restraint System Info: 3rd row outboard 3-point manual belts and curtain side airbags, 2nd row outboard 3-point manual belt and curtain side airbags, 3rd row center 3-point manual belts
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 INFINITI QX56. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD INDICATE THE TANK WAS FULL WHEN IT WOULD IT WAS NOT. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 10V074000 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER: STORAGE: FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM) AND THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT HER EXPENSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,979.
2011
ENGINE
PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMING BELT CHAIN ON NEWER MODEL INFINITI QX56. PROBLEM OF CAR MAKING WHISTLING NOISE APPEARED EARLY AFTER PURCHASE AND INTERMITTENTLY THEREAFTER BUT BECAME PROMINENT IN JULY 2011. APPEARS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE MODEL. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE ON THE VEHICLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THE UNDERLYING DEFECT IN THE TIMING BELT CHAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THE ENGINE COULD FAIL AND CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT(S) AND/OR FATALIT(IES). *TR