Speed Sensor problems of the 2016 Infiniti Q50

One problem related to speed sensor has been reported for the 2016 Infiniti Q50. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Infiniti Q50 based on all problems reported for the 2016 Q50.

1 Speed Sensor problem

Failure Date: 05/17/2026

Output speed sensor on 2016 Infiniti Q50t - took vehicle in for oil and filter change 2 days ago. I drove the car about 40 miles, without incident. Went back to same place for state inspection yesterday. I drove about 2 miles from the inspection place and park in shopping lot. Went in business to shop for about 30 minutes. Returned to vehicle and drove about 100 yards through the parking lot. The car appeared to lose power and made a jerking movement as if it didn't want to go. I drove out onto a very busy street and we were almost rear ended by other traffic. I pulled up in another parking lot to assess the problem. I could not determine what was causing the car not to pick up speed. I drove to an autozone: battery checked out at 90 percent good; no electrical problems noted either. I drove off about 1 block from autozone: the cel came on for the first time. I went back to the autozone to get them to check it out. The diagnosis code is p0720: vehicle speed sensor. I went back to the inspection shop the next day and I was told the same code. I took the vehicle to the dealership and I was told that I need to replace the whole transmission. I purchased the vehicle about 8-1/2 years ago; garage kept; only put 60k miles on car since purchase. Car has approx. 108k miles now. This is not only a problem with 2014 -2015. When I purchased the car in 2018, I feel like the dealership should have informed me that this was a problem with Q50s. This is not just an issue with previous years; this is a problem with 2016 as well. This vehicle is very clean/outstanding: no accidents, no body damage, immaculate leather seats, no repairs in 8-1/2 years and all of a sudden this fault code comes up with no previous indication that the transmission was not working properly. There needs to be a recall for this vehicle due to this common issue.


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