Lexus GX470: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Lexus GX470, model years 2003 to 2009. NHTSA has 177 complaints on file for this model line. 5 of the 7 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Lexus GX470 is number 34 of 70 model lines of Lexus on the register. Recall campaigns for the Lexus GX470: none in 2024 and none in 2025. For all Lexus vehicles, the count fell by 12.5%, from 8 in 2024 to 7 in 2025.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Lexus GX470 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 4% | |
| 2008 Lexus GX470 NHTSA page | 0 | 13 | 51% | |
| 2007 Lexus GX470 | 0 | 27 | 107% | |
| 2006 Lexus GX470 | 1 | 28 | 111% | 320,409 |
| 2005 Lexus GX470 | 1 | 30 | 119% | 320,409 |
| 2004 Lexus GX470 | 1 | 32 | 127% | 320,409 |
| 2003 Lexus GX470 | 2 | 46 | 182% | 9,544 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
239 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | 154.8 | 37 |
| Air Bags | 150.6 | 36 |
| Power Train | 100.4 | 24 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 87.9 | 21 |
| Unknown or Other | 79.5 | 19 |
| Suspension | 62.8 | 15 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 54.4 | 13 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 37.7 | 9 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 37.7 | 9 |
| Electrical System | 33.5 | 8 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- ES35011 campaigns
- RX10 campaigns
- RX35013 campaigns
- RX3002 campaigns
- IS 2508 campaigns
- ES3005 campaigns
- ES4 campaigns
- IS8 campaigns
- RX3305 campaigns
- RX Hybrid14 campaigns
- LS4002 campaigns
- GS3007 campaigns
- NX9 campaigns
- ES3302 campaigns
- LS7 campaigns
- IS 35012 campaigns
- GX5 campaigns
- LS4604 campaigns
- GS 3509 campaigns
- GS7 campaigns
- ES 3301 campaign
- CT0 campaigns
- LS4300 campaigns
- IS 3002 campaigns
- GX46010 campaigns
- SC4301 campaign
- TX7 campaigns
- LX4704 campaigns
- ES 3500 campaigns
- HS 250 Hybrid4 campaigns
- HS3 campaigns
- LX6 campaigns
- SC4002 campaigns
- GS4001 campaign
- ES Hybrid6 campaigns
- LS460L3 campaigns
- LS 4600 campaigns
- GX 4700 campaigns
- RX 3500 campaigns
- RZ3 campaigns
- IS 350C9 campaigns
- IS 250C7 campaigns
- IS F8 campaigns
- LX5705 campaigns
- LS 4302 campaigns
- SC5 campaigns
- GS Hybrid2 campaigns
- IS200T2 campaigns
- RC 3502 campaigns
- UX Hybrid3 campaigns
- NX Hybrid6 campaigns
- LS5003 campaigns
- LC5004 campaigns
- LC2 campaigns
- LS Hybrid8 campaigns
- RC 200T2 campaigns
- GS4602 campaigns
- LS600HL3 campaigns
- NX450H+3 campaigns
- RC 3002 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Lexus GX470: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lexus/gx470/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 3 Nov 2026
- Complaint file through
- 5 Nov 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Lexus GX470 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2003 with 2, 2006 with 1, 2005 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Lexus GX470 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 46 of the 177 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Lexus GX470 name?
- Structure: 154.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 150.6 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 100.4 per 1,000 component mentions.