Lexus RX: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 10 recall campaigns for the Lexus RX, model years 1999 to 2026. NHTSA has 213 complaints on file for this model line. 8 of the 20 model years have a page on this register.
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.
- 19990
- 20000
- 20010
- 20020
- 20030
- 20041
- 20051
- 20061
- 20070
- 20080
- 20090
- 20100
- 20110
- 20191
- 20201
- 20211
- 20233
- 20244
- 20254
- 20263
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Lexus RX | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,169,224 |
| 2025 Lexus RX | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,800,906 |
| 2024 Lexus RX | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1,220,947 |
| 2023 Lexus RX | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1,170,323 |
| 2021 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 999,901 |
| 2020 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 999,901 |
| 2019 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 858 |
| 2011 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 28% | |
| 2010 Lexus RX | 0 | 29 | 272% | |
| 2009 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 12 | 113% | |
| 2008 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 16 | 150% | |
| 2007 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 23 | 216% | |
| 2006 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 1 | 8 | 75% | 728,544 |
| 2005 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 1 | 15 | 141% | 728,544 |
| 2004 Lexus RX | 1 | 27 | 254% | 728,544 |
| 2003 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 9% | |
| 2002 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 56% | |
| 2001 Lexus RX NHTSA page | 0 | 14 | 131% | |
| 2000 Lexus RX | 0 | 26 | 244% | |
| 1999 Lexus RX | 0 | 33 | 310% |
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
262 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 313 | 82 |
| Structure | 110.7 | 29 |
| Engine | 61.1 | 16 |
| Unknown or Other | 57.3 | 15 |
| Steering | 57.3 | 15 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 53.4 | 14 |
| Air Bags | 53.4 | 14 |
| Exterior Lighting | 38.2 | 10 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 34.4 | 9 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 30.5 | 8 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- ES35011 campaigns
- RX3002 campaigns
- IS 2508 campaigns
- ES3005 campaigns
- RX35013 campaigns
- RX3305 campaigns
- ES4 campaigns
- LS4002 campaigns
- GS3007 campaigns
- IS8 campaigns
- RX Hybrid14 campaigns
- ES3302 campaigns
- IS 35012 campaigns
- GX4703 campaigns
- ES 3301 campaign
- LS4604 campaigns
- GS 3509 campaigns
- LS4300 campaigns
- IS 3002 campaigns
- SC4301 campaign
- GX46010 campaigns
- LX4704 campaigns
- ES 3500 campaigns
- LS7 campaigns
- HS 250 Hybrid4 campaigns
- GS7 campaigns
- SC4002 campaigns
- GS4001 campaign
- GX5 campaigns
- LS460L3 campaigns
- HS3 campaigns
- LS 4600 campaigns
- GX 4700 campaigns
- ES Hybrid6 campaigns
- IS 350C9 campaigns
- IS 250C7 campaigns
- LS 4302 campaigns
- IS F8 campaigns
- LX6 campaigns
- LX5705 campaigns
- GS Hybrid2 campaigns
- SC5 campaigns
- RC 3502 campaigns
- IS200T2 campaigns
- GS4602 campaigns
- LS600HL3 campaigns
- NX Hybrid5 campaigns
- LC5004 campaigns
- RC 200T2 campaigns
- NX8 campaigns
- LS5003 campaigns
- RC 3002 campaigns
- LS600H2 campaigns
- LS Hybrid8 campaigns
- TX7 campaigns
- LC Hybrid4 campaigns
- RZ3 campaigns
- TX Hybrid5 campaigns
- RX350L2 campaigns
- NX2503 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 RX: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lexus/rx/. 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
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- 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 RX model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2025 with 4, 2024 with 4, 2026 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Lexus RX model year has the most complaints?
- The 1999 model year, with 33 of the 213 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Lexus RX name?
- Power Train: 313 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 110.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 61.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Lexus RX?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.