2015 Lexus GX

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System1
000
Unknown or Other1
010
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed Jan 21, 2026VA

Radio head unit failure which results in loss of vehicles ability to properly control heating and cooling temp in cabin, loss of navigation and other vital vehicle information. Unable access Lexus services menu.

Unknown or OtherFire
Filed Mar 5, 2025FL

6 MONTHS AGO , AFTER DRIVEN IN THE RAIN, MADE A FAST TURN. ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN BUT DRIVABLE. NO WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH BOARD. NEXT DAY THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOT DRIVABLE. BRAKES ENDED UP ON FIRE CAUSE BY TRYING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY PARKING AREA. ENTIRE BRAKES SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED.$2500 LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN LAST WEDNESDAY. CAR STILL AT THE SHOP. I WAS VERY SHAKEN UP, CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS DANGEROUS. DISTURBING TO KNOW IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME. I HAVEN'T TAKEN IT TO A DEALER BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF ITS A MANUFACTURE'S FAULT BUT THE MALFUNCTIONED KEEP HAPPENING. NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS I WILL BRING IT THE DEALERSHIP. THE AUTO REPAIR PLACED AN ORDER FOR PARTS ON JUN 13,24 WHEN HE TOOK MY CAR.

Electrical System
Filed Aug 10, 2024CA

WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN 2015. SINCE THEN, WE HAD TO CHANGE BATTERIES 4 TIMES NOW. BACK IN 2016, WHEN THE FIRST BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE DEALER ALSO CHANGED SOMETHING WITH THE STEREO, BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE. BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, BATTERY SUDDENLY GOES DEAD. CAR HAS ABOUT 85,000 MILES ON IT. MOST RECENTLY, WE WERE AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY ABOUT 80 MILES AWAY FRON HIME, ON A HOT DAY, AND AFTER THE CEREMONY WAS OVER AT AROUND 2:00 PM, WE HEAD BACK TO THE CAR TO DRIVE BACK, BUT SUDDENLY CAR DIDN'T START. I HAD BOTH MY SENIOR PARENTS WITH ME AND IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE SITUATION. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO LEAVE YOU AND NOT START. WHETHER IT'S SO MANY MILES AWAY FROM HOME OR ANY DELAERSHIP, LATE AT NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2024
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20261000Routine
202513200Routine
202420400Routine
20236000Routine
20225000Routine
20212000Routine
20204000Routine
20198000Routine
20182000Routine
20176000Routine
20163000Routine
2015 — this page3010Routine
201415000Routine
201310000Routine
20123000Routine
201111000Routine
20107000Routine
20090100Routine
20082000Routine
200712000Routine
200610000Routine
20053000Routine
200420000Routine
20035000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.