Lexus NX

Owners filed 254 complaints across 12 model years of the Lexus NX. The 2024 drew the most (45).

Model years12
Complaints254
Recalls20
Fires4
Deaths0

Which Lexus NX years should you avoid?

No Lexus NX year stands out. Across the 4 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 29), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Lexus NX model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new6
0—1Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
2025Too new18
5—3WheelsRoutine
202445
526Electrical SystemRoutine
202317
4—2Unknown or OtherRoutine
202227
3—7Unknown or OtherRoutine
202117
011EngineRoutine
202023
011Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201930
1—1Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201816
0—1Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
201711
0—4Unknown or OtherRoutine
201618
1—4EngineRoutine
201526
1—2Unknown or OtherRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.