Lexus RX
Owners filed 968 complaints across 28 model years of the Lexus RX. The 2010 drew the most (77).
Which Lexus RX years should you avoid?
Going by 968 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Lexus RX years to avoid are 2010, 2021 and 2008.
- 201077 complaints, 2.2× a typical RX year, most often about the engine.
- 202170 complaints, 2.0× a typical RX year, most often about the airbags.
- 200870 complaints, 2.0× a typical RX year, most often about the brakes.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2018 and 2016 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 RX model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 23 | 4 | — | 5 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 60 | 4 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2023 | 62 | 3 | — | 4 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2022 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 5 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021Avoid | 70 | 1 | — | 9 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2020 | 48 | 1 | — | 6 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2019 | 34 | 1 | — | 10 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 26 | 0 | — | 3 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 47 | 0 | — | 8 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2016 | 28 | 0 | — | 1 | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2015 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | — | 3 | Unknown or Other | Fatalities reported | |
| 2013 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2011 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2010Avoid | 77 | 0 | — | 9 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2009 | 34 | 0 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2008Avoid | 70 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2007 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2006 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2004 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Structure | Routine | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | — | 3 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1999 | 35 | 0 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.