Unknown or Other
Filed Jan 27, 2024CA
I bought this vehicle from a private person and it look like it has odometer fraud. The odometer mark 85.555 miles but it really has around 185.555 miles or more not sure yet.
2003 Lexus RX
Routine
Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Air Bags | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVehicle Speed Control
Filed Sep 4, 2020144,000 milesIL
AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STARTED TO SPEED UP UNCONTROLLABLY AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. I HAD TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT WE WENT FROM 45 - 85MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS WHILE DRIVING IN 45MPH ZONE IN THE INNER CITY. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON WHILE IN PARK THE ACCELERATOR WAS STILL STUCK UP TO 100MPH + SO IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE. WE FOUND OUT LATER FROM THE MECHANIC THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STICKY AND STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION.
Seat BeltsCrash2 injured
Filed Dec 18, 2019103,000 milesMN
MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH RESULTING IN BOTH VEHICLES BEING TOTALED. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES FROM HIS AIR BAG. MY SON HOWEVER PUNCHED HIS HEAD THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT INJURY TO HIS HEAD AND FACE. BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AND HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK CORRECTLY UPON IMPACT
Air Bags
Filed Oct 20, 2014125,000 milesMD
SIX MONTHS AGO, THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE WITH THESE LEXUS RX 300'S EVIDENCED BY THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS LOGGED ON THE WEB. MY CAR WAS GARAGE KEPT FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT'S LIFE. THIS ISSUE SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY LEXUS AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. *TR
4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2010| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2025 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2013 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 — this page | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.