1998 Lexus RX300

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › sun/moon roof assembly. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof Assembly1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
101
Tires1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 6, 201030,000 milesNC

1998 LEXUS RX 300 SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER. THIS WAS IN 2002 AUGUST AND I HAD CALLED LEXUS TO CHECK IF THERE IS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION OR A ROLL OVER PROBLEM. THEY SAID NONE. I DECIDED NOT TO ENGAGE A FORENSIC ENGINEER TO INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THAT WOULD DELAY THE INSURANCE PAY BACK. MY WIFE WALKED AWAY WITH MINIMAL INJURIES BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE STILL DISCUSS WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *CN

Tires
Filed Sep 8, 1999CA

TIRE BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. DOT ELA6CBC447 BRIDGESTONE TURANZAP225/60R16.

Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof Assembly
Filed Jan 13, 1999CA

SUNROOF EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200325300Routine
200288510Routine
2001169520Routine
2000216500Above average
19992217100Above average
1998 — this page3000Routine

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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.