Lexus RX350
Owners filed 838 complaints across 20 model years of the Lexus RX350. The 2007 drew the most (167).
Which Lexus RX350 years should you avoid?
Going by 838 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Lexus RX350 years to avoid are 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2010.
- 2007167 complaints, 2.9× a typical RX350 year, most often about the engine.
- 2008126 complaints, 2.2× a typical RX350 year, most often about the body and frame.
- 20112.1× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (2 fires, 15 crashes).
- 20102.0× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (6 fires, 23 crashes, 1 death).
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2019 and 2015 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
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 RX350 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof Assembly | Routine | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline | Routine | |
| 2019 | 31 | 3 | — | 1 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 18 | 1 | — | 3 | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2017 | 46 | 3 | — | 12 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2016 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2015 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2014 | 15 | 0 | — | 5 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2013 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 10 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2012 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 11 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2011Avoid | 30 | 1 | 2 | 15 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2010Avoid | 94 | 1 | 6 | 23 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 2009 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 7 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2008Avoid | 126 | 0 | 4 | 11 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2007Avoid | 167 | 1 | 1 | 17 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.