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Model years to avoid

Lexus RX

What it says about you

Opinion

The most successful luxury car nobody discusses, and you chose it for exactly that reason. It will still be perfect in a decade, which is both the appeal and slightly the problem.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

22 model years on record, 489 complaints filed. No year stood out against this model's own history — which means it has not drawn unusual complaints, not that it is a good car.

Every year

  1. 2026 2 recalls 3 complaints
  2. 2025 4 recalls 20 complaints
  3. 2024 4 recalls 56 complaints
  4. 2023 3 recalls 59 complaints
  5. 2022 0 recalls 40 complaints
  6. 2021 1 recall 208 complaints
  7. 2020 1 recall 102 complaints
  8. 2019 1 recall 0 complaints
  9. 2018 nothing on record 0 complaints
  10. 2017 nothing on record 0 complaints
  11. 2016 nothing on record 0 complaints
  12. 2015 nothing on record 0 complaints
  13. 2014 nothing on record 1 complaints
  14. 2013 nothing on record 0 complaints
  15. 2012 nothing on record 0 complaints
  16. 2011 nothing on record 0 complaints
  17. 2010 nothing on record 0 complaints
  18. 2009 nothing on record 0 complaints
  19. 2008 nothing on record 0 complaints
  20. 2007 nothing on record 0 complaints
  21. 2006 1 recall 0 complaints
  22. 2005 1 recall 0 complaints

What does a Lexus RX say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.