2021 Lexus RX
This year drew an ordinary 208 complaints for a Lexus RX — the model's median is 0. What they were about is the unusual part: 49% of them mention bags however, against 0% across the model's other years.
Generation 3 of the Lexus RX, which began in 2016 and ran to 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 208 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 0 |
| Involving a crash | 27 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- bags however — 49% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (245.2×).
- amount time — 46.2% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (230.8×).
- time recall — 46.2% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (230.8×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Recalls for this year
- 23V865000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lexus RX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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