2024 Lexus RX
This year drew an ordinary 56 complaints for a Lexus RX — the model's median is 0. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.1% of them mention error, against 2.1% across the model's other years.
Generation 4 of the Lexus RX, which began in 2023. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 56 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 0 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 26 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- error — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the model's other years (3.4×). Owners wrote it as: error, voltage.
- vehicle failed — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: vehicle failed, purchased new, low voltage, voltage warning.
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.
What owners wrote
The car started showing multiple error messages on the dash and then shut off while in operation, it would not restart without a service call and battery boost. This has happened multiple times. Online research shows this is a common issue with the hybrid mode…
while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start as intended. The contact stated that the doors failed to unlatch, and the key fob failed to function as intended. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dea…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V482000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V059000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 25V744000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 26V162000 BACK OVER PREVENTION 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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