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Lexus RX350

Every Lexus RX350 model year on file, 2015 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years21741 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92015 to 2023
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,006Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 58, 27% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

020406020152016582017201820192020202120222023
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Fuel system leads the Lexus RX350 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Fuel system
55
Engine and cooling
28
Brakes
27
Speed control
25
Powertrain
23
Airbags
21
Visibility and wipers
17
Electrical system
16
Structure
13
Driver assistance
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus RX350 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Lexus RX350 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2023SUV425.0201015
2022SUV1020.0440049
2021SUV10.031086
2020SUV70.0251087
2019SUV316.57430112
2018SUV1816.74310132
2017SUV4626.19030165
2016SUV5820.714230190
2015SUV4221.49210170
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus RX350

  • 23V-480 Jul 12, 2023
    Electrical connection inside the steering column's spiral cable assembly may be insufficiently welded, causing the connection to separate and…
    Airbags · 153k vehicles
  • 21V-043 Feb 3, 2021
    Transport hook may not have been removed prior to sale
    Fuel system · 1,081 vehicles
  • 20V-682 Nov 4, 2020
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 1.53M vehicles
  • 20V-012 Jan 13, 2020
    On March 4, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include certain 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser, 2018 Avalon, Corolla, 2014 FJ Cruiser,…
    Fuel system · 1.83M vehicles
  • 18V-211 Apr 3, 2018
    During the manufacturing process, the oil galley in the rotor for the brake booster vacuum pump assembly may have been improperly machined…
    Brakes · 6,046 vehicles
  • 18V-085 Jan 31, 2018
    Air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy…
    Airbags · 49k vehicles
  • 16V-198 Apr 7, 2016
    These vehicles are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during…
    Stability and traction control · 17k vehicles
  • 16V-053 Feb 1, 2016
    Due to an improper weld, the gas needed to inflate the driver's knee air bag may escape from the inflator
    Airbags · 5,072 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.