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Lexus GX470

Every Lexus GX470 model year on file, 2003 to 2009. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years17729 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72003 to 2009
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins830Summed across model years
By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 46, 26% of the model's total

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

0204060200346200420052006200720082009
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Structure leads the Lexus GX470 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure
37
Airbags
36
Brakes
23
Speed control
21
Powertrain
19
Suspension
15
Engine and cooling
14
Stability and traction control
9
Electrical system
8
Steering
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus GX470 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 GX470 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2009SUV10.0500100
2008SUV1338.52200130
2007SUV2718.54000120
2006SUV2810.76810123
2005SUV3020.04410125
2004SUV3212.5521093
2003SUV4613.014420139
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus GX470

  • 16V-065 Feb 5, 2016
    Affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly programmed, causing the side curtain-shield-air bags to deploy inadvertently
    Airbags · 320k vehicles
  • 03V-088 Mar 10, 2003
    On certain vehicles equipped with the lexus link system, it may be difficult to lock one of the two latches on the bottom of the middle row left…
    Seats · 3,666 vehicles
  • 03V-031 Feb 11, 2003
    Certain sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of part 567, "certification." the incorrect gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr)…
    Equipment · 5,878 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.