By model year
The 2024 model year drew the most complaints, 45
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Model line
Lexus NX
Every Lexus NX model year on file, 2015 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years24841 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years122015 to 2026
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins732Summed across model years
Components
Fuel system leads the Lexus NX complaint record
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Lexus NX 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.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SUV | 5 | 20.0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2025 | SUV | 18 | 16.7 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| 2024 | SUV | 45 | 20.0 | 225 | 4 | 0 | 103 |
| 2023 | SUV | 15 | 6.7 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 123 |
| 2022 | SUV | 27 | 29.6 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 109 |
| 2021 | SUV | 17 | 17.6 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 2020 | SUV | 21 | 9.5 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2019 | SUV | 30 | 6.7 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| 2018 | SUV | 16 | 6.3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 2017 | SUV | 11 | 45.5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 2016 | SUV | 17 | 23.5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
| 2015 | SUV | 26 | 7.7 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 71 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Lexus NX
- 26V-162 Mar 18, 2026
Rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse
Back-over prevention · 144k vehicles - 25V-744 Oct 30, 2025
Software error may cause the rearview camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle is in reverse
Back-over prevention · 1.02M vehicles - 25V-059 Feb 6, 2025
Second-row center seat belt webbing may be damaged
Seat belts · 41k vehicles - 25V-040 Jan 29, 2025
Electrical connection inside the steering column's spiral cable assembly may be insufficiently welded, causing the connection to separate and…
Airbags · 1,716 vehicles - 25V-028 Jan 22, 2025
Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
Fuel system · 858 vehicles - 24V-911 Dec 5, 2024
Some of the bolts that secure the front brake caliper and the wheel hub bearing may be loose, which can result in a damaged caliper brake hose or…
Brakes · 70 vehicles - 24V-482 Jun 27, 2024
Head restraints on the driver and front passenger seats may be inadvertently removed without pressing the lock release button
Seats · 11k 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
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.