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Lexus RX Hybrid

Every Lexus RX Hybrid model year on file, 2015 to 2027. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years327 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years132015 to 2027
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,397Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 10, 31% of the model's total

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

02.557.510201520171020192021202320252027
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Lexus RX Hybrid complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
10
Brakes
9
Engine and cooling
6
Airbags
4
Speed control
3
Structure
3
Powertrain
3
Fuel system
2
Stability and traction control
2
Visibility and wipers
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus RX Hybrid 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 RX Hybrid by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2027Not decoded0NoneNone004
2026Not decoded0NoneNone1025
2025Not decoded10.01002042
2024SUV1100.053075
2023Not decoded0NoneNone2091
2022Not decoded0NoneNone0176
2021Not decoded0NoneNone11102
2020SUV250.0711107
2019SUV30.0701116
2018SUV30.0701129
2017SUV1020.02001196
2016SUV728.61721234
2015SUV520.01101200
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus RX Hybrid

  • 26V-598 Sep 17, 2026
    Due to a manufacturing error, the front steering knuckles may crack and break, which can result in a loss of vehicle steering control
    Steering · 617 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
  • 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
  • 23V-865 Dec 20, 2023
    Short circuit may develop in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor, preventing the front passenger air bag from deploying
    Airbags · 1000k vehicles
  • 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
  • 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-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.