Lexus RX

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Lexus Sedan 2000–2026 · coverage building

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At a glance

Vehicle coverage snapshot

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Make
Lexus
Model
Lexus RX
Year range
2000–2026 · coverage building
Generation
1999–2003 · XU10; 2004–2009 · XU30; 2010–2015 · AL10; 2016–2022 · AL20
Vehicle taxonomy
RX

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Coverage at a glance

Model-year coverage for this vehicle is confirmed from the structured US and Canada dataset. Vehicle-specific problem evidence has not been published for it yet.

Known checks by year range

Published problem clusters for Lexus RX are still being built. In the meantime you can look up a fault code directly, or describe the symptom and work through it step by step.

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Coverage status

This page carries confirmed model-year and powertrain coverage. Recall, complaint and fault evidence for this model is still being expanded, and this page updates as that evidence is published.

What is on the record for the Lexus RX

Owner complaints for this model most often concern:

  • Engine304 (11.9%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)268 (10.5%)
  • Air bags (restraint system)258 (10.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2020–2023.

Where a mileage was given (704 reports), it averaged 84,711 miles.

These are counts of records held, not a failure rate: no vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability score can be derived from it.

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Short answer

If you are checking a used Lexus RX, start here. This hub collects midsize luxury SUV buyer checks, future common-problem pages, OBD clues, and year-window risk notes as they are reviewed.

Key takeaways

  • This Lexus RX page is a vehicle hub, not a final reliability verdict. Verify open recalls by VIN, scan for stored codes before buying, and use sourced fault/year pages when they are available.

CarFaultIQ holds structured coverage for the Lexus RX spanning 5 generations from 1999 through 2026, built on the configurations recorded for this model on gasoline. CarFaultIQ's records do not yet include a Fault, an official recall, or a complaint aggregate for the RX, and none of its generations has its own coverage page.

If you are checking a used Lexus RX, this hub is the starting point. It is built to gather the practical questions a buyer or owner actually has: what usually goes wrong, which year windows deserve caution, what warning signs matter, and what to check before money changes hands.

The Lexus RX is tracked here as a midsize luxury SUV coverage hub. This page is a researched coverage page, not a final reliability verdict. Specific defect claims should come from sourced child pages, not guesswork.

Before buying or ignoring symptoms, verify open recalls by VIN, scan for stored OBD codes, check service history, and use any linked CarFaultIQ fault or symptom pages to decide the next practical step.

Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

9 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

  • 26V162000 — model years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022-2025 Lexus NX350, NX250, 2023-2026 RX350, and 2024-2026 TX350 vehicles. The rearview camera image may not display when the vehicle is placed in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal…

  • 25V744000 — model years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru Solterra vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may cause the rearview camera to freeze…

  • 25V595000 — model years 2025

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Toyota Venza, 2023-2025 RAV4 Prime, RAV4, Highlander, GR Corolla, Crown, 2024-2025 Lexus TX, LS, Toyota Tacoma, Grand Highlander, and 2025 Lexus RX, Toyota Crown Signia, Camry, RAV 4 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and 4 Runner vehicles.…

Official NHTSA source

Manufacturer communications / TSBs

282 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

  • 11034822 — model years 2026

    OBSOLETE NOTICE Month ##, 2026: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see L-SB-0018-26

  • 11034818 — model years 2026

    OBSOLETE NOTICE June 18, 2026: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see L-SB-0017-26.

  • 11034821 — model years 2026

    During the manufacturing process, tires are mounted on the vehicle as matched sets to help reduce conditions such as pulling or drifting. If the wheels are replaced or refinished before vehicle delivery, it is important that the tires remain on the vehicle in the same…

Official NHTSA source

US defect investigations

1 distinct official identifiers · US

An investigation records a regulator review of a suspected defect. It is not automatically a finding or a recall.

  • RQ10003 — model years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

    Multiple source assertions are retained for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific details.

Official NHTSA source

US owner complaint reports

940 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

  • UNKNOWN OR OTHER: 171 reports
  • ENGINE: 140 reports
  • AIR BAGS: 125 reports

A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.

Official NHTSA source

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Used-car checks

No structured used-car checks are verified on this model hub yet.

Recall/safety notes

No hand-written safety notes have been added to this hub. Official recall, bulletin and investigation records held for this vehicle are listed under documented evidence on this page — the absence of a note here does not mean no records exist. Always confirm by VIN.

Nothing here should be read as a finding about the RX — it describes what has been documented in CarFaultIQ so far for this model, with more added over time. For diagnosing a current problem on a RX, the OBD code and symptom archives on this site are not model-specific and remain useful here; a VIN check is the practical step before buying used.

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