1999 Lexus RX — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 41 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)29 (70.7%)
• Engine3 (7.3%)
• Seat belts3 (7.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2024–2025.
• Equipment & accessories2 (4.9%)
• Air bags (restraint system)1 (2.4%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2020–2023.
• Speed control & accelerator1 (2.4%)

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (2.4%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,880 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (1,535 records, model years 1999–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and body & structure.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 30reports included a mileage
• 102,838average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1999 47 records for 1999 47
2. 2000 53 records for 2000 53
3. 2001 47 records for 2001 47
4. 2002 40 records for 2002 40
5. 2003 32 records for 2003 32
6. 2004 85 records for 2004 85
7. 2005 79 records for 2005 79
8. 2006 93 records for 2006 93
9. 2007 117 records for 2007 117
10. 2008 130 records for 2008 130
11. 2009 94 records for 2009 94
12. 2010 153 records for 2010 153
13. 2011 110 records for 2011 110
14. 2012 44 records for 2012 44
15. 2013 53 records for 2013 53
16. 2014 43 records for 2014 43
17. 2015 51 records for 2015 51
18. 2016 59 records for 2016 59
19. 2017 78 records for 2017 78
20. 2018 52 records for 2018 52
21. 2019 63 records for 2019 63
22. 2020 80 records for 2020 80
23. 2021 114 records for 2021 114
24. 2022 64 records for 2022 64
25. 2023 181 records for 2023 181
26. 2024 164 records for 2024 164
27. 2025 60 records for 2025 60
28. 2026 30 records for 2026 30

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 1mention a crash
• 1mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 12
• Owner complaints NHTSA 35

Explore the underlying evidence records