2020 Lexus RX
This year drew an ordinary 102 complaints for a Lexus RX — the model's median is 0. What they were about is the unusual part: 29.4% of them mention aware issue, against 7% across the model's other years.
Generation 3 of the Lexus RX, which began in 2016 and ran to 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 102 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 0 |
| Involving a crash | 12 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- aware issue — 29.4% of this year's complaints, against 7% across the model's other years (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: aware issue, vin, tool, confirms.
- fuel — 15.7% of this year's complaints, against 0.9% across the model's other years (17.6×).
- manufacturer made — 27.5% of this year's complaints, against 8.7% across the model's other years (3.2×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RAY CATENA LEXUS OF MONMOUTH LOCATED AT 2135 NJ-35, OAKHURST, NJ 07755, (732)493-5000, HAD EXCEEDE…
The contact owns a 2020 Lexus RX 350. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V865000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the rec…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V865000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lexus RX was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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