1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2020 Lexus RX. Owners have filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Lexus dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2020 Lexus RX. Check your RX by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about the 2020 Lexus RX, reporting 7 crashes, 4 injuries. Lexus has issued at least 108 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about the 2020 Lexus RX. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I am submitting this correspondence to formally report a serious safety incident involving my 2020 Lexus RX 350 and to request a thorough investigation.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11718294
“THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 LEXUS RX 450H. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT, DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE PANICKED AND CRASHED INTO A RESTAURANT. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11318490
“The contact owns a 2020 Lexus RX. The contact stated while his wife and children were stopped in traffic, a vehicle had crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle, which then caused a five-car chain reaction crash. The contact stated that none of the air bags had deployed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11662427
“SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WITH A FRIEND. DEALERSHIP IS NOT ACKKNOWLEDGING IT SINCE THERE IS NOT A RECALL SO I WILL HAVE TO CALL LEXUS CORPORATE. I AM TAKING IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED AND DROPPING IT OFF THIS FRIDAY.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11639337
“Contact states they were sitting in DRIVE, with their foot on the brake. When the contact took their foot off the brake, they began to let the vehicle coast to about 5 MPH. Then, the vehicle lunged forward unexpectedly to about 25 MPH, when it collided with a rock.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11507921
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2020 Lexus RX is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Lexus dealer.