AutoUtility currently tracks 20 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Lexus RX. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 6 complaints (30% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 5 filings cite a crash, 2 report one or more injuries. The 2025 Lexus RX belongs to the 5th Generation (AL30) platform.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 20 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (6 reports • 30% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (4), Brakes & Traction Control (3)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 5 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 2 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2025 Lexus RX
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Electrical System
NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #25V595000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #25V744000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION
- Campaign #26V162000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
Brakes & Traction Control
Engine & Cooling
Air Bags & Restraints
NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #25V059000 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:WEBBING
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Lexus RX
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"Car unintentionally accelerated striking a garage door and parked car."
"The passenger rear tire (235/60R19 - Michelin Primacy A/S) randomly blew out while driving at high speeds on the highway. No trauma via a pothole or other object was noted. Tire was inflated to the manufacture recommended PSI (33 PSI). No signs came up until the tire blew out. The tire just..."
"Around 11 am on Sat., May 2, 2026, I was sitting in a very long line in Starbuck's drive thru when my 2025 Lexus RX hybrid suddenly and uncontrollably accelerated--like an uncontrollable bucking horse. Brakes didn't work. I couldn't stop my out of control car, and the multiple computer sensors also..."
"The car does not alert when a seat belt is not worn in the back seats. This feature is mentioned in the owner's manual, but the car fails to alert when a rear passenger does not buckle their seat belt. I have raised the complaint twice and proved to lexus service center, that car doesn't warn or..."
"On April 1, 2026, while pulling into a parking space at our church, I was applying the brake when the vehicle suddenly and forcefully surged forward without warning. The unintended acceleration was intense and unexpected, occurring despite continuous braking input. This resulted in the vehicle..."
Complaint History for Lexus RX
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Lexus RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2015 Problems → |
| 2016 Lexus RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2016 Problems → |
| 2017 Lexus RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2017 Problems → |
| 2018 Lexus RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 Lexus RX | 0 | 0 | 1 | View 2019 Problems → |
| 2020 Lexus RX | 54 | 7 | 1 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 Lexus RX | 70 | 9 | 1 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 Lexus RX | 38 | 6 | 0 | View 2022 Problems → |
| 2023 Lexus RX | 64 | 5 | 3 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Lexus RX | 56 | 1 | 4 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Lexus RX Current Page | 20 | 5 | 4 | Current |
| 2026 Lexus RX | 0 | 0 | 2 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Lexus RX
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 14 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tires NHTSA category: TIRES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.