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Lexus NX HybridYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 10 owner complaints and 6 safety recalls on record for the Lexus NX Hybrid.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints10Top: Service brakesSafety recalls62015–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Lexus NX Hybrid years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the NX Hybrid median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2025Too new–/1000 complaints · 4 recalls2024Not rated–/1002 complaints · 4 recalls2023Not rated–/1000 complaints · 3 recalls2022Not rated–/1001 complaint · 2 recalls2020Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls2018Not rated–/1004 complaints · 0 recalls2016Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls2015Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Lexus NX Hybrid problems

All model years combined: 10 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes32
Electrical system20
Visibility/wiper20
Air bags11
Vehicle speed control10
Seats10
Engine10
Fuel/propulsion system10
6 recalls

Lexus NX Hybrid recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

–Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel26V-687 · 2022–2024 · Oct 20, 2026 · 68,356 vehicles48%Other: labels26V-179 · 2025 · Mar 24, 2026 · 8,230 vehicles86%Back over prevention: display function25V-744 · 2022–2025 · Oct 30, 2025 · 1,024,407 vehicles92%Rear/other: webbing25V-059 · 2025 · Feb 6, 2025 · 40,922 vehicles94%Front assembly: head restraint24V-482 · 2024–2025 · Jun 27, 2024 · 11,418 vehicles90%Frontal: driver clockspring/spiral cassette23V-480 · 2023–2024 · Jul 12, 2023 · 152,927 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the NX Hybrid

  1. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2015–2021 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063