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Lexus NXYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 256 NHTSA owner complaints across 12 model years, the Lexus NX years to avoid are 2024, and the strongest years are 2015, 2019 and 2022. The NX has 9 safety recalls on record.

Lexus NX
Years to avoid'24Based on weighted complaintsBest years'15 '19 '22Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints256Top: Fuel/propulsion systemSafety recalls92015–2026 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Wlb5V, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Lexus NX 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 median. Tap a year for its full report.

'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
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2026Too new–/1006 complaints · 0 recalls2025Too new–/10019 complaints · 5 recalls2024Avoid23/10045 complaints · 5 recalls2023Not rated–/10017 complaints · 4 recalls2022Solid42/10027 complaints · 3 recalls2021Not rated–/10017 complaints · 0 recalls2020Not rated–/10023 complaints · 0 recalls2019Solid62/10030 complaints · 1 recall2018Not rated–/10016 complaints · 0 recalls2017Not rated–/10011 complaints · 0 recalls2016Not rated–/10018 complaints · 1 recall2015Solid65/10027 complaints · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common Lexus NX problems

All model years combined: 256 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
Fuel/propulsion system412
Electrical system419
Service brakes3015
Engine294
Structure204
Power train192
Forward collision avoidance179
Vehicle speed control159
Visibility/wiper120
20 other systems8420
9 recalls

Lexus NX 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 vehicles64%Back over prevention: software26V-162 · 2022–2025 · Mar 18, 2026 · 144,200 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 vehicles82%Frontal: driver clockspring/spiral cassette25V-040 · 2023–2024 · Jan 29, 2025 · 1,716 vehicles78%Delivery: fuel pump25V-028 · 2019 · Jan 22, 2025 · 858 vehicles99%Disc: caliper24V-911 · 2025 · Dec 5, 2024 · 70 vehicles94%Front assembly: head restraint24V-482 · 2024–2025 · Jun 27, 2024 · 11,418 vehicles84%Air bags: frontal18V-085 · 2015–2016 · Jan 31, 2018 · 48,672 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the NX

  1. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063