NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Lexus Rx300 Recalls
The 2000 Lexus Rx300 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Lexus Rx300. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 216
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2000 Lexus Rx300, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2000 Lexus Rx300
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Rx300, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Rx300, 23 other models
Visibility: glass, side/rear
- Campaign
- 08E020000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Rx300
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Rx300, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Rx300, 46 other models
2000 Lexus Rx300 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 216 owner complaints about the 2000 Lexus Rx300, the newest on October 6, 2018. Of these, 16 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Lexus Rx300, the component group named most often is the power train (64%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (9%) and the vehicle speed control (6%).
None of the 2000 Lexus Rx300's 5 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2000 Lexus Rx300 owners gave the mileage (162 complaints), the median was 103,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train138
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
- Electrical System7
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | |
| 2001 | 11 | |
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 9 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2008 | 32 | |
| 2009 | 33 | |
| 2010 | 27 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2000 Lexus Rx300 peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 33. 16% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
The 216 complaints about the 2000 Lexus Rx300 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lexus Rx300 by model year
Other 2000 Lexus models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted