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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2010 Lexus Rx350 Recalls

The 2010 Lexus Rx350 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on June 29, 2012.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Lexus Rx350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
94

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
23

6 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2010 Lexus Rx350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2010 Lexus Rx350

Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal

Campaign
12V305000
Reported
June 29, 2012
Vehicles affected
up to 164,601
Risk NHTSA names
crash, injury and death
Same campaign
only the 2010 Lexus Rx350

12V305000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2010 Lexus Rx350 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 94 owner complaints about the 2010 Lexus Rx350, the newest on June 29, 2021. Of these, 23 describe a crash (24%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.

In complaints about the 2010 Lexus Rx350, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (40%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the air bags (10%).

The 2010 Lexus Rx350's only recall also concerns the vehicle speed control.

Where 2010 Lexus Rx350 owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Vehicle Speed Control38
  • Electrical System12
  • Air Bags9
  • Engine8
  • Power Train7
  • Structure6

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2010 Lexus Rx350 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
201030
201116
20128
20134
20144
20158
20163
20177
20186
20196
20212

Complaints about the 2010 Lexus Rx350 peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 30. 62% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Lexus Rx350 drew 2.6× the complaints of the median Lexus Rx350 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 13 ranked years.

That makes 2010 one of the Lexus Rx350 years to avoid by our method.

Lexus Rx350 years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 94 complaints about the 2010 Lexus Rx350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Lexus Rx350 by model year

Other 2010 Lexus models

Newest record on this page: June 29, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted