NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Lexus Rx350 Recalls
The 2012 Lexus Rx350 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 12, 2014.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Lexus Rx350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 33
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Lexus Rx350
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 14V054000
- Reported
- February 12, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 261,114
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Rx350, 2 other models
2012 Lexus Rx350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 33 owner complaints about the 2012 Lexus Rx350, the newest on July 20, 2020. Of these, 11 describe a crash (33%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Lexus Rx350, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (30%), followed by the service brakes (15%) and the air bags (12%).
The 2012 Lexus Rx350's only recall does not concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2012 Lexus Rx350 owners gave the mileage (29 complaints), the median was 26,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control10
- Service Brakes5
- Air Bags4
- Electrical System4
- Engine4
- Power Train4
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2012 Lexus Rx350 peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 7. 55% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Lexus Rx350 drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Lexus Rx350 year in the same window: 9th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 33 complaints about the 2012 Lexus Rx350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lexus Rx350 by model year
Other 2012 Lexus models
Newest record on this page: July 20, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted