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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Lexus Lx470 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Lexus Lx470, across 8 model years from 2000 to 2007. The 2006 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2007 (1).

Model years
8

2000–2007, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2006

3 recalls

Owner complaints
67

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 67 complaints with NHTSA about the Lexus Lx470 across 8 model years; the most, 18, concern the 2003.

Owners marked a crash on 8 of the Lexus Lx470 complaints (12%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Lexus Lx470 model years, owners name the steering most often (at least 9 complaints), then the air bags (8).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Lexus Lx470 in 2010: 9, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Lexus Lx470 is exterior lighting: headlights, in 6 model-year listings.

The newest Lexus Lx470 recall, 17V548000, was reported on August 31, 2017 and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module.

Lexus Lx470 years to avoid

Too few Lexus Lx470 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Lexus Lx470, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2007132not ranked
2006392not ranked
2005383not ranked
2004320not ranked
20033183not ranked
2002153not ranked
2001151not ranked
20001172not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Lexus Lx470 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Lexus Lx470

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS6
  • STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN5
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW4
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1

Lexus Lx470 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Lexus Lx470 recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Lexus Lx470, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
17V548000August 31, 2017air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2006crash and injury21
16V065000February 5, 2016air bags: side/window2003–2006injury320,409
10V346000July 29, 2010steering: gear box: shaft pitman2003–2007crash39,159
04V434000September 8, 2004exterior lighting: headlights2000–2005crash75,395

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Lexus Lx470. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: August 22, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted