FaultScore

Worst years for a Lexus RX Hybrid

Owners have filed 474 complaints about the Lexus RX Hybrid with NHTSA across model years 2005 to 2025. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2008 Lexus RX Hybrid

78 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2010 Lexus RX Hybrid

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lexus RX Hybrid year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 1 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2024 1 0 1 Electrical System
2020 2 1 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2019 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2018 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2017 C 18 2 0 18,000 Electrical System
2016 C 13 6 0 17,000 Brakes
2015 C 13 3 0 14,693 Electrical System
2014 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2013 C 12 2 0 48,023 Brakes
2012 4 0 0 Brakes
2011 C 17 4 0 61,950 Brakes
2010 C 13 2 2 61,000 Engine & Cooling
2008 D 78 28 0 60,000 Brakes
2007 D 75 11 0 71,500 Brakes
2006 D 214 20 0 79,500 Brakes
2005 3 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Lexus RX Hybrid

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 114 24.1%

Worst in 2006

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Other & Unspecified 24 5.1%

Worst in 2006

Transmission & Drivetrain 23 4.9%

Worst in 2006

Steering 23 4.9%

Worst in 2006

Stability & Traction Control 17 3.6%

Worst in 2006

Airbags 16 3.4%

Worst in 2008

Tires 13 2.7%

Worst in 2006

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 7 1.5%

Worst in 2008

Lights 6 1.3%

Worst in 2008

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lexus RX Hybrid, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2006 peak 46 Apr 2026

Lexus RX Hybrid problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Lexus RX Hybrid

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.