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2016 Lexus Rx350 Recalls & Complaints

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open safety recalls on record

Serious

78 owner complaints filed · Severity Index 1.23 · updated 2026-08-07

The recalls

Serious18V085000

Air Bags:Side/Window

If the air bags fail to deploy in a crash, it can raises the risk of injury.

Remedy & full details

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the sensors as necessary based on their serial numbers, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 12, 2018. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are JLA, J0F.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2016 Toyota Prius and Lexus RX 350, RX 350 F Sport, RX 450h F Sport and RX 450h vehicles and 2015-2016 Lexus NX 200T, NX Turbo and NX 300h vehicles. The air bag pressure sensors and/or the acceleration sensors may fail causing the side/curtain shield air bags and/or the front air bags to not deploy in the event of a crash.

Serious16V053000

Air Bags:Knee Bolster

defective inflator may raises the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Remedy & full details

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the knee air bag assembly, free of charge. The recall began March 7, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is GLA.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Lexus RX350 and RX450h vehicles manufactured November 16, 2015, to December 23, 2015. Due to an improper weld, the gas needed to inflate the driver's knee air bag may escape from the inflator.

Serious16V198000

Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Insufficient brake fluid pressure may cause a loss of vehicle control, raises the risk of a crash.

Remedy & full details

Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the brake actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on May 4, 2016, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number for this recall is G0I, GLC.

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2016 Toyota RAV4 vehicles manufactured October 30, 2015, to February 3, 2016, 2016 Lexus RX350 vehicles manufactured October 26, 2015, to February 8, 2016, and 2016 Lexus ES350 vehicles manufactured September 1, 2015, to February 29, 2016. These vehicles are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during ABS, Traction Control, or Stability Control activation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."

Complaint volume

78 this model-year 7 median, same year

Volume alone is not a fault rate — popular vehicles attract more reports. Read it next to the severity mix below.

What owners reported happened

21Crashes
2Fires
12Injuries
0Deaths

Across 78 complaints. Severity Index 1.23.

Severity Index weights each complaint's reported outcome (death ×10, injury ×4, fire ×3, crash ×2) and divides by total complaints. It measures how severe reports are, not how often faults occur.

What owners report most

Unknown Or Other19 · 24%Air Bags9 · 12%Service Brakes8 · 10%Power Train7 · 9%Electrical System5 · 6%Engine5 · 6%Vehicle Speed Control5 · 6%Visibility/Wiper5 · 6%
  1. Unknown Or Other — 19 reports
  2. Air Bags — 9 reports
  3. Service Brakes — 8 reports
  4. Power Train — 7 reports
  5. Electrical System — 5 reports
  6. Engine — 5 reports
  7. Vehicle Speed Control — 5 reports
  8. Visibility/Wiper — 5 reports
  9. Steering — 3 reports
  10. Fuel/Propulsion System — 3 reports

What to do

  1. Find your 17-character VIN on the driver's door jamb or the base of the windscreen.
  2. Check it against NHTSA's official lookup at nhtsa.gov/recalls — the authoritative record for your exact car.
  3. Book the repair with any franchised dealer. Safety recall work is free, with no time limit and regardless of who owns the car now.

Other model years

2007 (1) · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 (1) · 2011 (1) · 2012 (1) · 2013 (1) · 2014 · 2015 (1) · 2016 · 2017 (3) · 2018 (1) · 2019 (3) · 2020 (1) · 2021 (1) · 2022 · 2023 (1)

Numbers in brackets are open recall campaigns for that year.

Questions

Does an open recall mean the car is unsafe to drive?

Not usually. NHTSA issues a "do not drive" or "park outside" advisory when a defect is dangerous enough to keep you out of the car — those are flagged Critical above. Everything else should be repaired promptly but is not an immediate stop-driving order.

Do I pay for recall repairs?

No. Federal law requires the manufacturer to fix a safety recall free of charge, including parts and labour, whether or not you are the original owner.

Why are there complaints but no recalls?

Complaints are unverified reports filed by owners. They can prompt an investigation, but many never become recalls — either the fault isn't safety-related or it isn't widespread.

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