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2022 Lexus NX problems

Owners have filed 36 complaints with NHTSA about the 2022 Lexus NX. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are brakes (11%) and forward collision avoidance (8%).

At a glance

Complaints
36 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Electrical system 19% of complaints
Crashes and fires
14 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Where the complaints are

Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.

  • Electrical system 19%
  • Brakes 11%
  • Forward collision avoidance 8%
  • Body & structure 6%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 6%
  • Wheels 6%
  • Cruise control 3%
  • Lane departure 3%
  • Latches & locks 3%
  • Lighting 3%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 96% of model years in our database.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2022 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Lexus NX with enough data (36 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.

What owners wrote

A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.

My car was hit from the back by another vehicle. After the collision, I parked the vehicle and turned the ignition switch off, before getting out of the vehicle, the doors automatically get locked and the vehicle does not allowed to open the door even with the key card inside. I had to open the car with the manual handle from the inside. After I went out of the car, immediately the car again was automatically locked with the key card inside.

March 2023 CrashInjury

2022 Lexus NX driver's seat is crooked, confirmed by Lexus dealership and Lexus field rep. The left side of the seat is back further while the right side of the seat is closer to dashboard. Lexus has confirmed that the seat is properly attached and bolted to the seat rails. An identical seat from an unaffected 2022 Lexus NX was placed in my vehicle and did not fix the crooked orientation; the replacement seat sat crooked as well. The vehicle was delivered brand new to me from Lexus with this defect.

March 2022 Injury

A 3 cars collision involves this vehicle accelerating while my mom was holding on to the brake pedal. She was pulling into our home driveway, when suddenly it accelerate and hit my sister Prius and my dad's Rav4. See photos. No one pull into the driveway with their foot on the gas pedal. I strongly believe the agency should investigate this vehicle to capture a potential recall with this model. Available is a video of the door ring showing the car engine ramp up after forcefully stopped by two park cars.

June 2023 Crash

The contact owns a 2022 Lexus NX 350. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, the blind spot cameras failed to properly operate. The contact stated that the Mobile App was used to activate the blind spot monitoring system while driving manually. The dealer was notified of the failure; however, the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,748.

Reported at 47,748 miles, January 2026

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