2005 Lexus RX330 problems
Owners have filed 210 complaints with NHTSA about the 2005 Lexus RX330. Lighting is the most reported problem area, at 15% of complaints. Next are body & structure (15%) and steering (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 210 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 154 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 30 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 23 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 32 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 20 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 16 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 154 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 80,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (24 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 10 injuries reported.
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.
Vehicle involved in a single vehicle crash and the airbags failed to deploy upon impact with center divide at an approximate speed of 45 MPH.
On sept. 6, 2009 while turning into a general store parking space at less than 5 miles an hour when vehicle suddenly began high acceleration to an estimated 30MPH or more before running over parking blocks, attempted braking and crashed into seating benches and building, and proceeded to shut down engine. Police arrived at scene.
Dealer mentioned power steering leak in 2014, again in 2015 and previous owner of vehicle took it in to have it looked at due to complaint of problems with power steering in 2012 with water pump and timing belt were changed. My local dealer is stating the repair will cost at least $1000 to repair. Despite recalls on the internet, it seems that the investigation of the 2005 lexus rx 330 needs to include vehicle manufactured in canada (mine states canada).
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lexus rx330. The contact stated the dashboard was cracking. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000.