2016 Lexus RX350 problems
Owners have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Lexus RX350. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 12% of complaints. Next are brakes (10%) and drivetrain & axles (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 78 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 21 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 18,000 miles 60 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 | 31 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 18 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 60 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 18,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 21 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 12 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% 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 2016 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Lexus RX350 with enough data (78 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.
Auto accident / other driver fault- 20 + miles per hour in motion front end collision/ impact . Frame damage to both sides of SUV. Total 3 passengers. No airbags deployed on front driver. No airbags deployed at all.
"takata recall" there is some sound from the car when ever I turn on my air conditioner and when I filed a case they are saying its design characteristic, where as there is no such in their previous designs or other models and its very irritating and disturbing while driving the car which makes me to disturb a lot
Knocking sound coming from the engine at ~50k miles. Took it to a lexus service center and was informed that the sound was from a failing brake vacuum pump. If not addressed, the failing pump could make braking the vehicle extremely difficult and potentially cause an accident. The 2017 rx350s have a recall for this exact issue but nothing for the 2016 rx350s.