The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Lexus LX: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Lexus reported 45 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Lexus LX, model years 2004–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 10 | — | — |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 7 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 7 | — | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6,605 | 76 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4,904 | 82 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4,760 | 42 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,845 | 26 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5,309 | 38 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3,493 | 57 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6,586 | 30 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8,093 | 25 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6,331 | 16 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 19 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 7 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 6 | 0 |
| Other | 5 | 0 |
| Seat Belts | 5 | 0 |
| Structure | 4 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 4 | 1 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 3 | 1 |
| Forward Collision | 3 | 0 |
| Power Train | 3 | 0 |
| Steering System | 3 | 0 |
| Fire | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Lexus LX puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Lexus LX, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-07-17 | 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-07-14 | 2025 | MA | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System · Forward Collision · Other | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-01-27 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-01-06 | 2024 | MS | 0 | 2 | Structure | 2025 Q2 |
| 2024-05-24 | 2020 | OR | 0 | 1 | Other | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-04-14 | 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2024 Q2 |
| 2023-09-05 | 2017 | FL | 0 | 2 | Seat Belts | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-06-14 | 2021 | MS | 0 | 2 | Electrical System · Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2022-12-10 | 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Electrical System · Air Bags · Seat Belts · Forward Collision | 2022 Q4 |
| 2021-10-04 | 2013 | ME | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2021 Q4 |
| 2021-08-13 | 2018 | NJ | 0 | 4 | Air Bags | 2021 Q3 |
| 2021-06-21 | 2016 | AL | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags · Forward Collision | 2021 Q3 |
| 2020-03-20 | 2018 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Other | 2020 Q1 |
| 2020-02-12 | 2019 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Seat Belts | 2020 Q2 |
| 2020-01-04 | 2018 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2020 Q1 |
| 2019-10-18 | 2019 | CA | 0 | 1 | Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control | 2019 Q4 |
| 2019-08-31 | 2017 | MI | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags | 2019 Q3 |
| 2019-08-12 | 2017 | WI | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2019 Q3 |
| 2018-12-05 | 2013 | NC | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q1 |
| 2018-12-01 | 2018 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags · Seat Belts | 2019 Q1 |
| 2018-11-26 | 2014 | WA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q3 |
| 2018-09-30 | 2016 | AL | 0 | 3 | Air Bags | 2018 Q4 |
| 2018-06-25 | 2017 | NY | 0 | 1 | Seat Belts | 2018 Q3 |
| not reported | 2017 | CA | 0 | 2 | Power Train | 2018 Q2 |
| 2018-05-02 | 2014 | MO | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2018 Q2 |
| not reported | 2016 | CA | 0 | 1 | Fire · Electrical System | 2017 Q4 |
| 2017-07-04 | 2009 | IN | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2017 Q4 |
| 2016-10-01 | 2016 | CA | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2016 Q4 |
| not reported | 2013 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System | 2016 Q2 |
| 2015-12-29 | 2014 | FL | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2016 Q1 |
| 2015-04-18 | 2011 | SC | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2015 Q2 |
| 2015-02-09 | 2013 | TX | 0 | 2 | Other | 2015 Q1 |
| 2014-11-05 | 2006 | TX | 0 | 9 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2015 Q1 |
| 2014-03-07 | 2013 | CO | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2014 Q1 |
| 2013-12-18 | 2010 | TX | 0 | 2 | Other | 2014 Q1 |
| 2013-11-09 | 2013 | OH | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2013 Q4 |
| 2013-08-06 | 2005 | MA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2013 Q3 |
| 2012-10-19 | 2004 | CA | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2012 Q4 |
| 2012-08-27 | 2009 | WA | 0 | 2 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2012 Q3 |
| 2010-11-29 | 2005 | VA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2011 Q1 |
| 2010-11-28 | 2006 | NC | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2011 Q1 |
| 2010-07-09 | 2005 | CA | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2010 Q4 |
| 2009-11-01 | 2009 | OH | 1 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System · Electrical System | 2018 Q2 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Lexus received alleging a death or injury in a Lexus LX and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a LX that sold more will have more rows. All Lexus models · What these reports are, and are not.