The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Lexus RZ: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Lexus reported 15 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Lexus RZ, model years 2023–2025, 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 reportsThe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Collision | 4 | 0 |
| Other | 3 | 0 |
| Structure | 3 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 2 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 2 | 0 |
| Suspension System | 1 | 0 |
| Seats | 1 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 1 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 |
| Backover Prevention | 1 | 0 |
| Fire | 1 | 0 |
| Steering System | 1 | 0 |
| Power Train | 1 | 0 |
| No System/Component Specified | 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 RZ puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Lexus RZ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control · Forward Collision | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-10-09 | 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-09-29 | 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Service Brake System, Air · Forward Collision | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-08-20 | 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision · Backover Prevention | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-03-20 | 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Suspension System · Seats | 2025 Q4 |
| 2024-09-27 | 2024 | CT | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-09-09 | 2023 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Other | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-08-14 | 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Fire · Electrical System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-08-05 | 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2024 Q3 |
| 2024-05-18 | 2023 | PA | 0 | 3 | Service Brake System · Power Train | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-03-04 | 2023 | TX | 0 | 2 | No System/Component Specified | 2024 Q1 |
| 2024-02-03 | 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Steering System | 2024 Q2 |
| 2023-10-18 | 2023 | FL | 0 | 2 | Electrical System · Structure | 2023 Q4 |
| 2023-09-06 | 2023 | FL | 0 | 2 | Structure | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-08-01 | 2023 | WA | 0 | 2 | Other | 2023 Q3 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Lexus received alleging a death or injury in a Lexus RZ and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a RZ that sold more will have more rows. All Lexus models · What these reports are, and are not.