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2025 Lexus GX

Gas

Standard Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD
1 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

91 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 2

Complaintsnone reporting a crash, fire or injury 13

Crash ratingnot rated by NHTSA —

Fuel economybest combined, EPA 17 mpg

Starting MSRP6 trims · manufacturer $65,585

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

The 2025 Lexus GX is sold in the U.S. as a gas large SUV. The most efficient version, the GX 550, is EPA-rated at 17 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of A. Owners have filed 13 complaints, most often about the structure. Manufacturer pricing runs from $65,585 to $82,050 across 6 trims.

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Trims & pricing

Source: manufacturer press kitWhich trim should I buy? → Compare a trim →

Trim	Powertrain	Drive	MSRP	HP	Torque	MPG comb	Seats	Cargo (2nd row)	Wheels
GX 550 Premium	Gas	4WD	$65,585	349 hp	479 lb-ft	17 mpg	7	40.2 cu-ft	20 in
GX 550 Premium+	Gas	4WD	$70,050	349 hp	479 lb-ft	17 mpg	7	40.2 cu-ft	20 in
GX 550 Luxury	Gas	4WD	$78,050	349 hp	479 lb-ft	17 mpg	7	40.2 cu-ft	22 in
GX 550 Luxury+	Gas	4WD	$82,050	349 hp	479 lb-ft	17 mpg	7	40.2 cu-ft	22 in
GX 550 Overtrail	Gas	4WD	$73,230	349 hp	479 lb-ft	17 mpg	5	45.6 cu-ft	18 in
GX 550 Overtrail+	Gas	4WD	$80,695	349 hp	479 lb-ft	17 mpg	5	45.6 cu-ft	18 in

MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.

Specs & fuel economy

Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov

Configuration	Powertrain	Drive	Engine / motor	City	Hwy	Comb	Annual fuel*
GX 550	Gas	4WD	3.4L 6-cyl turbo	15	21	17	$4,850

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 48964.

Emissions & certification

Source: EPA emission certificates

Configuration	Smog rating	Emission standard	Where it can be sold new	SmartWay
GX 550	4 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 70 / Other	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—

Certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S.

The smog rating scores tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, 1 (worst) to 10 (best), and is comparable only within a model year. The standard is the federal bin or California tier the configuration was certified to. Both come from the EPA certificate behind the window sticker.

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Recalls (2)

Source: NHTSA recall database

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Equipment

See attached Part573

8,230 vehicles 12% reported repaired built Apr 1, 2024 – Sep 18, 2025

Problem Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Toyota Tundra, Tacoma Hybrid, Tacoma, RAV4 Hybrid, Land Cruiser Hybrid, Lexus GX550, 2024-2026 Tundra Hybrid, 2025 Sequoia Hybrid, Crown Signia, Grand Highlander, Lexus TX500 Hybrid, Lexus NX350 Hybrid, 2025-2026 Grand Highlander Hybrid, and Lexus TX350 vehicles. The load carrying capacity modification label may display inaccurate added weight values. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims." Risk A vehicle with an incorrect maximum capacity weight value may be overloaded, which can increase the risk of a crash. Fix Dealers will replace the load carrying capacity modification label, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed May 26, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26LB04, 26LA04, 26TB07, and 26TA07.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V179000 reported Mar 24, 2026 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Back Over Prevention

25TB13/25LB06/WRE25

1,024,407 vehicles 81% reported repaired built May 31, 2023 – Jun 4, 2025

Problem Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru Solterra vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may cause the rearview camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle is in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rear Visibility." Risk A rearview camera that fails to display an image can reduce the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. Fix Dealers will update the parking assist software, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed January 2, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 25TB13 and 25LB06. Subaru's number for this recall is WRE25.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF

NHTSA campaign 25V744000 reported Oct 30, 2025 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.

Whether any of this applies to one specific GX

A campaign covers a build range, not a model year, so two identical-looking cars from 2025 can differ. Both of these check a VIN against the manufacturer’s own list, free, in about ten seconds. Lexus publishes its own lookup because federal rule 49 CFR 573.15 requires it to, and to keep it current to within seven days.

NHTSA VIN check →Lexus’s own VIN lookup →

Hear about a recall before the letter does

The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2025 Lexus GX, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

13complaints filed

0 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 0 injuries · 0 deaths reported

4.1 per 10,000 built · Lexus reported 31,747 GX built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2025: 5 · 2026: 8

Most-cited components

Structure 4

Power Train 2

Suspension 2

Engine 2

Service Brakes 2

Unspecified 2

In owners' own words

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.

There is a significant squeal when braking at low speed in both forward and reverse. I am unsure whether this is a safety issue or not, but there is evidence online that other owners are experiencing the same issue

Service Brakes Jul 31, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11754032

Sunroof tempered glass spontaneous explosion. Loud explosion startled me and my wife, good thing the sliding roof cover was closed otherwise small pieces of sharp glasses will hit us on our head, face and shoulders. Lexus of Oakland denied any product defect and blaming a foreign "magnetic" object hit the sunroof.

Structure Jun 16, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11744639

Vehicle experiences a persistent and abrupt harsh downshift (jerk/thud) specifically during 2nd-to-1st gear transitions when rolling to a stop. This issue persists despite the dealership performing the recommended Transmission Control Module (TCM) software update at 5,000 miles.

Engine Feb 22, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11719701

The car has harsh knocking downshifting. In slow speeds, the has abrupt transmission changes

Suspension Jan 7, 2026 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11709515

On 10/7/25, the passenger side front tire malfunctioned - I currently have the tire. On 9/7/25, the drivers side rear tire malfunctioned - I no longer have that tire but I have included the receipt for the new tire I had to purchase.

Tires Oct 7, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11691806

When accelerating from stop the vehicle has a long hesitation or lag, but allows enough movement in the vehicle to push the vehicle into an intersection. The safety concern is when pulling out across traffic to make a turn the lack of acceleration leave the drive susceptible to being hit by crossing traffic.

Vehicle Speed Control Aug 6, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11678717

Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.

Reported by Lexus itself: 6 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 6 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 19 per 100,000 built. Every GX model year, by year and system → Dated and by system, they are exhibit F of the defect dossier.

Crash ratings

Source: NHTSA NCAP

Configuration	Overall	Frontal	Side	Rollover	Rollover risk
SUV AWD	not rated	not rated	★★★★★	not rated	25%

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program. Standard driver-assist: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking.

Service bulletins & campaigns

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications

Communicationsfiled with NHTSA 45

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-08-19

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 45 service bulletins

Most often about: Electrical System, Structure, Service Brakes, Unknown Or Other, Power Train.

L-SB-0013-26 Rev1 Service bulletin
2026-08-19 · Engine
Some 2024 – 2026 model year GX 550 vehicles may exhibit a vibration at idle when in drive. The Engine Control Module (ECM) logic has been modified, in addition to improved exhaust hangers, to help improve this condition
L-SB-0053-25 Rev2 Service bulletin
2026-07-01 · Service Brakes
Some 2022 – 2026 model year LX 600, 2024 – 2026 model year GX 550, and 2025 – 2026 model year LX 700h vehicles may exhibit a condition where the front brakes produce a squealing noise when driving forward or in reverse
L-SB-0013-26 Service bulletin
2026-05-29 · Engine
Some 2024 – 2026 model year GX 550 vehicles may exhibit a vibration at idle when in drive. The Engine Control Module (ECM) logic has been modified, in addition to improved exhaust hangers, to help improve this condition.
L-SB-0042-25 Rev2 Service bulletin
2026-05-05 · Power Train
Some 2024 – 2025 model year GX 550 vehicles may exhibit a harsh downshift (2 – 1) when slowing to a stop. The Electronic Controlled Transmission (ECT) ECU logic has been modified to address this condition.
L-SB-0053-25 Service bulletin
2026-02-21 · Service Brakes
Some 2022 – 2026 model year LX 600, 2024 – 2026 model year GX 550, and 2025 – 2026 model year LX 700h vehicles may exhibit a condition where the front brakes produce a squealing noise when driving forward or in reverse.
L-SB-0042-25 Rev1 Service bulletin
2026-02-05 · Power Train
Some 2024 – 2025 model year GX 550 vehicles may exhibit a harsh downshift (2 – 1) when slowing to a stop. The Electronic Controlled Transmission (ECT) ECU logic has been modified to address this condition.
L-SB-0030-24 Rev2 Service bulletin
2025-12-15 · Structure — Body
Some 2005 – 2026 Lexus vehicles that have undergone water intrusion may exhibit a condition in which a musty odor is present. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to remediate the odor and address this condition. The purpose of this Service Bulletin is to provide general guidelines and procedures for odor remediation. This Service Bulletin provides a guide on how to prepare and treat the interio
L-SB-0036-24 Rev2 Service bulletin
2025-11-21 · Service Brakes
OBSOLETE NOTICE November 21, 2025: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see L-SB-0053-25

A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.

At the New York inspection station

Source: New York State DMV

New York inspections 0.44%

failed the safety inspection

919 initial inspections of 913 vehicles.

Measure	The 2025 GX	Every 2025 vehicle	Behind it
Failed the safety inspection	0.44%	0.36%	919
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit	0.22%	0.16%	919
Miles driven a year	6,842	8,354	odometer at inspection
Average odometer	10,001	12,194	odometer at inspection

New York does not emissions-test model years this new, so the safety inspection is the record here. First inspections only, so a car that failed and came back is counted once; private and special plates, not taxis, livery or commercial plates. A rate appears only where at least 200 inspections stand behind it. “Every 2025 vehicle” is every 2025 model-year car, SUV and pickup inspected in the same window, all makes. This is the state’s record of test results, not a reliability score by itself. Source: New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Vehicle Inspections (data.ny.gov, Open NY terms).

GX by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2026 A 0 2 17 mpg 2025 this page A 2 13 17 mpg 2024 B 4 20 17 mpg 2023 A 0 6 16 mpg 2022 A 0 7 16 mpg 2021 A 0 4 16 mpg 2020 A 0 5 16 mpg 2019 A 1 8 16 mpg 2018 B 2 9 16 mpg 2017 D 3 15 16 mpg 2016 C 2 9 17 mpg

Common questions about the 2025 GX

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

How much does the 2025 Lexus GX cost?

Manufacturer pricing runs from $65,585 for the GX 550 Premium 4WD to $82,050 for the GX 550 Luxury+ 4WD, across 6 trims. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.

Does the 2025 Lexus GX have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 2 recall campaigns for the 2025 Lexus GX. The most serious on file is 25V744000, covering Back Over Prevention. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2025 Lexus GX?

NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2025 Lexus GX yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it A (91/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Lexus GX?

For the 2025 Lexus GX, the best EPA combined figure is 17 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2025 Lexus GX?

Owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Lexus GX, most often about structure, power train, suspension. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.

How clean is the 2025 Lexus GX?

The EPA smog rating for the 2025 Lexus GX is 4 out of 10. That score covers tailpipe pollutants other than greenhouse gases, and it only compares vehicles within the same model year. It is certified for all fifty states, so it can be registered new anywhere in the U.S. Its configurations were certified to different standards — Federal Tier 3 Bin 70, Other — which the table above lists per configuration.

Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Lexus GX?

The manufacturer has filed 45 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2025 Lexus GX, most often covering electrical system, structure, service brakes. The most recent is dated 2026-08-19. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.

How does the 2025 Lexus GX do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2025 Lexus GX failed the safety inspection on 0.44% of first inspections — close to the 0.36% for every 2025 model-year vehicle inspected. The figures are New York State DMV’s own inspection records, first inspections only, and the table above sets each one against every vehicle of the same model year.

Which 2025 Lexus GX trim is the best value?

$16,465 separates the cheapest of the 6 trims from the most expensive, so the answer depends on which of the differences you would actually use. Every trim has its own page here with the manufacturer's full specification and equipment list, plus a short summary of exactly what it adds over the base trim — worth reading before a dealer frames the walk-up for you. The trim-by-trim ladder shows what every step up costs and what it makes standard.

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.

Data	Held	Source	What it covers — or what empty means
Fuel economy & configurations	1 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	1 configurations	EPA emission certificates	Smog rating, standard and the sales area that decides where the car can be sold new.
Recalls	2	NHTSA recall campaigns	A complete federal register: every campaign covering this model year, with severity and advisory flags.
Owner complaints	13	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	1 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	45	NHTSA manufacturer communications	Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall.
Investigations	none	NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation	No defect investigation has been opened.
Driver-assist crash reports	none	NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01	No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like.
Specifications filed with NHTSA	none	NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns	We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable.
Trims, pricing & equipment	6 trims	Manufacturer press kit	Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from.

Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.

Sources & method

Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.

EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.

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