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2025 Lexus UX

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4 EPA-rated configurations
Data refreshed 2026-10-26

Safety Signal

87 / 100 from the NHTSA recall record

RecallsNHTSA campaigns 2

Complaints1 crash reported 2

Crash ratingNHTSA overall 5★

Fuel economybest combined, EPA 43 mpg

Starting MSRP8 trims · manufacturer $37,515

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

The 2025 Lexus UX is sold in the U.S. as a hybrid compact wagon with 4 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the UX 300h, is EPA-rated at 43 mpg combined. NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for this model year, which gives it a Safety Signal grade of B. Owners have filed 2 complaints, most often about the vehicle speed control. NHTSA crash-tested it at 5 stars overall. Manufacturer pricing runs from $37,515 to $47,550 across 8 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
Standard	Hybrid	FWD	$37,515	150 hp	139 lb-ft	43 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
Standard	Hybrid	AWD	$39,085	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
Premium	Hybrid	FWD	$40,715	150 hp	139 lb-ft	43 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
Premium	Hybrid	AWD	$42,285	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
F SPORT Design	Hybrid	FWD	$41,465	150 hp	139 lb-ft	43 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
F SPORT Design	Hybrid	AWD	$43,035	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
F SPORT Handling	Hybrid	FWD	$45,980	150 hp	139 lb-ft	43 mpg	5	17.2 cu-ft	18 in
F SPORT Handling	Hybrid	AWD	$47,550	150 hp	139 lb-ft	42 mpg	5	17.2 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*
UX 300h	Hybrid	FWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 222V Li-Ion	45	41	43	$1,550
UX 300h	Hybrid	FWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 222V Li-Ion	45	41	43	$1,550
UX 300h AWD	Hybrid	AWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 222V Li-Ion	44	40	42	$1,600
UX 300h AWD	Hybrid	AWD	2.0L 4-cyl + 222V Li-Ion	44	40	42	$1,600

*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 47708, 47710, 47709, 47711.

Emissions & certification

Source: EPA emission certificates

Configuration	Smog rating	Emission standard	Where it can be sold new	SmartWay
UX 300h, UX 300h AWD	6 / 10	Federal Tier 3 Bin 30 / Other	All 50 states (federal, all altitudes); California and states following California standards	—
UX 300h, UX 300h AWD	6 / 10	Other / Federal Tier 3 Bin 30	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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Electrical System

See attached Part573

81,893 vehicles built Sep 13, 2023 – Jul 30, 2025

Problem Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2025 Lexus UX Hybrid, 2024 Lexus GX, Toyota Mirai, and 2024-2025 Toyota Land Cruiser Hybrid vehicles. The instrument panel cluster combination meter may fail to display certain warnings or indicators. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 101, "Control and Displays" and in addition, for the subject Mirai vehicles, FMVSS 305, "Electric-powered vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection." Risk An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as engine coolant temperature or electrical charge increases the risk of a crash or injury. Fix Dealers will update the combination meter software through an over-the-air (OTA) update, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 23, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26LB06, 26LA06, 26TB10, and 26TA10.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF Remedy instructions PDF Dealer notice PDF

NHTSA campaign 26V341000 reported May 27, 2026 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing the full filing, and every vehicle covered →

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Electrical System

24LB07, 24LA07

141 vehicles 95% reported repaired

Problem Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2025 Lexus UX300h vehicles. Certain wires in the engine room wire harness that supply power to the motor generator electronic control unit (MG ECU) may become fractured and separate, which can result in a loss of power. Risk A loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash. Fix Dealers will replace the engine room main wire harness, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed December 6, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 24LB07 and 24LA07.

Filed with NHTSADefect report PDF Owner letter PDF

NHTSA campaign 24V587000 reported Aug 8, 2024 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 UX

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 UX, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.

Owner complaints

Source: NHTSA complaint database

2complaints filed

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

1.4 per 10,000 built · Lexus reported 14,151 UX built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)

Filed per year: 2024: 1 · 2025: 1

Most-cited components

Vehicle Speed Control 2

Service Brakes 1

Forward Collision Avoidance 1

Power Train 1

Fuel/Propulsion System 1

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.

This is a new vehicle. It had been serviced according to the manufacturer’s recommendations at 5000 miles, around 3 weeks prior to the date of this incident. While driving on the freeway, I got an alert that the check engine light came on and there was a “malfunction in the electronic control of the engine, throttle, or automatic…

Power Train Aug 28, 2025 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11683702

Driving a Lexus UX300h 2025. Making a right turn from an alley onto a driveway of a house in low speed. Then the car was malfunctioning and suddenly unintended accelerated, and the front end on the driver side hit the brick structure of garage. The car is equipped with Lexus Safety System + 3.0 with Pre-Collision System (PCS).

Service Brakes Aug 20, 2024 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11609709

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: 5 death-or-injury claims on this model year in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21): 5 injured, as claimed, not verified — about 35 per 100,000 built. Every UX 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
5HB AWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	14%
5HB FWD	★★★★★	★★★★☆	★★★★★	★★★★☆	14%

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 35

Most recentmanufacturer date 2026-09-22

Kindsas classified by NHTSA 35 service bulletins

Most often about: Structure, Electrical System, Engine, Equipment, Unknown Or Other.

L-SB-0026-26 Service bulletin
2026-09-22 · Engine
This bulletin includes basic procedures for performing a rescue charge at battery on high voltage (HV) Ni-MH and Li-ion batteries. This bulletin should be used in conjunction with the applicable model and model year Repair Manual while performing the battery rescue charge. The GRX-5100 should be used wherever the Repair Manual references the Toyota Hybrid System (THS) charger. The charging instru
L-SB-0040-20 Rev2 Service bulletin
2026-09-22 · Engine
OBSOLETE NOTICE September 22, 2026: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see L-SB-0026-26
L-SB-0021-25 Service bulletin
2026-03-10 · Engine
OBSOLETE NOTICE February 27, 2026: This bulletin is no longer applicable and is now obsolete.
L-SB-0021-25 Service bulletin
2026-02-27 · Engine
OBSOLETE NOTICE February 27, 2026: This bulletin is no longer applicable and is now obsolete.
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-TT-0326-23 Rev2 Service bulletin
2025-08-19 · Electrical System
Some customers may experience operational difficulties with some telematics features which they cannot resolve on their own. These resources, in conjunction with the Repair Manual, are for dealership personnel to assist those customers with user issues, user errors, and compatibility issues with other vehicle systems and external applications encountered while operating telematics features.
L-TT-0347-25 Service bulletin
2025-06-17 · Engine
Some ECUs can set a DTC that is common with other ECUs. This can lead to accidental use of the wrong repair manual when diagnosing these type of DTCs.
L-TT-0346-25 Service bulletin
2025-06-16 · Suspension
The new TPMS sensors in 2024 and newer GX550 and 2025 UX300H vehicles are equipped with a noise reduction mode that reduces battery consumption when exposed to specific frequency radio waves.

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 0.70%

failed the safety inspection

569 initial inspections of 557 vehicles.

Measure	The 2025 UX	Every 2025 vehicle	Behind it
Failed the safety inspection	0.70%	0.36%	569
Air-bag warning lamp stayed lit	0.35%	0.16%	569
Miles driven a year	7,142	8,354	odometer at inspection
Average odometer	10,407	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).

Compare the 2025 UX with

Any vehicle, your weights →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2025 Toyota Crown Signia · Compact SUV · grade B	Crown Signia +3.6

UX by model year

all years, side by side →

Year Safety Recalls Complaints

2026 A 0 0 43 mpg 2025 this page B 2 2 43 mpg 2024 A 0 1 42 mpg 2023 A 0 1 42 mpg 2022 A 0 2 42 mpg 2021 A 0 8 42 mpg 2020 A 0 7 42 mpg 2019 B 2 6 42 mpg

Common questions about the 2025 UX

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

How much does the 2025 Lexus UX cost?

Manufacturer pricing runs from $37,515 for the Standard FWD to $47,550 for the F SPORT Handling AWD, across 8 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 UX have any recalls?

NHTSA has posted 2 recall campaigns for the 2025 Lexus UX. The most serious on file is 24V587000, covering Electrical System. Check your own VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a recall applies to specific build ranges, not every car.

How safe is the 2025 Lexus UX?

NHTSA gave the 2025 Lexus UX 5 stars overall in its New Car Assessment Program tests — 4-star frontal crash, 5-star side crash, 4-star rollover. WhichTrim also grades it B (87/100) on its recall record, which is a different question from crash protection.

What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Lexus UX?

Across the 4 EPA-rated configurations of the 2025 Lexus UX, the best EPA combined figure is 43 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.

What do owners complain about on the 2025 Lexus UX?

Owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Lexus UX, most often about vehicle speed control, service brakes, forward collision avoidance. Of those, 1 involved a crash. 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 UX?

The EPA smog rating for the 2025 Lexus UX is 6 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 30, Other — which the table above lists per configuration.

Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Lexus UX?

The manufacturer has filed 35 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2025 Lexus UX, most often covering structure, electrical system, engine. The most recent is dated 2026-09-22. 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 UX do at state inspection?

In New York’s inspection lanes over the 12 months to Oct 10, 2026, the 2025 Lexus UX failed the safety inspection on 0.70% of first inspections — higher than 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 UX trim is the best value?

$10,035 separates the cheapest of the 8 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.

Is the 2025 Lexus UX better than the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia?

The Toyota Crown Signia edges it, 89.5 to 85.9, on tech & comfort, space & cargo, performance. The Lexus UX is ahead on price and fuel & range. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2025 Lexus UX against the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.

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	4 configurations	EPA certification records	Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures.
Emission certificates	4 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	2	NHTSA complaint database	Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold.
Crash ratings	2 tested	NHTSA NCAP	Only the configurations NHTSA chose to crash-test, which is never all of them.
Service bulletins	35	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	8 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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2025 Lexus UX

Trims & pricing

Specs & fuel economy

Emissions & certification

The cheapest ownership win

Recalls (2)

Electrical System

Electrical System

Whether any of this applies to one specific UX

Hear about a recall before the letter does

Parts & accessories for the 2025 Lexus UX

Owner complaints

Most-cited components

In owners' own words

Crash ratings

Service bulletins & campaigns

At the New York inspection station

failed the safety inspection

Compare the 2025 UX with

UX by model year

Common questions about the 2025 UX

How much does the 2025 Lexus UX cost?

Does the 2025 Lexus UX have any recalls?

How safe is the 2025 Lexus UX?

What is the fuel economy of the 2025 Lexus UX?

What do owners complain about on the 2025 Lexus UX?

How clean is the 2025 Lexus UX?

Are there service bulletins for the 2025 Lexus UX?

How does the 2025 Lexus UX do at state inspection?

Which 2025 Lexus UX trim is the best value?

Is the 2025 Lexus UX better than the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia?

What we hold, and what an empty row means

Where to go next

Sources & method