2020 LEXUS RX Electrical System Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Electrical System Issues in the 2020 LEXUS RX
3 electrical system complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2020 LEXUS RX. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 3 resulted in injury.
3
Complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Electrical System Complaints
The car started giving warnings as follows in the middle of the highway on [XXX], at [XXX] 3 hours away from Chicago In order 1- Hybrid Malfunction, 2- Changing from 4 wheel to 2 wheel 3- Emergency Stop Vehicle And the car was full of the smell of burning I immediately turned off the car and called Lexus Roadside and towed off the vehicle to the Lexus dealership in Naperville, IL. Later learnt that Filter box had caught fire and also burnt cables leading from it to the engine. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Contact states they were sitting in DRIVE, with their foot on the brake. When the contact took their foot off the brake, they began to let the vehicle coast to about 5 MPH. Then, the vehicle lunged forward unexpectedly to about 25 MPH, when it collided with a rock. The vehicle had previously spent over 10 days in different dealerships to diagnose issues related to the engine running rough, the car stalling out, and the vehicle driving erratically and lunging forward. The contact only began to have issues with the vehicle after the NHTSA Denso Fuel Pump Recall. A year after the contact took delivery of the vehicle, the remedy was done. The dealership stated they had completed the remedy properly, but because of parts shortages they only MODIFIED the fuel pump, but that TMNA said this is a valid remedy. After further investigation, the remedy protocol which they followed...
The contact owned a 2020 Lexus RX350. The contact stated that while making a left turn into a parking lot at approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated on its own and crashed into the side of a Walmart shopping store. The air bags deployed upon impact. The contact and her sister were both taken by ambulance to two separate hospitals. The contact was treated for fractures to her right hand and wrist; screws were placed in her right wrist and another was placed in between her index and middle right finger. The contact had additional X-rays performed on the right of her body where she experienced pain and soreness to the right side of her back and leg; as well as her breastplate. The contact's sister was treated for a fractured hip, spine, and breastplate. Both the contact and her sister attend physical therapy to treat their injuries. A...
Other 2020 LEXUS RX Problem Areas
Air Bags
21 complaints
Unknown Or Other
6 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
3 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
3 complaints
Tires
3 complaints
Engine
2 complaints
Back Over Prevention Sensing System Camera
1 complaint
Fuelpropulsion System
1 complaint
Service Brakes
1 complaint
Structure
1 complaint
Structurebody
1 complaint
Tirestreadbelt
1 complaint
Vehicle Speed Control
1 complaint