Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Lexus Rx300.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SUDDENLY MY GEARS BEGAN SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL, PARK, REVERSE AND INTO !ST AND 2ND GEAR WITHOUT LOCKING INTO ANY OF THEM… |
| 2018-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | LEXUS HAS NOT ASSEMBLED/SECURED THE AIRBAG WIRING PROPER UNDERNEATH OF SEAT AND PROMPTS THE B1140 RIGHT-HAND SIDE AIR… |
| 2018-05-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WINDOWS AND SUNROOF OPENED ON THEIR OWN!!! THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR. CAR WAS PARKED AND LEFT OVE… |
| 2018-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING TO WORK TILL I HEARD GRINDING NOISE THEN I REALIZED CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE ANY MORE THEN IT TOWED AWAY T… |
| 2018-01-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AT 6:30 PM GOING 45 MPH TO MALL AND THE ROAD WAS WET APPLY BRAKE AND THEN CAR START SPINNING WHILE ABS MAKING LOTS OF S… |
| 2017-11-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | I ENTERED PARKING LOT AND PULLED INTO PARKING SPOT WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE BARELY GOING. I WAS ALMOST ALL THE WAY INTO SP… |
| 2017-01-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL, LEXUS TRANSMISSION IS MESSING UP NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THERE IS A BUNCH OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMI… |
| 2016-12-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHEN I SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE, REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL/CREEP FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WHEN THE SHIFT L… |
| 2016-08-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY LEXUS HEADLIGHT LENSES BECOME SCRATCHED WHICH DIMINISHES DISTANCE ILLUMINATED AND BRIGHTNESS OF ILLUMINATION. OBJEC… |
| 2016-02-24 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | DRIVING TO SCHOOL DIE SHIFT ....SHOP SAYS AUTO TRANSMISSION DEAD ...COST $3500....GOOD MAINTAINED SERVICES.....ALSO CR… |
| 2016-02-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO WORK AND LAGS AT FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. |
| 2015-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STARTED T… |
| 2014-11-27 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING WITH CLIENT FRIENDS TO THE RITZ CARLTON IN RANCHO MIRAGE FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER, THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLE… |
| 2014-05-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ASC LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW ARE CONSTANTLY ON |
| 2013-12-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN FREEWAY (HIGHWAY 101 IN BAY AREA, CA) AROUND 8:00PM. THE CAR WAS AT A SPEED OF ~60 MILES/HR. THE… |
| 2013-05-01 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHILE INSTALLING WINTER TIRES WE NOTICED THE INNER BEAD ON THE RIMS SEPARATING. THE CHROME IS DELAMINATING TO THE POINT… |
| 2012-09-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 48,000 MILES. *TR |
| 2012-08-21 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND NONE OF THE A… |
| 2012-04-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON FRONT IMPACT WITH A TREE. *TR |
| 2012-03-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | SUBJECT: SUDDEN ACCELERATION LEXUS 2002--NEAR FATAL CRASH COMMENTS: ON 3.16.2012 AT 8 :30 AM I PULLED INTO A PARKING… |
| 2012-01-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | COMPLETE FAILURE/BREAKDOWN OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION POWERTRAIN. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT |
| 2011-12-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. RPMS PEGGED OUT AT 6K. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO… |
| 2011-11-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREA… |
| 2011-11-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH. FORTUNATELY, WAS CLOSE TO HOME AND ABLE TO MAKE IT … |
| 2011-10-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING VERY LOUD NOISE AND THEN GOT TOTALLY STUCK AND VEHIC… |
| 2011-09-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHEN I WAS DRIVING THREE LIGHT TURNED ON AT THE SAME TIME. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, VSC AND TRAC OFF LIGHT. I WENT TO A … |
| 2011-09-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A MAX SPEED OF 70 MPH. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJUR… |
| 2011-08-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 2002 LEXUS RX300 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ISSUE. HAVE BEEN READING ON THE INTERNET AS WELL AS THIS SITE (16 TOTAL COMPLA… |
| 2011-08-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I'M WRITING TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. IT STARTED AWHILE AGO, I HEARD A WHINING NOIS… |
| 2011-07-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | Yes | 0 | WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN MY OFFICE PARKING LOT, I HAD AN UNATTENDED ACCELERATION WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE … |
| 2011-07-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE KNOCKS ON ACCELERATION, BURNS OIL BAD, HARD TO START, TRANSMMISION WILL NOT AUTO SHIFT INTO HIGH RANGE ON FREEWA… |
| 2011-06-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON EARLY MODEL LEXUS RX300 FROM 1997 TO 2003. I OWN A 2002 RX300 AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILE… |
| 2011-04-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PAN… |
| 2011-01-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMI… |
| 2010-12-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | IN ATTEMPTING TO PARK MY VEHICLE AT A STORE PARKING LOT, AT VERY LOW SPEED (<1 MPH) WITH MY FOOT ON OR HOVERING OVER T… |
| 2010-12-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE … |
| 2010-09-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | STARTED TO NOTICE OIL ON THE FLOOR OF MY GARAGE. UPON INSPECTION FOUND TO BE TRANSMISSION OIL. TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER … |
| 2010-08-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN AUGUST 2010, SHE NOTICED THAT THE OIL LIGHT WOULD I… |
| 2010-08-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I EXPERIENCED SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IN MY 2002 LEXUS, RX300 ON 4 AUG, 2010. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT MAKING A L… |
| 2010-07-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2002 LEXUS RX300 85000 MILES THE STEEL LINES RUNNING TO THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER STARTED TO LEAK. UPON INSPECTION T… |
| 2010-06-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAK… |
| 2010-05-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE SUDD… |
| 2010-05-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CONSUMED OIL EXCESSIVELY. WHILE DRIVING 55 … |
| 2010-05-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR |
| 2010-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE A… |
| 2010-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT DEPRES… |
| 2010-01-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS RX300. THE CONTACT STATED HIS TRANSMISSION FAILS WHENEVER HE DRIVES, THE TRANSMISSION… |
| 2009-12-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHENEVER AT A STOP OR GOING AT VERY SLOW SPEEDS (LESS THAN 10MPH, FOR EXAMPLE), GAS PEDAL STICKS. I HAVE TO APPLY PRES… |
| 2009-12-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 98,000 MILES. *TR |
| 2009-12-09 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT | No | 0 | IN NOV OF 2009 I STARTED HEARING A CLICKING SOUND IN MY CAR AND IT FELT LIKE THE FRONT AND REAR TIRES ON THE PASSENGER … |