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2006 Lexus Rx Hybrid

Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2006-07-13 06V253000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL 367,594 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2023-02-27 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Lexus RX400H. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost m…
2022-12-14 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Lexus RX400H. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled while dep…
2021-11-16 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Lexus RX400H. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the brake pedal would depress…
2021-01-31 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Lexus RX400H. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the "All-Wheel Drive and Hybrid …
2019-07-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 MY VEHICLE IS DISPLAYING A HYBRID SYSTEM CHECK MESSAGE, AND THE HYBRID SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. THIS IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE…
2019-06-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400H. WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS AND VIBRATED …
2019-02-02 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 MY 2006 LEXUS RX400H THAT I JUST PURCHASED A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM A LOCAL DEALER (ONE OWNER PRIOR) HAS SHUT DOWN GOING D…
2019-01-09 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 THE LEATHER ON THE DASHBOARD BREAKS OFF IN PIECES. CAN'T ATTACH ANYTHING TO IT, SUCH AS CELL PHONE HOLDER. LEATHER ON D…
2018-11-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. THE INVERTER WAS RE…
2018-07-31 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 THE HYBRID BATTERY FAILED, POWER INVERTER, LOCKING UP POWER STEERING AND MY CAR WAS NOT ABLE TO OPERATE ON THE ROAD. I…
2018-07-03 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400 HYBRID. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, DRIVING ON AN INCLINE, OR MA…
2018-06-21 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 2006 LEXUS RX400H TOTALLY SHUTTING DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON I4 TODAY. NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES, ENGINE DIE…
2018-06-12 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 AS I WAS DRIVING, WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKES I COULD HEAR A GRINDING NOISE AND DID NOT FEEL ENOUGH PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE…
2018-05-10 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A BUSY ROAD IN MA THE CAR ABRUPTLY STALLED AND LOST POWER AND ABILITY TO CONTROL IT OTHER THAN …
2018-05-01 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 THIS WAS OUR FIRST HYBRID VEHICLE. WE WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WEIRD NOISES AND THE PARTICULARSBIN THE WAY THE VEHI…
2018-04-07 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 THE HYBRID SYSTEM LIGHT TURNED ON. NEXT WERE THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS TURNED ON, THEN THE WAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF …
2018-04-03 ENGINE No 0 ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING WITH NO POWER TO CONTROL OR NAVIGATE THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS I…
2018-04-02 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400H. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPR…
2018-04-02 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400H. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED T…
2018-03-12 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 MAY 1, 2018 LEXUS HEADQUARTERS US 19001 S WESTERN AVE TORRANCE, CA 90501 ATTN: CUSTOMER SERVICE I AM THE OWNER…
2018-02-17 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 AFTER THE VEHICLE BEEN WORKING PERFECTLY, AFTER OVERNIGHT THE VARIOUS WARNING LAMPS, INCLUDING THE MAL FUNCTION INDICAT…
2017-11-26 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) No 0 YEARS AGO, I BEGAN TO HAVE A SERIES OF BATTERY FAILURES WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. EACH TIME, LEXUS JUST TOLD ME IT WA…
2017-08-24 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 BRAKE ACTUATOR OVERWORKING,BRAKES CHIRP WHEN PEDAL COMPRESSES,ALL DASH WARNING LIGHT ON. "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" - ABS,BRAKE…
2017-08-23 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 THE VEHICLE DASH HAS DEVELOPED PREMATURE CRACKS, AND IS SHINING AND STICKY. LEXUS CLAIMS THIS IS ONLY A COSMETIC ISSUE…
2017-05-16 ENGINE No 0 DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN 60-70 MPH, THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT-OFF. LOST ALL POWER AND "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM" LIGH…
2017-03-15 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS IN 2017 AND AM TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL. CONTACTED LEXUS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL HAS…
2017-01-23 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 VEHICLE APPEARED TO ENTER "FAIL-SAFE" MODE WITH REDUCED POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY RESULTING IN REDUCED ABILITY TO …
2016-11-15 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 I PURCHASED THIS CAR ON 6/11/2016 WITH 125, 812 MILES. I AM NOW AT 140, 949 AND TODAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH …
2016-09-07 STEERING No 0 THE CAR (2006 RX400H) BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
2016-08-12 STEERING No 0 WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD AT 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, THE "PS" WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON TH…
2016-08-11 ENGINE No 0 TWO DIFFERENT TIMES, AFTER DRIVING 2 HOURS OVER A MOUNTAIN PASS ON THE HIGHWAY, PULLING A SMALL POPUP CAMPER, THE VEHIC…
2016-08-02 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 The contact owns a 2006 Lexus RX400H. The contact stated that the vehicle would emit abnormal sounds long after the veh…
2016-07-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 I WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY DISPLAY STARTED READING "CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM" AND "CHECK VSC SYSTEM" SIMUL…
2016-06-05 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400H. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL…
2016-03-09 AIR BAGS No 0 AIR BAG LIGHT "SRS" INDICATOR ON DASH REMAINS ON DURING TRAVEL. THIS CONDITION IS SAID TO DISABLE THE ENTIRE RESTRAINT…
2016-02-10 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WERE 2 EPISODES OF SPONTANEOUS ACCELERATION WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD WITHO…
2015-12-10 STRUCTURE:BODY Yes 0 ALL SERVICE LIGHTS ARE ON, ABS VSC, AND INFO DISPLAY STATES SOME SORT OF VSC MALFUNCTION.
2015-11-19 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 I HAVE ABS VSC AND SEVERAL OTHER LIGHTS ON ON THE DASH. THE RESPONSE FROM LEXUS IS I NEED A NEW ABS ACCUMULATOR ASSEMB…
2015-03-14 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 AS WE WERE APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT, A WARNING SOUND WENT OFF, FOLLOWED BY THE ENTIRE CAR SHUTTING DOWN AND REFUSING TO …
2015-02-25 POWER TRAIN No 0 WHILE DRIVING ON I-70, ELEVATED SECTION DOWN TOWN DENVER, VEHICLE LOST POWER, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON INCLUDING HYBRID S…
2015-02-22 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I BUMPED A TREE WITH THE PASSENGER'S SIDE MIRROR. THE IMPACT WAS SLIGHT, ESTIMATED SP…
2015-01-01 WHEELS No 0 WHEN APPROACHING SPEED OF 55 REAR WHEEL BEGINS TO WOBBLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON SIMILAR VEHICLE THAT DESCRIBES THIS PR…
2014-11-12 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 ON NOVEMBER 12, 2014 EVENING, I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND GOING UP A HILL IN MY CITY STREET AND SUDDENLY I HEARD A THUMP SO…
2014-05-29 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LEXUS RX400H (HYBRID). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD EXHIBITED VERTI…
2014-04-10 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 HAVING ENJOYED OWNING A LEXUS RX300, I MADE A HUGE "INVESTMENT" AND PURCHASED THE 2006 RX400H. IN APRIL OF 2014, THE V…
2014-04-08 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FRESH PO…
2014-04-02 EXTERIOR LIGHTING No 0 PARKED, AND WHEN I TURNED ON CAR BOTH HIGHBEAMS WENT DIM. WENT TO REPLACE BULBS AND THE NEW BULBS ARE STILL DIM AND BE…
2014-03-12 STRUCTURE No 0 THE CAR IS A HYBRID. IT WOULD NOT START (THE READY LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON), THEREFORE IT WAS INOPERABLE. FORTUNATELY…
2014-02-23 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 SLOWING THE VEHICLE AT A STOP SIGN FROM ABOUT 20MPH. CONSTANTLY APPLIED BRAKE PRESSURE. AT ABOUT 15MPH THE BRAKE PRESSU…
2014-01-13 SERVICE BRAKES Yes 0 AS I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT I STARTED TO BRAKE. MY BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE EVEN WHEN I PUMPED. I SWUNG MY CARE TO TH…