KnownCarProblems2010 Lexus RX350 Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 94 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Lexus RX350, most often about the speed control (40% of complaints, typically around 24,000 miles). It is 4th of 17 RX350 model years by number of complaints and has 1 recall.
Most common 2010 Lexus RX350 problems
Speed control
38 complaints · 40%Half of these problems showed up before 24,000 miles. Parts named most often: accelerator pedal.
Unintended acceleration without ability to brake with my Lexus rx 350, at 2 pm on saturday march 12th 2011 with 5 passengers. I was driving at around 30 MPH. The choice was to crash in the car ahead stopped at a red light or go on the side walk, up a steep mount and crash in a brick wall. This is what I did. Nobody…
On 1/21/12 as I was driving I slowed down preparing to brake for a traffic signal. A school bus was in front of US, stopped. As I stepped on the brake, the engine revved up and the car continued to move forward. I quickly put the car in park and turned off the engine. We were inches from the school bus. This should…
Electrical
12 complaints · 13%Half of these problems showed up before 7,000 miles. Parts named most often: instrument cluster/panel.
Navigation system does not identify poi's such as gas stations along route. This is dangerous as when the nav system is used as a primary info source - looking for a gas station, one cannot be found. Leaves user in a panic state - which can lead to dangerous situations. Lexus - sold an integrated nav system - which is…
Nav system does not distinguish height on highways. This is very dangerous on elevated highways - as nav system asks driver to take exits that don't exist. As a result will cause a driver to panic - leading to an accident situation. Nowhere in the advertising documentation does it state that it cannot distinguish…
Brakes
11 complaints · 12%Half of these problems showed up before 30,000 miles.
Had to replace the brake fluid in the vehicle at 30000 miles. Lexus requires this supposedly to maintain the integrity of the braking system and provide a safe vehicle. I feel this is a safety defect in the design. Any vehicle' shouldbe robust enough to last much longer than this without this level of service being…
I went out to grab a bite to eat for my daughter and I came to a stop light at a major intersection. I received the turn arrow so I accelerated thru the turn and then punched the gas to make it thru the next light that will turn red if you don't give it a little gas to get thru it. I make it thru the light and get in…
Engine
11 complaints · 12%Half of these problems showed up before 110,000 miles. Parts named most often: engine.
While slowly pulling into parking space in the parking lot of the local post office, with foot on brake pedal car quickly accelerated forward with engine reaving. Car shot forward going over concrete car stops toward a creek and smashed into a stand of trees. Driver airbags deployed. Complete front of vehicle…
My wife was coming from work in the early morning on april 1, 2019 at highway speed around 70 to 75mph. All of a sudden she could hear big noise coming out of engine, warning lights started coming on the dash and she could mange to stop the car in the emergence lane. She could smell the oil burning from the front. The…
Air bags
9 complaints · 10%Half of these problems showed up before 48,500 miles.
The contact owns a 2010 Lexus RX350. While driving 75 MPH, the side curtain air bags deployed while driving on uneven pavement. The failure occurred without warning or impact. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (charles barker Lexus virginia beach, 3909 virginia beach blvd, virginia beach…
I was turning left into a driveway on a two lane highway. A jeep behind me was not paying attention and tried to pass me on the left while I was turning. The impact was on the driver side door. I was hit so hard his bumper tore a whole in the door and broke the front wheel off from moving me sideways. I was knocked…
Transmission
7 complaints · 7%Half of these problems showed up before 32,500 miles. Parts named most often: driveline.
I started the car, backed it up, pulled forward turning to the left to go down a driveway when the car unexpectedly accelerated. I stomped on the brake but the car did not stop. I flew out of the driveway, across the street and hit 3 trees and a rock before the car stopped.
Part 23565 c-vehicle would not move. C-broken retaining clip holding right front axle to transmission. Also found a missing bolt in bearing carrier. This is a 2010 Lexus rx 350 I purchased in feb. 2010 for $44,000 with 15,000 miles on it from the fremont Lexus dealership in fremont, ca. Very scary! Luckily I was only…
Body and structure
6 complaints · 6%Parts named most often: body.
Tl contact owns a 2010 Lexus RX350. After crashing into a snow embankment the front bumper was cracked and loose. No one was injured. The vehicle was drivable and was not taken to the dealer; however, when the dealer was called, they informed her to bring the vehicle in for inspection. The bumper cost $900 to repair.…
While the car was parked, the front bumper came loose after a minor contact with another vehicle. Almost the same happened a year earlier while car was barely moving and rearended a small honda car, which was not even scratched, the whole front end then had to be replaced because the screws and plastic fasteners…
Wheels and tires
5 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 5,000 miles. Parts named most often: pressure monitoring and regulating systems.
2010 Lexus rx 350 - I was completely blinded by backlash water, which came directly from the front wheel-well, while driving in very heavy rain on foothills parkway, boulder co. I unexpectedly drove through a flooded section of a highway at about 30 MPH during a very heavy rain storm. Immediately entering the flooded…
The contact owns a 2010 Lexus RX350 equipped with michelin latitude tour tires, size: p235/55 r19 (na). The contact stated that the tire warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the tire pressure was low on all four tires. The failure recurred on multiple…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2010 Lexus RX350 recalls
Speed control: accelerator pedal
Risk: A stuck open accelerator pedal may result in very high vehicle speeds and make it difficult to stop the vehicle, which could cause a crash, serious injury or death.
Fix: Toyota and lexus will notify owners of affected vehicles and dealers will modify or replace the accelerator pedal and replace any driver's floor mat not specified for the vehicle. Owners of the lexus vehicles were notified during august 2012. Toyota has not yet provided a notification schedule for the additional land cruiser vehicles. Owners may contact toyota customer experience center at 1-800-331-4331 or lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
Full defect summary
Toyota is recalling certain model year 2010 lexus rx350 and rx450h vehicles, manufactured from november 28, 2008, through september 1, 2010, and model year 2008 through 2011 toyota land cruiser vehicles manufactured from september 1, 2007, through september 5, 2011. In july 2012, toyota filed a defect report to recall certain model year 2010 lexus rx350 and rx450h vehicles. In november 2012, toyota informed the agency that it was including an additional 10,565 vehicles including certain model year 2008 through 2011 toyota land cruiser vehicles. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 164,601. The accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
Questions about the 2010 Lexus RX350
- What are the most common problems with the 2010 Lexus RX350?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: speed control (38 complaints, typically around 24,000 miles); electrical (12 complaints, typically around 7,000 miles); brakes (11 complaints, typically around 30,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2010 Lexus RX350 have?
- 1 recall listed by NHTSA, the latest from June 29, 2012 (speed control). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2010 a bad year for the Lexus RX350?
- It is 4th of 17 RX350 model years by number of complaints, with 94 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.