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2017 Lexus NX200T SUV FWD

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Rollover Risk: 16.1%

Complaints
Recalls

20 Complaints

for 2017 LEXUS NX200T
01/16/2022
Components: SEATS
Incident Date: 01/04/2022
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ8H2******
Summary

We have heated & cooled seats. My wife noticed a burnt section in the passenger front seat. It’s about 1 1/2 inches long and 1/16 wide - this is the actual opening of the burn, the area around the burn turned black and is about the size of a quarter.

01/05/2022
Components: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Incident Date: 01/03/2022
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ2H2******
Summary

The contact owns a 2017 Lexus NX200T. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently stalled with several unknown warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed with needing the electric fuel pump replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

08/30/2021
Components: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Incident Date: 08/29/2021
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: Jtjyarbz4h2******
Summary

While driving my car, the vehicle would not let me drive pass 20 miles. My engine light came on and my tractor off came on. Almost causing an accident. Also, my car cut off while driving. I took it to Lexus service repair and they said it’s a fuel pump issue. I see a recall was list for my car but the year 2015. Mine is a 2017 and Lexus IS trying to make me pay for a service knowing that other cars had the same issues.

06/17/2021
Components: AIR BAGS
Incident Date: 06/16/2021
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ8H2******
Summary

I had the Lexus nx200 year 2017 only for a little over a month and got into a accident. On June 16 I got into a car accident. My car was considered total lost with head on collision front damage with another vehicle and my air bags never deployed. The opposite vehicle air bags deployed. My safety was put at risk for this matter. My had hit the steering wheel and I was treated in the hospital with a head injury and swelling to the face. Right arm was also injured. The vehicle is being expect as total lost from the insurance company. I never had a warning.

05/15/2020
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 07/01/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZXH2******
Summary

TRIM AROUND FRONT CENTER A/C CRACKED. I SAT IN PARKED AND HEARD A CRACK. I ASSUME IT WAS DUE TO HEAT FROM SUNLIGHT. CRACKED AFTER LESS THAN 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. BOUGHT BRAND NEW. AREA AROUND CUP HOLDER ALSO CRACKED AFTER ABOUT 1.5 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. CONTACTED LEXUS ABOUT THIS BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME BUT THAT WAS 1 YEAR AGO. *TR

08/26/2019
Components: TIRES
Incident Date: 08/26/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ1H2******
Summary

YOKOHAMA TIRE SIDEWALL EXPLODED AT 60 MILES/ HR NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.

08/15/2019
Components: SERVICE BRAKES
Incident Date: 08/13/2019
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ0H2******
Summary

CAR FAILED TO STOP ON INCLINE AND HIT A GARAGE DOOR

05/06/2019
Components: SUSPENSION,WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 02/01/2019
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZXH2******
Summary

AFTER REPLACING TIRES, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR SHAKES. REPLACED THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER AND TREAD TYPE AND STILL HAVE THE SAME VIBRATION AT THE SAME SPEED(S). TIRE PLACE PUT A TOTAL OF 10 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE TO NO AVAIL AND ROAD FORCE BALANCED THE TIRES. RECOMMENDED I TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP SAID THAT ONLY THE EXACT TIRES THAT CAME ON THE CAR WOULD GUARANTEE THE CAR WOULDN'T SHAKE. THEY ROADFORCE BLANCHED THE SAME TIRES AND CAME UP WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT RESULTS 2 WEEKS APART. WHEN ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE TIRES THAT CAME ON THE VEHICLE WOULD BE DISCONTINUED THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. SO, IN SHORT, LEXUS HAS MADE A VEHICLE THAT, ONCE THE OEM SELECTED TIRES ARE DISCONTINUED, WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE A SMOOTH RIDE.

11/25/2018
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 11/03/2018
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ6H2******
Summary

VEHICLE SELF-STARTED WHILE UNATTENDED. AFTER START#2 CAR WAS CHECKED FOR DASH LIGHTS AND RUNNING ENGINE WHEN LEFT. UPON RETURN THE GAS TANK WAS HALF USED AND CAR WAS RUNNING. THIS OCCURRED TWICE MORE. CAR PARKED IN A PUBLIC PARKING AREA-IT HAS YET TO HAPPEN IN OUR DRIVEWAY, BUT AFTER READING ABOUT PEOPLE FORGETTING TO TURN OFF THEIR PUSHBUTTON START AUTOS AND SUCCUMBING TO EXHAUST GAS I WONDER IF THEY REALLY FORGOT OR THE CAR SELF STARTED LIKE OURS..

10/26/2018
Components: SERVICE BRAKES
Incident Date: 08/28/2018
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ3H2******
Summary

TRAVELING ON ON H-1 EAST FREEWAY, NEAR THE RADFORD PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS, IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, ON WAY TO AIRPORT WHEN BRAKES APPLIED AND DID NOT WORK, CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. REPEATED COMPRESSION OF BRAKES FAILED TO SLOW OR STOP VEHICLE. BRAKES FAILED CAUSING DRIVER TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE.

07/19/2018
Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Incident Date: 07/07/2018
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ4H2******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 LEXUS NX200T. WHILE DRIVING 11 MPH INTO A GARAGE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK WALL OF THE GARAGE. ALL THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD FOLLOW UP ON THE FAILURE, BUT THE CONTACT WAS STILL AWAITING A CALL BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 11,500.

05/25/2018
Components: SEAT BELTS
Incident Date: 05/24/2018
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ8H2******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 LEXUS NX200T. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT FAILED. THE SEAT BELT BECAME TANGLED AROUND THE CONTACT'S CHILD'S NECK AND FAILED TO RETRACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO QUICK RELEASE BUTTON OR METHOD TO MAKE THE SEAT BELT RETRACT. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT HAD TO CUT THE BELT FROM AROUND HER SON'S NECK TO PREVENT HIM FROM CHOKING. THE CHILD WAS NOT INJURED. A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,500.

04/18/2018
Components: TIRES,WHEELS
Incident Date: 03/23/2018
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ5H2******
Summary

YOKOHAMA TIRE SPIT ON THE SIDE WALL AND HAD TO REPLACED. TOOK TO THE TIRE PLACE AND THEY MENTIONED THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARD. LEXUS REFUSED TO SUPPORT THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT CASE NUMBER 180416-000146

04/06/2018
Components: POWER TRAIN
Incident Date: 01/25/2018
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ7H2******
Summary

2017 LEXUS NX 200T. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE MOVING WHILE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE RAN OVER HER FOOT CAUSING A BILATERAL FOOT HAIRLINE FRACTURES, LEFT KNEE CONTUSION, AND LEFT RIB/GROIN/ELBOW DISCOMFORT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE DOOR.*JS

02/05/2018
Components: SEATS
Incident Date: 08/12/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Summary

THE FRONT SEATS IN THE 2017 LEXUS NX MODELS ARE FIXED AND SLANTING FORWARD TO A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ANGLE, THIS PICTURE IS FROM AN ADD ON THE LEXUS SIGHT. IT IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THIS SEAT POSITION PROMOTES POOR POSTURE AND FATIGUE WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. THE CANADIAN MODELS OF SAME CAR BUT HAVE ADJUSTABLE HEAD RESTS, FOR THE US OWNERS THIS IS $700 PER HEAD REST BUT NOT AVAILABLE TO US RESIDENTS. LEXUS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AND THE CORPORATE OFFICE ONLY CALLS YOU BACK TO SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO OR WILL DO. I THINK IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED DUE TO THIS BAD NECK POSITION....IF YOU ARE IN A REAR END COLLISION IN THIS VEHICLE I CAN ONLY ASSUME YOU WILL HAVE A NECK INJURY AND POSSIBLE PARALYSIS. SOMETHING MUST ME DONE. ON LINE OTHERS COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME ISSUE ARE TAKING THE REAR HEAD RESTS AND INSTALLING THEM ON THE FRONT SEATS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I AM NOT SURE THIS IS A SAFE ALTERNATIVE.

06/25/2017
Components: TIRES
Incident Date: 06/23/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ8H2******
Summary

PURCHASED A NEW 2017 LEXUS NX ON MAY 28, 2017. ON JUNE 23, 2017 WHILE WASHING CAR FOR FIRST TIME, I SAW A CRACK/SPLIT IN TIRE SIDEWALL ABOUT 3-4" LONG. ADVISED DEALER IT WAS DEFECT. DEALER ARGUES IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO HITTING A CURB. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS, RUNNING OVER NAILS OR SCREWS OR HITTING ANYTHING WITH THE TIRE/CAR. THIS TIRE IS DRIVER REAR SIDE AND I FEAR A BLOWOUT COULD OCCUR. THE CRACK HAS MOST LIKELY BEEN PRESENT SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED. THERE ARE NO SCUFFS, MARKS, ETC. ON TIRE. I HAVE PHOTOS BUT NO PLACE TO ATTACH THEM HERE.

06/02/2017
Components: AIR BAGS
Incident Date: 05/20/2017
Crash: Yes
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJYARBZ2H2******
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 LEXUS NX200T. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE FRONT END SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE BACK, NECK, AND SHOULDER, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200.

05/06/2017
Components: STRUCTURE,WHEELS,ENGINE
Incident Date: 05/04/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZXH2******
Summary

FAGAN ROUSSEAU 5-06-2017 REPORTING . DEALERS HATE ME! FOR GOOD CAUSE, NO RECORDS SHOWING DOT NUMBER ON TIRES WITH WARRANTY PAYING OUT ON TIRE PRESSURE CHECK OF MONTHLY SITTING , VALVE STEMS LEAK AIR, BATTERY SITTING OVER TIME LOSES CHARGE, WARRANTY PAYS FOR DEALER TO UNWRAP VEHICLE AND ATTACH GLUE DECALS TO PAINT PROTECTED UNDER WARRANTY, NO RECORD OF BRAND TITLE , EPA=FILTERS, STORAGE OR DRIVER TYPE, ENGINE MEETING EMMISSIONS, DOT = FROM JAPAN TO USA TO TOYOTA MOTOR SALES TO DEALER TO ME TEST DRIVING CLD CLASS C COMMERCIAL LEXUS TYPE O VEHICLE. TOYOTA WANTS FLOOR MATS INSPECTED. AFTER MARKET PARTS ADDED, NO DOCUMENTS LISTED. NO MANUFACTURED DATE , IN FLOOR ROOM OF LEXUS, 13025 W DODGE ST, OMAHA, NE, 68154

02/14/2017
Components: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Incident Date: 02/14/2017
Crash: No
Fire: No
Vehicle Identification Number: JTJBARBZ2H2******
Summary

MY VIN INFORMATION HAS THE YEAR OF MY CAR AS 1900 INSTEAD OF 2017. CAN YOU ASSIST TO FIX OR UPDATE TO 2017?

01/17/2017
Components: SERVICE BRAKES
Incident Date: 12/13/2016
Crash: No
Fire: No
Summary

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 LEXUS NX200T. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15.

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