Lexus NX: best and worst years

Name: Lexus NX complaint rate by model year
Creator: YearsTell

Of the 7 NX model years with a verified US sales figure (2015–2020 and 2022), none drew enough complaints to be ranked against the others.

Median across these years: 0.28 per 1,000 sold in the first three years. A model year well above its own nameplate’s median is the signal worth acting on.

Every NX model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years

Model yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.28

Every model year, worst first

Each model year with a verified denominator. Follow a year for what owners reported about it.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints	Most-reported part
2022	0.39	21	Unknown Or Other 22%
2019	0.36	22	Fuel/Propulsion System 20%
2015	0.34	15	Unknown Or Other 20%
2017	0.28	16	Unknown Or Other 14%
2020	0.16	9	Engine 24%
2016	0.14	7	Service Brakes 22%
2018	0.13	8	Fuel/Propulsion System 22%

How to read this

What is counted?

Safety complaints owners filed with NHTSA in each model year’s first three years on the road, divided by how many were sold, so a year that sold twice as many cars is not penalised for it.

Why are some years drawn in dashed line?

Too few owners filed complaints about them to rank them. Few reports is not the same as a good year, so those years are left out of best and worst.

The full method