Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2006 Lexus RX330

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
67
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
111
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

67 filed
4
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    12
  • Steering
    8
  • STRUCTURE:BODY
    8
  • Structure
    7
  • Unknown OR Other
    7
  • Engine
    5
  • Exterior Lighting
    5
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    4

Recalls

1 campaign
11V112000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL2011-02-24

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2006 HIGHLANDER, HIGHLANDER HYBRID, AND MODEL YEAR 2004-2007 LEXUS RX330, RX350, AND RX400H VEHICLES. IF THE FORWARD RETENTION CLIP USED TO SECURE THE FLOOR CARPET COVER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE CENTER CONSOLE, IS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY THE COVER MAY LEAN TOWARD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARM.

RiskIF THIS OCCURS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY TEMPORARILY BECOME STUCK IN A PARTIALLY DEPRESSED POSITION RATHER THAN RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. A STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY RESULT IN UNINTENDED AND SUSTAINED VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FLOOR CARPET COVER WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED ONE FREE OR CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MARCH 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
RQ10003·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL2010-02-16 → 2011-03-01

Unintended and Uncontrolled Acceleration

Led to recall11V112000

RQ10003·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE2010-02-16 → 2011-03-01

Unintended and Uncontrolled Acceleration

Led to recall11V112000

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