Recall · 21V043000
Toyota Motor Engineering recalled the LEXUS RX350 over fuel system, gasoline
1,081
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
February 3, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Lexus) is recalling certain 2019 Lexus RX350 and 2021 RX350 vehicles. The transport hook may not have been removed prior to sale. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 301, "Fuel System Integrity."
- What it can cause
- During a rear-end crash, the transport hook can damage the fuel filler pipe, increasing the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Lexus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, as necessary, remove the rear transport hook, free of charge. The recall began April 1, 2021. Owners may contact Lexus customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Lexus' number for this recall is 21LA01.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| LexusRX350 | 2019 and 2021 | 2019 |
How this campaign compares
At 1,081 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 59% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Lexus vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 10 times before this, most recently in November 2020 as 20V682000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA, 29 of them before this campaign was filed. 7 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in February 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 20V682000 (fuel system, gasoline), 20V012000 (fuel system, gasoline).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing with NHTSA on February 3, 2021 as campaign 21V043000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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