Recall · 26V180000
Toyota Motor Engineering recalled the LEXUS LX over seats
15,264
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
March 24, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Lexus LX vehicles. The front passenger seat may have insufficient clearance between the seat frame and the stopper that can cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor to incorrectly detect the occupant. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- What it can cause
- Incorrect detection of an occupant may result in improper air bag deployment during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and replace the front passenger seat frame assembly, as necessary, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed April 27, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated September 17, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 26LB03 and 26LA03.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LexusLX | 2022 to 2024 | 2023 |
How this campaign compares
At 15,264 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 82% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2022 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Lexus vehicles have been recalled over the seats 2 times before this, most recently in June 2024 as 24V482000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 18 complaints with NHTSA, 10 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the seats, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2024, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 25V767000 (engine and engine cooling), 25V744000 (back over prevention), 24V381000 (engine and engine cooling), 24V125000 (power train).
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 March 24, 2026 as campaign 26V180000. 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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