2023 Lexus RX Safety and Reliability

The new Lexus RX has not yet been crash-tested by the NHTSA. Last year's model achieved four stars overall and the new model should be able to improve on this. The IIHS has also not crashed the 2023 RX, but gave the old-generation 2022 model a Top Safety Pick award, so we have high expectations that the new RX will match or beat these results.

The Lexus RX's safety features include ten airbags (front and knee airbags for the front seats, and side and curtain airbags for all outboard occupants) and all the obligatory features such as a backup camera, stability and traction control, ABS, and tire-pressure monitoring. The Lexus Safety System+ 3.0 is standard on all RXs and includes driver aids such as all-speed adaptive cruise control with curve-speed management, forward-collision mitigation with automatic braking and pedestrian detection, intersection support, lane-departure warning, lane tracing, road-sign recognition, automatic LED headlights with automatic high beams, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, rain-sensing wipers, and a driver's auto-dimming side mirror. The Premium trim adds to that a parking assistant with low-speed braking and the Luxury trim additionally gets a head-up display.

The 2023 Lexus RX's reliability ratings are not yet available from J.D. Power, but they should be strong, as we expect from a Lexus. Last year's model achieved a score of 85 out of 100 for quality and reliability, and, barring a few teething troubles typical of new models, the new one should be as good or better. It seems to be off to a good start, with no recalls issued against it yet at the time of writing.

The basic Lexus RX warranty covers it for four years/50,000 miles, the powertrain warranty runs for six years/70,000 miles, and the hybrid system is covered for eight years/100,000 miles.