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Lexus GX470 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 177 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Lexus GX470 (2003–2009). The most-complained-about year is 2003.

3
safety recalls, all years
177
owner complaints, all years
2003
year with most recalls
2003
year with most complaints

Pick your Lexus GX470 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2009 Lexus GX47001
2008 Lexus GX470013
2007 Lexus GX470027
2006 Lexus GX470128
2005 Lexus GX470130
2004 Lexus GX470132
2003 Lexus GX470246

What Lexus GX470 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 177 complaints with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 46.

All Lexus GX470 recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Lexus GX470, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Air bags: side/window

    NHTSA 16V065000 Reported 320,409 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX470, 2005-2006 Toyota Tundra and Sequoia, 2004-2006 Toyota 4Runner and Lexus GX470 vehicles equipped with side curtain-shield-air bags. The affected vehicles have an air bag control module that may be improperly…

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control module with one that has improved programming, free of charge. The recall began on December 1, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at…

    Model years: 2004, 2005, 2006

  2. Mid/rear assembly (seats)

    NHTSA 03V088000 Reported 3,666 vehicles potentially affected TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    On certain vehicles equipped with the lexus link system, it may be difficult to lock one of the two latches on the bottom of the middle row left rear seat (larger side of the bench seat directly behind the driver). Due to the thickness of the lexus link system storage case, the stopper on the bottom of the seat is slightly elevated.…

    Remedy: Dealers will remove the lls case panels around the seat stopper. Owner notification began april 8, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free…

    Model years: 2003

  3. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V031000 Reported 5,878 vehicles potentially affected TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    Certain sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of part 567, "certification." the incorrect gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) data was printed on the certification regulation label. The gvwr is incorrectly reflected on the label as 6,100 lbs. The correct gvwr should be 6,000 lbs.

    Remedy: As each label is vehicle identification number specific, owners will be requested to contact their local lexus dealer first to place an order for the corrected label. Once the label has arrived at the dealership, the…

    Model years: 2003

Other Lexus models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.