2006 Lexus RX Hybrid defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2006 Lexus RX Hybrid. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Pedestrian alert sounds
  Defect Petition DP22005 · opened Jan 27, 2023 · closed Aug 7, 2023 · led to recall 22V063000

  NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pe…

• Hybrid inverter failure - vehicle stall
  Preliminary Evaluation PE11005 · opened Feb 15, 2011 · closed Jul 20, 2011 · led to recall 11V342000

  In a June 29, 2011 letter to NHTSA, Toyota submitted a Defect Information Report regarding a safety recall of certain Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX400h vehicles to address a defect condition with the hybrid inverter assembly (NHTSA Recall No. 11V-342).Toyota's letter identified a defect related to inadequately …

• Unintended and Uncontrolled Acceleration
  Recall Query RQ10003 · opened Feb 16, 2010 · closed Mar 1, 2011 · led to recall 11V115000

  On February 16, 2010, NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened RQ10-003 to determine whether the scope of prior Toyota recalls relating to potential unintended acceleration were sufficiently broad, including, among others, Toyota recalls 07E-082, 09V-388, 10V-017, and 10V-023.NHTSA also requested informatio…