2024 Lexus TX 350: True Cost, Problems & Verdict

41 NHTSA owner complaints · 0 recalls · data-computed verdict. No opinions — public data only.

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Owner complaints: 41 filed with NHTSA

Complaints per year on the road: 20.5

Air Bags17Unknown Or Other10Engine4Electrical System4Seats3Fuel/Propulsion System2

What owners say

Verbatim reports filed with the United States safety regulator (NHTSA) by owners of this exact model year. Public record.

I am filing this complaint regarding my 2024 Lexus TX. A road rock/debris entered through the vehicle’s factory front grille and struck/punctured the A/C condenser, causing the air conditioning system to stop functioning properly. The repair cost is approximately $2,500. The factory grille has large openings that leave the condenser vulnerable to direct impact from normal road debris. Lexus does not have a protectiv…
Strong smell of gas coming from around the car and near rear end of car. Usually after a drive. The smell does not happen after every drive. I brought up the smell to my husband a number of times within the year…and finally took to JD Auto in Arizona in June but the gas smell could not be replicated and no source or defect could be visually seen. No recall for this has been reported by Lexus. dealership. No check en…
On two occasions while driving my hood has become open due to windy conditions coming from the Makua side of the highway as I’m driving on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway Today was the second incident except that I was heading south The first time that happened I was driving north and it occurred probably about a few months ago, but I dismissed it I know for a fact that I did not open the engine compartment I will d…

Recalls: 0 campaigns

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What it costs to buy — and what owning it really takes

Class-level estimates, priced as a mid-size premium car of its model year, re-priced to your country. Not a quote, not a valuation of one specific car — condition, mileage and options move it. How these are computed.

Typical price today $41,400–$59,600 used market, 2026
You lose to depreciation $3,560/year $17,800 over five years
Price when new (2024)$66,500
Worth in five years$32,700
Depreciation, five years$17,800
Insurance, five years$11,450–$16,700
Fuel and maintenance, five years$23,198
Five-year cost of owning it$55,073
Per mile driven, at 12,000 miles a year$0.92

What it costs to run

EPA combined 23 MPG · estimated annual fuel cost $3,300

Fuel (your region)$3,300
Maintenance band (your region) $696–$1,423
Estimated running cost this year (age 2) $4,360
Range across the maintenance band $3,996–$4,723
Next five years, running cost $23,198

Re-priced automatically from your country's retail fuel, electricity and parts indices — change country in the bar at the top. Estimates; see methodology.

02468101214$7,128vehicle age (years)
fuel/energy + maintenance band, annual — US dollars, estimate

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What this car's problems cost to fix

Ranked by the components owners of this exact model year actually complain about. Each figure is flat-rate labour hours x the local shop rate plus a parts band — an estimate of what this kind of failure costs, not a quote, and not a prediction that this car will need it. Formula.

  • Air Bags17 complaints · typical job: Airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement (2.5 h labour + parts)$600–$1,700
  • Unknown Or Other10 complaints · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair (2.0 h labour + parts)$360–$940
  • Engine4 complaints · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair (6.0 h labour + parts)$1,040–$2,220
  • Electrical System4 complaints · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement (3.0 h labour + parts)$540–$1,310
  • Seats3 complaints · typical job: Seat frame, track or occupancy-sensor repair (2.5 h labour + parts)$500–$1,200
  • Fuel/Propulsion System2 complaints · typical job: Fuel pump or injector replacement (3.5 h labour + parts)$680–$1,620

FAQ

What is the most common problem with the 2024 Lexus TX 350?

The most-reported issue in NHTSA complaint data is Air Bags (17 complaints in our indexed sample).

Is the 2024 Lexus TX 350 a good used car to buy?

Our data verdict is BUY with a reliability score of 87/100, computed from 41 NHTSA complaints and 0 recall campaigns. See the verdict card for the top reasons.

How much does it cost to fix the 2024 Lexus TX 350's most common problem?

17 of the NHTSA complaints filed against the 2024 Lexus TX 350 sit in the Air Bags group — more than any other component on this model year. The representative job there is airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement: about 2.5 hours of labour plus parts, roughly $600–$1,700 at a US independent shop and re-priced to your country at the top of the page. It is an estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote for this car.

What does a 2024 Lexus TX 350 cost to run per year?

About $4,639 a year in fuel or energy plus the maintenance band — roughly $23,198 over five years, before purchase price, insurance and depreciation. Figures come from available EPA fuel-economy data and industry maintenance averages, and are re-priced to your country.

What will a 2024 Lexus TX 350 really cost YOU per year?

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Data sources

Complaints & recalls: NHTSA · Fuel economy: EPA fueleconomy.gov · Scoring: our published methodology.
Maintenance bands are industry-average estimates (AAA Your Driving Costs, CarMD index) — labeled estimates, not measurements. Last updated: 2026-10-04.

87RELIABILITY / 100
BUY

Thin evidence — 41 complaints, 0 recalls on record

Typical price today$41,400–$59,600used market estimate · the full money picture
Running cost, next 5 years$23,198fuel/energy + maintenance band midpoint · estimate
  • 41 NHTSA complaints on record (20.5/yr of exposure) — better than a typical year of this model (24.8/yr)
  • 0 recall campaigns, 0 touching safety-critical systems
  • Thin complaint record — this score is held close to the model's own average rather than read as evidence of quality

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