11V539000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IN SOME CASES, THE BELT FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP MAY BECOME DETACHED FROM THE PULLEY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND A SUDDEN INCREASE IN STEERING EFFORT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
2004 LEXUS RX330
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 353 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints353
Complaints citing a crash49
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
11V112000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
IF THIS OCCURS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY TEMPORARILY BECOME STUCK IN A PARTIALLY DEPRESSED POSITION RATHER THAN RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION. A STUCK ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY RESULT IN UNINTENDED AND SUSTAINED VEHICLE SPEEDS AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
What owners report most
- 54POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 30VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 23SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 20UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 18STRUCTURE
- 18AIR BAGS
- 17SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
- 13STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2004 LEXUS RX330s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.