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What 12 owners told NHTSA about the 2025 Lexus GX 550

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

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Aug 6, 2025Speed control

When accelerating from stop the vehicle has a long hesitation or lag, but allows enough movement in the vehicle to push the vehicle into an intersection. The safety concern is when pulling out across traffic to make a turn the lack of acceleration leave the drive susceptible to being hit by crossing traffic. I contact the Lexus dealership maintenance department and they indicated that it's a know problem and there isn't a recall or a solution. There is no warning light not other mechanical problem. I would not submit this concern if I didn't feel that this is a life threatening concern. There is far to much hesitation in acceleration, compounded but the fact that there is just enough acceleration to put the care in harms way with out enough to avoid a potential accident.

NHTSA ODI 11678717

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How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2025 Lexus GX 550 verdict →