The Lemon Index$4,300 middle bill · most between $3,800 and $5,000
About the same as the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 102,000 miles (33 reports).
Lexus RX owners reported paying a median of $4,300 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,800 and $5,000. That's from 36 owner reports (36 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50014%
- $2,500–$5,00058%
- $5,000 and up28%
Share of the 36 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Lexus RX11$4,500 middle bill
- 2001 Lexus RX19$4,000 middle bill
- 2002 Lexus RX3$4,800 middle bill
- 2010 Lexus RX1too few for a middle
- 2020 Lexus RX1too few for a middle
- 2023 Lexus RX1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2000 Lexus RX73 complaints name it30% of that year's complaints
- 2001 Lexus RX70 complaints name it37% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Lexus RX18 complaints name it18% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Lexus RX reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Lexus RX owners reported
Steering rack replacement (25) · ABS module replacement (9) · Brake repair (7) · Engine replacement (6)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11757831, 11723917, 10897016, 10640590, 10429591, 10428858, 10423732, 10422828, 10409037, 10384655, 10376248, 10350639 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Lexus RX?
Lexus RX owners reported a median of $4,300, and the middle half paid $3,800 to $5,000, from 36 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Lexus RX transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Lexus RX middle bill of $4,300 is about the same as the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Lexus RX repair costs come from?
From 36 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Lexus RX years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2000 (73), 2001 (70), 2002 (18) Lexus RX named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.