Lexus CT problems (2010–2022)

The only engine of the Lexus CT that we have documented, the 1.8 Hybrid, has high or critical severity faults in the versions it is fitted to. Our verdict for the version it is fitted to: «With caution». Outside the engine, the Lexus CT 200h has no documented in-service faults in the open sources we have read: the Spanish second-hand press describes a hybrid drivetrain without endemic faults and mentions the airbag campaign. What is on record are preventive campaigns: curtain airbags, fuel tank and evaporative emissions control unit, and the 2019 tailgate struts.

Outside the engine, the Lexus CT 200h has no documented in-service faults in the open sources we have read: the Spanish second-hand press describes a hybrid drivetrain without endemic faults and mentions the airbag campaign. What is on record are preventive campaigns: curtain airbags, fuel tank and evaporative emissions control unit, and the 2019 tailgate struts. The most important documented faults are: defective weld between the fuel tank and the filler pipe: leak and fire risk (airbags and safety, high severity), crack in the evaporative emissions control unit on the tank: leak when the tank is full (airbags and safety, high severity), airbag inflator for the curtain airbags with a possible micro-crack in the weld (airbags and safety, high severity) and tailgate gas struts with micro-cracks in the rod: they may fail to hold the tailgate open (bodywork and interior, medium severity).^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

The most important by severity and frequency, on the engines we have documented, are: brake actuator failure (hard pedal, loss of assistance) (1.8 Hybrid, critical severity), the car loses drive or stalls because of a hybrid system fail-safe mode fault (1.8 Hybrid, critical severity), inverter (IPM module) overheating and loss of drive (1.8 Hybrid, high severity) and degradation or premature failure of the hybrid battery (1.8 Hybrid, high severity).

According to our rating by year, the best are 2022, 2021, 2020 and 1 other years with the same rating (7.6/10); the worst rated is 2010 (6.0/10). Each year's rating counts only the engines sold that year and the faults that affect those units: open each year to see what changes.

Yes: we have documented 7 campaigns for the Lexus CT, such as safety Gate alert 44/2019: tailgate gas strut (2019). Check with your VIN at the official service centre whether yours has been done.^[7]