2012 Lexus RX 450h consumer reviews

great rideing car,very dependble ,lot of leg and head room. truk space is very good. navigation system need to be updated ever three to five years.

Drives excellent and very reliable car. Japan made Lexus offers even better performance and great value for money. We had so much fun driving it and looking forward to get a newer one.

4th lexus 2bd hybrid. Reliable and stylish. Comfortable ride and plenty of room including back seat. Have this one for 7 years. Hybrid mileage average 24mpg. Would get another but I do not like the body style

My car has over 90,000 miles on it and you would never know it by looking at it or by the ride. Drives like its brand new. I?m getting 28 mpg, which is not as good as the CT200h I gave up for this car, but great considering the room in the vehicle. It?s very comfortable to drive too. The AC seats are great being in AZ. I would get another.

This automobile is one great piece. There is nothing negative that I would say about it. Buy one! You will love it!

Bought a certified Lexus RX450H hybrid from a dealer that came with a 24000 two year bumper to bumper warranty. The Lexus had lots of upgrades including a Mrk Levinson stereo system, a digital mileage and other info on the front windshield so a driver does not have to look down to see how fast they are going or what mode they are in. Wood steering wheel, larger 19 inch wheels and ttires, navigation, radar mode that lets you know when objects get close to the SUV, and radar controlled speed control keeping the SUV a safe distance from autos ahead. Also has the railing and cross bars on the roof rack and a trailer hitch. Comes with cargo net and new front and rear floor mats. The SUV averages between 24 and 30 miles per gallon and sometimes gets near 32 miles per gallon on the highway. It is extremely quiet with lots of insulation that is evident by the heavy doors. Energy absorbing glass is used and the SUV has lots of power for the average driver. The suspension is good on curves and there is not much lean as many other SUV's I have driven. When we go in for service the delearship gives us a loaner and they do the repairs or problems with the used vehicle at no cost to us. They are committed to outstanding service which we really appreciated. Everything in the Lexus is built on a superior quality platform and that is the upper end of quality.

I have never been all that enthralled with hybrids, but this car is worth the tradeoffs. We bought it used as a Lexus CPO (Certified Pre-Owned). Ours has AWD which I do not believe is standard on these and probably impacts the mileage a bit. It gets about 26 - 28 MPG. The rear wheels are electrically driven so there is no drive shaft. This is the first car we have owned with this much electronics. The feedback let you learn to drive economically if you want. The mileage is very much impacted by driving style and it is fairly easy to get much lower mileage if you are not paying attention to how you are driving. For example, I never realized how much trying to accelerate while going up any type of hill impacted mileage. The feature that this car has that I miss most when driving one of our other cars is the joystick/mouse control in the center console that lets you set the GPS, radio, Bluetooth phone dialing, iPhone audio books and such without leaning forward. It is also makes it super easy to switch Bluetooth connections from one phone or other device to another. The GPS is not Garmin. It has plusses and minuses compared to a Garmin system and, I think, on the whole is at least functionally equivalent to the Garmin design. The whole system has voice recognition which works well, but for me, using the joystick is much faster. The hybrid system is a bit noisy (this is almost exclusively when it is regenerating during deceleration) but once you recognize this this unfamiliar noise for what it is, it is not a problem.

I have driven an Acura MDX and more recently an RDX for years. I moved to the RX hybrid to get better mileage and a better ride. I was promised 30mpg, I got 26-28. But I'm a technology buff. The nav system is far less sophisticated than the Acura and far, far less intelligent than the Garmin portable units. The voice dial is...well, it's not that great. Sometimes it makes me confirm the choice twice, sometimes it shows ATM machines on the map. There is no temperature controls on voice (like Ford) and other features seen on far cheaper vehicles. It will read text message from my iPhone 5 but it can't respond even though the feature is enabled. Lexus acknowledges its a bug but won't fix it. They acknowledge the nav system and voice shortcomings but won't fix them. The car also beeps. It beeps for E V E R Y T H I N G. Short beeps, long beeps, pulsing whiny beeps and we're never sure why. It's driving us beeping crazy. The ride is fine. The mileage is better (but could be higher if they were smarter about when the engine kicks in). The accoutrements are fine. But for what I paid, it could be (should be) far better.

Bought a new 2011 RX450H which was our 3rd Lexus SUV purchase. We have a 2006 RX330 also and decided to go with the Hybrid for my wife and I took over the 2006. Both are loaded models but the new RX450H is so much nicer, the voice command, the mouse control, and the ride is great. The mileage is alot better that the RX330, I've gotten as high as 32MPG on a trip. Also the way the dealership traets you it can't be beat!

Hove only taken one relative short road trip, but impressed by highway mileage (31.8 mpg indicated). However, I am not getting better mileage in "town" than on the highway as advertised (~28 mpg).