2012 Lexus CT

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2012 Lexus CT arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2012 vehicle, but with only 52 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is engine (15 complaints), typically at 8.3 yr or about 101,200 miles.

Complaints: 52
Median age at failure: 8.1 yr
Median mileage: 39,874 n=29
Crash / fire / tow: 9.6% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Engine 12,700 mi 2.8 yr in service

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER IN BOTH THE GAS ENGINE AND IN THE HYBRID ELECTRIC ENGINE WHILE GOING 70 MPH,BOTH THE ALARM SYSTEMS-AUDIBLE AND DASH WENT OFF. WITH NO POWER I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT CRASHING THE CAR. *TR

Engine mileage not reported 6.3 yr in service

2012 LEXUS CT200H (NOW IS 84K MILES)IS BURNING BAD...I BEEN SEARCHING ON GOOGLE AND FIND OUT A LOT OF SIMILAR ISSUES ON CT200H BURNING OIL...I TRY TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT NO REPLY SO FAR...THE ENGINE STARTED BURNING OIL AT 60K MILES...

Engine mileage not reported 5.8 yr in service

I EXPERIENCE THE ENGINE HAVE BURN SO MUCH OIL BETWEEN SERVICE (10K MILES). I HAD CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAVEN'T CONTACTED ME BACK YET... THE OIL BURNING IS START WHEN MY CAR IS ABOUT 70K .... NOW MY VEHICLE IS 92K MILES I HAVE AT LEAST 3QZT BETWEEN SERVICE....

Other CT model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2012 Lexus CT

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other CT model years

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