Consumer Reports places a "Don't buy" on the 2010 Lexus GX 460
Consumer Reports has judged the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV a Don’t Buy: Safety Risk because of a problem they experienced during our standard emergency-handling tests. When pushed to its limits on their track’s handling course, the rear of the GX they bought slid out until the vehicle was almost sideways before the electronic stability control system was able to regain control.
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| We believe that in real-world driving, that situation could lead to a rollover accident, which could cause serious injury or death. We are not aware, however, of any such reports.
All four of our auto engineers who conduct the test experienced the problem in an exercise used to evaluate what’s called lift-off oversteer. In the test, as the vehicle is driven through a turn, the driver quickly lifts his foot off the accelerator pedal to see how the vehicle reacts. We perform this evaluation on every vehicle we test, which includes the 95 SUVs in our current auto Ratings. No other SUV in recent years slid out as far as the GX 460, including the Toyota 4Runner, which shares the same platform as the GX. To confirm our results, we paid for the use of another GX 460 from Lexus and experienced the same problem. |
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