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2004 LEXUS GX 470 — Complaint #1915372

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NHTSA Complaint about SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER filed August 2, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1915372 (ODI reference 11536018) concerns a 2004 LEXUS GX 470 and was filed on August 2, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 10, 2023. The vehicle had 67,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seats:front assembly:seat heater/cooler, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same LEXUS GX 470 cohort independently describe similar seats:front assembly:seat heater/cooler failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 LEXUS GX 470 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2004 LEXUS GX 470
Component
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
Injuries
1
State
Florida
Mileage
67,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2004 Lexus GX470. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, the driver’s side seat heater was activated on the high setting. The contact stated that the following morning he noticed small blisters on his back; medical attention was needed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage 67,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1915372
ODI Number 11536018
Date Filed August 2, 2023
Failure Date June 10, 2023
VIN JTJBT20XX40

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.