TSB L-SB-0033-24 — Lexus Service bulletin
L-SB-0033-24 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the Lexus RX, 2023–2024 model years, filed and re-filed as 2 documents. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.
What the bulletin says. Some 2023 – 2024 model year RX 350, RX 350h, RX 500h, and 2024 model year TX 350 and TX 500h vehicles may exhibit a rotational clicking noise from one or both front drive shaft assemblies when accelerating while making turns. This condition may occur without a grease leak…
NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.
Vehicles and model years L-SB-0033-24 names
Every document filed under L-SB-0033-24
Manufacturers re-issue a bulletin as the repair changes, and file separate copies for technicians and for owners. All of them carry the same number.
| Document ID | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| L-SB-0033-24 Rev2 | June 12, 2026 | Service bulletin |
| L-SB-0033-24 | June 6, 2025 | Service bulletin |
What L-SB-0033-24 covers
Transmission & drivetrain — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.
Questions buyers ask
What is TSB L-SB-0033-24?
L-SB-0033-24 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by Lexus, covering the Lexus RX across the 2023–2024 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: Some 2023 – 2024 model year RX 350, RX 350h, RX 500h, and 2024 model year TX 350 and TX 500h vehicles may exhibit a rotational clicking noise from one or both front drive shaft assemblies when accelerating while making turns. This condition may occur without a grease leak…
Which vehicles does L-SB-0033-24 cover?
NHTSA's file names Lexus RX (2023–2024). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.
Is TSB L-SB-0033-24 a recall, and is the repair free?
No. L-SB-0033-24 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.
How do I get the full text of L-SB-0033-24?
Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under L-SB-0033-24, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.
Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under L-SB-0033-24. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.