Is something missing from my new 2023RX?

 

Mine looks like that too. It seems like there should be something else??

 

Right. Let's keep this thread going until someone knows what this is all about. Thanks for confirming that yours looks like mine. Did you get a wheel lock key thingie like all of my prior Lexi had? This one seems to NOT come with that. (Which is OK, but I'd like confirmation that it's not just me.)

 

Mine does not have wheel locks either.

My salesman said something about the empty space near the spare tire possibly being a space for a flashlight and that maybe other countries required that - at the time it didn’t seem like he had a clue though.

 

Thanks for confirming the No wheel locks thing. As I said, that was a PITA anyway and I have much bigger car risks than having my wheels stolen.

 

Per the manual, this is where the towing eyelet goes. Not sure what models would include this tool.

 

I see you have a Hybrid, maybe they don't want the Hybrid models towed (or the RX in general), thus they exclude the towing eyelet?

 

Interesting. But if the hybrid isn’t to be towed I would think there’d be big “DO NO TOW” stickers somewhere, probably right there in the spare tire compartment.

 

Might be that any AWD model can't be towed - maybe the tow hook is for the FWD only. But there should be a section of the owners manual then that says "flatbed only", is that there?

 

I have a gas FWD and don’t have it. Hmmm….

 

Here is an older post. It looks like Lexus stopped adding front tow hooks to the RXs awhile back.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...s-anymore.html

Here is another older post:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...ack-trunk.html

 

So why would they create a special place, on a brand new vehicle, for something they discontinued before?

 

Yeah it looks like there is .

 

Maybe it varies by market, or the part gets used in other vehicles, creating new dies is expensive. Odds are, if it's used anywhere else, it is probably cheaper to produce one part than vehicle specific parts.

 

Doesn't sound right, but perhaps.