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Lexus ES350

Every Lexus ES350 model year on file, 2015 to 2024. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years8216 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years102015 to 2024
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins834Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 22, 27% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0102030201520162017222018201920202021202220232024
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Lexus ES350 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
13
Electrical system
10
Driver assistance
9
Speed control
8
Visibility and wipers
8
Airbags
6
Structure
6
Fuel system
4
Engine and cooling
4
Suspension
3
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus ES350 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Lexus ES350 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2024Not decoded0NoneNone005
2023Sedan10.0140014
2022Sedan20.0290039
2021Sedan520.0590071
2020Sedan560.05610102
2019Sedan520.03720110
2018Sedan520.0422075
2017Sedan2236.412910105
2016Sedan214.815010141
2015Sedan166.310010172
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus ES350

  • 20V-682 Nov 4, 2020
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 1.53M vehicles
  • 20V-012 Jan 13, 2020
    On March 4, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include certain 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser, 2018 Avalon, Corolla, 2014 FJ Cruiser,…
    Fuel system · 1.83M vehicles
  • 17V-415 Jun 29, 2017
    Right-hand side tie rod lock nut may loosen over time
    Steering · 1,761 vehicles
  • 16V-198 Apr 7, 2016
    These vehicles are equipped with an ABS actuator that may have a damaged O-ring which could result in improper brake fluid pressure control during…
    Stability and traction control · 17k vehicles
  • 15V-728 Nov 3, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment
    Driver assistance · 31k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.