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2010 LEXUS ES — Complaint #2092341

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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY filed May 15, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2092341 (ODI reference 11661199) concerns a 2010 LEXUS ES and was filed on May 15, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 29, 2025. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle assembly, 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: 0, 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 ES cohort independently describe similar power train:axle assembly 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 2010 LEXUS ES shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2010 LEXUS ES
Component
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
State
Maryland

Complaint Description

Purchased this car on [XXX] from Alpina Motors on Eastern Blvd in Maryland. In February took the car to Ron's Auto Repair, and he said that the brakes were metal on metal, so he replaced the Brakes and Rotors for $510. On [XXX] while driving on the Garden State Parkway with my [XXX] son the axle broke. Scaring me and my son because of losing control and not knowing what to do. Had to call my grandmother to get car towed and repaired at Scotts Auto in Carney's Point, NJ for $465. On 05/01/2025 I asked the dealer if he could he check my transmission fluid. He stated he couldn't because he didn't have a tool. On 05/02/2025 I took the car to Midas Auto Service on Eastern Ave in Balto. The tech stated this car needed Ignition Coil, Spark Plugs Brake pads and rotors for the front of the car. Bald tire in rear, other Axle, Engine & Transmission Mounts and Transmission filter and fluid. The technician at Midas stated that had the dealer inspected this car prior to selling, he would have know

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2092341
ODI Number 11661199
Date Filed May 15, 2025
Failure Date April 29, 2025
VIN JTHBK1EG3A2

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