https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Lexus Lexus. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:29:10 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-422691 Mon, 04 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT SUV BEHIND US AT A LIGHT WITH HIGHLY IRRITATING BRIGHT LIGHTS THAT EVEN OUR SPECIAL REAR VIEW MIRROR DIDN'T REDUCE VERY MUCH. THESE LIGHTS ARE UNNECESSARY AND ALL OUR PASSENGERS COMPLAINED BITTERLY THAT THOSE LIGHTS SHOULD BE OUTLAWED.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-405523 Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT RACK AND PINION SEAL IS LEAKING. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACEMENT OF SYSTEM FOR A COST OF $1,600.00. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE VERY PREMATURE FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE, WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE AND A PEDIGREE THAT SPEAKS OF THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF PERFECTION. LEXUS CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE BUT THEY WERE UNRESPONSIVE TO MY REQUEST FOR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NE https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-400798 Wed, 02 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT DEFECTIVE OVERRIDE SWITCH. https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-390236 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING 30MPH HAD FRONT END COLLISION NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, RESULTUING IN INJURIES. TS https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-388879 Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT CONSUME STATED THE TRUNK WOULD NOT STAY UP, AND IT CAME DOWN FAST CAUSING INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-387014 Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT THE NEW BLUE LIGHTS IN NEW CARS CREATE BLINDNESS WHEN APPROACHING AT NIGHT. EVEN FROM BEHIND IN REAR VIEW MIRROR THEY CREATE BLINDING DISTRACTION. https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-368764 Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING 45MPH CAR CUT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-368765 Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT WHILE DRIVING 45MPH CAR CUT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-353474 Mon, 20 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT ALL XENON HEADLIGHTS SHOULD BE BANNED. THEY BLIND ONCOMING DRIVERS !!! https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-348216 Wed, 08 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT COMPLAINING OF THE NEW BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS ON SOME CARS. I HAD ONE BEHIND ME AT NIGHT AND IT REALLY WAS HARD FOR ME TO SEE BECAUSE OF THE BRILLANCE IN MY REAR VIEW AND SIDE MIRROR. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-329737 Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED AND I STEPPED ON THE GAS, I NOTICED A HESITATION THAT WAS NEW. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND VIRTUALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY, I SAW A FLAMING OBJECT IN THE STREET BEHIND ME IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR, AND ANOTHER DRIVER YELLED THAT MY CAR WAS ON FIRE. I LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO PULL IMMEDIATELY INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WERE GO https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-324892 Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT BOTH RIGHT SIDE TIRES DEVELOPED 2-3 IN. "BLISTERS" IN THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL, APPARENTLY AFTER HITTING EITHER A CURB OR POTHOLE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY NEAREST LEXUS DEALER (ALBUQUERQUE), BUT LEXUS WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES EVEN AFTER I INFORMED THEM OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH AUDI TIRES. I EVENTUALLY REPLACED THE TIRES MYSELF AT A COST OF $400. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215145ZR17) https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-322915 Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT ANGLE OF THE REAR WINDOW, THE RELATIVELY NARROW APERTURE OF THE GLASS AND THE LARGE HEADRESTS ON THE REAR SEATS CONSPIRE TOGETHER TO SEVERLY RESTRICT THE DRIVER'S VIEW OUT OF THE REAR VIEW WINDOW. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ANYTHING ALONG THE REAR "FLANKS" OF THE VEHICLE OUT OF THIS WINDOW WHILE DRIVING. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE VIEWING APERTURE, USE A "LOWER PROFIL https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-315461 Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION- WHICH LEXUS REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE!! THE THROTTLE SENSOR ON MY CAR HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, EACH ABOUT ONE MONTH APART. WHEN IT FAILS, THE CAR RAPIDLY DECELERATES. THE FIRST TWO TIME, THIS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IN TIGHT TRAFFIC, AND I NEARLY CRASHED. AFTER MUCH PUSHING ON MY SIDE, I FINALLY FOUND OUT THAT LEXUS KNEW GRE https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-309081 Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT DURING ACCELERATION, THE AUTO LOSES ALL POWER WHILE HOLDING IN SECOND GEAR - AS IF SOMEONE HAS PUT ON THE BREAKS - AND THEN GOES TO FULL POWER AFTER SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR CAUSING THE SEATBELTS TO LOCK. IF SEATBELTS WERE NOT WORN, RIDERS WOULD BE FORCED INTO THE WINDSHIELD.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-309082 Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:00:00 GMT DURING ACCELERATION, THE AUTO LOSES ALL POWER WHILE HOLDING IN SECOND GEAR - AS IF SOMEONE HAS PUT ON THE BREAKS - AND THEN GOES TO FULL POWER AFTER SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR CAUSING THE SEATBELTS TO LOCK. IF SEATBELTS WERE NOT WORN, RIDERS WOULD BE FORCED INTO THE WINDSHIELD.*AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-288212 Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT I HAD MY 6TH FLAT TIRE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR IN 4 MONTHS. THE LEXUS DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE TIRE EVERY TIME. THIS IS THE 6TH TIME THAT IT HAS HAPPENED. SAME SIDE OF THE CAR EVERY TIME. FLATS HAPPENING A DAY APART FROM EACH OTHER - AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I WAS STRANDED AT NIGHT IN A LESS THAN DESIREABLE LOCATION ON THE LAST FLAT TIRE I HAD (4-12-01). I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-282433 Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT TIRE IS BUBBLING AT THE SIDEWALL, PAST TIRE WAS PUNCTURED ON SIDEWALL, UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER TIRE SIDEWALL IS INFERIOR. SIDEWALL SEEMS TO BE WEAK. OTHER OWNERS VOICED SAME CONCERNS OVER TIRE SIDEWALL. BUBBLING AT THE SIDEWALL SEEMS TO BE COMMON REOCCURRING PROBLEM. PLEASE CONFIRM WITH DEALERSHIPS WHETHER PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE SIDEWALL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NEEO2JN219 TIRESIZE: 21545ZR17) https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-279322 Tue, 13 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT THIS IS NOT A FAILURE AS A PROBLEM. ON MAKING TURNS - L OR R - THE CAR WILL "STUMBLE". THAT IS IT WILL HESITATE. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT, THEY SAID IT IS BECAUSE LEXUS USES A "SENSOR" INSTEAD OF A WIRE FOR THE INJECTION CONTROL. THEY SAY LEXUS KNOWS OF IT BUT HAS DONE NOTHING, YET (NO FATALITIES YET?). I DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE. IT DOES NOT DO THIS ON A STRAIGHT AWAY ACCELERATION. HOWEVER, IF https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-258236 Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMT SEATBELT FEELS LIKE IT IS SECURE BUT IS NOT. IT COMES OUT. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-197891 Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:00:00 GMT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS EITHER OFF OR ON SUN ROOF AND THE WINDOWS ROLL DOWN WITHOUT OPERATOR OPERATING THE WINDOWS. PLEASE NOTE THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 LEXUS RX 3000. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-197892 Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:00:00 GMT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS EITHER OFF OR ON SUN ROOF AND THE WINDOWS ROLL DOWN WITHOUT OPERATOR OPERATING THE WINDOWS. PLEASE NOTE THE VEHICLE IS A 1999 LEXUS RX 3000. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-153992 Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:00:00 GMT REAR SEAT SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO LOOSEN AND RELIEF CONSUMER'S 8-YEAR OLD CHILD FROM SEAT. ALSO, HARNESS TIGHTENED UPON 8-YEAR OLD CHILD, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING. CONSUMER HAD TO CUT THE STRAPS TO FREE THE CHILD. *AK https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-147713 Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT BATTERY FAILED. *YC https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-147714 Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:00:00 GMT MIRROR MALFUNCTIONED. *YC https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-142979 Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FAILED. https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-142981 Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING. https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-142982 Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED. https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-127781 Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:00:00 GMT REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLODED, GLASS THROUGH OUT VEHICLE. https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus https://plaincars.com/make/lexus-lexus#complaint-123879 Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00:00 GMT SHOCKS ARE TOO SOFT FOR VEHICLE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT.