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Lexus ES

Every Lexus ES model year on file, 1994 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years667114 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years321994 to 2025

Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins899Summed across model years

By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 125

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

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

Components

Airbags leads the Lexus ES complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags

227

Structure

Electrical system

Powertrain

Speed control

Engine and cooling

Brakes

Visibility and wipers

Fuel system

Steering

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Lexus ES 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 ES by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2025	Sedan	5	40.0	125	1	0	25
2024	Sedan	9	22.2	180	2	0	34
2023	Sedan	10	30.0	143	2	0	68
2022	Sedan	9	0.0	129	0	0	37
2021	Sedan	28	7.1	329	1	0	48
2020	Sedan	18	16.7	200	1	0	31
2019	Sedan	34	20.6	252	1	0	57
2018	Sedan	5	20.0	42	0	0	13
2017	Sedan	2	0.0	12	0	0	13
2016	Sedan	9	22.2	64	0	0	13
2015	Sedan	5	40.0	31	0	0	13
2014	Sedan	4	25.0	20	0	0	13
2013	Sedan	34	8.8	103	0	0	48
2012	Sedan	31	19.4	103	0	0	43
2011	Sedan	46	15.2	230	0	0	55
2010	Sedan	41	4.9	195	0	0	49
2009	Sedan	28	14.3	100	0	0	43
2008	Sedan	68	10.3	189	0	1	45
2007	Sedan	125	10.4	301	0	1	29
2006	Sedan	12	0.0	25	0	0	31
2005	Sedan	58	22.4	121	0	1	30
2004	Sedan	16	31.3	40	0	0	12
2003	Sedan	23	39.1	70	0	0	24
2002	Sedan	27	48.1	104	0	0	24
2001	Sedan	2	0.0	9	0	0	24
2000	Sedan	6	50.0	19	0	0	20
1999	Sedan	8	50.0	36	1	0	12
1998	Sedan	1	0.0	4	1	0	11
1997	Sedan	2	0.0	11	1	0	10
1996	Sedan	1	0.0	5	0	0	8
1995	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	8
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	8

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus ES

25V-744 Oct 30, 2025
Software error may cause the rearview camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle is in reverse
Back-over prevention · 1.02M vehicles
24V-124 Feb 21, 2024
Due to incorrect programming of the parking-assist electronic control unit (ECU) software, the rearview camera image may not immediately display…
Back-over prevention · 19k vehicles
23V-865 Dec 20, 2023
Short circuit may develop in the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor, preventing the front passenger air bag from deploying
Airbags · 1000k vehicles
19V-288 Apr 10, 2019
These vehicles are equipped with a driver knee air bag assembly mounted to the lower instrument panel (IP) that may have been improperly…
Airbags · 564 vehicles
09E-012 Apr 7, 2009
These headlamps fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated…
Lighting · 16k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.