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Lexus IS

Every Lexus IS model year on file, 1998 to 2027. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years59553 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years301998 to 2027

Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins905Summed across model years

By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 143, 24% of the model's total

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

Structure leads the Lexus IS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure

146

Airbags

115

Visibility and wipers

Engine and cooling

Electrical system

Fuel system

Steering

Powertrain

Speed control

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Lexus IS 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 IS by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2027	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	4
2026	Sedan	1	0.0	100	0	20
2025	Sedan	1	100.0	25	0	21
2024	Sedan	1	0.0	20	0	34
2023	Sedan	5	0.0	71	0	57
2022	Sedan	4	0.0	57	1	33
2021	Sedan	2	50.0	24	0	44
2020	Sedan	6	0.0	67	0	25
2019	Sedan	2	0.0	15	0	23
2018	Sedan	3	0.0	25	0	22
2017	Sedan	10	0.0	59	0	23
2016	Sedan	2	0.0	14	0	23
2015	Convertible	9	0.0	450	0	19
2014	Sedan	12	8.3	60	0	20
2013	Sedan	9	22.2	27	0	41
2012	Convertible	18	16.7	360	0	36
2011	Sedan	15	0.0	75	0	38
2010	Sedan	40	20.0	191	1	45
2009	Sedan	40	12.5	143	2	32
2008	Sedan	102	5.9	283	3	37
2007	Sedan	122	4.9	294	3	54
2006	Sedan	143	5.6	298	7	54
2005	Sedan	12	16.7	25	1	39
2004	Sedan	10	20.0	25	1	30
2003	Sedan	12	41.7	36	1	28
2002	Sedan	12	8.3	46	1	28
2001	Sedan	1	100.0	5	1	28
2000	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	24
1999	Not decoded	1	100.0	100	1	12
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	11

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus IS

26V-222 Apr 8, 2026
Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
Fuel system · 9,139 vehicles
11V-029 Jan 26, 2011
Due to insufficient tightening of the fuel pressure sensor connected to an engine fuel delivery pipe with nickel phosphorus plating, there is a…
Fuel system · 245k vehicles
10V-499 Oct 21, 2010
Brake fluid containing polymers is used that acts as lubricants for certain brake system components
Brakes · 729k vehicles
09V-388 Oct 5, 2009
Accelerator pedal can get stuck in the wide open position due to its being trapped by an unsecured or incompatible driver's floor mat
Speed control · 4.45M 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
09V-020 Jan 16, 2009
Ethanol fuels with a low moisture content will corrode the internal surface of the fuel rails
Engine and cooling · 215k vehicles
07V-545 Nov 28, 2007
On certain vehicles, high stress areas may have been created in two specific fuel pipes located in the engine compartment
Fuel system · 34k vehicles
06V-121 Apr 13, 2006
On certain passenger vehicles, if the front seat belt retractors (both driver and front passenger) become locked, they may not release due to a…
Seat belts · 29k vehicles
06V-096 Apr 3, 2006
On certain vehicles, due to improper assembly of the air bag inflator, which is used in the side air bag, the curtain shield air bag, and the knee…
Airbags · 133 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.