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Lexus LS

Every Lexus LS model year on file, 1994 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years21625 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years321994 to 2026

Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins1,115Summed across model years

By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 45, 21% 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

Brakes leads the Lexus LS complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Electrical system

Engine and cooling

Speed control

Structure

Fuel system

Airbags

Wheels

Tires

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Lexus LS 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 LS by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2026	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	22
2025	Sedan	1	0.0	25	2	31
2024	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	34
2023	Sedan	1	0.0	14	2	68
2022	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	35
2021	Sedan	5	0.0	59	1	34
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	32
2019	Sedan	1	0.0	7	1	31
2018	Sedan	14	0.0	117	2	59
2016	Sedan	5	20.0	36	0	57
2015	Sedan	3	0.0	19	0	16
2014	Sedan	3	0.0	15	0	16
2013	Sedan	5	0.0	15	0	16
2012	Sedan	5	40.0	17	0	79
2011	Sedan	9	11.1	45	0	49
2010	Sedan	8	0.0	38	0	69
2009	Sedan	13	0.0	46	0	60
2008	Sedan	43	2.3	119	1	62
2007	Sedan	45	6.7	108	1	41
2006	Sedan	17	35.3	35	1	48
2005	SUV	5	20.0	7	2	44
2004	Sedan	8	12.5	20	2	29
2003	Sedan	1	100.0	3	1	31
2002	Sedan	7	57.1	27	2	31
2001	Sedan	3	33.3	14	2	31
2000	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	2	26
1999	Sedan	3	66.7	14	1	14
1998	Sedan	2	0.0	8	1	12
1997	Sedan	1	100.0	5	0	11
1996	Sedan	1	0.0	5	0	9
1995	Sedan	2	0.0	11	0	9
1994	Sedan	4	0.0	25	0	9

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus LS

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
25V-595 Sep 11, 2025
Due to an error in the instrument panel software at vehicle startup, the instrument panel may fail to display vehicle speed, brake system, and…
Electrical system · 591k vehicles
24V-275 Apr 17, 2024
As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
Airbags · 509 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
19V-134 Feb 27, 2019
Tire-on-wheel assembly process may have caused the reinforcement layer to crack, possibly resulting in the tire tread layer separating from the tire
Tires · 6,296 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
06E-056 Jun 13, 2006
Certain aftermarket fuel filters sold under the purolator brand name, p/n f65277, shipped from january 16 through june 2, 2006, for use on the…
Fuel system · 59k 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.