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Lexus LS500

Every Lexus LS500 model year on file, 2018 to 2024. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years83 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62018 to 2024
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins379Summed across model years
By model year

The 2018 model year drew the most complaints, 4, 50% of the model's total

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

012342018420192020202120222024
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Wheels leads the Lexus LS500 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Wheels
2
Brakes
2
Structure
1
Fuel system
1
Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus LS500 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 LS500 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2024Not decoded0NoneNone004
2022Not decoded0NoneNone0033
2021Sedan10.0120060
2020Not decoded0NoneNone1071
2019Sedan366.7223099
2018Sedan425.03320112
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus LS500

  • 20V-682 Nov 4, 2020
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 1.53M vehicles
  • 20V-012 Jan 13, 2020
    On March 4, 2020, Toyota expanded the recall to include certain 2014-2015 Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser, 2018 Avalon, Corolla, 2014 FJ Cruiser,…
    Fuel system · 1.83M vehicles
  • 19V-544 Jul 24, 2019
    Brake booster pump may fail causing a deactivation of the Vehicle Stability Control system and a loss of braking assist
    Stability and traction control · 6,925 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.