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Lexus SC

Every Lexus SC model year on file, 1994 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years173 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years181994 to 2012
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins469Summed across model years
By model year

The 2002 model year drew the most complaints, 5, 29% of the model's total

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

02461994199619982000520032005200720092012
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 SC complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
11
Brakes
2
Tires
1
Equipment
1
Speed control
1
Structure
1
Steering
1
Suspension
1
Electrical system
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lexus SC 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 SC by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone0043
2011Not decoded0NoneNone0043
2010Not decoded0NoneNone2146
2009Not decoded0NoneNone2138
2008Convertible10.0152141
2007Convertible10.082138
2006Convertible10.0102138
2005Convertible333.3203334
2004Convertible250.0313315
2003Convertible40.0443326
2002Convertible520.0833326
2000Not decoded0NoneNone0024
1999Not decoded0NoneNone0012
1998Not decoded0NoneNone0011
1997Not decoded0NoneNone0010
1996Not decoded0NoneNone008
1995Not decoded0NoneNone008
1994Not decoded0NoneNone008
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus SC

  • 18V-883 Dec 12, 2018
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 169k vehicles
  • 16V-127 Mar 3, 2016
    This is to address a safety defect in the passenger side frontal air bag inflator which may produce excessive internal pressure causing the…
    Airbags · 147k vehicles
  • 16V-128 Mar 2, 2016
    Affected vehicles have a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator…
    Airbags · 71k vehicles
  • 15V-286 May 13, 2015
    On June 16, 2015 Toyota expanded the recall to cover an additional 769,055 vehicles, including certain model year 2002-2004 Lexus SC, Toyota…
    Airbags · 1.07M vehicles
  • 15V-285 May 13, 2015
    On June 16, 2015, Toyota expanded the recall to include an additional 1,270,468 vehicles, including model year 2002-2003 and 2005-2007 Sequoia,…
    Airbags · 1.97M vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.