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Lexus SC400

Every Lexus SC400 model year on file, 1990 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years6212 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years111990 to 2001

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins325Summed across model years

By model year

The 1992 model year drew the most complaints, 30, 48% 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

Electrical system leads the Lexus SC400 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Lighting

Speed control

Brakes

Tires

Engine and cooling

Powertrain

Airbags

Equipment

Steering

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Lexus SC400 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 SC400 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2001	Sedan	1	0.0	5	0	21
2000	SUV	1	0.0	4	0	42
1999	Not decoded	2	0.0	200	0	42
1998	Coupe	2	50.0	7	0	42
1997	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	1	33
1996	Coupe	4	0.0	12	1	26
1995	Coupe	9	11.1	100	0	28
1994	Coupe	2	0.0	11	0	28
1993	Coupe	9	44.4	55	0	27
1992	Coupe	30	20.0	429	1	27
1990	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	9

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lexus SC400

98V-016 Jan 27, 1998
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Electrical system · 48k vehicles
92V-046 Apr 1, 1992
Anti-lock brake/traction control computer logic program was incomplete, resulting in the trapping of brake fluid pressure in the rear brake lines
Brakes · 1,415 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.