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Lexus ES350Years to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 1,451 NHTSA owner complaints across 17 model years, the Lexus ES350 years to avoid are 2007, and the strongest years are 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. The ES350 has 11 safety recalls on record.

Lexus ES350
Years to avoid'07Use caution: 2008Best years'10 '11 '12 '14Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints1,451Top: Air bagsSafety recalls112007–2023 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: SsmIntrigue, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Lexus ES350 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the ES350 median. Tap a year for its full report.

'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23
  • Avoid
  • Caution
  • Solid
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2023Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls2022Not rated–/1002 complaints · 0 recalls2021Not rated–/1005 complaints · 0 recalls2020Not rated–/1005 complaints · 1 recall2019Not rated–/1005 complaints · 2 recalls2018Not rated–/1005 complaints · 2 recalls2017Not rated–/10022 complaints · 1 recall2016Not rated–/10021 complaints · 1 recall2015Not rated–/10016 complaints · 1 recall2014Best82/10028 complaints · 1 recall2013Not rated–/10023 complaints · 1 recall2012Solid63/10089 complaints · 3 recalls2011Solid50/100153 complaints · 3 recalls2010Solid51/100137 complaints · 5 recalls2009Solid47/100145 complaints · 5 recalls2008Caution34/100255 complaints · 4 recalls2007Avoid19/100539 complaints · 4 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Lexus ES350 problems

All model years combined: 1,451 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Air bags86744
Vehicle speed control21388
Structure8410
Electrical system578
Power train386
Visibility301
Service brakes2613
Exterior lighting250
Engine226
18 other systems18433
11 recalls

Lexus ES350 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

85%Delivery: fuel pump20V-682 · 2018–2020 · Nov 4, 2020 · 1,525,742 vehicles84%Delivery: fuel pump20V-012 · 2018–2019 · Jan 13, 2020 · 1,830,752 vehicles65%Driver side: inflator module19V-741 · 2007–2012 · Oct 17, 2019 · 928,220 vehicles83%Passenger side: inflator module19V-005 · 2010–2012 · Jan 9, 2019 · 1,299,448 vehicles77%Passenger side: inflator module18V-024 · 2009–2010 · Jan 9, 2018 · 628,018 vehicles94%Linkages: tie rod assembly17V-415 · 2017 · Jun 29, 2017 · 1,761 vehicles74%Passenger side: inflator module17V-006 · 2007–2012 · Jan 9, 2017 · 577,875 vehicles72%Passenger side: inflator module16V-340 · 2007–2011 · May 23, 2016 · 1,754,517 vehicles91%Electronic stability control (ESC)16V-198 · 2016 · Apr 7, 2016 · 16,656 vehicles84%Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking15V-728 · 2013–2015 · Nov 3, 2015 · 30,812 vehicles–Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal09V-388 · 2007–2010 · Oct 5, 2009 · 4,445,056 vehicles
5 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the ES350

  1. Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2007–2012 · still open
    Open
  2. Low-speed surgingDP15005 · 2009 · closed Aug 19, 2015
    No recall
  3. UNWANTED AND UNINTENDED ACCELERATIONDP09001 · 2007 · closed Oct 29, 2009
    No recall
  4. UNWANTED ACCELERATION, FLOOR MATEA07010 · 2007–2008 · closed Oct 11, 2007
    Led to recall 07E-082
  5. ACCESSORY FLOOR MATPE07016 · 2007 · closed Aug 8, 2007
    No recall