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Lexus HSYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 70 owner complaints and 3 safety recalls on record for the Lexus HS.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints70Top: Service brakesSafety recalls32010 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Lexus HS 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 HS median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2010Not rated–/10070 complaints · 3 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common Lexus HS problems

All model years combined: 70 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
Service brakes200
Service brakes, hydraulic162
Service brakes, electric60
Suspension60
Electrical system51
Vehicle speed control40
Power train30
Electronic stability control (ESC)30
Air bags33
8 other systems110
3 recalls

Lexus HS recalls

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

–Service brakes13V-235 · 2010 · Jun 5, 2013 · 87,060 vehicles–Fuel system, gasoline: storage10V-285 · 2010 · Jun 25, 2010 · 17,801 vehicles–Antilock: control unit/module10V-039 · 2010 · Feb 9, 2010 · 148,549 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the HS

  1. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2010–2012 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063