NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Lexus Es350 Recalls
The 2008 Lexus Es350 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 17, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Lexus Es350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 255
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Lexus Es350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Lexus Es350
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V741000
- Reported
- October 17, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 928,220
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2012 Es350, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 577,875
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009, 2012 Es350, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V340000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,754,517
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 Es350, 9 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 09V388000
- Reported
- October 5, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,445,056
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2010 Es350, 6 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 07E082000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Es350, 1 other model
2008 Lexus Es350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 255 owner complaints about the 2008 Lexus Es350, the newest on December 23, 2022. Of these, 27 describe a crash (11%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Lexus Es350, the component group named most often is the air bags (67%), followed by the vehicle speed control (15%) and the structure (5%).
3 of the 2008 Lexus Es350's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Lexus Es350 owners gave the mileage (77 complaints), the median was 29,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags170
- Vehicle Speed Control39
- Structure12
- Unknown Or Other11
- Electrical System9
- Visibility5
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 37 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 64 | |
| 2017 | 103 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Lexus Es350 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 103. 21% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Lexus Es350 drew 3.1× the complaints of the median Lexus Es350 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the Lexus Es350 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 255 complaints about the 2008 Lexus Es350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lexus Es350 by model year
Other 2008 Lexus models
Newest record on this page: December 23, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted