NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Lexus Es350 Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 145
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 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 2007–2008, 2010–2012 Es350, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V024000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 628,018
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Es350, 9 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 2007–2008, 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 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 2007–2008, 2010 Es350, 6 other models
2009 Lexus Es350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 145 owner complaints about the 2009 Lexus Es350, the newest on September 28, 2018. Of these, 14 describe a crash (10%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2009 Lexus Es350, the component group named most often is the air bags (70%), followed by the vehicle speed control (17%) and the electrical system (3%).
4 of the 2009 Lexus Es350's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Lexus Es350 owners gave the mileage (42 complaints), the median was 19,700 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags101
- Vehicle Speed Control24
- Electrical System5
- Structure5
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
- Fuel System, Gasoline3
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 28 | |
| 2017 | 69 | |
| 2018 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Lexus Es350 peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 69. 27% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Lexus Es350 drew 3.5× the complaints of the median Lexus Es350 year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 145 complaints about the 2009 Lexus Es350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Lexus Es350 by model year
Other 2009 Lexus models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted