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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2013 Lexus Es350 Recalls

The 2013 Lexus Es350 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on November 3, 2015.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Lexus Es350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
23

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2013 Lexus Es350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2013 Lexus Es350

Forward collision avoidance: crash imminent braking

Campaign
15V728000
Reported
November 3, 2015
Vehicles affected
up to 30,812
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2014–2015 Es350, 3 other models

15V728000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2013 Lexus Es350 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 23 owner complaints about the 2013 Lexus Es350, the newest on August 25, 2021. Of these, 5 describe a crash (22%); owners reported 4 injuries.

In complaints about the 2013 Lexus Es350, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the visibility (17%) and the service brakes (13%).

The 2013 Lexus Es350's only recall does not concern the air bags.

Where 2013 Lexus Es350 owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 26,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags4
  • Visibility4
  • Service Brakes3
  • Unknown Or Other3
  • Vehicle Speed Control3
  • Seats2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2013 Lexus Es350 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20132
20144
20155
20163
20175
20181
20191
20201
20211

Complaints about the 2013 Lexus Es350 peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 5. 61% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Lexus Es350 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Lexus Es350 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 8 ranked years.

That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Lexus Es350 years.

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NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★★
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 23 complaints about the 2013 Lexus Es350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Lexus Es350 by model year

Other 2013 Lexus models

Newest record on this page: August 25, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted