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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2016 Lexus Es350 Recalls

The 2016 Lexus Es350 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 7, 2016.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
21

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
1

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2016 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 2016 Lexus Es350

Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip

Campaign
16V198000
Reported
April 7, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 16,656
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Federal standard
FMVSS 126, electronic stability control
Same campaign
also 2 other models

16V198000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2016 Lexus Es350 complaints by year

NHTSA has received 21 owner complaints about the 2016 Lexus Es350, the newest on May 4, 2022. Of these, 1 describe a crash (5%).

In complaints about the 2016 Lexus Es350, the component group named most often is the service brakes (14%), followed by the air bags (10%) and the electrical system (10%).

The 2016 Lexus Es350's only recall does not concern the service brakes.

Where 2016 Lexus Es350 owners gave the mileage (12 complaints), the median was 12,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Unknown Or Other8
  • Service Brakes3
  • Air Bags2
  • Electrical System2
  • Engine2
  • Vehicle Speed Control2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2016 Lexus Es350 received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20165
20174
20181
20194
20202
20213
20222

Complaints about the 2016 Lexus Es350 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 5. 67% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Lexus Es350 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Lexus Es350 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.

That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Lexus Es350 years.

Lexus Es350 years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

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

The 21 complaints about the 2016 Lexus Es350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Lexus Es350 by model year

Other 2016 Lexus models

Newest record on this page: May 4, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted