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Lexus ES Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the Lexus ES, across 2 model years from 2020 to 2021. The 2021 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2021 (1).

Model years
2

2020–2021, with a recall

Recall campaigns
1
Most recalls
2021

1 recalls

Owner complaints
658

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 658 complaints with NHTSA about the Lexus ES across 26 model years; the most, 125, concern the 2007.

Owners marked a crash on 94 of the Lexus ES complaints (14%) and a fire on 11.

Across all Lexus ES model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 226 complaints), then the structure (65).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Lexus ES in 2017: 101, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Lexus ES is air bags: sensor: occupant classification, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Lexus ES recall, 23V865000, was reported on December 20, 2023 and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification.

Lexus ES years to avoid

Too few Lexus ES model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Lexus ES, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202505—not ranked
202409—not ranked
2023010—not ranked
20220116not ranked
202112813not ranked
20201180not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Lexus ES years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Lexus ES

  • AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION2

Lexus ES model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Lexus ES recall campaign (1)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Lexus ES, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
23V865000December 20, 2023air bags: sensor: occupant classification2020–2021crash and injury999,901

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Lexus ES. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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