NHTSA Safety Recalls
Lexus Es300 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Lexus Es300, across 1 model year from 2002 to 2002.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2002
- Owner complaints
- 363
2002–2002, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 363 complaints with NHTSA about the Lexus Es300 across 7 model years; the most, 153, concern the 2002.
Owners marked a crash on 112 of the Lexus Es300 complaints (31%) and a fire on 11.
Across all Lexus Es300 model years, owners name the vehicle speed control most often (at least 118 complaints), then the power train (94).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Lexus Es300 in 2004: 84, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Lexus Es300 is air bags: frontal, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Lexus Es300 recall, 01V371000, was reported on December 11, 2001 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
Lexus Es300 years to avoid
Too few Lexus Es300 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0 | 5 | 5 | not ranked |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2003 | 0 | 116 | 65 | not ranked |
| 2002 | 2 | 153 | 101 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Lexus Es300 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Lexus Es300
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1
Lexus Es300 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Lexus Es300 recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Lexus Es300. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted