Lexus ES330

Owners filed 380 complaints across 4 model years of the Lexus ES330. The 2004 drew the most (174).

Model years4
Complaints380
Recalls4
Fires5
Deaths1

Which Lexus ES330 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Lexus ES330 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Lexus ES330 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20101
0——Air BagsRoutine
200664
0117Vehicle Speed ControlFatalities reported
2005141
2234Vehicle Speed ControlRoutine
2004174
2235Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.