2003 Lexus GS

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels › rim. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels › Rim1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000
Suspension1
000
Power Train1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Exterior Lighting09E012000
Filed Apr 7, 200916,270 vehiclesSabersport

Defect. SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT." THESE LAMPS DO NOT CONTAIN THE REQUIRED AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS.

Risk. DECREASED LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. SABERSPORT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER A FULL REFUND FOR THE NONCOMPLIANT COMBINATION LAMPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 11, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SABERSPORT AT 1-909-598-7589.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Dec 19, 2024IN

Car stalls when trying to accelerate like its going to turn off...The Wheel alighnment is not correct.Doors will not lock Bad lighting i cant see because front lights are doll

Power Train
Filed Nov 26, 2019145,000 milesIL

ACCELERATION PEDAL PROBLEM. CAR FAILS TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION PEDAL SOMETIMES WHILE IN MOTION. CAR CAN STOP MOVING IN TRAFFIC OR DURING TURNS (ESPECIALLY LEFT TURNS). THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. ALTHOUGH PEDAL SENSOR WAS CHANGED GIVEN THE ERROR CODE, THE CAR STILL SHOW THE SAME ISSUE. LEXUS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DANGEROUS DESIGN AS IT LACKS A FAIL SAFE MECHANISM TO THEIR DRIVE BY WIRE. FAILURE IN ACCELERATION IS AS DANGEROUS AS FAILURE IN BRAKING.

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Feb 24, 2014158,300 milesGA

WHEN BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE RPMS SURGED CAUSING SPEED TO INCREASE SUDDENLY. I PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS CONTINUED TO SURGE FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE RPMS SUDDENLY SURGED AND I AGAIN PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. THE SURGE CONTINUED FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS AGAIN. ON ONE OTHER OCCASION, WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE WHILE EXITING A PARKING SPACE, THE RPMS SURGED FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY ON ITS OWN WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

Wheels › Rim
Filed Aug 9, 2010IL

I OWN A 2003 LEXUS GS AND ALL FOUR RIMS ARE CHROME AND HAVE BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD ACCORDING TO WHERE WE HAVE OUR SERVICE. I OWN ANOTHER LEXUS AUTO AND MY RIMS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE . I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCE RIMS CHROME PLATE PEALING CAUSING NEWER TIRES TO LOSE AIR BEFORE. I WAS INTERESTED TO FIND OUT IF ANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE OR ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MODELS RIMS. THANKS *TR

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20200100Routine
20191100Routine
20182100Routine
20171100Routine
20165100Routine
20153000Routine
20143000Routine
201319010Routine
20121000Routine
20113000Routine
201010000Routine
20092000Routine
200815000Routine
200725200Routine
200644601Fatalities reported
20051100Routine
20042100Routine
2003 — this page4100Routine
20021100Routine
20013100Routine
20000100Routine
19994100Routine
19984100Routine
19961000Routine
19952000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 7, 2009. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.