Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Car keeps pulling to the right at high speed, above 40 mph. Car has been to alignment service and all tires inflated properly. This happens on every trip. Cannot diagnostic the root cause. Suspecting the Steering Rack is the issue.
Car parked in driveway; started engine, shifted into gear, and before I even accelerated, the engine roared and the car lunged forward. Lexus traveled approximmately 50 feet and crashed into the neighbor's concrete wall across the street. I was injured (broken ribs, etc.) and the car was totaled.When reporting accident to insurance company (USAA) I asked representative to have car inspected due to accident circumstances. I do not know if they did an inspection as I was in hospital and at home recuperating. NO prior issue of this type.
You can feel the steering wheel stiffen and lock into place at highway speeds requiring some force to unbind it and turn.
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 — this page | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.