Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2004 Lexus GS430

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the traction control system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Traction Control System1
100

What owners reported

Newest filings
Traction Control SystemCrash
Filed May 1, 201175,000 milesNY

I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE WHILE COMING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL. I TRY STEPPING ON THE BRAKE AND IT WONT STOP CRASHING INTO A PARKED CAR AND A TREE. IT CONTINUED TO MOVE AN WONT STOP. I THEN HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT TOOK OFF LIKE AN AIRPLANE AGAIN NOT STOPPING WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE. I THEN HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK IN ORDER TO GET IT TO STOP. I AM SCARED TO GO INTO THE CAR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT SAFE FOR ME AND MY KID ... PLEASE ADVISE.. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20071000Routine
200611010Routine
20051000Routine
2004 — this page1000Routine
20035000Routine
20023000Routine
20014000Routine
20001000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.