Electrical System
Filed May 19, 2025AZ
Unknown
2012 Lexus LS
Routine
Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsUnknown or Other
Filed Aug 20, 2024TX
See attached document for complaint
Air BagsCrash
Filed Sep 19, 2022IN
Someone hit from front left head on but the airbags did not deploy. Car was damaged the extent that it maybe totalled. I am working with ALSTATE Insurance at this time.
Air BagsCrash
Filed Sep 19, 2022IN
I am uploading for complaint number 11485175
Service Brakes
Filed Feb 11, 201532,500 milesCA
RECENTLY TOOK MY 2012 LS460 INTO DEALER FOR BRAKING ISSUES. WHEN BRAKES APPLIED, CAR WOULD NOSE DIVE AS IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHEN PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL IT MAKE A SQUEAKING NOISE. BRAKE PEDAL WAS ALWAYS SOFT, FELT LIKE NO BRAKE PADS LEFT BUT THEY ALL HAD RECENTLY BEEN CHECKED 3 MONTHS AGO AND HAD 10MM LEFT. WHEN BRAKING, YOU CAN FEEL VIBRATIONS IN THE PEDAL. LEXUS DEALER CONFIRMED FAULTY BRAKE ACTUATOR. *TR
5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2007| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 — this page | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.