2016 Lexus LS

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000
Tires1
000
Steering1
000
Engine1
000
Air Bags1
102

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air BagsCrash2 injured
Filed Mar 23, 2023122,000 milesTX

The contact owns a 2016 Lexus LS. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle crashed into the rear end of a commercial truck. During the crash, both the front driver-side and passenger-side air bags failed to deploy. The driver sustained a fractured lumbar vertebra and the front passenger sustained chest and upper torso injuries. The passenger was transported to the nearby hospital. A police report was taken at the scene. The vehicle was driven back to the home. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was contacted regarding the incident. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 122,000. The contact stated that the part of the seatbelt that goes over the shoulders failed to engage during the time of the accident which caused injury.

Steering
Filed Jan 11, 2023VA

Electronic Power Steering System Failure. Currently at Dealership for repair. Loss of steering while driving could have caused serious harm. Fortunately, the failure occurred at startup time in driveway at home. Dealer has confirmed the Electronic Power Steering System failure. Currently only Dealer has inspected failed component. I had a Maintenance Service Required alert prior to Steering Failure. Dealer performed 50K maintenance, replaced battery, alignment, and VA State inspection on 01/04/2023. After driving car back home, 12 miles later, the Electronic Power Steering failed.

Tires
Filed Aug 30, 2022GA

On march 17, 2022, I purchased 4-Michelin CrossClimate2 car tires (245/45R19/XL 102V) for my Lexus LS460. From the attached photos you can see how soft the rubber is as tested with a Durometer Meter reading of 54 compared to 64.5 Meter on the replaced Michelin Radial MXV.4 tire. Never had a single problem with the MXV.4 tires. Those tires came with the Lexus and had a hard rubber ridge just above the rim which protects these tires from damage. I don't remember ever running into a curb with the CrossClimate2 tires that caused the damage to the tire. The scuffing of the rim wheel is due to tall curbs, narrow tires, narrow drive ways and the driver of course. The CrossClimate2 tire was on the front driver side and usually never is a problem with contact with the curb, these rims have been rotated many times and show curb scuffing. The 4-Michelin CrossClimate2 rubber is very very soft and should have a protective edge to the tire and harder rubber like the Michelin Radial MXV.4 tires, there is no protection as is the case with the Radial X. I spoke to Michelin help desk twice and only received a directive, talk to your dealer. I purchased these tires from Amazon Business and had Walmart install the tires. I checked the Durometer on two of the CrossClimate2 tires still on the auto and the Durometer reading is not consistent on the rubber hardness, telling me there is a problem in manufacturing and quality control. The 4-Michelin CrossClimate2 tires are defective in manufacture and

Unknown or Other
Filed Mar 23, 2021TX

I OWN THIS CAR IN CANADA ONTARIO SINCE NOVEMBER2018. CARFAX HISTORY REPORT SHOWS AN EXACT SPECIFICATION AND VIN ON A CAR REGISTERED IN BEE CAVE TEXAS. THE CAR IN THE USA STARTED SHOWING IN MARCH 2019. I CALLED USA POLICE AND THE OFFICER FOUND THE CAR CARRYING MY CANADIAN CAR VIN. THIS IS A STOLEN CAR HAD MY VIN PUT ON IT. NOBODY IS TAKING ACTION AS THIS USA CAR WAS NOT REPORTED STOLEN. THE OFFICER SAID THAT HE DID NOT CHECK THE OTHER PARTS IF THEY CARRY THE SAME VIN. I SPOKE TO USA LEXUS AND STEPHANIE SAID WE HAVE NOT TO MANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VIN BECAUSE IT IS A CANADIAN CAR. SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? STOLEN CAR WITH MY CAR VIN!!!!!FOR THE DAFETY OF YOUR CITIZEN THIS IS A CRIME TO STEAL VEHICLE IDENTITY FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRY. I AM EVEN SENDING YOU THE SHOP THE US CLONED CAR WENT TO FOR SERVICES.

Engine
Filed Nov 12, 2020CA

WHEN DRIVING MY 2016 LS460 THAT ONLY HAS 48K MILES, GOING ON TO 2ND OR 3RD GEAR IT LAGS, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FUEL PUMP. IT CAN CAUSE A ACCIDENT..

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20251200Routine
20240200Routine
20231200Routine
20215100Routine
20200100Routine
20191100Routine
201814200Routine
2016 — this page5000Routine
20152000Routine
20143000Routine
20135000Routine
20125000Routine
20119000Routine
20108000Routine
200913000Routine
200843110Routine
200745100Routine
200617100Routine
20055200Routine
20048200Routine
20031100Routine
20027200Routine
20013200Routine
20001200Routine
19993100Routine
19982100Routine
19971010Routine
19961000Routine
19952000Routine
19944000Routine

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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.