2001 Lexus LS400

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension	1		1	0	0
Air Bags › Frontal	1		1	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Exterior Lighting06E026000

Filed Mar 23, 200661,944 vehiclesPro-A Motors, Inc.

Defect. CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Risk. WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy. PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.

What owners reported

Newest filings

SuspensionCrash

Filed Oct 30, 2001TX

CONSUMER PULLED AWAY FROM A STOP AND T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING 40-50MPH. FRONT END OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLAPSED. CONSUMER IS CURRENTLY CONTACTING LEXUS FOR INFORMATION.*AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash

Filed Oct 30, 2001TX

CONSUMER PULLED OUT FROM A STOP AND T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING 40-50MPH, CONSUMER WAS CHECKING WITH LEXUS TO SEE WHY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2001 — this page	2	1	0	Routine
2000	12	1	0	Routine
1999	22	1	0	Routine
1998	45	1	0	Routine
1997	13	2	1	Routine
1996	19	2	1	Routine
1995	39	2	0	Routine
1994	68	0	0	Routine
1993	65	0	1	Routine
1992	8	0	0	Routine
1991	21	0	1	Routine
1990	24	1	1	Routine

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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: Mar 23, 2006. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.