1994 Lexus SC300

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the tires › sidewall. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Sidewall1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
101

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Sidewall
Filed Apr 11, 2002CA

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT FROM THE SIDEWALL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL, AN AGENT WAS SENT TO EXAMINE THE TIRE AND STATED THAT THE TIRE WAS FLAT AND THE RIM-WHEEL HAD SOME CHIPS, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AGENT IGNORED THE OBVIOUS, THE TIRE WAS TOYO, P225-60R15 95V, NO OTHER TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jun 9, 1997MD

IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG BROKE HER NOSE THEN SHE WAS BLINDED FOR 48 HOURS AND CRACKED A FEW RIBS. THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1992
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19975000Routine
19953000Routine
1994 — this page2000Routine
19937000Routine
199210010Routine

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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.