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Lexus ES Hybrid Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 6 safety recalls and 44 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Lexus ES Hybrid (2013–2025). The most-complained-about year is 2014.

6
safety recalls, all years
44
owner complaints, all years
2020
year with most recalls
2014
year with most complaints

Pick your Lexus ES Hybrid model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2025 Lexus ES Hybrid10
2024 Lexus ES Hybrid20
2023 Lexus ES Hybrid20
2022 Lexus ES Hybrid13
2021 Lexus ES Hybrid12
2020 Lexus ES Hybrid21
2019 Lexus ES Hybrid11
2018 Lexus ES Hybrid05
2017 Lexus ES Hybrid01
2016 Lexus ES Hybrid07
2015 Lexus ES Hybrid16
2014 Lexus ES Hybrid110
2013 Lexus ES Hybrid18

What Lexus ES Hybrid owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 44 complaints with NHTSA. The 2014 model year has the most, with 10.

All Lexus ES Hybrid recalls (6)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Lexus ES Hybrid, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Display function (back over prevention)

    NHTSA 25V744000 Reported 1,024,407 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Toyota, Lexus, and Subaru Solterra vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. A software error may cause the rearview camera to freeze or display a blank screen when the vehicle…

    Remedy: Dealers will update the parking assist software, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed January 2, 2026. Owners may contact Toyota's customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall are 25TB13…

    Model years: 2023, 2024, 2025

  2. Display function (back over prevention)

    NHTSA 24V124000 Reported 18,616 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023 Mirai, Lexus LS500, LS500H, 2023-2024 Lexus ES250, ES300H, ES350, 2024 Lexus LC500, and LC500H vehicles equipped with a Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system. Due to incorrect programming of the parking-assist electronic control unit (ECU) software, the rearview…

    Remedy: Dealers will update the parking assist ECU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's numbers for this recall…

    Model years: 2023, 2024

  3. Occupant classification (air bags)

    NHTSA 23V865000 Reported 999,901 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Corolla, Highlander, Highlander Hybrid, RAV4, RAV4 Hybrid, Lexus ES350, Lexus RX350, Lexus RX450H, 2021 Sienna Hybrid, Lexus ES250, 2020-2022 Camry, Camry Hybrid, and ES300H vehicles. A short circuit may develop in the Occupant…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the sensor as necessary, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed in February 2024. Some final remedy owner letters were mailed October 31, 2024.…

    Model years: 2020, 2021, 2022

  4. Engine and engine cooling

    NHTSA 20V064000 Reported 44,191 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2020 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid and Lexus ES300h and 2019-2020 RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid vehicles equipped with 2.5L 4-Cylinder engines. Porosity in the engine castings may result in cracks than can allow coolant to leak internally and/or externally.

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the engine including the engine block, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 3, 2020. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at…

    Model years: 2020

  5. Service brakes and electronic stability control (esc)

    NHTSA 19V544000 Reported 6,925 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2019 Lexus LS500, LC500, ES300h, UX250h, LS500h, Toyota Prius, RAV4 HV, 2019-2020 Toyota Prius Prime, and 2020 Corolla HV vehicles. The brake booster pump may fail causing a deactivation of the Vehicle Stability Control system and a loss of braking assist. As such,…

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the brake booster pump, free of charge. The recall began September 20, 2019. Toyota owners may contact Toyota customer service at…

    Model years: 2019

  6. Crash imminent braking (forward collision avoidance)

    NHTSA 15V728000 Reported 30,812 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a Pre-Collision System (PCS) as…

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and…

    Model years: 2013, 2014, 2015

Other Lexus models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.