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Lexus ES330 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 227 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Lexus ES330 (2004–2010). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

2
safety recalls, all years
227
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls
2005
year with most complaints

Pick your Lexus ES330 model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2010 Lexus ES33001
2006 Lexus ES330064
2005 Lexus ES3302141
2004 Lexus ES330121

What Lexus ES330 owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 227 complaints with NHTSA. The 2005 model year has the most, with 141.

All Lexus ES330 recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Lexus ES330, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Engine and engine cooling

    NHTSA 11V539000 Reported 420,326 vehicles potentially affected Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

    Toyota is recalling certain model year 2004 avalon vehicles; 2004 and 2005 camry, camry solara, highlander, and sienna vehicles, 2006 highlander hybrid; 2004 and 2005 lexus es330 and rx330; and 2006 lexus rx400h vehicles manufactured from june 1, 2004 through march 31, 2005, equipped with the 1mz-fe or 3mz-fe engine. The amount of…

    Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will check the crankshaft pulley to identify whether it was produced by the u.s. Supplier. If so, the dealer will replace the pulley with a new one at no charge. The safety recall…

    Model years: 2004, 2005

  2. Buckle assembly (seat belts)

    NHTSA 04V595000 Reported 150,061 vehicles potentially affected TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    On certain passenger vehicles equipped with a front passenger power seat, when installing certain rear-facing infant child seat bases onto the seat with an excessively high seatbelt tension, it may be possible to unseat a component called the buckle status switch from the seat belt buckle.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the front passenger seatbelt buckle status switch. This safety improvement campaign (ssc 40m) began on december 20, 2004. Owners should contact toyota at 1-800-331-4331 or lexus at 1-800-255-3987..

    Model years: 2005

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.