Lexus LS Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 216 owner complaints across 30 model years of the Lexus LS (1994–2025). The most-complained-about year is 2007.
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| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Lexus LS | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 Lexus LS | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 Lexus LS | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 Lexus LS | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 Lexus LS | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 Lexus LS | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 Lexus LS | 2 | 14 |
| 2016 Lexus LS | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 Lexus LS | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 Lexus LS | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 Lexus LS | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 Lexus LS | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 Lexus LS | 0 | 9 |
| 2010 Lexus LS | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 Lexus LS | 0 | 13 |
| 2008 Lexus LS | 1 | 43 |
| 2007 Lexus LS | 1 | 45 |
| 2006 Lexus LS | 1 | 17 |
| 2005 Lexus LS | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 Lexus LS | 1 | 8 |
| 2003 Lexus LS | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 Lexus LS | 0 | 7 |
| 2001 Lexus LS | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 Lexus LS | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 Lexus LS | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 Lexus LS | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 Lexus LS | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 Lexus LS | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 Lexus LS | 0 | 2 |
| 1994 Lexus LS | 0 | 4 |
What Lexus LS owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 216 complaints with NHTSA. The 2007 model year has the most, with 45.
All Lexus LS recalls (7)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Lexus LS, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Display function (back over prevention)
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…
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Instrument cluster/panel (electrical system)
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Toyota Venza, 2023-2025 RAV4 Prime, RAV4, Highlander, GR Corolla, Crown, 2024-2025 Lexus TX, LS, Toyota Tacoma, Grand Highlander, and 2025 Lexus RX, Toyota Crown Signia, Camry, RAV 4 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and 4 Runner vehicles. Due to an error in the…
Remedy: Dealers will update the instrument panel software over-the-air (OTA) for non-PHEV vehicles, free of charge. For PHEV vehicles, dealers will inspect the instrument panel assembly, and either replace it, or update the…
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Air bags: front passenger
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018-2021 Lexus LS500 and 2018-2020 Lexus LS500 Hybrid vehicles equipped with the "Executive Package." The front passenger seat may have been assembled with interference between internal parts that can cause the Occupant Classification System (OCS) sensor to…
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and repair the front passenger seat, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 7, 2024. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. Toyota's number…
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Display function (back over prevention)
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
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Tires: sidewall and tires
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain 2018 Lexus LS vehicles equipped with run-flat tires with a sidewall reinforcement layer inside the tire. The tire-on-wheel assembly process may have caused the reinforcement layer to crack, possibly resulting in the tire tread layer separating from the tire.
Remedy: Toyota will notify owners, and Lexus dealers will replace the affected tires, free of charge. The recall began April 26, 2019. Owners may contact Lexus customer service at 1-800-255-3987. The Toyota number for this…
Model years: 2018
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Engine and engine cooling
Toyota is recalling 214,570 my 2006-2008 lexus is, my 2006-2007 gs and my 2007-2008 ls passenger vehicles equipped with aluminum fuel delivery pipes (fuel rails). Ethanol fuels with a low moisture content will corrode the internal surface of the fuel rails. As this condition progresses, the engine malfunction indicator light may…
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the fuel delivery pipes free of charge. The recall is expected to begin during february 2009. Owners may contact toyota/lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
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Air bags
On certain vehicles, due to improper assembly of the air bag inflator, which is used in the side air bag, the curtain shield air bag, and the knee air bag assembly, some inflators were produced with an insufficient amount of the heating agents necessary for proper air bag deployment. In this condition, the expansion force of the gas may…
Remedy: Dealers will replace the specific SRS air bag. The recall began on april 6, 2006. Owners may contact toyota at 1-888-270-9371, scion at 1-866-548-1851, or lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
Other Lexus models
- ES3501,365 complaints
- RX957 complaints
- RX350808 complaints
- RX300722 complaints
- IS 250719 complaints
- ES300681 complaints
- ES668 complaints
- IS596 complaints
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.