Lexus IS 300: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Lexus IS 300, model years 2001 to 2022. NHTSA has 122 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 13 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 11% | |
| 2021 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 11% | |
| 2020 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 21% | |
| 2019 Lexus IS 300 | 2 | 7 | 75% | 3,356,494 |
| 2018 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 1 | 6 | 64% | 1,830,752 |
| 2017 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 21% | |
| 2016 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 32% | |
| 2006 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 11% | |
| 2005 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 4 | 43% | |
| 2004 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 19 | 202% | |
| 2003 Lexus IS 300 NHTSA page | 0 | 21 | 224% | |
| 2002 Lexus IS 300 | 0 | 28 | 298% | |
| 2001 Lexus IS 300 | 0 | 27 | 288% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
156 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Structure | 141 | 22 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 115.4 | 18 |
| Unknown or Other | 115.4 | 18 |
| Suspension | 89.7 | 14 |
| Power Train | 76.9 | 12 |
| Tires | 70.5 | 11 |
| Air Bags | 57.7 | 9 |
| Engine | 44.9 | 7 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 38.5 | 6 |
| Electrical System | 32.1 | 5 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- ES35011 campaigns
- RX10 campaigns
- RX35013 campaigns
- RX3002 campaigns
- IS 2508 campaigns
- ES3005 campaigns
- ES4 campaigns
- IS8 campaigns
- RX3305 campaigns
- RX Hybrid14 campaigns
- LS4002 campaigns
- GS3007 campaigns
- NX8 campaigns
- ES3302 campaigns
- IS 35012 campaigns
- LS7 campaigns
- GX4703 campaigns
- LS4604 campaigns
- GX5 campaigns
- GS 3509 campaigns
- GS7 campaigns
- ES 3301 campaign
- CT0 campaigns
- LS4300 campaigns
- GX46010 campaigns
- SC4301 campaign
- TX7 campaigns
- LX4704 campaigns
- ES 3500 campaigns
- HS 250 Hybrid4 campaigns
- HS3 campaigns
- SC4002 campaigns
- LX6 campaigns
- GS4001 campaign
- ES Hybrid6 campaigns
- LS460L3 campaigns
- LS 4600 campaigns
- GX 4700 campaigns
- RX 3500 campaigns
- RZ3 campaigns
- IS 350C9 campaigns
- IS 250C7 campaigns
- IS F8 campaigns
- LX5705 campaigns
- LS 4302 campaigns
- SC5 campaigns
- GS Hybrid2 campaigns
- IS200T2 campaigns
- RC 3502 campaigns
- UX Hybrid3 campaigns
- NX Hybrid5 campaigns
- LS5003 campaigns
- LC5004 campaigns
- LC2 campaigns
- RC 200T2 campaigns
- LS Hybrid8 campaigns
- GS4602 campaigns
- LS600HL3 campaigns
- NX450H+3 campaigns
- RC 3002 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Lexus IS 300: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lexus/is-300/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Lexus IS 300 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2019 with 2, 2018 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Lexus IS 300 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2002 model year, with 28 of the 122 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Lexus IS 300 name?
- Structure: 141 per 1,000 component mentions. Vehicle Speed Control: 115.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Unknown or Other: 115.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Lexus IS 300?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.