Lexus ES

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Lexus Sedan 2000–2026 · coverage building

Updated June 27, 2026Last reviewed June 27, 2026By CarFaultIQ Editorial Team

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Make: Lexus
Model: Lexus ES
Year range: 2000–2026 · coverage building
Generation: 1995–1996 · XV10; 1997–2001 · XV20; 2002–2006 · XV30; 2007–2012 · XV40; 2013–2018 · XV60; 2019–2025 · XZ10
Vehicle taxonomy: ES

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Lexus ES 1997-2001 coverage

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Short answer

If you are checking a used Lexus ES, start here. This hub collects midsize luxury sedan buyer checks, future common-problem pages, OBD clues, and year-window risk notes as they are reviewed.

Key takeaways

This Lexus ES page is a vehicle hub, not a final reliability verdict. Verify open recalls by VIN, scan for stored codes before buying, and use sourced fault/year pages when they are available.

If you are checking a used Lexus ES, this hub is the starting point. It is built to gather the practical questions a buyer or owner actually has: what usually goes wrong, which year windows deserve caution, what warning signs matter, and what to check before money changes hands.

The Lexus ES is tracked here as a midsize luxury sedan coverage hub. This page is a researched coverage page, not a final reliability verdict. Specific defect claims should come from sourced child pages, not guesswork.

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Lexus ES 1997–2001

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Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

5 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

25V744000 — model years 2023, 2024, 2025
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…
24V124000 — model years 2023, 2024
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,…
23V865000 — model years 2020, 2021
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…

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Manufacturer communications / TSBs

181 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

11036120 — model years 2025
Some 2025 model year ES 250, ES 300h, and ES 350 vehicles may exhibit a knocking noise from the cushion of rear suspension member when turning or driving on an uneven road
11031155 — model years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
OBSOLETE NOTICE February 27, 2026: This bulletin is no longer applicable and is now obsolete.
11029897 — model years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
OBSOLETE NOTICE February 27, 2026: This bulletin is no longer applicable and is now obsolete.

Official NHTSA source

US defect investigations

2 distinct official identifiers · US

An investigation records a regulator review of a suspected defect. It is not automatically a finding or a recall.

EA07010 — model years 2007, 2008
THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR MAT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE THROTTLE PEDAL IF PROPERLY SECURED USING THE RETAINING HOOKS PROVIDED BY TOYOTA.HOWEVER, IF THE ALL WEATHER MAT IS UNSECURED AND MOVES FORWARD FROM ITS INTENDED POSITION IT CAN ENTRAP THE THROTTLE PEDAL AT THE FULLY…
DP05002 — model years 2005
IN A LETTER DATED JULY 8, 2005, AND AFTER EXPERIENCING TWO INCIDENTS (AND ONE CRASH) WHERE HE ALLEGES HIS MODEL YEAR (MY) 2002 CAMRY ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT, MR. JORDAN ZIPRIN PETITIONED THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION?S (NHTSA) OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) TO…

Official NHTSA source

US owner complaint reports

665 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

AIR BAGS: 223 reports
UNKNOWN OR OTHER: 91 reports
ENGINE: 48 reports

A report can name several components. Do not add component totals together.

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Used-car checks

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Recall/safety notes

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