2005 Lexus ES — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 75 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)25 (33.3%)
• Speed control & accelerator15 (20.0%)
• Air bags (restraint system)10 (13.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2019–2021.
• Steering5 (6.7%)
• Lights4 (5.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1997–1999.
• Suspension4 (5.3%)

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (2.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,330 records, model years 1996–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), body & structure and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Manufacturer communications (1,072 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 37reports included a mileage
• 23,884average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 8 records for 1995 8
2. 1996 9 records for 1996 9
3. 1997 13 records for 1997 13
4. 1998 13 records for 1998 13
5. 1999 21 records for 1999 21
6. 2000 26 records for 2000 26
7. 2001 26 records for 2001 26
8. 2002 51 records for 2002 51
9. 2003 47 records for 2003 47
10. 2004 28 records for 2004 28
11. 2005 89 records for 2005 89
12. 2006 43 records for 2006 43
13. 2007 155 records for 2007 155
14. 2008 114 records for 2008 114
15. 2009 71 records for 2009 71
16. 2010 90 records for 2010 90
17. 2011 101 records for 2011 101
18. 2012 74 records for 2012 74
19. 2013 81 records for 2013 81
20. 2014 17 records for 2014 17
21. 2015 18 records for 2015 18
22. 2016 22 records for 2016 22
23. 2017 15 records for 2017 15
24. 2018 18 records for 2018 18
25. 2019 92 records for 2019 92
26. 2020 50 records for 2020 50
27. 2021 77 records for 2021 77
28. 2022 46 records for 2022 46
29. 2023 80 records for 2023 80
30. 2024 45 records for 2024 45
31. 2025 30 records for 2025 30

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 13mention a crash
• 11mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 30
• Investigations NHTSA 1
• Owner complaints NHTSA 58

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