2001 Lexus GS — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 30 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine5 (16.7%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2006–2011.
• Steering5 (16.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1998–2013.
• Air bags (restraint system)3 (10.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2006.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (10.0%)
• Speed control & accelerator3 (10.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2006–2007.
• Brakes2 (6.7%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2006–2013.

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 (1,492 records, model years 1995–2019) are most frequently classified under: speed control & accelerator, engine and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (96 records, model years 1996–2020) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, electrical system and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (4,394 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system 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

Evidence by model year

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

1. 1995 39 records for 1995 39
2. 1996 32 records for 1996 32
3. 1997 39 records for 1997 39
4. 1998 176 records for 1998 176
5. 1999 116 records for 1999 116
6. 2000 106 records for 2000 106
7. 2001 107 records for 2001 107
8. 2002 91 records for 2002 91
9. 2003 88 records for 2003 88
10. 2004 81 records for 2004 81
11. 2005 80 records for 2005 80
12. 2006 342 records for 2006 342
13. 2007 278 records for 2007 278
14. 2008 229 records for 2008 229
15. 2009 189 records for 2009 189
16. 2010 223 records for 2010 223
17. 2011 249 records for 2011 249
18. 2013 439 records for 2013 439
19. 2014 348 records for 2014 348
20. 2015 315 records for 2015 315
21. 2016 266 records for 2016 266
22. 2017 221 records for 2017 221
23. 2018 162 records for 2018 162
24. 2019 122 records for 2019 122
25. 2020 81 records for 2020 81

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

• 3mention a crash
• 5mention 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

• Safety recalls NHTSA 1
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 82
• Owner complaints NHTSA 24

Explore the underlying evidence records