2003 Lexus SC — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 33 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Air bags (restraint system)13 (39.4%)Official recall records for this system: 22, covering model years 2002–2010.
• Brakes5 (15.2%)
• Tires & wheels4 (12.1%)
• Steering2 (6.1%)
• Suspension2 (6.1%)
• Electrical system1 (3.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1996–1997.

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (3.0%) 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 (292 records, model years 1995–2008) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), tires & wheels and speed control & accelerator.
• Manufacturer communications (1,391 records, model years 1995–2010) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and body & structure.
• Investigations (20 records, model years 2002–2010) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system).

"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 38 records for 1995 38
2. 1996 33 records for 1996 33
3. 1997 37 records for 1997 37
4. 1998 45 records for 1998 45
5. 1999 45 records for 1999 45
6. 2000 51 records for 2000 51
7. 2002 166 records for 2002 166
8. 2003 126 records for 2003 126
9. 2004 109 records for 2004 109
10. 2005 113 records for 2005 113
11. 2006 118 records for 2006 118
12. 2007 129 records for 2007 129
13. 2008 119 records for 2008 119
14. 2009 115 records for 2009 115
15. 2010 155 records for 2010 155

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

• 2mention a crash
• 1mention 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 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 89
• Investigations NHTSA 3
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
• Owner complaints NHTSA 24

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