Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2004 Lexus ES 330

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
153
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
53
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

153 filed
28
Crashes
2
Fires
18
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    48
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    34
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    13
  • AIR Bags
    12
  • Service BRAKES, Hydraulic
    8
  • Power Train
    7
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    6
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL Module (TCM/PCM/TECM)
    6

Recalls

1 campaign
04V595000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY2004-12-15

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A FRONT PASSENGER POWER SEAT, WHEN INSTALLING CERTAIN REAR-FACING INFANT CHILD SEAT BASES ONTO THE SEAT WITH AN EXCESSIVELY HIGH SEATBELT TENSION, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO UNSEAT A COMPONENT CALLED THE BUCKLE STATUS SWITCH FROM THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE.

RiskIF THE SWITCH BECOMES UNSEATED, THE FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM MAY MISTAKE THE REAR-FACING CHILD RESTRAINT FOR AN UNBELTED ADULT OCCUPANT, AND MAY NOT SUPPRESS THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT BUCKLE STATUS SWITCH. THIS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN (SSC 40M) BEGAN ON DECEMBER 20, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331 OR LEXUS AT 1-800-255-3987..

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP05002·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL2005-08-05 → 2006-01-05

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

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