Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 Lexus ES300

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
52
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
50
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

52 filed
13
Crashes
1
Fires
11
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    8
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    5
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    3
  • Tires
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Electrical System
    3
  • Service BRAKES, Hydraulic
    3
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER Adjust
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
99V307000·STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR1999-11-01

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE STEERING WHEEL SET NUT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY TIGHTENED CAUSING STEERING VIBRATION AND LOOSENESS.

RiskTHIS CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

FixDEALERS WILL TIGHTEN THE STEERING WHEEL SET NUT.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP02004·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2002-04-30 → 2002-06-20

ENGINE SEIZURE

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