Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 Lexus GS300

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
60
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
73
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

60 filed
6
Crashes
1
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    23
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    5
  • Tires
    5
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    3
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:ACCELERATOR Pedal
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    3
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER Ball Joint
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
98V080000·ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)1998-04-17

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT OF THE YAW RATE SENSOR FOR THE VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL (VSC), THE VSC CAN OPERATE IMPROPERLY IF THE SENSOR IS AFFECTED BY CERTAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, SUCH AS FROM A CELLULAR PHONE.

RiskSHOULD THIS OCCUR, THE BRAKE MAY OPERATE UNEXPECTEDLY, AFFECTING STEERING AND SPEED CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE YAW RATE SENSOR.

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