Year · Make · Model

1998 Lexus GS400

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.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

31 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
6
Vehicle Speed Control
4
Tires
2
Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
2
Service Brakes
2
Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
2
AIR Bags
2
Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
1

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.

NHTSA investigations

1 action

DP03003·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES2003-07-17 → 2003-09-23

UNINTENDED ENGINE SPEED INCREASE/SA

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