FaultScore

Worst years for a Lexus CT

Owners have filed 192 complaints about the Lexus CT with NHTSA across model years 2011 to 2016. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Lexus CT

58 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2014 Lexus CT

22 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lexus CT year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2016 3 0 0 Electrical System
2015 C 26 4 0 49,000 Brakes
2014 B 22 1 0 75,000 Brakes
2013 F 58 9 2 41,650 Brakes
2012 D 53 4 0 29,937 Engine & Cooling
2011 C 30 4 0 42,501 Brakes

What breaks on a Lexus CT

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 59 30.7%

Worst in 2013

Engine & Cooling 36 18.8%

Worst in 2012

Electrical System 16 8.3%

Worst in 2011

Other & Unspecified 16 8.3%

Worst in 2012

Airbags 12 6.3%

Worst in 2012

Body & Structure 7 3.6%

Worst in 2013

Fuel & Propulsion 7 3.6%

Worst in 2011

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 2.6%

Worst in 2013

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 2.6%

Worst in 2013

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 5 2.6%

Worst in 2013

Suspension 4 2.1%

Worst in 2012

Lights 4 2.1%

Worst in 2013

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 2.1%

Worst in 2012

Stability & Traction Control 4 2.1%

Worst in 2012

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lexus CT, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2012 peak 9 Aug 2026

Compare the Lexus CT

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.