FaultScore

Worst years for a Lexus ES Hybrid

Owners have filed 67 complaints about the Lexus ES Hybrid with NHTSA across model years 2013 to 2022. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2016 Lexus ES Hybrid

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

Cleanest on record

2014 Lexus ES Hybrid

15 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lexus ES Hybrid 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
2022 6 1 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 4 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 1 0 0 Airbags
2019 1 0 0 Lights
2018 5 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2017 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 D 12 4 0 7,900 Brakes
2015 D 10 2 0 8,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2014 D 15 8 0 40,600 Electrical System
2013 D 12 8 0 30,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control

What breaks on a Lexus ES Hybrid

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

Brakes 9 13.4%

Worst in 2016

Other & Unspecified 9 13.4%

Worst in 2013

Transmission & Drivetrain 6 9.0%

Worst in 2015

Acceleration & Cruise Control 6 9.0%

Worst in 2013

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 6 9.0%

Worst in 2022

Electrical System 5 7.5%

Worst in 2014

Fuel & Propulsion 5 7.5%

Worst in 2015

Engine & Cooling 4 6.0%

Worst in 2013

Airbags 4 6.0%

Worst in 2013

Body & Structure 4 6.0%

Worst in 2013

Seat Belts 3 4.5%

Worst in 2018

Lights 2 3.0%

Worst in 2018

Steering 1 1.5%

Worst in 2016

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1 1.5%

Worst in 2014

Complaints filed over time

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

Nov 2015 peak 6 Jun 2026

Compare the Lexus ES Hybrid

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