FaultScore

Worst years for a Lexus GS300

Owners have filed 446 complaints about the Lexus GS300 with NHTSA across model years 1993 to 2014. More of them are about the acceleration & cruise control than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Lexus GS300

164 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly lights.

Cleanest on record

2001 Lexus GS300

21 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lexus GS300 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
2014 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2013 1 1 0 Body & Structure
2006 D 164 13 1 79,000 Lights
2005 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 6 1 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2003 C 16 3 2 80,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2002 C 15 1 0 31,500 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2001 B 21 2 0 132,074 Engine & Cooling
2000 C 45 3 3 97,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1999 D 56 13 0 99,049 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1998 D 91 10 2 123,500 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1996 2 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
1995 C 12 2 0 Suspension
1994 7 1 0 214,600 Suspension
1993 7 1 0 Steering

What breaks on a Lexus GS300

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

Worst in 1998

Brakes 44 9.9%

Worst in 2006

Lights 41 9.2%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Suspension 40 9.0%

Worst in 1998

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Steering 20 4.5%

Worst in 2006

Tires 20 4.5%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 16 3.6%

Worst in 2006

Fuel & Propulsion 16 3.6%

Worst in 2006

Airbags 13 2.9%

Worst in 2000

Other & Unspecified 12 2.7%

Worst in 2006

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 10 2.2%

Worst in 2006

Exactly what failed on a Lexus GS300

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Front 13 18.3%
Accelerator Pedal 9 12.7%
Lower Ball Joint 8 11.3%
Body 8 11.3%
Headlights 7 9.9%
Automatic Transmission 7 9.9%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 6 8.5%
Frontal 5 7.0%
Gasoline 4 5.6%
12V/24V/48V Battery 4 5.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lexus GS300, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 1996 peak 17 May 2020

Lexus GS300 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Lexus GS300

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