FaultScore

Lexus GS430 problems

Owners have filed 35 complaints about the Lexus GS430 with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2007. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every Lexus GS430 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.

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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
2007 1 0 0 Airbags
2006 16 4 2 42,000 Brakes
2005 2 2 0 Airbags
2004 1 1 0 Stability & Traction Control
2003 5 1 0 Brakes
2002 5 2 0 70,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2001 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2000 1 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Lexus GS430

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

Brakes 6 17.1%

Worst in 2006

Acceleration & Cruise Control 6 17.1%

Worst in 2006

Stability & Traction Control 4 11.4%

Worst in 2003

Airbags 3 8.6%

Worst in 2005

Steering 3 8.6%

Worst in 2006

Suspension 3 8.6%

Worst in 2006

Engine & Cooling 2 5.7%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 2 5.7%

Worst in 2001

Body & Structure 2 5.7%

Worst in 2006

Tires 1 2.9%

Worst in 2006

Wheels 1 2.9%

Worst in 2006

Seat Belts 1 2.9%

Worst in 2003

Doors, Latches & Locks 1 2.9%

Worst in 2001

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lexus GS430, by the month it reached NHTSA.

May 2002 peak 7 Sep 2019

Compare the Lexus GS430

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