FaultScore

Lexus IS 250C problems

Owners have filed 25 complaints about the Lexus IS 250C with NHTSA across model years 2010 to 2015. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Every Lexus IS 250C 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.

10 11 12 15
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
2015 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2012 4 0 0 Airbags
2011 7 0 0 Airbags
2010 11 1 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Lexus IS 250C

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

Airbags 20 80.0%

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 1 4.0%

Worst in 2011

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 4.0%

Worst in 2015

Electrical System 1 4.0%

Worst in 2015

Wheels 1 4.0%

Worst in 2015

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1 4.0%

Worst in 2010

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lexus IS 250C, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2013 peak 5 Feb 2021

Compare the Lexus IS 250C

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