FaultScore

Worst years for a Lexus LS460

Owners have filed 226 complaints about the Lexus LS460 with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2017. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2008 Lexus LS460

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

Cleanest on record

2009 Lexus LS460

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Lexus LS460 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
2017 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2016 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2015 5 0 0 26,000 Brakes
2014 C 10 1 2 30,306 Brakes
2013 D 16 4 0 18,000 Brakes
2012 4 0 0 Airbags
2011 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2010 D 19 6 0 33,500 Brakes
2009 A 13 0 0 90,187 Brakes
2008 D 100 6 1 55,000 Brakes
2007 D 53 3 2 80,000 Brakes

What breaks on a Lexus LS460

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

Brakes 79 35.0%

Worst in 2008

Body & Structure 18 8.0%

Worst in 2007

Other & Unspecified 18 8.0%

Worst in 2008

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 7.1%

Worst in 2008

Engine & Cooling 15 6.6%

Worst in 2008

Fuel & Propulsion 15 6.6%

Worst in 2008

Transmission & Drivetrain 13 5.8%

Worst in 2008

Electrical System 12 5.3%

Worst in 2008

Steering 7 3.1%

Worst in 2010

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 6 2.7%

Worst in 2008

Stability & Traction Control 6 2.7%

Worst in 2008

Airbags 5 2.2%

Worst in 2008

Suspension 4 1.8%

Worst in 2007

Wheels 3 1.3%

Worst in 2008

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Lexus LS460, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 2008 peak 6 Apr 2023

Compare the Lexus LS460

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