2010 LEXUS ES

0 recalls, 46 complaints - 51 TSBs

No recalls found for this vehicle.

Complaint Statistics

46 total complaints 1 crashes 3 injuries

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
AIR BAGS	19
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3
STEERING	3
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	3
STRUCTURE:BODY	3
POWER TRAIN	3
VISIBILITY/WIPER	2
SUSPENSION	1
SEATS	1
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)	1

Incident date: Mar 13, 2025

My 2021 Lincoln Aviator PHEV lift gate safety stop does not function properly. It will come closing down extremely hard. This will happen when the button is pressed on the lift gate or the hands free feature is triggered. The lift gate will not safety stop and pop back open as it should unless a si... Read more

2 injured

Incident date: Mar 13, 2025

I own a 2020 Infiniti QX50 that is included in NHTSA Recall 25V-437 for defective engine bearings that may cause sudden engine failure. My VIN has been confirmed by the dealer as part of the active recall. I have already noticed intermittent shaking at idle and a grinding sensation during accelerat... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 2020

A few days after I got my new 2025 Honda Pilot Touring, I was turning a corner and the car jerked a bit and several warning messages came up on the dash. I was able to pull the car into a parking spot and I recorded some of the warning messages (a few photos attached). The car worked fine after rest... Read more

Incident date: May 31, 2022

P 175/65r15 I was driving on a slight curve on the I-10 in El Paso, TX when the rear bumper exploded. The car started swaying and swerving then I pulled over. I then realized that the tread on the tire was gone floating across the highway. The trie was bare with no tread with the bumper around the t... Read more

Incident date: Apr 29, 2025

The contact owns a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the safety features were independently deactivated. The contact stated that the message Forward Collision Avoidance brake assist unavailable was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where... Read more

Incident date: Jun 1, 2017

When parking car in garage, placed vehicle in park, then turned vehicle off, received a message on dash " SHIFT TO PARK". The car was in park. Even though the engine was off, it would not allow radio, or lights to shut off until this message goes off. Some times it takes several minutes for me... Read more

Incident date: Jun 1, 2017

Incident date: Dec 22, 2023

No warning lamps were on. Took the car to Honda of Murfreesboro TN I was told I had a blown head gasket fluid around cylinder 2 but my car has never ran out never had a issue I started to hear liquid bubble in dashboard turbo had to be replaced didn't fix the issue spark plugs are being replaced oft... Read more

Incident date: Apr 10, 2023

The system warning keeps coming on, I’ve tried to schedule appointments with Audi since 2022 and they have zero appointments available

Incident date: Feb 2, 2023

Service Electronic Breaking System Light came on March 25, 2023. took truck to Ram dealership March 30th and was told the ABS Pump is going out so breaks won’t work correctly if I have to stop quickly. The replacement won’t be available until August 2023. Called another Ram dealership and was ... Read more

Incident date: Feb 2, 2023

The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle almost stalled. The contact heard an abnormal popping sound. The contact stated that the vehicle began to lose motive power. The accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to respon... Read more

Incident date: Sep 5, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Lexus ES350. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel was moving upward. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed that a steering wheel bracket had sheared off. The independen... Read more

Incident date: Oct 13, 2020

Incident on 10/13/2020 On Tuesday October 13th. 2020 I was driving my 2010 Lexus ES 350 in Diamond Bar, CA 91765. I got hit on my side by a speedy car (ran red light) He was driving at speed of 55 mph. I got multiple fractures (No air bags were deployed) and later on hospital admission due to life s... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Dec 1, 2021

My brakes do not work as they should I have to pump them to stop, I have had them replaced and bled they will work for a day or two and then start to fail again, my pedal goes all the way to the ground and still doesn’t stop the vehicle

Incident date: May 30, 2021

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY SIDE VIEW MIRRORS. THEY KEEP POPPINGLOOSE, SWINGING FREELY ON IT'S BASE.ONE TIME THE MIRROR POPPED LOOSE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. COULD NOT SEE TRAFFIC IN THE RIGHT LANE. COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

Incident date: May 30, 2021

Incident date: Jan 15, 2021

I BEGAN TO NOTICE AFTER LONG DRIVES, A SMELL SIMILAR TO A CAR OVERHEATING. ONE NIGHT, WHILE WARMING THE CAR UP, THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON (THE BATTERY SYMBOL). I FIGURED IT WAS PROBABLY MY BATTERY AND DECIDED TO CALL AN UBER. IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I WAITED FOR MY RIDE, THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE. TH... Read more

Incident date: Jul 1, 2020

LOCATION: WHERE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR ATTACHES TO BODY OF VEHICLE. THE UPPER HINGE FROM THE DOOR THAT ATTACHES TO THE BODY, IS DETACHING FROM THE BODY OF THE CAR. THE MATERIAL THAT THE DOOR ATTACHES TO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE METAL, IT APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF FIBERGLASS. I WILL BE SHOCKED IF YOU D... Read more

Incident date: Dec 29, 2019

AT 59000 MILES MY 2010 LEXUS EXPERIENCED ROUGH SHIFTING UP THROUGH THE GEARS AND DOWN THE GEARS UNTIL THE CAR COMES TO A FULL STOP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LEXUS DEALER NEAR ME IN FLORIDA. THEY DIAGNOSED THE ROUGH SHIFTING AS A BAD TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THE POWERTRAIN... Read more

Incident date: Sep 5, 2018

TAKATA RECALL - TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR TAKATA RECALL WITH NO ISSUES WITH VEHICLE. PICKED IT UP AFTER "REPAIR" ONLY TO FIND AIRBAG LIGHT ON. MADE APPOINTMENT TO BRING VEHICLE BACK IN AND NOW BEING TOLD THAT THERE IS A PASSENGER OCCUPANCY SENSOR THAT HAS GONE BAD. THEY CLAIM THIS ISSUE DOES NOT HAVE ANY... Read more

Incident date: Jul 15, 2017

INSIDE DASHBOARD IS VERY STICKY AND LEXUS TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED.

Incident date: May 8, 2018

MELTED DASHBOARD WHICH CREATES GLARE RIGHT IN MY LINE OF VISION. I HAVE NOTICED OTHER OLDER LEXUS MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL AS OTHER TOYOTA VEHICLES.

Incident date: Aug 8, 2013

MY TAKATA RECALL ON MY PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS RECALLED. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE SINCE MY FORMER 2004 LEXUS AIRBAG WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. SO I DID NOT DRIVE IT FOR 3 YRS KNOWING MY HUSBAND COULD NOT RIDE IN THE FRONT SURE TO BEING HANDICAPPED, FROM A STROKE, HE COULD NOT GET INTO THE BACK SEAT... Read more

Incident date: Dec 20, 2017

1.WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE BACKUP SENSOR SOMETIMES STARTS BEEPING WHEN THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. 2.DRIVING CAR ON DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY. PRESSING LEFT SIDE BUTTONS ON STEERING WHEEL, ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE SOUND LEVEL, CHANNEL, OR RADIO MODE (FM1,FM2,AM, ETC.). INSTEAD, NOTHING... Read more

Incident date: Dec 20, 2017

Incident date: Oct 29, 2017

BOTH REAR VIEW MIRRORS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE SPONTANEOUSLY POPPED OFF AND WOULD NO LONGER STAY IN PLACE. THEY WOULD JUST SWIVEL BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. I NEEDED TO USE TAPE TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE WHILE DRIVING. I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND WHILE MY CAR WAS PARKED AND THE MIRROR... Read more

Incident date: Oct 27, 2017

TAKATA RECALL RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATORS

Incident date: Jun 9, 2016

TAKATA RECALL MY LETTER IS DATED. JULY 9TH 2016 I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUR WHY THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. I HAVE NOT HAD A PASSENGER FOR OVER A YEAR.

Incident date: May 2, 2016

TAKATA RECALL - LEXUS HAS NOT FIXED OUR INFLATOR. IT HAS BEEN A WHOLE YEAR SINCE THE RECALL. WHEN?

Incident date: Nov 15, 2016

THE SEAT MATERIAL DETERIORATED AND THREAD FALLS APART CAUSING SEAT TO FALL APART. THE REPAIRS FOR THE SINGLE SEAT WERE ESTIMATED AT $2,300.00

Incident date: May 31, 2016

TAKATA RECALL. MY FATHER WAS TOLD ABOUT AN INFLATOR RECALL ON HIS PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LAST YEAR (MAY 2016). HE WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR BUT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT NO ONE RIDE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. MY FATHER IS 90 YEARS OLD AND STILL CARRIES A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. MY MOTHER IS... Read more

Incident date: May 9, 2016

WE RECEIVED A NOTICE BY MAIL THAT THE AIRBAGS IN OUR VEHICLE WAS BEING RECALLED AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING REPAIR WOULD BE FORTHCOMING. THE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED MAY 2016, ALMOST A YEAR AGO AND NO FURTHER NOTICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION FROM LEXUS WAS TO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SI... Read more

Incident date: May 1, 2016

TAKATA RECALL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I WAS NOTIFIED ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO, I HAD TO TAKE A LONG TRIP WITH MY FAMILY THIS PAST NOVEMBER 2016, AND LEXUS DID PROVIDE A RENTAL, HOWEVER, THE RECALL HAS MADE MY FAMILY HAVE TO PLAN NOT TO USE THE FRONT SIT AND LI... Read more

Incident date: Mar 8, 2017

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE FIX FOR ALMOST A YEAR CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID HOPEFULLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017. SEEMS A BIT CRAZY TO ME

Incident date: May 1, 2016

TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN MAY 2016. I INQUIRED ABOUT THE REPAIR AND WAS TOLD PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JAN 2017. I CALLED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE PARTS ARE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO EXPEDITE THE REPAIRS.

Incident date: Jul 15, 2016

TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. NOTIFIED IN JULY 2016 OF THE ISSUE OF THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY LOCAL LEXUS DEALER (MOTOR CITY LEXUS, BAKERSFIELD, CA) TO REFRAIN FROM ALLOWING PASSENGERS TO RIDE IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. EXTREME HARDSHIP BECAUSE MY WIFE RECENTLY HAD SURGERIES AND GETTIN... Read more

Incident date: May 23, 2016

TAKATA RECALL. LEXUS STATES THAT "DO NOT OPERATE VEHICLE WITH AN OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT". HAVE DONE THIS SINCE MAY 2016. THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST FOR A FAMILY OF 5. TO DATE, LEXUS HAS EXCEEDED THE TIME FRAME TO REPLACE THE AIR BAGS AND NO REPLACEMENT IN SIGHT. HAVE CALLED L... Read more

Incident date: May 1, 2016

TAKATA RECALL: IT IS TAKING TOO LONG TO REMEDY THIS AIRBAG SITUATION. IT IS AN EXTREME INCONVENIENCE TO HAVE PASSENGERS RIDE IN THE REAR. FIX IT OR UPGRADE MY VEHICLE!

Incident date: Oct 11, 2016

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED I AM COMPLAINING AS LEXUS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE MAY AND STILL HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED TO FIX MY VEHICLE?

Incident date: May 3, 2016

TAKATA RECALL: LEXUS HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR OUR PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG IN A REASONABLE TIME FROM THE MAY 3, 2016, AMENDMENT TO THE NOVEMBER 3, 2015, CONSENT ORDER REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF SAID AIRBAG.

Incident date: Aug 26, 2016

APPARENTLY, LEXUS MAILED A RECALL NOTICE TO MY HOME ADDRESS SOMETIME IN JUNE (THE LETTER DOES NOT HAVE A DATE THAT IT WAS ISSUED) ABOUT THE TAKATA PASSENGER AIRBAG PROBLEM. HOWEVER, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL NOTICE UNTIL AFTER I MADE A LONG TRIP WITH MY SISTER FROM ATLANTA, GA TO MELBOURNE, FL... Read more

Incident date: Dec 1, 2015

READING NEWS ON ABC ENTITLED "TOYOTA RECALLS OLDER MODELS WITH RECURRING SUSPENSION ISSUES". LINK: HTTP://ABCNEWS.GO.COM/BUSINESS/WIRESTORY/TOYOTA-RECALLS-OLDER-MODELS-RECURRING-SUSPENSION-ISSUES-41331440?YPTR=YAHOO SIMILAR WOBBLING EXPERIENCE WHEN DRIVING THIS CAR. MINOR UNEVEN PAVEMENT CAUSES ... Read more

Incident date: Dec 1, 2015

Incident date: Jul 25, 2016

"TAKATA RECALL". I CALLED MY LOCAL LEXUS DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF I COULD GET A RENTAL CAR UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX MY CAR. WHAT THEY OFFERED WAS RIDICULOUS. THEY WOULD APPROVE $30.00 A DAY FOR RENTAL CAR WITH A $1,000.00 LIMIT. THE PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 2017. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT I WOU... Read more

Incident date: Feb 18, 2015

I HAVE LEXUS ES350 YEAR 2010 ,I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY NEED TO JUMP STAR I BRING TO THE DEALER TO CHECK ,THEY TOLD ME NEED TO CHANGE THE BATTERY ,WITH THE FULL PRICE $198.00 ,THEY TOLD ME THE BATTERY ON MY CAR IS NO MORE WARRANTY I HAVE NO IDEA ,BUT THE BATTERY ON MY CAR FROM LEXUS LOGO AND ... Read more

Incident date: May 1, 2013

AFTER 2.5 YEARS OF SATISFACTORY OPERATION, THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY CHANGE BETWEEN "ON" AND "OFF" WITH MY 100 LB. WIFE AS THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER (SAME WIFE, SAME WEIGHT WITHIN +/- 3 LBS,), LEXUS DEALER TRIED 2 RECALIBRATING WITH NO SUCCESS. LEXUS CUSTOMER S... Read more

Technical Service Bulletins, 2010 LEXUS ES

51 manufacturer communications from 35 unique bulletins. TSBs describe known problems and recommended fixes from the manufacturer.

Most Affected Components

Component	Bulletins
350000 EQUIPMENT	12
118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE	5
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3
356000 EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY	3
060000 ENGINE (PWS)	3
355200 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL	2
162700 STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID	2
357100 EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER	2

350000 EQUIPMENT

Lexus Safety Recall and Service Campaign - Technician Certification Requirements 4.13.2022

355200 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL

POL: This consolidated Tire Warranty Guide contains the complete warranty terms for all brands of ground and spare tires currently in use by Lexus. This information must be kept near the point of vehicle sale and be available to any custome

200000 WHEELS

190000 TIRES

140000 AIR BAGS

Lexus Safety Recall and Service Campaign - Technician Certification Requirements

118000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE