Safety Score
95
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
27
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2002 Lexus Es.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2002 Lexus ES 300. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH in the driveway and tur… |
| 2022-07-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | During a trip on the highway the accelerator was to low and take harder to accelerate the car. When we arrived home cl… |
| 2020-12-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I TRIED TO START MY CAR OUT OF NO WHERE IT WOULDN'T START NO WARNING OR ANYTHING I CHECKED THE STARTER THAT WASN'T IT I… |
| 2020-10-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT'S MOM OWNED A 2002 LEXUS ES 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO E… |
| 2020-07-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN I STOP AND TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CAR HESITATE AND THEN STARTS TO JERK. IF I GIVE IT HEAVY GAS IT DRIVES NORMAL |
| 2020-06-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR BEGAN TO LURCH, STOPPED, SMOKE AND FLAMES BEGAN COMING OUT OF FRONT OF CAR. FIRE ENLARGED, SEVERAL SMALL EXPLOSIONS… |
| 2020-01-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS IS THE 2ND 2002 LEXUS ES300 IVE OWNED WITH HALF THE MILES OF THE 1ST ONE...YET BOTH CARS CATALYTIC CONVERTORS FAIL… |
| 2019-08-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 20, 2019, AT 9:45, I PARKED MY LEXUS ES 300 AND WENT INSIDE THE LOCAL ACME. ACME IS APPROX MILES… |
| 2017-05-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | IN A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT, I SHIFTED FROM R TO D TO EXIT A PARKING SPACE AND, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, MY LEX… |
| 2017-03-09 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM ALL AUTO SALES. THE SAME DAY, LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME AND IT B… |
| 2015-12-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TAKATA RECALL, MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT @35MPH IN WHICH HER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I AM CONCER… |
| 2014-10-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP LIGHT AFTER IT TURNED GREEN. ABOUT 25 FEET THRU THE LIGHT I HEARD THE CAR BEHIND ME BLOWING … |
| 2014-10-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LEXUS ES 300. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON… |
| 2014-08-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 1 | I OWN A 2002 LEXUS ES300 AND AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I HAVE ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE OF DRIVING THE CAR TO AROUND 175K MIL… |
| 2014-04-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR (LEXUS ES 300 2002 SEDAN) FOR MY DAUGHTER LESS THAN A WEEK AGO ON 4/11/2014 FROM A PRIVATE OW… |
| 2013-08-07 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | MY WIFE, WHO DRIVES THE LEXUS ALL THE TIME, WAS PREPARING TO DRIVE THE CAR FROM THE GARAGE TO DRIVE DOWNTOWN. SHE HAD H… |
| 2013-06-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | HAD TO REPLACE STATER,BRAKES WOULD START AND ENGINE WOULD STOP.HAD TO HAVE BRAKES REPLACED,LIGHTING INSIDE WOULD SOMETI… |
| 2011-10-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | Yes | 1 | I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT MY TOWN'S TRANSFER STATION. AS I CAME TO A STOP, I BEGAN TO SHIFT INTO PARK WITH … |
| 2007-10-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | MY 2002 ES 300 HAS HEADLIGHT SENSORS WHICH MAKE IT GO UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT ANGLE THE CAR IS PARKED/MOVING AT. … |
| 2006-10-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGHLY AND SOMETIMES ABRUPTLY IN THE LOWER GEARS. THE DOWNSHIFT AT TIMES IS VERY HARD. THE VEHIC… |
| 2006-08-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE WILL HESITATE AND SURGE CAUSING ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. THIS BEHAVIOR IS DANGEROUS AND ANNO… |
| 2006-06-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | WHEN MY VEHICLE IS IMMEDIATELY PUT IN DRIVE GEAR FROM REVERSE GEAR, FOOT TAKEN OFF THE BRAKE AND TAP THE GAS PEDAL, MY … |
| 2006-03-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE PLASTIC KEY TO MY 2002 LEXUS ES300 CRACKED DUE TO FAULTY PRODUCT DESIGN AND THE MICROCHIP THAT CONTROLS THE CAR FEL… |
| 2006-02-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS VEHICLE HESITATES INTERMITTENTLY IN TRAFFIC AND HAS A DANGEROUS LOSS OF POWER. WHEN I PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, OR T… |
| 2005-10-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | CARS PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN ON FREEWAY. LEXUS DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT CAR HAS DETERMINED THAT BECAUSE I'M OVER WEIGHT IT … |
| 2002-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | THE BRAKES WILL FADE/RELEASE AFTER BEING STOPPED FOR 1-2 MINUTES WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT APPEARS THAT THI… |
| 2002-04-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | No | 0 | ON MANY OCCASIONS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON IN MY 2002 LEXUS ES300. I INFORMED THE DEALER AND WAS INSTRUCTED T… |