Safety Score
96
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
23
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Lexus Es.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2003 Lexus ES 300. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The … |
| 2023-04-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | UNKNOWN |
| 2019-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL DOING SPEED LIMIT 30. THE CAR STARTED TO EXHILARATE RIGHT BEFORE MY TURN ON THE MY STREET.… |
| 2019-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | I WAS COMING UP MY STREET LIKE I DO EVERY DAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED ACCELERATING AND I WAS STUCK STARING WHEEL… |
| 2019-06-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 1) PASSENGER DRIVER SIDE DASH AIR BAG LOOKS AS IF IT IS READY TO BURST. 2) TRANSMISSION OFTEN HAS SLIGHT SLIP WHILE… |
| 2015-07-07 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | NO DESCRIPTION |
| 2015-03-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | DRIVING OUT OF MY GARAGE USUALLY SLOWLY AND WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS WHILE IN REVERSE TO PULL OUT THE CAR JUST FLE… |
| 2014-07-03 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT SNAP INTO BUCKLE. IF I DEPRESS THE RELEASE AND PUSH THE METAL PART IN AT THE SAME TIME I… |
| 2013-03-20 | ENGINE | Yes | 1 | I WAS REVERSING AND TRYING TO TURN WHEN MY CAR LEXUS ES 300 SUDDENLY PICKED UP HIGH SPEED ACCELERATION BY IT SELF AND W… |
| 2013-02-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. CAN'T OPEN DRIVERS DOOR. HAD TO CLIMB OVER TO PASSENGER SIDE TO GET OUT. NO MANUAL OVER R… |
| 2012-09-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | BACKING UP INTO MY DRIVEWAY MAKING TURN TO STRAIGHTEN CAR OUT AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE CAR JUST SPEED UP IN REVERSE. CAUSI… |
| 2012-01-28 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN IT WAS PUT IN REVERSE, CAUSING IT TO HIT A PARKED CAR IN BACK OF IT. THE ACCE… |
| 2011-12-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL LINE RUPTURED (PART NUMBER 23801-20150 PIPE SUB ASSEMBLY). FUEL WAS SPLASHING ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND … |
| 2010-03-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 1. THE VEHICLE HESITATES WITH INITIAL ACCELERATION (SLOW OR QUICK ACCELERATION). 2. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION A… |
| 2007-10-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LEXUS ES300. THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH,… |
| 2007-09-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL; TOOK THE CAR TO WILKIE LEXUS DEALERSHIP IN ARDMORE, PA. THEY TOLD ME THAT T… |
| 2007-04-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LEXUS 300 ES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY ACCELERATED WHILE ATTEMPTIN… |
| 2007-03-15 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE CAR CHANGES GEAR WHEN BRAKING TO A STOP OR COASTING. WHEN I APPLY THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR MAY HESITATE AND THE SNA… |
| 2006-09-19 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TURNING FROM A SIDE STREET ONTO A MAIN ROAD AND APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE ENGINE RE… |
| 2006-09-16 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | A DISABLED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE WAS HOVERING OVER NARROW EXPRESS LANE SHOULDER AND RIGHT LANE. I SLOWED AND PUT MY… |
| 2006-09-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2003 LEXUS ES300 WITH 41000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND ACTUALLY HESITATES THEN JERKS… |
| 2006-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A LEXUS 2003 ES. THE TRANSMISSION IS PERFORMING UNSAFELY! 1. AT STOP LIGHTS, WHILE HOLDING THE CAR STOPPED WITH … |
| 2005-06-16 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 LEXUS ES. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE… |