2019 Lexus ES problems
The 2019 Lexus ES has 55 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns fuel system. Next are engine (16%) and air bags (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 55 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 10,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 15 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 17 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 10,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 8 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2019 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Lexus ES with enough data (46 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
none of the air bags deployed when my car was T-Bone at the driver door when the other car ran the red light. The other car air bags deployed and appears to be total loss My lexus EX300h has been repair but is available for inspection
The contact owns a 2019 Lexus ES 350. The contact stated that while driving at 20-25 MPH, another vehicle entered his lane, and the contact collided with the other vehicle's front passenger's side. The air bags did not deploy. The contact suffered injuries to his right leg and arm. The contact's son suffered injuries to his chin and right knee. The contact and his son later received medical care and physical therapy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was able to be driven away from the crash site.
Tl* the contact owns a 2019 lexus es. While pulling into a parking spot, the contact attempted to depress the brake pedal and it traveled to the floorboard. The vehicle crashed into the side of a building. The vehicle continued to coast forward despite pumping the brake pedal. The contact placed the vehicle in reverse to move the vehicle from the side of the building. Afterwards, the contact quickly shifted the gear into park and turned off the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy.
The contact's wife owns a 2019 Lexus ES350. The contact stated that while attempting to park in between two vehicles with his foot on the brake pedal, the vehicle independently accelerated without warning. The vehicle jumped the parking barrier and hit stanchion which caused the vehicle to stop. The airbags did not deploy and the vehicle's electrical warning sensors also failed to operate as needed. No injuries were reported at the scene.
Since I bought the car in oct 2019, this happens everytime I am on local roads (speed <50MPH), when I slowdown per the traffic flow, or taking turn (left or right) after yielding, the car hesitates to accelerate as if the gas pedal died on me and then I push the pedal further down only to get the car downshift drastically and revving up to almost always about the hit the car in front (if any) of me.