Lexus IS 300 by model year

156 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Lexus IS 300 across 15 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Lexus IS 300

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2001	29
2002	37
2003	25
2004	23
2005	6
2016	3
2017	2
2018	9
2019	13
2020	4
2021	2
2022	2

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2025				22 to 25
2024				22 to 25
2023				22 to 25
2022	2			22 to 25
2021	2			22 to 25
2020	4			21 to 24
2019	13		2	21 to 24
2018	9		1	22 to 26
2017	2			21
2016	3			21
2005	6			18
2004	23			18
2003	25	Body & structure (36%)		18
2002	37	Cruise control (16%)		18 to 19
2001	29	Cruise control (17%)		18