2004 Lexus LS430 problems
Owners have filed 32 complaints with NHTSA about the 2004 Lexus LS430. Cruise control is the most reported problem area, at 16% of complaints. Next are lighting (12%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 16% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 27 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 27 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 75,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2004 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Lexus LS430 with enough data (14 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Sudden uncontrolled acceleration of 2004 lexus ls430: owner was in parking garage beginning to exit garage from parking place when lexus suddenly accelerated uncontrollably. Owner applied brake pedal but could not stop the lexus. Owner steered lexus to avoid hitting other vehicles and collided with medical office building, glanced off side of building and collided head-on with electrical power transformer. Owner was seriously injured. (lawyer wrote in on behalf of his client). Updated ivoq 06/03/10.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 lexus ls 430. The contact stated that she was placing items in the trunk when the trunk lid unexpectedly slammed shut. The contact suffered injuries to her finger as a result of the failure. An authorized dealer was notified, but offered no assistance. The manufacturer was also notified via email and the contact was awaiting a response. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 74,000 and the current mileage was 75,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Motor vehicle accident on 6/3/08. Vehicle - 2004 lexus ls5430. Vehicle was broadsided on drivers side. Side curtain airbag did not deploy.
2004 lexus ls430 with 15,000 miles lost braking twice. Fortunately no craash. Car at dealer for 3 days. Said to be defective master brake cylinder
Takata recall it was raining I was coming out of antloch church rd to turning on augusta rd peidmont sc 29673 when I hear a big boom and pull over at the spinx to see what it was and had three big potholes in the road I could see that my wheels was bent and also it was pulling to the right.