2005 Lexus LS430 problems
Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the 2005 Lexus LS430. Cruise control is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. Next are air bags (10%) and brakes (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 31 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 53,000 miles 25 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 | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 25 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 53,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 2005 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Lexus LS430 with enough data (16 complaints in that window).
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.
The consumer experienced sudden acceleration in her 2005 lexus ls 430 while pulling into a parking lot . The consumer doesn't think the air bag inflated all the way because her noise hit the steering wheel. Her right shin smashed into the dashboard which resulted in a very large hematoma on her right shin. Smoke started coming out of the steering column and soon after flames could be seen through the heavy smoke. The fire was extinguished by the fire dept. It took 6 1/2 days for the vehicle to be repaired.
As I was driving along the road, two miles from my house in a residential area. The car suddenly and drastically began to accelerate. I remember vividly pressing the brake pedal multiple times but it failed to decelerate the car at all. Afraid as I was, I ceased to step on the brake or the gas pedal, the car continued accelerating and kept gaining momentum. At that point, I was trying to avoid hitting the cars in front and incoming cars from the other direction of the road.
On sep 17, 2009 as I left a gas station the lexus ls430 year 2005 accelerated and I was only able to avoid the cars in front of me was to swerve to the right and jammed of the brake with both feet. Unknowingly I ran into a telephone guy wire and the only damage was superficial ($3300.00) to the right front light and bumper. For the last few months I have been trying to figure out what could have possibly gone wrong. I notice the accelerator pedal appears to momentarily stick.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lexus ls430. The contact was stopped at a traffic light when he engaged the accelerator and the vehicle would not respond. Within seconds, without the accelerator pedal being depressed, the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 10 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for and the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact stated that he experienced the failure at least four additional times after taking the vehicle to the dealer.