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Lexus tires problems

Across all Lexus models in NHTSA's complaint database, 293 complaints involve tires. The ES300 accounts for the largest share (10%). The single worst model year is the 2006 RX Hybrid with 10 tires complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
293 about tires, all Lexus models
Most affected
ES300 10% of these complaints
Typical mileage
23,000 miles 136 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
9 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Lexus models

ModelComplaintsShare
ES3002910%
RX269%
GS300207%
LS400207%
RX300134%
RX Hybrid134%
IS 300114%
LS114%
RX350114%
ES350103%

Worst model years for tires

  1. 2006 Lexus RX Hybrid10 complaints
  2. 2002 Lexus ES3007 complaints
  3. 1998 Lexus GS3007 complaints
  4. 1999 Lexus RX3007 complaints
  5. 1998 Lexus LS4006 complaints

Tires complaints by model year

Lexus tires complaints by model year 0 15 30 1990: 1 '90 1991: 2 1992: 3 1993: 12 '93 1994: 7 1995: 5 1996: 4 '96 1997: 6 1998: 20 1999: 12 '99 2000: 14 2001: 12 2002: 23 '02 2003: 11 2004: 15 2005: 11 '05 2006: 26 2007: 17 2008: 5 '08 2009: 7 2010: 13 2011: 4 '11 2012: 2 2013: 5 2014: 4 '14 2015: 5 2016: 5 2017: 5 '17 2018: 2 2019: 4 2020: 5 '20 2021: 10 2022: 6 2023: 1 '23 2024: 1 2025: 7 2026: 1 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19901
19912
19923
199312
19947
19955
19964
19976
199820
199912
200014
200112
200223
200311
200415
200511
200626
200717
20085
20097
201013
20114
20122
20135
20144
20155
20165
20175
20182
20194
20205
202110
20226
20231
20241
20257
20261

Among the 136 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 23,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.