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2005 Lexus Gs Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 2, 2020
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 2, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2005 Lexus Gs. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Oct 2, 2020

BOUGHT A CAR FOR 4,000 PRIVATE PARTY. GUY CLAIMED THE CAR HAD 107,000 ON THE ODOMETER AND THAT HIM AND HIS UNCLE WORKED ON THE CAR AND IT HAD NO PROBLEMS. DROVE THE CAR HOME ENGINE STARTED SMOKING IN MOTION AND CAR HAS MAJOR LEAKS. DID A CARFAX REPORT AND THE CAR HAS 195,000+ MILES. SELLER ALSO CLAIMED HE HAD THE CAR FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND IN REALITY HAD IT FOR 4 DAYS. UPON PURCHASE HE DID A TITLE RELEASE FORM AND A DUPLICATE TITLE FORM AND SAID HE WOULD SEND THE TITLE IN THE MAIL AS SOON AS HE GOT IT.

NHTSA ID
11362327
Incident
Oct 1, 2020
Mileage
107,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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