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2016 Lexus IS 350 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 Sep 12, 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 Jun 27, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2016 Lexus IS 350. 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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Suspension
Filed Sep 12, 2020

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE CAR AND AFTER 18,000 MILES, THERE IS SUSPENSION NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. A LOUD THUMP CAN BE HEARD WHEN DRIVING OVER SPEED BUMPS, SMALL POTHOLES, OR UNEVEN ROADS AT MODERATE SPEEDS. DRIVING OVER THE ELEMENTS AT HIGHER SPEEDS, YOU CAN FEEL THE IMPACT THAT'S CAUSING THE THUMP. NO NOISE FROM SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH IT AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING ALONE, HOWEVER, THUMPING SOUND IS PRESENT AT ALL SPEED LEVELS THROUGH EVERY BUMP ON THE ROAD WHEN I HAVE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT.

NHTSA ID
11354526
Incident
Dec 8, 2019
Mileage
18,000 mi
Driver assistance
Filed Jun 27, 2019

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON I-90 WEST GOING TO BUFFALO NY COMING FROM BOSTON MA I ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER DRIVER IN THE LEFT LANE THAT WAS GOING EXTREMELY SLOW I TRIED TO ACCELERATE MY LEXUS EQUIPPED WITH PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM (PCS) AND THE VEHICLE STARTED BEEPING AT ME DETECTING THAT I WAS GOING PRETTY FAST ONTO THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, MY IDEA BEHIND DOING SUCH MANEUVER WAS TO PASS THE PERSON IN MY RIGHT HAND AND THEN GET OFF THE LEFT LANE OF THE HIGHWAY SO CAN GET OFF THE BACK OF THE SLOW PERSON, AFTER BEEPING SEVERAL TIME FOR SPLITS OF SECONDS I GOT TO GET OFF THE LEFT LANE SO THE PERSON ON MY RIGHT BECOMES THE PERSON BEHIND ME; THE CAR DID SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL AFTER ALL THIS AND ME NOT HAVING NOBODY IN FRONT OF THE CAR, MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO BEEP AND APPLIED THE BRAKE PRETTY HARD ALMOST MAKING THE PERSON BEHIND ME CRASHING INTO MY BUMPER, I BELIEVE AS A CAR ENTHUSIAST THAT THE PCS ON THE LEXUS VEHICLES HAS TO BE IMPROVED AND REVISED SINCE IT HAS A HUGE LAG OF TIME REACTION , I CONSIDER THIS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR ROADS!

NHTSA ID
11222837
Incident
Jun 23, 2019
Mileage
130 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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