AutoUtility currently tracks 12 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2023 Lexus ES. Wheels & Tires issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 2 complaints (16.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 3 filings cite a crash. The 2023 Lexus ES belongs to the 7th Generation (XZ10) platform.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 12 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Wheels & Tires (2 reports • 16.7% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (2), Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (2)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 3 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
12
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
3
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
0
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
0
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2023 Lexus ES

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 16.7% of complaints

Wheels & Tires

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
#2 Problem Area 16.7% of complaints

Electrical System

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#3 Problem Area 16.7% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 16.7% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

2 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
#5 Problem Area 8.3% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

1 owner complaint submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2023 Lexus ES

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11753602
Filed: 07/29/2026

"The “maintenance required” warning light came on. The Lexus dealer indicated that a tire rotation was required at a cost of approximately $100. We had the tires rotated at a tire store at a cost of zero ($.00). The Lexus dealer service department refused to turn off the “maintenance required”..."

Incident Date: 07/17/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Wheels & Tires NHTSA ODI ID: #11750663
Filed: 07/15/2026

"The car was taken into Lexus under warranty January 2026. There a loud noise coming from the car when it is going down the road. Lexus tried to say it must be the tires. The car was under 3 years old. I replaced the front tires any way. There cars noise even louder and it was not fixed. I feel the..."

Incident Date: 01/02/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: WHEELS
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11724137
Crash Cited Filed: 03/13/2026

"The contact owns a 2023 Lexus ES 300h. The contact stated that while sitting idle with the engine powered off in a local parking lot, the vehicle suddenly began to roll back independently into the nearby underground garage and crashed into the rear end of another parked vehicle's front..."

Incident Date: 07/31/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11718537
Filed: 02/17/2026

"The contact owns a 2023 Lexus ES 250. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle abruptly stalled. During the failure, the vehicle lost power brakes and power steering functionality, with the messages "High Power Consumption Temporarily Limited", "Braking Temporarily..."

Incident Date: 02/03/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech NHTSA ODI ID: #11698670
Filed: 11/10/2025

"While driving on the highway, whenever you approach an exit or an intersecting part of a highway, the lane keep assist will jerk hard towards that exit or towards the direction of the nonexistent line on the right or left side of the lane. Weather that line of that lane has faded out or is part of..."

Incident Date: 11/05/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: LANE DEPARTURE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Lexus ES

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Lexus ES 5 2 0 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Lexus ES 9 2 0 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Lexus ES 2 0 0 View 2017 Problems →
2018 Lexus ES 5 1 0 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Lexus ES 34 6 1 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Lexus ES 24 6 1 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Lexus ES 35 2 1 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Lexus ES 13 1 0 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Lexus ES Current Page 12 3 2 Current
2024 Lexus ES 9 2 2 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Lexus ES 4 2 1 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Lexus ES 0 0 0 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2023 Lexus ES

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 11 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Lane Departure Warning NHTSA category: LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 1 1 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 1 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (12). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.