AutoUtility currently tracks 4 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2025 Lexus ES. Driver Assistance & Safety Tech issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 2 complaints (50% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 2 filings cite a crash, 1 cites a fire. The 2025 Lexus ES belongs to the 7th Generation (XZ10) platform.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 4 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (2 reports • 50% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Fuel & Propulsion System (2), Brakes & Traction Control (1)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 0 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2025 Lexus ES
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Driver Assistance & Safety Tech
NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #25V744000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTION
Fuel & Propulsion System
Brakes & Traction Control
Electrical System
Body & Structure
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2025 Lexus ES
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"The Pre-Collision System (PCS) activated twice in the last couple of weeks with absolutely no reason. Both times it activated with transmission in reverse and vehicle in process of backing up. But there was no vehicle or person within the vicinity. The sudden braking startled the driver and..."
"I was driving with traffic in a 35 mph zone on a moderately busy street. I got the alert to brake and did so immediately. I collided with the Jeep in front of me. The airbags did not deploy. The front hood of the car tented and a fire immediately broke out under the hood. When a policeman arrived..."
"Fuel system and could be made available upon request. Explosion issue. No. Took it to the Lexus dealership where I bought it. No. When I got home I turned off the car. I later returned to my garage and it was filled with the strong odor of gasoline. The car was towed later that night to the..."
"Describe: • Rear camera froze • Parking assist warning did not activate • Auto-brake did not engage • Accident occurred before recall update I backed into my Neighbors car which was parked opposite my driveway. Searched and found Lexus safety recall notice 25LA06"
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 | 12 | 3 | 2 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 Lexus ES | 9 | 2 | 2 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 Lexus ES Current Page | 4 | 2 | 1 | Current |
| 2026 Lexus ES | 0 | 0 | 0 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2025 Lexus ES
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 4 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SERVICE BRAKES,BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STRUCTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.