2010 Lexus ES

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2010 Lexus ES arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2010 vehicle, but with only 47 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is air bags (20 complaints), typically at 6.8 yr or about 70,000 miles.

Complaints: 47
Median age at failure: 8.1 yr
Median mileage: 70,000 n=17
Crash / fire / tow: 4.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Air bags mileage not reported 6.7 yr in service

TAKATA RECALL: LEXUS HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPAIR OUR PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG IN A REASONABLE TIME FROM THE MAY 3, 2016, AMENDMENT TO THE NOVEMBER 3, 2015, CONSENT ORDER REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF SAID AIRBAG.

Air bags mileage not reported 7.1 yr in service

NOTHING HAS HAPPENED I AM COMPLAINING AS LEXUS HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE MAY AND STILL HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED TO FIX MY VEHICLE?

Air bags mileage not reported 6.7 yr in service

TAKATA RECALL: IT IS TAKING TOO LONG TO REMEDY THIS AIRBAG SITUATION. IT IS AN EXTREME INCONVENIENCE TO HAVE PASSENGERS RIDE IN THE REAR. FIX IT OR UPGRADE MY VEHICLE!

Other ES model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2010 Lexus ES

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other ES model years

How to read this