2008 Lexus LS460

Typical pattern

1.1% of complaints about the 2008 Lexus LS460 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2008 vehicle — around the middle of the 262 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 7.5 yr in service. The most-reported system is service brakes (31 complaints), typically at 8.9 yr or about 75,000 miles.

Complaints: 91
Median age at failure: 7.5 yr
Median mileage: 61,000 n=78
Crash / fire / tow: 5.5% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

14V647000 2014-10-15

Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Lexus LS vehicles manufactured May 9, 2006, to July 20, 2010, 2006-2011 Lexus GS vehicles manufactured January 6, 2005, to September 10, 2010, and 2006-2011 Lexus IS vehicles manufactured August 30, 2005, to September 10, 2010. Due to anti-corrosion plating remnants, fuel may leak from where the fuel pressure sensor is attached to the fuel delivery pipe.

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.

10V309000 2010-07-06

Engine and engine cooling:engine

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 THROUGH 2008 LEXUS PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED FROM AUGUST 26, 2005 THROUGH AUGUST 4, 2008. MICRO-FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THE MATERIAL OF THE VALVE SPRING MAY DEGRADE THE STRENGTH OF THE VALVE SPRING, POSSIBLY CAUSING THE SPRING TO BREAK.

THE ENGINE COULD FAIL AND STOP SUDDENLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

In owners’ own words

Service brakes 75,000 mi 5.8 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS LS460. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE ACTUATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Service brakes 53,950 mi 7.2 yr in service

I AM EXPERIENCING A CLICK OR SERIES OF CLICKS WHEN I DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. BASED ON ACCOUNTS AND RESEARCH OF OTHER OWNERS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FAULTY BRAKE ACTUATORS. IT APPEARS THAT LEXUS IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND I WANTED TO REPORT THIS TO THE NHTSA DATABASE TO POTENTIALLY STEER THIS TOWARDS A RECALL. *TR

Service brakes 51,000 mi 7.6 yr in service

BRAKE ACTUATOR IS FAULTY AND LEXUS KNOWS THIS BUT REFUSES TO FIX OR REPAIR. I HAVE TO SPEND 3K TO HAVE IT DONE MYSELF. PLEASE HELP MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND REIMBURSE US FOR THE SERVICE AND PARTS. *TR

Other LS460 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.

2008 Lexus LS460

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other LS460 model years

How to read this