2008 Lexus Is F
Complaints about this year name door panels far more often than the model's other years — 13% of them, about 33× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 114 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 14 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- day — 11% of complaints, 29× usual
- other — 11% of complaints, 26× usual
- dash — 17% of complaints, 7× usual
What owners wrote
front dashboard is sticky, cracked, and peeling off as well as the front and back door panels.
DASHBOARD IS MELTING, CAUSING A SHINNY INTENSE GLARE ON WINDSHIELD CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY ON SUNNY DAYS....
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V741000 AIR BAGS
- 17V006000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V340000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V647000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 13V030000 VISIBILITY/WIPER Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Lexus Is F was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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