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2002 Lexus LS430 Engine problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2002 Lexus LS430's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 5% of all its complaints, most recently on February 13, 2015. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
2
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & cooling

The pistons that hold up the trunk failed. The trunk fell on me and caused injury. These parts should be replace at the expense of lexus. In addition, the same parts that support the hood, also just failed. This is a safety issue and needs to be addressed in order to prevent further injury. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10683206
Engine & coolingFire

Tl-the driver owned a 2002 lexus ls430. He was alerted that smoke was coming from the engine so the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where he was informed a valve spring failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 55,000. Sm.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10365781

Lexus LS430 engine complaints by year

LS430 engine problems, every year

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