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Body, doors & structure

2005 Lexus LS430 Body problems

Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2005 Lexus LS430's body, doors & structure with NHTSA - 12% of all its complaints, most recently on August 30, 2018. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.

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3
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0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
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Body complaints

Body, doors & structure

The car is equipped with the automatic door closing system, which malfunctioned, causing rear side passenger door to be incapable of securely being closed. When the doors are softly partially shut, this system grabs the door and finishes completely shutting the door flush to the outer body of the car. When the system fails, the door cannot be shut even manually. If this were to happen while on a trip, the door would flop open and closed and be a serious hazard and danger to passengers, other traffic and the...

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possibility that the door might come completely off the body of the car. Fortunately, in my incident, I was in town and got to a store to purchase rope to tie the door closed by strapping it to the opposite side rear door and taking it to the dealer for very costly repair.

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 11123441
Body, doors & structure

Lifters that hold trunk open failed & trunk struck operator in the head twice. Engine hood was opened to its apex & the hood slammed closed. Will not stay open; can only be held open with a cane while trying to check oil. Car was stationary & ignition was off in all cases. Car gave no previous warning of fatigue or failure.

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 11078232
Body, doors & structureWheels & tires

The wheels on this car accumlate corrosion and cause the tires to go flat while driving. Lexus doesn't seem concerned with this defect. *Tr

Filed Incident Structure · WheelsNHTSA 10490474

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