Open safety recalls, the components owners report failing most often, crash-test results and running costs for the 2012 Lexus GS450H — assembled from NHTSA and EPA records.
Everything on this page applies to the model as a whole. Run its 17-character VIN to decode that exact car — its engine, trim, assembly plant and factory equipment — alongside these records. Free, no account.
Run a VIN →Recalls and complaints are filed against a specific model year, so figures differ from one year to the next even within a single generation. See every Lexus GS450H year.
No EPA fuel-economy match for this model (naming may differ or it predates EPA records).
The parts named most often across 1 owner complaintfiled with NHTSA for this make, model and year — the closest free answer to “what is likely to go wrong?”
Complaints are self-reported and skew toward problems people find alarming, so treat this as where to look, not a defect rate.
I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55MPH. I DID NOT SEE ANY ROCKS OR OTHER OBJECTS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE IN MOTION. THE INSIDE COVER WAS CLOSED, AND NO GLASS CAME INTO THE CAR.
1 open NHTSA investigation into this model. Investigations come before recalls, so these are potential defects not yet covered by one.
Rated configuration: 2012 Lexus GS450H 4 DR RWD
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