The 2014 Lexus ES Hybrid has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 30,812 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles manufactured October 19, 2012 to October 27, 2015 and 2013-2015 Lexus ES350 and ES300h vehicles manufactured June 18, 2012 to July 6, 2015. The affected vehicles are equipped with a…
Consequence
A vehicle that unexpectedly brakes increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Toyota will notify owners, and dealers will replace certain PCS components, free of charge. The recall began on July 28, 2016. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-888-270-9371. Toyota's numbers for this campaign are F1V and F2E.
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
3
2crashes
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2
2crashes
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
1
1crashes
ENGINE
1
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
1
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
1
1crashes
SERVICE BRAKES
1
1crashes
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
1
1crashes
STRUCTURE:BODY
1
1injuries
Total complaints15
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Driving on highway, 60mph. Friday jan 17th, 2020. 5pm. Cold out. Hear loud sound like gun shot. Startled me. Thought tire blew so pulled to shoulder on highway. Tires were fine and was like what the heck. Got back in car started to get back on highway and heard noise above my head. Looked up…”
“Cpsc: the consumer stated that the smart ride device caused the lights on his dashboard to malfunction (abs light, brake light, etc.). Which caused him to have an accident in his car. *dt *js”
“My car has spoiler build on its trunk lid which caused the trunk lid to come down during minor wind causing serious body injury resulting in multiple stiches. From the examination of the vehicle, it was found that lexus did not leave air vent between the spoiler and surface if the trunk lid…”
“When I was pulling out of a parking spot in reverse the brake was fighting me so it kept going into a concrete pillar then when I shifted it into drive it did it again and now matter how hard I pressed the brake it couldn't of stopped till it ran into a fence not far in front of the car when it…”
“When I was pulling out of a parking spot in reverse the brake was fighting me so it kept going into a concrete pillar then when I shifted it into drive it did it again and now matter how hard I pressed the brake it couldn't of stopped till it ran into a fence not far in front of the car when it…”
“When I was pulling out of a parking spot in reverse the brake was fighting me so it kept going into a concrete pillar then when I shifted it into drive it did it again and now matter how hard I pressed the brake it couldn't of stopped till it ran into a fence not far in front of the car when it…”
“When I was pulling out of a parking spot in reverse the brake was fighting me so it kept going into a concrete pillar then when I shifted it into drive it did it again and now matter how hard I pressed the brake it couldn't of stopped till it ran into a fence not far in front of the car when it…”
“The car had a mind of it's own when I was backing out a parking spot it wouldn't allow me to press down the brake(like the abs was fighting me) to stop before it shortly crashed into a concrete pillar and then when I put it in drive it took off on me and crashed/stopped into a fence again wouldn't…”
Defect investigations
InvestigationDP22005 Opened 2023-01-27 · closed 2023-08-07
Pedestrian alert sounds
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for…
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2014 Lexus ES Hybrid as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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