The 2015 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 10 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the power train. 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
POWER TRAIN
3
1crashes
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
2
1crashes
EQUIPMENT
1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
1
HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
1
SERVICE BRAKES
1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
1
Total complaints10
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“I had new brakes put on my car and a few months later, while I was driving, the brakes completely stopped working. There was no warning and I ended up going through a red light because I couldn't stop. I was lucky to be in a residential area where I could pull over to the side and be towed to the…”
“On 6/3/2019 at 12 noon, it has sudden runaway acceleration. We had stopped on the curb outside our home and then started driving slowly in ev mode turning into our driveway, and all of a sudden, it accelerated hard by itself, hit another car in the driveway, and then hit the corner of the house…”
“On 6/3/2019 at 12 noon, it has sudden runaway acceleration. We had stopped on the curb outside our home and then started driving slowly in ev mode turning into our driveway, and all of a sudden, it accelerated hard by itself, hit another car in the driveway, and then hit the corner of the house…”
“Car shakes”
“This is the third incident of unexpected acceleration and happened on 4/22/2016 at about 1pm. I was in ev mode, driving to park when all of a sudden the car shifted to "gas" and accelerated rapidly. I was able to stomp on the breaks and stopped to car about a foot before hitting a car in front.…”
“I was driving about 5mpg while pulling into a parking space. Car was in ev mode. All of a sudden the car accelerated; stepped really hard on the brakes and the car finally stopped about 2-3 inches before the sign. 04/11/2016.”
“My brand new es300h shows different milauge capacity each time I fill the tank. When I purchased it brand new it showed the driving range of 675 miles with full tank. Since then it has been continuously dropping by 20 to 30 miles each time I fill it up. Now I will be lucky if I can get even 500…”
“My brand new es300h shows different milauge capacity each time I fill the tank. When I purchased it brand new it showed the driving range of 675 miles with full tank. Since then it has been continuously dropping by 20 to 30 miles each time I fill it up. Now I will be lucky if I can get even 500…”
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 2015 Lexus ES Hybrid as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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