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NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

5 crash reports0 fire reports4 injury reports

Visibility/wiper complaints

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16,500 miles · Oct 5, 2015

Visibility/wiper

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WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED IN LATE JUNE 2015. THE WINDSHIELD HAS A DISTORTION THAT IS EXACERBATED AT NIGHT. HEADLIGHTS AND REAR TAIL LAMPS APPEAR IN TRIPLE ON VEHICLES. ON DARK/DIM LIT ROADS, THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC'S HEADLIGHTS APPEARS IN VERTICAL MULTIPLES AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD BORDERING ON BEING A FATAL INCIDENT. TWO OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH NHTSA UNDER THE ES300 CATEGORY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A LAMINATION PROBLEM AND A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. LEXUS DENIES SEEING THE PROBLEM. YET, EVERY PASSENGER TO RIDE IN MY VEHICLE NOTICES THE PROBLEM WITHOUT ME SAYING ANYTHING. THE SERVICE STAFF AT JOHNSON LEXUS, RALEIGH, NC, DENIES SEEING THE MULTIPLE IMAGES. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER A BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY AND LEXUS HAS FAILED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. THE DISTORTION IS VISIBLE WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING.

NHTSA ODI #10779920

Official recalls

15V728000 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Crash Imminent Braking

Nov 3, 2015

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 Pre-Collision System (PCS) as optional equipment. In these vehicles, the PCS may unexpectedly activate and apply the brakes when the radar detects a steel joint or plate in the roadway as an object.

Consequence & remedy

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.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

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