IllustrationFAILED LIGHTING SYSTEM MAKES INSTRUMENTS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE DAY OR NIGHT. A COMMON LEXUS PROBLEM AND A SAFETY CONCERN. DEALERS QUOTED OVER $1000 TO REPAIR. DT
1994 Lexus LS400
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
Similar to other model years
Owner complaints for the 1994 Lexus LS400 do not stand out strongly from the model-year median of 21.5.
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Owner complaints by model year
Compare all LS400 years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
All reported categories
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
20–25K
225–50K
350–75K
1275–100K
4100–150K
10150K+
33 reports with mileage · 35 unknown
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Electrical System. Review the 44 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Interior Lighting. Review the 10 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Seat Belts. Review the 6 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
3 crash reports0 fire reports2 injury reports
Unknown Or Other complaints
2 reportsTHE INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPUTER APPARENTLY GOES BAD AND REQUIRES ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF TIME AND IT WILL START WORKING AGAIN. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE ON THIS MODEL. THEY RECOMMEND REPLACING THE COMPUTER AT CUSTOMERS COST. I THINK THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. DT
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.