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Lexus GS400 at salvage auctions

Lexus GS400: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Lexus GS400: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars12
Median retail value$6,928
Median repair cost, % of value100%
Median odometer202,986 mi
Run and drive100%
Primary damage
  1. Front End 6 50%
  2. Water / Flood 2 17%
  3. Rear End 1 8.3%
  4. Side 1 8.3%
  5. Undercarriage 1 8.3%
  6. Vandalism 1 8.3%
Yard state
  1. FL2 17%
  2. AL1 8.3%
  3. CA1 8.3%
  4. CO1 8.3%
  5. IL1 8.3%
  6. IN1 8.3%
  7. LA1 8.3%
  8. MD1 8.3%
  9. SC1 8.3%
  10. TX1 8.3%
  11. VA1 8.3%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

81 complaints about the Lexus GS400 (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints81
With a crash33
With a fire0
Injured23
Deaths0
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Speed control
    median 100,834 mi at failure
    15 19%
  2. Brakes
    median 121,450 mi at failure
    12 15%
  3. Airbags
    median 71,990 mi at failure
    10 12%
  4. Suspension
    median 88,000 mi at failure
    9 11%
  5. Electrical system
    median 100,834 mi at failure
    8 10%
  6. Seats and seat belts
    median 83,000 mi at failure
    6 7%
  7. Engine and cooling
    median 78,490 mi at failure
    5 6%
  8. Wheels and tires 4 5%
  9. Body and structure 3 4%
  10. Exterior lighting
    median 170,000 mi at failure
    2 2%
Complaints by model year
1994
1995
41
2000

Recalls

1 recall campaigns for the Lexus GS400.

Recall campaigns by model year
11998

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.