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
Statistics
Cars12
Median retail value$6,928
Median repair cost, % of value100%
Median odometer202,986 mi
Run and drive100%
Primary damage
Front End6 50%
Water / Flood2 17%
Rear End1 8.3%
Side1 8.3%
Undercarriage1 8.3%
Vandalism1 8.3%
Yard state
FL2 17%
AL1 8.3%
CA1 8.3%
CO1 8.3%
IL1 8.3%
IN1 8.3%
LA1 8.3%
MD1 8.3%
SC1 8.3%
TX1 8.3%
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
Speed control median 100,834 mi at failure15 19%
Brakes median 121,450 mi at failure12 15%
Airbags median 71,990 mi at failure10 12%
Suspension median 88,000 mi at failure9 11%
Electrical system median 100,834 mi at failure8 10%
Seats and seat belts median 83,000 mi at failure6 7%
Engine and cooling median 78,490 mi at failure5 6%
Wheels and tires4 5%
Body and structure3 4%
Exterior lighting median 170,000 mi at failure2 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.