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Exterior lightingPart report

2007 Lexus ES Exterior lighting Problems

Complaints
6about this part
Share
5%of 125 total for the year
Median mileage
55,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 6 complaints about the exterior lighting of the 2007 Lexus ES, 5% of the 125 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 55,000 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“The lower beam hid lights went out intermittently (sometimes left, sometimes right front-light). After stopping and turning off the ignition, the lights come on again after restarting the engine. A few times, both lights turned off at the same time, so that I was completely in the dark and I had to pull over and stop the car. After I replaced the bulbs, it improved for about 6 month. After that, the same problem started again this created some very scary situations, especially when it happened when I drove at night on a dark freeway with heavy traffic and at high speed.”

NHTSA complaint #10626594, filed 2014-08, 44,871 miles

“The headlights are supposed to track with the direction of my I front tires. For the past 2+ years my headlights have sporadically been turning off. Sometimes it will be one light, other times it will be both. I am forced to turn on my brights. Usually, I can immediately switch back to my low beam and they will come back on. I took the car to my local auto repair shop so they could change the light bulbs. After inspecting the lights, they found the plastic mount was disintegrating. The heat from the halogen lights was deteriorating the plastic. As a result, the mount was unable to track. …”

NHTSA complaint #10743366, filed 2015-07, 55,000 miles

“The issue that I am having with my 2007 Lexus ES 350 is while im in motion on a highway or street both of my headlights will shut off. I have to manually turn the headlight switch off then on again and thats when they will come back on, it happens several times while driving. Sometimes the left headlight will turn off and the right stays on and vice versa for the right or both. …”

NHTSA complaint #11355168, filed 2020-09

“Issue number one the dashboard the steering wheel and the clutch handle for automatic or manual melts it gets extremely hot and slippery it burns no matter if you cover your car or anything it melts and the glare from it is very dangerous when the Sun hits the windshield while driving it makes it look like a mirror form I'm not the only one who complains about this issue because why does the dashboard melts and create a dangerous flare with glare excuse the heating and cooling seats I believe also I'm not sure if it's causing condensation because it's connected to the AC which is also an…”

NHTSA complaint #11607287, filed 2024-08

“Pulled over in dec 2012 and given verbal by police because driver side low beam headlight out/while talking to police clicked lights on and off and headlight started working. Had balance changed. 29 sep 2013 pulled over by police because drive side low beam headlight out/clicked lights on and off and light working/received ticket for improper headlight.”

NHTSA complaint #10546108, filed 2013-09

Exterior lighting: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
201913%
201326%
200811%
200765%
200547%
200227%

Other parts of the 2007 Lexus ES

Air bags
34 complaints
Other or unknown
31 complaints
Body and structure
31 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
19 complaints
Engine
11 complaints
Brakes
6 complaints
Electrical system
6 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
4 complaints
Fuel system
3 complaints
Steering
3 complaints
Vehicle speed control
3 complaints
Electronic stability control
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2007 Lexus ES

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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