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2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid Electrical system Problems

Complaints
15about this part
Share
20%of 76 total for the year
Median mileage
81,000miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 15 complaints about the electrical system of the 2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid, 20% of the 76 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 81,000 miles. 4 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

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

“I'm just over 100k miles and my Lexus had a check hybrid system light as I was driving on the freeway and completely lost power in my vehicle on the freeway going about 65 MPH. All warning lights came on and I was unable to accelerate or put the car in drive. I had to pull over and put on my hazards on a very busy freeway. I took my car to my local Lexus service center and they informed me that I have an internal transaxle short and the entire transaxle needs to be replaced for the cost of around $7,000. …”

NHTSA complaint #11002051, filed 2017-06, 107,000 miles

“On 9/29/2017 while turning left at night in a dark road all interior and exterior lights went out. We crashed into wall beside the city street and our car was totaled. We filed a claim with Lexus at that time. A recall notice for this problem came in december. On december 22,2017, Lexus stated in letter from their legal department that Lexus had no responsibility. They were able to start the car and turn on the lights on november 14, 2017 when an inspection of the vehicle was made. The urgent safety recall described what we experienced. …”

NHTSA complaint #11056580, filed 2017-12, 66,780 miles

“2010 Lexus hs 250h start malfunction, all lights flickering then nothing. Attempted jumping the 12v battery off but that did not work, attempted replacing key fob battery and that did not work. Now there is no lights or electricity the only lights that flicker are the p light which strobes slightly and when the brake is played with (depressed and let out several times) I can get the light key not detected and the triangle with the ! To come on. Then when I hold fob to the power button it will say, depress brake and push power button to start car however that does not work. …”

NHTSA complaint #11165056, filed 2019-01, 160,395 miles

“Takata recall: I've had 2 incidents where all four of my car windows were down. Also my moonroof window was open. I assume they went down by themselves. The car was parked. I'd go out to my car. My car was locked. I always lock it and nothing appeared to be stolen or broken. The first incident happened around the time there was a recall on the car for potential hybrid system failure. I didn't know if it had to do something with that but I took it into a Lexus dealership to get it fixed for the recall. It didn't happen after that again until december of 2018. …”

NHTSA complaint #11163073, filed 2018-12, 130,000 miles

“My accident was caused by unintended acceleration. As I was slowly turning right into a parking place, the car suddenly accelerated and crashed into a brick building. The force of the crash caused the air bags to deploy. There was so much damage to the car that it was a total loss. After the crash I obtained the event data recorder (edr) reading from a contractor hired by toyota. It showed that for the last 5 seconds before the crash, I was applying very light pressure to the gas pedal up until the last .8 seconds. …”

NHTSA complaint #10749195, filed 2015-08, 75,000 miles

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20101520%

Other parts of the 2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid

Suspension
30 complaintsBrakes
21 complaintsElectronic stability control
6 complaintsEngine
5 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsExterior lighting
3 complaintsOther or unknown
3 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsFuel system
2 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
2 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaintsHybrid propulsion system
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2010 Lexus HS 250 Hybrid

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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