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2003 Lexus ES300 engine and engine cooling problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2003 Lexus ES3009% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
9%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 2003 es 300 - transmission issues: I have been experiencing hesitation upon acceleration almost every time, along with hard shifting 50% of the time. The acceleration hesitation can be scary if I'm trying to enter the highway, or turning left. The hard shifting feels like I got hit from behind…

    filed Nov 29, 2011

  • On march 26, 2010 my husband and I were stopped at a traffic signal, (with my foot on the brake as you would expect), when the car suddenly accelerated at full throttle. In the brief but terrifying moments that the car was out of control I unfortunately collided with another vehicle as I threw the…

    filed Apr 11, 2010

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other ES300 years

YearReportsShare
2002 ES30096%
2000 ES30047%
1999 ES3001037%
1998 ES300510%
1997 ES300511%
1996 ES3001130%
1995 ES300411%
1994 ES30013%
1993 ES300716%
1992 ES300411%
ES300 engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.