Open safety recalls, the components owners report failing most often, crash-test results and running costs for the 2012 Lexus GS450H — assembled from NHTSA and EPA records.
Everything on this page applies to the model as a whole. Run its 17-character VIN to decode that exact car — its engine, trim, assembly plant and factory equipment — alongside these records. Free, no account.
Run a VIN →Recalls and complaints are filed against a specific model year, so figures differ from one year to the next even within a single generation. See every Lexus GS450H year.
The parts named most often across 1 owner complaintfiled with NHTSA for this make, model and year — the closest free answer to “what is likely to go wrong?”
Complaints are self-reported and skew toward problems people find alarming, so treat this as where to look, not a defect rate.
I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55MPH. I DID NOT SEE ANY ROCKS OR OTHER OBJECTS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. MY SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE IN MOTION. THE INSIDE COVER WAS CLOSED, AND NO GLASS CAME INTO THE CAR.
No EPA fuel-economy match for this model (naming may differ or it predates EPA records).
1 open NHTSA investigation into this model. Investigations come before recalls, so these are potential defects not yet covered by one.
Rated configuration: 2012 Lexus GS450H 4 DR RWD
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