2006 Lexus IS 250 problems
Owners have filed 252 complaints about the 2006 Lexus IS 250 with NHTSA. Structure accounts for 21% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of air bags at 18.7%.
Complaints252
Crashes13
Fires4
Injuries17
Deaths2
What owners report breaking
Structure 21.0% · 53
Air bags 18.7% · 47
Engine 7.5% · 19
Vehicle speed control 7.1% · 18
Unknown or other 6.7% · 17
Visibility/wiper 6.7% · 17
Fuel/propulsion system 4.4% · 11
Engine and engine cooling 4.4% · 11
Severity
Of those complaints, 13 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire, 17 report an injury and 2 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 3 model years of the Lexus IS 250 in this data, 2006 ranks 2nd by complaint volume — 2007 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 3 in the last three years against 74 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 84,711 miles.
In owners' own words
Interior - melting dash and door panels; my dash and door panels are disintegrating for no reason and have been for some time. Looks as if it has melted. All door panels are doing this but the best example is that no one sits in the back of the car. I open the rear doors, panels look as if someone has cut pieces out of it. Panels are just melting and coming apart. (Melting and disintegrating interior). Structure
Both door panels on my 2006 Lexus IS 250 are melting and producing the stick sticky black tar looking stuff I guess it's from melting and the odor from that is sometimes so strong when I'm on long rides that it may gives me headaches my daughter has burnt her arm because the door panels are so hot to touch and melting and this is usually all year round because of the sun hitting it. Structure · reported at 98,000 miles
The dash and both driver and passenger side door panels look as if they are melting. Every time I touch the door my fingernail chips off another piece of the soft material, making it look as though an animal was clawing at it. On really hot sunny days the dash can become somewhat shiny obstructing the view at certain angles and lighting. Dangerous and annoying. Structure · reported at 90,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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