Lexus LC 500: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

LC 500 sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the LC 500 on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Lexus LC 500

Across every LC 500 model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Unknown Or Other4 complaints across all LC 500 years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
• Structure4 complaints across all LC 500 years · typical job: Body, subframe or corrosion repair$1,070–$2,920
• Exterior Lighting1 complaints across all LC 500 years · typical job: Headlamp assembly or lighting-module replacement$360–$1,380
• Engine1 complaints across all LC 500 years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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