Fitment on this 1993 Lexus ES 300 service and repair manual is set at the year, engine and trim level: the 3.0L V6 (3VZ-FE) exactly as Lexus built it for 1993, so the clearances, torque figures and service intervals you work to are the ones written for this car and not values carried over from an adjacent model year.
Engines
- 3.0L V6 GAS Naturally Aspirated
Trims
- Automatic
- Standard
Known issues on the 1993 ES 300. No recalls are on federal record for the 1993 ES 300. Owners have still filed 45 complaints for the year, and Lexus has issued no technical service bulletins for it. The diagnostic and repair procedures behind the systems those owners report on are here.
Whether you are chasing a fault an owner report points to or working through a scheduled service, it keeps you on the OEM procedure and the correct specification for this 1993 ES 300.
Lexus Safety Recall and Service Campaign - Technician Certification Requirements 4.13.2022
POL: This consolidated Tire Warranty Guide contains the complete warranty terms for all brands of ground and spare tires currently in use by Lexus. This information must be kept near the point of vehicle sale and be available to any custome
Brake Pedal Force Gauge SST for Parking Brake Inspection.
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Windshield Wiper Blade Maintenance and cleaning
Safety Recall and Service Campaign - Technician Certification Requirements
TSB: SUPERSESSION NOTICE The information contained in this bulletin supersedes Service Bulletin Nos. L-SB-0048-08, PG007-07, PG016-01, PG015-01, PG004-97, PG003-97, PG003-93, PG002-90, L-SB-0048-08, PG007-07, PG016-01, PG015-01, PG004-97, P
TSB: OBSOLETE NOTICE April 06, 2020: This bulletin is now obsolete. Please see L-SB-0008-20. Replacement Certification Labels and VIN Plates
Showing the 8 most recent of 26 technical service bulletins on file with NHTSA.
ON IMPACT THE DRIVER AIR DEPLOYED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . TT
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WAS REAR-ENDED, POWER SEAT SKIPPED TRACK AND RECLINED ON IMPACT, ENGINE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION--LEXUS DEALER WAS CONTACTED--MCGRATH LEXUS IN WESTMONT,IL THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR BUT DID NOT REALLY EXAMINE ANYTHING, IE; THEY DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING APART--CAR WAS TOTALLED BY STATE FARM INS. CAUSED INJURY TO THE PASSENGER, WHOSE SEAT BROKE, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS BAD HAD THE SEAT STAYED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION
CONSUMER WAS INVOVLED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO RECEIVE BURNS ON HIS CHIN/CHEST AND THE UPPER AND LOWER PARTS OF RIGHT ARM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION, SPEED UNDETERMINED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, IMPACT 11:OO. *AK
AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM GETTING AN OIL LEAK REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD.DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT (60) MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
TL* THE CONTACT 1993 ES300 LEXUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45MPH AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE BEGIN TO SMOKE. UPON PULLING OVER THE CONTACT NOTICED FIRE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND HE STATED THAT THE STEERING FLUID CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE FIRE STARTED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED OVER TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE CONTACT STILL HAS NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE DEALER AS OF THE TIME OF THE COMPLAI
DD. *TR
NEED TO REPLACE THE VALVE STEM HEADS. WAS TOLD BY INDEPENDENT LEXUS SERVICE CENTER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 93/94 ES300 MODELS.
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHES AT TIMES.ADDITIONALLY, THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT PLASTIC RETAINER HAS BROKEN AND HAS A SHARP PROTRUDING EDGE WHICH IN AN ACCIDENT MAY PROVE VERY DANGEROUS. *AK
MY CAR IS IN HORRIBLE CONDITION I HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND I HAVE HAD IT 1 MONTH. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL OVERHEAT AND SHUT DOWN . *AK CONSUMER ADDED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S AIR CONDITIONER, AND A STRONG GASOLINE SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN BECAUSE OF POOR MAINTENANCE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF A RADIATOR ALTHOUGH THE LEAKS WERE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE WATER PUMP *LA THE OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. *JB
WINDOWS CONTINUALLY GET A HEAVY FILM ON THE INSIDE. DEALER CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHY. AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON AT 70,000 MILES. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE AIRBAG AT MY COST OF $700. DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW REGULATOR BROKE. WINDOW WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN. HAD TO REPLACE REGULATOR
UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 30MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
Showing the 15 most serious of 45 complaints filed with NHTSA.
