2012 Lexus ES 350 Service and Repair Manual

Every specification in this service and repair manual is tied to the 2012 Lexus ES 350 as it was built that year — the 3.5L V6 (2GR-FE) in Base trim — so the clearances, torque values and diagnostic trees you work from are the ones Lexus published for this car, not figures carried over from an adjacent model year.

Engines

• 3.5L V6 GAS Naturally Aspirated

Trims

• Base

Known issues on the 2012 ES 350. Three recalls are on federal record for this model year, and all three concern the passenger-side frontal air bag inflator module. The first warns that an inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death. The second covers vehicles whose driver or passenger frontal air bag inflators had already been replaced under a prior recall using inflators of the same design; those inflators may explode. The third describes an inflator rupture that may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants, resulting in serious injury or death. Owners have filed 116 complaints for the year. The diagnostic and repair procedures behind that system are here.

From an air bag system check to a driveability diagnosis on the 2GR-FE or a routine service interval, it keeps you on the OEM procedure and the correct specification for this 2012 ES 350.