2009 Lexus IS250

The year-by-year federal record supplied begins with 2011, so the 2009 target year itself is not plotted, but the surrounding arc provides useful context. From 2011 through 2015, complaints trend downward from 49 to 16 and recalls fall from four to zero beginning in 2014, suggesting the manufacturer closed out major campaigns in later model years — a curve into which the 2009 car fits as an early entry rather than a late one. The 2009-specific record is mixed: Air Bags lead with 18 complaints, followed by Unknown or Other at 14 and Vehicle Speed Control at 12, with 7 crash-linked filings among them, while Visibility/Wiper is contained at 4 and there are zero fire complaints. The data does not specify the root cause behind the air bag or speed control concentration, though their combined weight against a relatively narrow complaints base signals exposure to issues that were less prevalent in the years that followed. Net takeaway: 2009 is a defensible used buy only if those two dominant areas have documented remediation; otherwise a 2013 or later example would be the more conservative choice given the cleaner later-model trend.