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Service bulletin L-SB-0005-12

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10132152
Published by NHTSA2018-04-02
Manufacturer's numberL-SB-0005-12
Manufacturer's date2013-09-24
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

NHTSA's summary

Some 2011 ? 2013 model year IS 250/350/250C/350C and IS F vehicles equipped with HID (High Intensity Discharge) headlights may exhibit a paint bubbling/wrinkling condition on top of the LED strip within one or both of the headlight housings. Newly designed headlight units have been developed to address this condition. Follow the procedure in this bulletin to install the updated headlight units.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Lighting, Headlights

Vehicles listed
LEXUS IS 2502011 to 2013
LEXUS IS 250C2011 to 2013
LEXUS IS 3502011 to 2013
LEXUS IS 350C2011 to 2013
LEXUS IS F2011 to 2013

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.