2008 LEXUS ES Complaints

IN AN ACCIDENT IN 2012, A CAR IMPACTED THIS LEXUS FROM RIGHT SIDE AND THE LEXUS SHIFTED OVER THE CURB AND HIT THE ROAD SIDE LIGHT POST. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG EXPLODED BUT INSTEAD OF PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM INJURY, IT DAMAGED MY WIFE'S RIGHT KNEE BADLY. THE KNEE BONE WAS FRACTURED AND SHE HAD THREE SURGERIES IN HOSPITAL. SHE HAD BEEN ON BED FOR HALF YEAR BEFORE RECOVERY. NOW SHE STILL CAN'T WALK NORMALLY AND FEEL PAIN FROM HER KNEE.

TAKATA RECALL - I CONTACTED LEXUS OF WAYZATA DEALERSHIP THIS SUMMER AFTER RECEIVING RECALL NOTICE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO SOLUTION TO THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS. NO PROBLEMS AS OF YET

2008 LEXUS 350. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RADIATOR LEAK CAUSED BY TECHNICIANS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RADIATOR LEAK WAS CAUSED BY THE TECHNICIANS TAMPERING WITH IT IN ORDER TO INDUCE THE LEAK. THE FRONT PASSENGER'S AIR BAG INFLATOR WAS NOT PROPERLY CORRECTED. UPDATED 11/06/2017*JS

TAKATA RECALL- I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE 2008 LEXUS ES350 IN FEB.2017 AND THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ON AND I WAS TOLD BY THE SELLER THAT IT WOULD GO OFF ONCE I DRIVE IT FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER TAKING IT HOME, A FEW DAYS LATER IT WAS STILL ON. TOOK IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THE SPARE TIRE WAS A LITTLE DEFLATED AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE. TOOK IT HOME AND ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER IT WAS BACK ON AGAIN.TOOK IT BACK AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A TINY PIN HOLE IN THE TIRE THAT WAS MISSED AND WAS CORRECTED. TOOK IT HOME AND MAYBE A FEW WEEKS LATER IT WAS BACK ON AGAIN. I WENT BACK AND TOLD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A SENSOR. THE DEALER THEN HAD MY CAR SENT TO THE LEXUS DEALER TO FIX IT AND I GOT IT BACK THE NEXT DAY AND IT STAYED OFF FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS THEN CAME BACK ON AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS THEN TOLD IT WAS DEFINITELY THE SENSOR AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO "NEXT LEVEL" WHICH IS A SHOP THAT MAKES REPAIRS AND THIS WAS 2 WEEKS AGO WHICH I HAVEN'T SINCE THE LIGHT HAVEN'T CAME BACK ON AS OF TODAY. ALL OF THE TIMES IT CAME ON, IT WAS PARKED, AND WHEN IT WAS TURNED ON THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ON.THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BY THE DEALER SINCE IT WAS AN ISSUE FROM THE BEGINNING....

TAKATA INFLATORS: I WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON 05/25/2017. THE VEH I WAS IN WAS A 2008 LEXUS ES 350. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT FAILED TO INFLATE. AS A RESULT I HAVE TO UNDERGO SURGERY DUE TO SEVERE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT. BOTH THE SIDE AND FRONT AIRBAGS APPEARED TO BE JUST SOME WHITE SHEETS THAT POPPED OUT. THE NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS WAS RECEIVED ABOUT ALMOST 2 MONTHS AFTER THE CAR ACCIDENT. BY THEN THE INCIDENT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AND THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. THIS TOOK PLACE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, ON KENDALL DRIVE. THE LEXUS WAS AT A STANDSTILL FACING NORTH IN THE MIDDLE MEDIAN AWAITING THE MAKE A LEFT TURN TO BE ABLE TO HEAD WEST AND TURN INTO THE WEST BOUND LANES. THE OPPOSITE PARTY THAT STRUCK THE LEXUS WAS HEADING EAST IN THE 2ND TO 3RD LANE HEADING EAST BOUND. THE OTHER PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO SWERVE INTO THE MIDDLE AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN THEN STRUCK THE LEXUS'S REAR DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER PANEL. THE LEXUS SPUN OUT AND ENDED UP FACING SOUTH WITHIN THE MIDDLE MEDIAN. BOTH VEHICLES THE LEXUS AND THE OTHER PARTY'S VEH WERE BOTH INSURED BY GEICO AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND GEICO DECLARED DUAL COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V340000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT CALLED LEXUS OF CLEARLAKE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TAKATA RECALL: I CONTACTED THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM 2 TIMES IN THE PAST 4 MONTHS, MOST RECENTLY ON OCTOBER 25, 2017 AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PARTS. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE THE CASE BECAUSE TAKATA AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE NOW IN CHAPTER 11. NO ONE THERE CAN TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE PARTS BEING DELIVERED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE LEXUS OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE IN ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY. THE RECALL NOTICE WAS ISSUED IN JANUARY 2017. HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS LIKE MYSELF ARE DRIVING WITH AIR BAGS THAT CAN EXPLODE AND POTENTIAL KILL THE CAR'S OCCUPANTS.

TAKATA RECALL ANNOUNCED ON JAN 2017 BUT IT STILL HAS NOT STARTED THE REMEDY OF RECALL. SO FRUSTRATED!!!

TAKATA RECALL. I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM LEXUS MANY MONTHS AGO; JANUARY, I BELIEVE, BUT HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A FOLLOW-UP NOTICE FOR REPAIR. WHEN I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER TODAY, I WAS TOLD THAT REPAIR IS STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND I HAVE TO CONTINUE WAITING. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS PROCESS IS TAKING SO LONG. LEXUS RECOMMENDS THAT I DO NOT OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH AN OCCUPANT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I THINK TO DO SO FOR TEN MONTHS IS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V0006000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (IRA LEXUS, 99 A ANDOVER STREET, DANVERS, MA 01923 (978) 739-8705) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT TO WAIT FOR A SECOND NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THAT THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.