1998 LEXUS ES300 Complaints

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  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - CENTRALIA, IL

    THE SRS (SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM) FLASHING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO COME ON. WE DO NOT KNOW IF OUR AIRBAGS OR SELTBELTS WOULD WORK IN AN ACTUAL COLLISION. THE AUTOMOBILE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM 5 TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT NOTHING HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM. ARE WE SAFE? *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - GRAND PRAIRIE, TX

    VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT; VEHICLE WAS BROADSIDED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH OR MORE. PASSENGER WAS FORCED OVER TO DRIVER'S SIDE BECAUSE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK PROPERLY, AND BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIM.; SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - AGOURA HILLS, CA

    CAR WAS HIT WHEN PARKED. LARGE METAL OBJECT ON ROAD WAS KICKED UP BY 18 WHEELER AND SCRAPED RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE (ROADSIDE HAZARD).

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - CALABASAS, CA

    NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION CAUSING INJURIES TO PASSENGERS ELBOW, CHEST, NECK AND BACK, PASSENGER IN THE REAR ALSO SUSTAIN INJURY TO THE CHEST, NECK AND BACK FROM THE SEATBELT. NLM

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - BAYONNE, NJ

    AFTER UNBUCKLING BELT, SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILS TO OPERATE OR OPERATES SO SLOWLY THAT BELT LATCH INTERFERES WITH CLOSING OF DOOR. DOOR CLOSES ON UNRETRACTED CHROME LATCH DEVICE OF BELT, DAMAGING SEATBELT, LATCH, AND PLASTIC BUTTON EMBEDDED IN BELT. DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE BELT/RETRACTOR. EVERY ES300 I HAVE SEEN HAS THIS PROBLEM, AND EVIDENCE OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO INNER PADDED DOOR PANEL AND STEEL DOOR FRAME. (EVEN DEALER'S LOANER VEHICLE, WITH ONLY 11K MILES, HAD THE DAMAGE AND BELT'S PLASTIC BUTTON COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. ALL 1997 AND 1998 LEXUS ES300 MODELS HAVE THE PROBLEM RETRACTORS. UNSURE WHETHER PROBLEM EXISTS IN 1999 MODELS. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - WESTLAKE V, CA

    TIRE FAILED, FLATTENED WHILE DURING ON FREEWAY. P205/65R 15924 BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE88. YH

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - PELHAM, NH

    WHILE TRAVELING AT 10MPH VEHICLE HIT A CURB, CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. A CHEMICAL RELEASED BY THE AIR BAGS CAUSED INJURY TO THE PASSENGER'S EYES. DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS ALSO SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 LEXUS ES300
    - SPRINGFILED, PA

    WHILE LIGHTLY APPLYING BRAKES THE VEHICLE SURGED SUDDENLY, RESULTING IN MINOR COLLISION. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE