2008 Lexus IS 250: airbag warning light

Filed Jan 25, 2019 · Airbags · 99,000 miles · CA

As inspected by lexus dealership in woodland hills ca, my car has airbag light on/off intermittently. Error code b1861 was found that is tied to knee airbag on the driver side. There is a problem with the squib circuit in the instrument cluster I believe. Car has around 99k miles but this safety concern is serious. This airbag is something that never gets used unless you're in an accident. I've never been in one. It is just bad workmanship on lexus to install such a wiring harness and squib circuit that'll go bad before 100,000 miles. As a customer this is not something that is visible to me nor something I would attempt to touch. It is hidden behind the instrument cluster and dashboard. Dealership quoted $3000+ to fix something that wasn't caused due to customer negligence. It is just bad workmanship from lexus. There is a great risk involved with driving lexus is250's considering this light could turn on anytime and if one gets into an accident, then airbag would not deploy resulting in a possible casualty or serious injuries. This should be a recall on all lexus affected by this. Customer shouldn't be responsible for these workmanship problems.

Filed Dec 29, 2018 · Airbags · IL

Dash airbag light randomly turned on. Car was parked. As soon as car was turned on the light lit up. Light was not on day before. Took to local lexus dealership and had code scanned. Dealership informed me that my car needs a new dash harness and repair would cost +$3,000 plus tax for part and labor which is half of what the car costs. Also told me that when the light is on none of my airbags will deploy in the event of a collision which makes me worried to drive the car, especially this time of year. Looked up the issue online and saw it is a common issue with these cars, but there is no type of recall for the issue which is unusual for something that is common and puts lives at risk.

Filed Oct 9, 2018 · Airbags · CA

2008 lexus is 250. Consumer writes in regard to airbag recall and airbag light remaining on. *as

Filed Jul 26, 2017 · Airbags, Fuel system · 40,000 miles · AL

After having the car I started getting the feel as if the car wanted to cut off each time I came to a stop. There was vibration with in the motor as it seemed. I contacted the dealership and they advise there was a issue with my model with the motor system with the vibration. They fixed the issue so I thought but as of today there is still vibrations at time when I come to a complete stop. Later on I received a recall on the dashboard and door panels. I later received another recall for my airbags, now my airbag light keeps coming on and I'm having to take the car back and forth to the dealership. These items has happen on number of occasions

Filed Jul 6, 2017 · Airbags · NY

I purchased my lexus in nov. 2012 for approx. $18000 cash from a private person. By early 2013, the SRS airbag warning light stayed to come on, stay on for 1-2 days, then goes off. Then, few months later, it came on and stayed on. So, I took it to a lexus dealer to check it. They immediately informed me that the cause was a defective SRS wire harness, as per the fault code b1861, which lexus was well aware of and had issued tsp, and the fix was to replace the SRS wire harness with an upgraded replacement which would cost me $3500-$4000. Not being aware of this issue before I purchased my lexus, I decided to research the problem to learn more before contacting lexus customer satisfaction center, as advised by the dealer. However, lexus customer satisfaction center, as well as lexus corporate office, refused to take responsibility and carry the entire cost, even so they acknowledged the defect. Therefore, I'm left with a car with nonfunctional airbag system; it would cost me as much as 50% of the market value of the car; it could not be resold; and, it would not pass the dmv inspection. According to all lexus dealers who inspected the problem, this SRS wire harness is located under the dashboard and can not be damaged except due to an accident where damage reaches the dashboard area. Therefore, it's lexus responsibility to carry the cost of upgrading the defected wire harness. Moreover, they have informed that it's unsafe to drive the car in its current condition because the airbag system may not function properly in an accident. However, due to the high cost of fixing this problem, I am, like many other lexus owners, left with no choice but to drive it the way it it and pray I won't get in any accident.

Filed Apr 25, 2017 · Airbags, Electrical · 950,000 miles · PA

Harness - failure of the airbag harness causing the SRS light to stay on. This is a major safety issue and very costly $3,00.00+. It also appears to be widespread affecting various manufacture years including my 2008 model is250. I believe this warrants a review.

Filed Apr 14, 2017 · Airbags · 81,500 miles · CA

When I turn on my car the SRS light cames on and has stayed on. This disables all safety features. Lexus has a tsb l-sb-0167-08 admitting the faulty design of the wiring harness. Since my car has 82000 miles when the light came on lexus says I'm out of the 70000 mile warranty. They want $2500 to fix their flawed design wiring harness. My family and my safety areon the line here and this needs to be addressed.

Filed Mar 17, 2017 · Airbags · 88,000 miles · TX

After taking the car in for service and inspection the airbag light came on and stays on. I took to park place lexus grapevine for the takata recall replacement. I told the service person about the light and they told me $100 dollars to diagnose. They called me and told me it is the wire harness which causes the airbag not to function and they tell me it will cost $3300 dollars for a wire harness. I see this is a known issue with a technical service bulletin issued so I do not understand. I have taken very good care of my car which has 88k miles and I a m very upset they want to charge me thousands for a manufacturing issue they have known about.

Filed Mar 23, 2016 · Airbags · 110,000 miles · CA

Air bag was never used but air bag light is always on

Filed Dec 16, 2015 · Airbags, Electrical · 61,000 miles · MO

My car is a 2008 with only 61k miles on it. The airbag light came on and I took it into the dealer. They said there was an issue with a wiring "squib" and my entire airbag system was shut down. If I had gotten into an accident, not one airbag would have deployed. The dealer said to fix it will mean replacing the entire wiring harness at a cost of $2500. Per the dealer, this is nothing that happened over time or through wear and tear. Also, the dealer said by replacing the entire wiring harness, I was replacing items that were not malfunctioning as this was the direction per lexus. I contacted lexus and they said they will not cover anything. It was very alarming to hear that while the airbag light was on, I was driving around without airbags. The dealer was so concerned that after the initial diagnostic test, he strongly recommended that I service it now and not drive it off the lot due to safety reasons.

Filed Nov 3, 2015 · Airbags · 95,000 miles · IN

During maintenance at dealer was informed that air bag warning light on dash will require replacement wire harness. Dealer informed me that it cannot be serviced and only option was to replace this expensive component. With current mileage on vehicle of 95k this was only covered up to 7year or 70k miles. No service bulletin was received from vehicle manufacturer that this component may fail and keep safety system on vehicle from working properly....updated 12/03/15*bf

Filed Jan 13, 2015 · Airbags, Electrical · 66,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the wiring harness needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 66,000.