Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. Parts distribution disconnect.
2008 Lexus IS 250 airbags complaints
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Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags) for the front passenger inflator; 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 manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
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.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Takata inflators - my vehicle has an open recall with no known fix. So I am stuck with a vehicle that now holds no value and that I can not sell. It's worth less than owe. How can you have a recall with no known fix? That is unfair to the consumer and doesn't say good things about the lexus name. I won't buy another lexus ever again!
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The contact stated that the parts needed for the recall remedy were still not available and the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available. Updated 04/19/17*lj
Taking too long to repair
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags). The dealer and the manufacturer were unable to provide a reasonable time frame to supply the part for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Takata recall. Lexus sent out letter earlier this year and put me in the first round of "priority" recall replacement group. Letter also states that recall would be done by the end of 2016 for my group. Thus far I have not heard from lexus, and when I reached out they said remedy is still not available. I have not been able to seat anyone in my front passenger side which is causing a lot of inconvenience to my daily life.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags) however, the part for the recall repair was not available. The contact stated the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced any failures. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. Vin tool confirms parts not available. Updated 01/27/17
Takata recall. I have been waiting for an airbag since may. The lexus dealership told me it was ok to drive just be very careful and noone sits in the front passenger seat. We are a family of 4. My husband drives a 2 seater jeep. We have had to go out of town twice and drive separate vehicles and separate vehicles in town. It's ridiculous and noone can tell me when a replacement will be available.
Takata recall-passenger airbag. When will the parts be available? I have been waiting more than 6 months. I called local lexus dealership twice and the parent company once to question when the passenger airbag may be replaced. I was told it is not in their control. The last time I called the dealership where I purchased the car, the person I spoke with was not helpful. All 3 calls were fruitless. I travel a lot and passengers have to sit in the back. I need the car fixed so I can sell it and purchase another vehicle-not a lexus! Nor one with takata airbags.
Tl* takata recall- the contact owns a 2008 lexus is 250. The contact stated that the recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v340000 (air bags) was received in june of 2016. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed for the recall remedy were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be provided. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN tool confirms parts not available.
Takata airbag.
Takata recall recall was issued on may 2016, and no remedy has been given to owners yet. Also dashboard was recalled for replacement as they became sticky / melted and at times produce glare. Local lexus dealer approved replacement in october 2015, and still have not received the dashboards for replacement. Contacted lexus corporate directly, but did not receive any specific set time for the availability of the part.
Takata recall. My recall notice is dated may 23, 2016. I still have not received an official recall notice in the mail. The recall status is still listed as "recall incomplete. Remedy not yet available." I have called the westside lexus service department in houston, texas numerous times since I learned of the recall. Each time, I was advised that the remedy is not available and that the dealership would contact me when they have a remedy available. I first learned of the recall notice on june 29, 2016.
Received notice from lexus that until a remedy becomes available that I do not operate the car with a front passenger. Furthermore, that if I feel that lexus has failed to remedy the defect in a reasonable time, to file a complaint. The reasonable amount of time in this case is, in my opinion, immediate. Hence, the reason and purpose of this complaint. There has been no problem thus far.
Takata recall the recall letter I receive from lexus regarding the takata air bag recall advised the following "until a remedy becomes available, we recommend that you do not operate the vehicle with an occupant in the front passenger seat." the car is mainly useless to me now. I rarely drive it because I can not use it as I intended. I typically have a passenger. Now the car sits in the garage. I essentially have lost use of the car. I need compensation.
Air bag was never used but air bag light is always on
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.
My complaint is in regard to the service bulletin no.: lsb-0167-08 component(s): air bags , electrical system. This service bulletin is a solid proof that a certain models of lexus vehicles have a defected airbag system components. Yet, for the unlucky owners of these models who experienced this problem only after the expiration of the dealer's warranty, they face $3500 repair bill the fix a manufacturing default. By googling this issue, I came to find out that many many lexus owners had experienced the same problem. Some were able to have fixed under the warranty; while others found the repair too high and unfair to pay for. Since lexus recognizes the problem and admits to the default, they must take full responsibility and repair it free of charge, with or without recall. I and many consumers like me are counting and waiting on the federal safety agency to make things right, as they always do at the end. Moreover, since we are driving our cars with defaulted airbag system(leaving are vehicles not as safe as they should be), we hope this issue is solved a.s.a.p., before something happens on the road.
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
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.
Air bag SRS light came on. On taking to dealership, they said this: "dtc b1861 - driver's side knee side squib. Recommend replace instrument panel wire harness.". This is a known issue with 2006-2008 is 250/350 models where wiring on the harness can go short and needs to be replaced. This is a known issue from lexus corporate with the following service bulletin: l-sb-0167-08. The service bulletin identifies the factory installed harness as the issue and recommends replacing it. This is a safety issue and consumers should not have not have to pay lexus for their design flaw in harness.
I purchased a 2008 lexus is250 as a cpo and in the 3+ years I have owned it I have been complaining to lexus about the breakdown/melting of the dash and door panels is getting worse everyday, especially now that it is summer. The breakdown/melting of the dash is causing a glare that blocks out my view of the road, I have pictures to prove a mid sized car can be completely blocked out by the glare. Even a dealer is calling them out for poor manufacturing and to have a recall!!! Http://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/toyota-dealer-calls-melting-dashboards-a-defective-product-and-wants-auto-makers-to-pay-for-repairs.
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