Tl*the contact owns a 1992 lexus ls400. While driving 30 MPH the contacted applied the brakes; however, they failed and the vehicle did not stop until it crashed into the vehicle in front of her. The driver frontal air bag didn't deploy. The vehicle was towed to a towing yard. The manufacturer will be contacted. The failure and current mileages were 168,000.
Lexus LS400 no deployment problems
12 of the 338 owner complaints about the Lexus LS400 describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 1990 model year.
- owner complaints
- 12
- worst model year
- 1990
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20011
- 19991
- 19971
- 19951
- 19941
- 19932
- 19921
- 19911
- 19903
Often reported together
What owners say
Traveling at about 40 MPH, I rear ended the vehicle in front of me. The air bags never deployed. My front end was destroyed.
While driving 2 MPH, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The consumer was unable to maintain control of the vehicle and crashed into a building. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. *ak the consumer was pulling into a parking space, slowly, with his foot on the brake when the vehicle suddenly accelerated, went over the curb and into the side of the building. *sc
Consumer stated while traveling at 30 MPH, another vehicle ran a light and the consumer hit the vehicle. Consumer's vehicle was totaled. The driver side airbag did not deployed. The passengers neck and back was injured as a result. Passengers were wearing seat belts. *ph *ts
Airbags failed to deploy during head on collision exceeding 30 MPH. Dt
Vehicle was involved in a driver side front fender collision at 50 MPH, and both frontal air bags and side air bags did not deploy. Dealer/manufacturer were notified. *ak toyota's legal department confirmed that the direct frontal collison forces were below the threshold for deployment, impacting the softer portion of the left front corner of the vehicle, and was not a direct frontal impact, therefore the air bags did not deploy, two people were injured in the accident.
Consumer pulled out from a stop and t-boned another vehicle, front air bags did not deploy, other vehicle was going 40-50mph, consumer was checking with lexus to see why air bags did not deploy.*ak
Speed was about 20-35 MPH. Engine raced and car surged forward into car ah ead, pushing the car ahead forward. Braking was very difficult. The air bag did not deploy. My mechanic inspected the car and found that the transmission mount bracket was sheared in two which caused the transmission to shift forward accelerating the car.
When driver swerved to avoid hitting a animal in the road, the vehicle crashed into a telephone pole head-on, and the driver's side air bag did not deploy. The vehicle is being repaired.
Driving while it was raining the vehicle spinned around and hit the guard rail, the air bag did not deploy.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Lexus LS400 no deployment
Which Lexus LS400 years have airbags did not deploy in a crash problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1990 (3 complaints), 1993 (2 complaints) and 1991 (1 complaints).
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