Tl* the contact owned a 2005 lexus rx330. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle skidded across black ice and crashed into a tree. The air bags did not deploy. The contact suffered head injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Lexus RX330 no deployment problems
15 of the 526 owner complaints about the Lexus RX330 describe airbags did not deploy in a crash, most of them for the 2004 model year.
- owner complaints
- 15
- worst model year
- 2004
- typical mileage
- 60,312
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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Tl* the contact owned a 2005 lexus rx330. While backing out of a parking lot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated forward. Although the brakes were engaged, the vehicle crashed into a pillar. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was unknown.
I was driving into a parking structure and was startled by something inside the car falling. I lost control of the vehicle and ran head-on into a concrete pole. The airbags did not deploy. The car was deemed a total loss and, in an accident of that type, it was scary that the airbags did not deploy.
Vehicle involved in a single vehicle crash and the airbags failed to deploy upon impact with center divide at an approximate speed of 45 MPH.
Car accident in which my lexus was totaled air bags never deployed.
Front end collision in 2004 lexus rx 330 with 206,000 miles going approximately 55 MPH. Car is totaled per insurance adjuster. Driver and three children in car. No serious injuries. No airbags deployed. Have contacted lexus and am awaiting answer. Car has been to dealership several times since purchased and nothing mentioned about airbag issue.
My wife was stopped at a light. There were two lanes. One going straight and the other turning right. She was turning right. When the light turned green, both her and the car going straight advanced. A car coming from another direction, swerved past the car going straight and hit my wife on the left side front, and then pushed her into a traffic pole in the median of the street she was turning into. My wife's car was totaled as a result. The airbags never deployed and she suffered a fractured sternum, in great pain. When I went to the bodyshop where the car was taken, I saw another rx 330, same amount of damage and it to, did not have a deployed air bag. The explanation I received from the dealer was, that at the first impact to the front side (at the headlight), that impact damaged the sensors to the airbags, and when it then struck head on, the sensors were not functioning to deploy the air bag. : if the sensors were compromised, why would they not deploy...isn't that the purpose of air bags???
I struck a car head on going about 30 miles per hour. Air bag did not deploy. I was wearing my shoulder lap belt. I was the driver.
While backing out of my parking place in our underground garage I put on the brake to go from reverse to drive. When I put the vehicle in drive the engine raced up and the car surged forward. I was only 15 feet from a brick wall of which I hit at an angle. I bounced off this wall and went 10 feet further head on into another wall. I did not touch the gas petal, the mats are rubber and were not a problem. The vehicle just suddenly accelerated. The air bags did not deploy and I shut the engine off as soon as I could but given the fact that the total travel length was around 30 feet this was not possible. This is a know problem with toyota!! We love our car but we are now afraid of it. My insurance rates will be going up because of a factory defect and all I have seen are excuses in regards to this problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 lexus rx330. The contact was backing out of a parking space at approximately 5 MPH. There was a loud noise outside of the vehicle. The gear was shifted into drive and suddenly, the vehicle accelerated without warning. There were several attempts with extreme force applied to the brake pedal. The vehicle failed to reduce speed and crashed into a wall. The driver sustained intense pain to the ankle with other minor injuries. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer and repaired for damages. The contact had concern of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 15,000. The consumer stated the air bag failed to deploy. Updated 05/11/10.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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Which Lexus RX330 years have airbags did not deploy in a crash problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2004 (9 complaints), 2005 (5 complaints) and 2011 (1 complaints).
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