Headlights Problems of Lexus ES

The Lexus Es 350, was turning left onto side street within a sub division, and ran up the curb and hit a tree with the right front side of the vehicle. Significant damage done to the car, and so much damaged that the car has been totaled by insurance company. Driver unsure if vehicle accelerated on its own or just lost control. The greater issue or concern was not what caused the accident, but that the air bags did not deploy after the impact and the driver broke their nose and has been treated 3 times in er since crash. In speaking with repair shop, they informed me that there are 2 air bag sensors at the front of the car, and both are near the headlights. He was surprised that given the damage and impact of the collision (to right front of car by headlight, pictures attached), that the air bags did not deploy.

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Both headlights go out by themselves while driving. It has happened four times. The dash indicator light shows the headlights are on. Manually turning the headlights off and on gets them on again. Very frightening and unsafe to all of a sudden have no headlights. I have appointment with Lexus to fix, but should be a recall safety item.

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Pulled over in Dec 2012 and given verbal by police because driver side low beam headlight out/while talking to police clicked lights on and off and headlight started working. Had balance changed. 29 Sep 2013 pulled over by police because drive side low beam headlight out/clicked lights on and off and light working/received ticket for improper headlight.

The headlight assembly degrades thereby causing the lights to appear extremely dim when driving at night.

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My 2002 Es 300 has headlight sensors which make it go up and down depending on what angle the car is parked/moving at. So going downhill, it should dip down to avoid oncoming traffic from glare and going uphill, it should make the light go farther. Somehow the sensor (or something else) got faulty. Lexus dealership made me drive at least 5000 miles (I used to live in fargo, nd and the nearest dealership with 225+ miles one way) before they could acknowledge that there was something wrong with the lights. I had to make a video at night (as they denied test driving at night) to show them my safety concerns about the headlights. The distance I could see was very small and it got dangerous at night time, unless I turned my high beam on. Lexus acknowledged the problem, kept my car for one month, drove it for approximately 3000 miles. Engineers from chicago and la came (I was told) and the answer was: we could not find what exactly is causing this, but there is some magnetic field around the wire to the sensor which disrupts the functioning of the sensor. We have put the shielded wire around the wire and it should not happen again. I had not been driving this car much since then at night time due to safety concerns, till I moved to albuquerque. The terrain here is hilly and I don't see the lights to dip down or go farther while going downhill and uphill respectively. While making turns around canyons and cliffs , going uphill, it becomes dangerous as you can' see more than 30-40 feet (or less) on a freeway which is not a safe braking distance at 65-70 miles/hr and if you turn the high beam on it's not safe for the oncoming traffic. I urge that NHTSA investigate this issue and I am willing to provide my car for driving up to 300-400 miles. Even though I have put Aug 22nd 2003 as the incident date, that is my purchase date from my uncle (the original owner) and it happens . Everytime I drive. Thanks for your time in this matter.

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High density discharge with auto leveling system. Low beams do not provide adequate lighting to drive safely on unlit roads. Dealer says the lights are set to specks but,I beleive if they are they would have had numerous complaints by other owners. I beleive this to be extremely unsafe Especialy in country with wild life as in WI,mn. Mi ect.