Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 1996 Lexus ES300

Two problems related to air bag not deploy have been reported for the 1996 Lexus ES300. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Failure Date: 06/29/1999

While driving down the road another vehicle crossed over double lines and spun around and hit consumer's vehicle and went into trees and the hit consumer's vehicle a third time. As a result, driver's head hit windshield. Airbags did not deploy. Consumer contacted dealer and manufacturer.

2 Air Bag Not Deploy problem

Consumer was involved in a minor collision in which air bags did not deploy, killing infant in the passenger's seat. Please give any further details.


Other Air Bag related problems of the 1996 Lexus ES300



ES300 Service Bulletins
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ES300 Defect Investigations