Air Bag Related Problems of the 2004 Lexus RX

Table 1 shows three common air bag related problems of the 2004 Lexus RX. The number one most common problem is related to the air bag (four problems). The second most common problem is related to the side/window air bag (one problem).

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Lexus RX


Recently reported Air Bag problems of the 2004 Lexus RX

The Air Bag problem

Dashboard crack in 2024, that started on passenger side near air vent, expanded recently causing the "passenger air bag off" alert to light up and stay on continually. If I were to have a passenger at the time of an accident, the air bag might not deploy, which would be a safety issue.   Read details...

The Side/window Air Bag problem

The dashboard is cracking around the passenger side airbag. The airbag was designed with a certain amount of resistance from the dashboard. Major concern with airbag deployment speed with less resistance from dashboard. Also concern about fragmentation of dashboard during deployment.   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

The passenger side of the dashboard has developed several long vertical cracks. The dash simply cracked on its own. The car has always been garaged and has never been in any accident the cracks are large enough that we are afraid that the airbags may not properly deploy in an emergency.   Read details...


Air Bag related problems in other Lexus RX model year vehicles:



RX Service Bulletins
RX Safety Recalls
RX Defect Investigations