Seat Belt Problems of Lexus RX330

The key broke into the ignition, dealer refused to assist with repair ot new key even though I hadn't had it very long. The stering wheel locks. , the tires shake, cords all falling from under the car, the electrical goes in and out including windows and heat. My seat belts lock on me . This car is a mess and I have two children 11,5 and a senior father that has alzeimers that have to be transported in this lemon faily. The dealers wonmt help they make payment and reapir promises and never keep them, I had been experiencing hardships and they used it against me to justify not repairing the car. Yet these issues have been exisitent since day 1. 11/15/2016.

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Child was restrained in carseat using latches. She grabbed the nearby seatbelt while seated in the rear seat drivers's side. She was not using the seatbelt (it was not buckled) because she was in a latched carseat. She managed to wrap the seatbelt around her neck. When I (parent) attempted to free the seatbelt from around her neck it locked and tightened. I was not able to loosen it enough to remove it because it would not "unlock". The more I attempted to loosen it or "unlock" it the tighter it became and I had no choice but to cut the seatbelt from around my child's neck or she would have choked. The seatbelt will have to be replaced.

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We own a 2004 Lexus 330. On a trip July 1, 2010, our 6-year old daughter fell asleep in her booster seat and the seatbelt shoulder harness went behind her when she fell to the side. We pulled over on the side of the road to help her get readjusted. We unlatched the buckle; the seat belt was wrapped around her torso and the seatbelt locking system malfunctioned and would not release. My husband and I both worked to try to release her. We tried to extract her through the seatbelt, but it was wound too tightly around her torso. We tried to retract the seatbelt a bit so the locking system would release; however, the seatbelt kept tightening and locking with each movement until she could barely breathe and the seatbelt was digging into her midsection nearly 3 inches all around. She was literally being crushed to death. Panicked, we searched the car for my husband's swiss army knife, which luckily he had in his luggage. We were parked on the side of the road not near any facility or town - had we not had a knife in the car, the malfunction of the seatbelt locking system would have resulted in a tragedy. We can barely bring ourselves to imagine how a seemingly normal incident of a child getting entangled in their seatbelt could have turned into a fatality. Yet, this would have occurred had we not been able to cut the seatbelt. There is no other manual release available. Our daughter sustained considerable bruising around her sides and back and pain in her abdomen. 6-8 inch long bruises. We have photos of this. This incident was also severely emotionally distressful for her and us. We found a recall for 2006 Lexus vehicles for this failure of the seat belt locking system to disengage. Obviously, this is a problem with other models. We have contacted our Lexus dealer and were told the repair is not covered because there is not a recall for this model. We are awaiting response from Lexus headquarters on how to obtain the repair/replacement.

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Lexus rear seat over shoulder belt would not release. Belt had somehow wrapped around 11 year old boy that was trying to lie down and we had to cut belt to release child.