Sh0rtys463

Hit a guard rail on the freeway at about 70 mph. Still unclear to me as to why the steering wheel air bag did not deploy but the car held up really well on the inside. I will more than likely end up in another GS..

riboflavin

sorry to hear that, at least you are okay.

If the knee air bag deployed, doesn't that mean the airbag sensor (at least the front sensor) detected the impact? I thought those two air bags always worked together

Did you buy the car used? maybe you should check the airbag inside the steering wheel to make sure it's in there and/or connected.

I've seen people with aftermarket steering wheel covering up the airbag light with an electrical tape in the gauge.

MizikeTSK

Sorry to hear, i still remember like it was yesterday when my wife and son got into an accident that totaled my IS. Looking at my mangled car and how the car was designed to take an impact, I was sold on Lexus. Glad your ok.

dunnojack

do you know which car graveyard it was sent to ?

i think it would be good to know, for those of us who need junk yard parts.

Sh0rtys463

I have no idea where the car went and its been gone for about a week or so now.

LexiGS

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I see another recall regards that steering airbag.....sigh

dunnojack

yeah. wtf.

lexus needs to look at that.

only a few people here have totaled their car.

If you're one of them, did your steering wheel air bag inflate ?

rominl

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to OP, i have a question if he doesn't mind. it's definitely some impact, and since the steering (upper) airbag didn't deploy, did you hurt your face or chest, maybe from hitting the steering wheel?

Sh0rtys463

Head and chest but nothing major. Lump and minor cut on the head, internal bruising of the chest

rominl

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in that case, i would definitely try to find out why those airbags didn't deploy. to me the impact was hard enough that the airbag would have helped

dunnojack

i smell a lawsuit..

Sh0rtys463

I think if someone was injured you would have a case for a lawsuit, but in this case I don't think so. I could definitely be wrong

lexybaby77

Glad you're ok. But if your head and chest were hurting then that could have ben prevented if the airbags deploy. If the car did what its suppose to do at the time of the accident then thats a different story. Just like the run away Lexus last year, Toyota never really looked at the issue till a whole family died.

rominl

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you got injured!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

to me, lawsuit or not that's for the later. i would first want to find out why the upper airbag didn't deploy

Ap1_Alan

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In some cars the knee airbag has a lower deployment threshold than the steering wheel air bag.