NHTSA complaint: 2008 LEXUS ES350 — AIR BAGS
TAKATA INFLATORS: I WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON 05/25/2017. THE VEH I WAS IN WAS A 2008 LEXUS ES 350. THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT FAILED TO INFLATE. AS A RESULT I HAVE TO UNDERGO SURGERY DUE TO SEVERE INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT. BOTH THE SIDE AND FRONT AIRBAGS APPEARED TO BE JUST SOME WHITE SHEETS THAT POPPED OUT. THE NOTIFICATION OF THE RECALL ON THE VEHICLE'S AIRBAGS WAS RECEIVED ABOUT ALMOST 2 MONTHS AFTER THE CAR ACCIDENT. BY THEN THE INCIDENT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AND THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. THIS TOOK PLACE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, ON KENDALL DRIVE. THE LEXUS WAS AT A STANDSTILL FACING NORTH IN THE MIDDLE MEDIAN AWAITING THE MAKE A LEFT TURN TO BE ABLE TO HEAD WEST AND TURN INTO THE WEST BOUND LANES. THE OPPOSITE PARTY THAT STRUCK THE LEXUS WAS HEADING EAST IN THE 2ND TO 3RD LANE HEADING EAST BOUND. THE OTHER PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO SWERVE INTO THE MIDDLE AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN THEN STRUCK THE LEXUS'S REAR DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER PANEL. THE LEXUS SPUN OUT AND ENDED UP FACING SOUTH WITHIN THE MIDDLE MEDIAN. BOTH VEHICLES THE LEXUS AND THE OTHER PARTY'S VEH WERE BOTH INSURED BY GEICO AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND GEICO DECLARED DUAL COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation