Toyota, manufacturer of the luxury car brand Lexus, announced that several cars must be recalled because the knee airbag was not correctly installed. The airbag might not work correctly in the event of an accident the consumer advocate website carcomplaints.com reported. The recall concerns the 2019 Lexus ES vehicles sold in the United States and Canada. Lexus said those vehicle owners should make returning their vehicle for recall service a priority because the incorrectly installed knee airbag could cause more damage than if no airbag was present.
Despite the small number of cars involved, Lexus announced the recall for its 2019 Lexus ES vehicles. Lexus said that the knee-level airbags were not installed correctly. As a result, a motorist could suffer more serious injuries due to improper airbag deployment than none at all.
According to Lexus, only 573 2019 ES model vehicles need to be inspected. Merely 13 cars need to be examined that were sold in Canada. The remainder of the vehicles sold were purchased in the U.S. Lexus said that owners and lessees could bring their vehicles to their Lexus dealership for inspection. Lexus said that its dealers and service shops would replace and reinstall the knee-level airbag free of charge to the consumer once the recall campaign begins in earnest at the end of April 2019. No official recall date has been announced.
Lexus will notify the 573 vehicle owners or lessees by mail. Additionally, Lexus did not say how the need for recall came to the company’s attention nor did they say if anyone sustained injuries relating to the incorrectly installed knee-level airbag.
The recall affects only a small portion of the total number of Lexus ES models sold or leased each month. Lexus estimates that it moves between 2,000 to 5,000 ES vehicles monthly, according to cnet.com.
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