2006 Lexus IS air bags problems
26 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2006 Lexus IS, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 14% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
I got an accident, try to save deer and fox but brake didn't work properly and dis-balanced the car and my car roll over few time and hit from front and back but no airbag deployed, and stability control didn't work.
The SRS airbag light randomly comes on at variable times. After running the analysis with a bosch OBD1200, it appears that the drivers side knee squib circuit is showing an open fault. When the seat is moved back, the wiring harness fails. Its believed that the factory installation of the wiring harness is too short, causing strain on the harness connector. This causes a fault on the airbag module and renders the drivers side knee airbag inoperable.
Other problems reported for the 2006 Lexus IS
- Body & structure 44 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 29 complaints
- Engine 16 complaints