The end of July 2011 I had noticed a dashboard light go on. Warning that the air bag was not active. I had a sickness in the family and could not bring this vehicle in to Edison Lexus until 8/23/2011 to have it looked at and fixed. Lexus of Edison said if I replace the original battery ES 330 it would solve the problem with the passenger airbag seat sensor. I did that for about $160 this did not fix the problem! Lexus of Edison said that sensor is part of the seat frame and it would have to be replaced and it would cost to me of $ $3,359.50. I called Lexus directly and they said they would help pay half. I said to Lexus that this is a safety issue and this part should never fail. This should be the manufacturers responsibility to fix this safety issue Lexus federal safety components us warranty for 96 months and 80,000 miles, and restraint systems is 72 months and 70,000 miles. And when I had taken the ES330 to them it was in the above timeframe. I had only approximately 56,224 miles on this vehicle.

- Staten Island, NY, USA

I was leaving a car wash (at a busy intersection in penfield, NY), the "car wash" light turned green, I put it in gear and lightly pressed on the gas pedal to approach the workers for them to dry and vacuum the car. There was no floor mat in the drivers front side so that they could vacuum that area. The car speed forward out of control I tried to steer between 2 steel safety post, missed the workers, crossed the sidewalk and 5 lanes of traffic toward a telephone pole, hit the curb, flipped over, I lost consciousness. The car stopped right side up pointing toward the car wash. Car wash employees (and other witnesses) rushed across the street and when I woke up one of the attendants was removing my seat belt and pulling me out through the broken window, there were many witnesses who thought it was a miracle that I was still alive and that the car did not hit any workers, pedestrians or drivers of other vehicles which had now all stopped. No air-bags were released? I was rushed to the hospital. I was released 4 hours later stiff, sore, bruised, minor concussion and told to stay around for a week (we were planning to return to fl the next day) to make sure that there are no serious problems. Police were on site, did a report, fireman were there to clean up the leaks. My insurance co. Has totaled the car. I feel that Lexus should evaluate this car to determine the actual cause, it was not the floor mat, it was in the back seat, nor was it operator error, the car was accelerating out of control and very hard to steer. If the "Lexus" had a mind then it had gone crazy" I have talked to the local Lexus dealer who told me that there are no recalls on this vehicle and read me the party line that there are no problems with the 2005 ES330 Lexus, it's operator error" I guess the other 38 owners of the 2005 ES330 that have postings on this site are all wrong. Based on Toyota (Lexus) attitude I will never buy another product made by Toyota. I am happy to be alive, thank god.

- Canandaigua, NY, USA

On Nov. 6, 2007 I was the last vehicle in a four car pile-up. The Honda in front of me was totaled and my 2005 Lexus ES330 had over $10,000 in damage. My concern is that the air bags did not deploy. With such significant damage I was sure they would have protected me but they did not. I am concerned there may be a problem and I will not be protected in the future.

- Ri Linda, CA, USA

We had an accident where a second car missed a stop sign. There was considerable damage to the front end of my car, but the air bags on my car Lexus ES 330 year 2005 did not deploy which they should have. Are the airbags defective on this car?

- River Forest, IL, USA

The air bag light stayed illuminated while driving. The dealer was notified, but has not inspected the vehicle.

- Hackensack, NJ, USA