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2005 LEXUS GX470 — Complaint #712360

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS filed March 16, 2009

NHTSA complaint #712360 (ODI reference 10262058) concerns a 2005 LEXUS GX470 and was filed on March 16, 2009. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 8, 2009. The vehicle had 62,977 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 1, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same LEXUS GX470 cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear:springs:air suspension system:springs/bags failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 LEXUS GX470 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2005 LEXUS GX470
Component
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM:SPRINGS/BAGS
Injuries
1
State
Maryland
Mileage
62,977 mi

Complaint Description

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LEXUS GX470. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR REMAINED ACTIVATED. WHEN THE DRIVER STRUCK A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE DROPPED AND THE REAR SHOCK, RIGHT SENSOR, COMPRESSOR, AND REAR AIR BAGS WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. HE FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT. THE DRIVER HURT HER JAW WHEN THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,977 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. UPDATED 03-30-09 *BF THE COMPRESSOR CONTINUED TO INFLATE UNTIL THE PRESSURE BECAME SO HIGH THAT IT EXPLODED. THE SEAT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY WAS JAMMED. UPADTED 03/31/09. *JB

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 712360
ODI Number 10262058
Date Filed March 16, 2009
Failure Date March 8, 2009
VIN JTJBT20X450

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.