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Agreement for information on data 
collected and its usage.
To learn more about the vehicle data 
collected, used and shared by Lexus, 
please visit
www.lexus.com/privacyvts/.

This vehicle is equipped with an event 
data recorder (EDR). The main pur-
pose of an EDR is to record, in certain 
crash or near crash-like situations, such 
as an air bag deployment or hitting a 
road obstacle, data that will assist in 
understanding how a vehicle’s systems 
performed. The EDR is designed to 
record data related to vehicle dynam-
ics and safety systems for a short 
period of time, typically 30 seconds or 
less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to 
record such data as:
• How various systems in your vehicle 

were operating;

• Whether or not the driver and pas-

senger safety belts were buck-
led/fastened;

• How far (if at all) the driver was 

depressing the accelerator and/or 
brake pedal; and,

• How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better 
understanding of the circumstances in 
which crashes and injuries occur.
NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your 
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situa-
tion occurs; no data are recorded by 
the EDR under normal driving condi-

tions and no personal data (e.g., name, 
gender, age, and crash location) are 
recorded. However, other parties, such 
as law enforcement, could combine the 
EDR data with the type of personally 
identifying data routinely acquired 
during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, spe-
cial equipment is required, and access 
to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In 
addition to the vehicle manufacturer, 
other parties, such as law enforcement, 
that have the special equipment, can 
read the information if they have 
access to the vehicle or the EDR.

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Disclosure of the EDR data

Lexus will not disclose the data recorded in 
an EDR to a third party except when:
• An agreement from the vehicle’s owner 

(or the lessee for a leased vehicle) is 
obtained

• In response to an official request by the 

police, a court of law or a government 
agency

• For use by Lexus in a lawsuit
However, if necessary, Lexus may:
• Use the data for research on vehicle 

safety performance

• Disclose the data to a third party for 

research purposes without disclosing 
information about the specific vehicle or 
vehicle owner

The SRS airbag and seat belt preten-
sioner devices in your Lexus contain 
explosive chemicals. If the vehicle is 
scrapped with the airbags and seat belt 
pretensioners left as they are, this may 

Event data recorder

Scrapping of your Lexus