Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/14/2003 | 40000 | 2 | 10/14/2003 |
| Instrument gauge cluster: speedometer needle does not light up. it starts flickering with full light intensity, which makes me use lower light intensity to prolong the life of instrument panel needles. with low light intensity it is almost impossible to see instrument gauge cluster, speed, temp, fuel when sun is in front or on the side of car. the only way to see instrument is to turn the light to full intensity, and then the needles start flickering. this creates a lot of distraction and problem while driving, may result into an accident. it is a common problem in early models of lexus and it is not on the recall list even though it cause problems while driving. the instrument cluster was replaced by lexus dearler in 1996 @ 40,000 miles now it is again giving problems. *la | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 06/01/2000 | 0 | ||
| While driving a fuse blew, consumer started to smell smoke coming from under dashboard, smelled like an electrical fire. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1992 | |
| I believe the security system and ignition failed because of a y2k failure. the car will not start was working properly at least 4 hours prior to trying to start after 1200 midnight on the 1 jan 2000. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER | |||
| 01/01/2000 | 1 | 11/01/1992 | |
| I believe the security system and ignition failed because of a y2k failure. the car will not start was working properly at least 4 hours prior to trying to start after 1200 midnight on the 1 jan 2000. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 10/29/2000 | 1 | 07/17/1993 | |
| While driving vehicle accelerated unexpectedly at high speed which almost caused a crash. *ak the diagnosis of the problem indicate that defective wire on a sensor is the cause. *yh | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 04/11/2004 | 105000 | 1 | |
| After driving home from getting an oil leak repaired by the dealership vehicle caught on fire under the hood.dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 06/01/2000 | 08/01/2098 | ||
| Instrument background lighting of the needles blacked out, creates driving hazard.*ak | |||