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Lexus SC300

Report: Dashboard Gauges May Have LED Problems

Lexus SC300 Problem

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Model Years Affected: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Average Mileage: 158,467 mi (55,000 mi - 261,000 mi)

There are reports of LED problems in the dashboard gauges. The lights burn out, making the gauges difficult to see at night, and require replacement.

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Visitor, 1995 Lexus SC300, 160,500 mi

my needles crapped on me today tooo...

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 195,678 mi

Tach and speed needles are orange when car is started. Starts flickering and then car performance drops off. Looking for a cure

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defrostr, 1992 Lexus SC300, 94,000 mi

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Dashboard gauges are turning black and then going out entirely instead of staying orange/red. Cannot see at night.

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Visitor, 1993 Lexus SC300, 232,322 mi

gas & rpm needle have no light. Spent $700.00 to repair.

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Visitor, 1999 Lexus SC300, 228,000 mi

lights not illuminated at temp control.

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 60,000 mi

Speed and tac pins buned out. Dash lights very dim. Expensive repair!!! Power steering hose replaced $985.00 cost for a hose. Unbelieveable!!!!!!

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 62,000 mi

DASH LIGHTS VERY LOW ON RIGHT SIDE. SPEED NEETLE BURNT OUT. VERY COSTLY TO REPLACE !!! BOO

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Visitor, 1996 Lexus SC300, 175,000 mi

dashboard lights dimming and area turning black

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Visitor, 1993 Lexus SC300, 176,000 mi

I just bought this car and I'm thrilled that it has the complete options package. Everything works on the car except a couple of minor issues. The LED lights in the TAC and speedometer needles dont work. They are black and hard to see. It would be great if someone posts how they went about fixing this.

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tcat62, 1992 Lexus SC300, 143,000 mi

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had never work since I got the car had the car for a year

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tcat62, 1992 Lexus SC300, 143,000 mi

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had never work since I got the car had the car for a year

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Divermike, 1997 Lexus SC300

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All other lights work on dash, but the led numbers are only visible under limited conditions. The dash lighting knob has no effect on led, just the regular bulbs.

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Visitor, 1995 Lexus SC300, 171,000 mi

Left side of speedometer and other dashboard gagues out, guess I have to keep those needles further to the right!

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 224,000 mi

needles are dark and hard to see. almost impossible at night.

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 90,000 mi

My needles have also burned out and are in need of expensive replacement, which I am still saving for.

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 55,000 mi

My speedometer flourescent needle flickered and sometimes went out sporadically. Full gauge replacement (their initial proposal) would be super expensive, so I had Lexus Santa Monica switch the tach needle for the defective speedometer needle for less than half the price. It's still working fine at my current 68K miles.

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Visitor, 1995 Lexus SC300, 261,000 mi

Heating and A/C dash lights on console have slowly gone out...

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Visitor, 1995 Lexus SC300, 142,000 mi

mine are getting dark too

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Visitor, 1992 Lexus SC300, 96,322 mi

Has not been fixed yet. Same exact trouble as the others. My spedometer and tach blink - on and off. sometimes off all the time, sometimes it comes on, then shuts off again

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queenmb, 1995 Lexus SC300, 180,000 mi

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the speed hand is black so i guess the bulb is out

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