Shifter Lighting Out

[sunman]

I have a 97 ES and the lighting for the shifter area does not work at night. How can I remove the wood trim to access the bulb?

[lexusk8]

Have you tried lightly knocking the black shifter plate (i.e. where the letters 'P, R, N, D, 2, L' are located)? The bulb may just be slightly loose from the socket connection, and I find that to happen sometimes in my '01 ES. Whenever the shifter area appears dark, I just knock on the plastic shifter plate until it lights up

[SKperformance]

remove the 2 screws in the center console armrest and see if you can reach forward from their.

[sunman]

thanks that worked. Just tapped on it. Also, I figured how to remoove the wood trim. Just pull on it.