rockit_mon Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexucan Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockit_mon Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockit_mon Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. :cheers: We Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. :cheers: We Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. :cheers: We Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. Hi all..been a while since visiting the forum. Glad I am back. This time around the Rear Light Failure Warning Light will not go off. This is has occurred. One day a couple of months ago, the left flasher on the dash was blinking faster than usual, indicating to me that a turning signal light bulb was burned. However, to my best efforts, I was not able to identify any light bulb failure. So I left it alone hoping it would either go away or the bulb would burn out and become obvious. A few days ago, the RLFWL came on. I was able to determine the left blinker light bulb was burned out. I had it changed at a local Jiffy Lube. It worked perfectly and the fast blinking went away. However, the warning light stays on. The mechanic told me to disconnect the negative terminal of the battery and allow the computer to reset itself. I did this for 30 minutes and reconnected the cable. Still the problem continues. I then noticed this morning when taking my daughter to school that it was off when I started the car. But when I depressed the brake pedal and shifted into drive, the light came back on and at this time, it is staying on. Any thoughts to a perplexing idiot light that is driving me bananas. :P Thanks a bunch. BTW...(duh) it is a 1996 ES300 They don't call them idiot lights for nothing! My RLFWL comes on for no apparent reason too once in a while. It just goes on for a second though and goes out again....figure it's just a bad connection or a loose bulb or something. I would check your bulb sockets for corrosion. maybe if they are cleaned up so that there is good electrical contact, the problem will go away. I want to do the same thing on mine. :cheers: Found the problem, that not was not seen before until dusk. The brake light located in the middle of back window (interior) appears to have two bulbs and the one located on the left side is burned out. The question is how do I get access to the darn light assembly. It seems that this can only be accomplished by going under the interior matting. But I would think Lexus is smarter than this and it would just pop-out. And yet, for the life of me, I cannot figure it out. Any assistance would much appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexucan Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 If the center brake light is the same on the '96 as it is the '93 (should be, it's the same generation) then the brake light housing should slide forward toward the back seat. There are two clips that keep it secure but if you apply gentle but firm pressure on both sides of the housing, you should be able to bring it forward so that you can get access to the bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockit_mon Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 If the center brake light is the same on the '96 as it is the '93 (should be, it's the same generation) then the brake light housing should slide forward toward the back seat. There are two clips that keep it secure but if you apply gentle but firm pressure on both sides of the housing, you should be able to bring it forward so that you can get access to the bulbs. Thanks a bunch for the info. I was able to remove the assembly and replaced both bulbs. Price for a pack of two at Autozone, $3.84. All the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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