Golfaholic Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 I too, have joined the ranks of Lexus owners (although with a '95 ES 300 I feel a bit like a red-headed step-child compared to some of you lucky dogs) and was amazed at the depth of knowledge in these discussion groups. My problem is quite minor but it irritates me none the less. The right-most dashboard lamp (behind the gas gauge) is burned out and I'm wondering how much work and how I would go about dismantling the dash to fix it. Or would it be in my best interest to ignore it and get on with life? Thanks for any information you can give. Did I mention that I'm too cheap to take it in to my nearest Lexus dealer and trade my eldest son for the cost of repairing it there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Welcome to the site Golf! And dont worry around here, a Lexus is a Lexus ;) I don't blame you for not wanting to pay Lexus to do it, and I'm sure someone here has a DIY suggestion, unfortunately I haven't come to this issue with a Lex before. I was under the impression the optitron gauges were lit by one giant cathode tube... Probably wrong again tho... Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 it is actually real easy to change the bulbs the needles are a while other situation if you havea second car to go to the dealer in to pick up the bulbs it might be very handy that is what i did just remove the 2 scrfews for the bezel around the cluster then i think another 4 hold in the cluster to the dash open off the back cover ( i think it has one) sorry i did mine 4 years ago and a simple flat head screw should remove the bulbs and its base socket with a twist takes about 35 minutes to do all bulbs about 3 bucks each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 the bulbs are one thing (as basically DYI'd by sk) but the needles (if not burnt out yet) may go out sometime in the future. and it is not the best thing to happen to your car. especially when you're missing 3 needles like me :) at least i still know how much gas i have... after that one's gone... i'm screwed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfaholic Posted April 8, 2003 Author Share Posted April 8, 2003 Thanks for the quick response, folks. I'm going to give it a shot and let you know how I made out. But don't hold your breath as we just coming out of a bit of an ice storm and with 10 cm of snow on the way (that'd be 4" of the white stuff to my friends below the 45th Parallel) and no garage, I'll be waiting for some nicer weather. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW03ES Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Don't blame ya one bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 oh yeah... the weather these days isn't the best. the scary part was hail in TEXAS in early april. pretty weird. but what're ya gonna do when the weather goes against ya. luckily the car was garaged. but if i had gotten my own car, it'd have dents all over it by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 My light behind the gas is out too. The light in the needle of the the speedometer is completely out and sections of the other needles are out too. I just bought a used but suppposedly all lights working cluster from ebay. The dealer says they can install it for $180. Anyone know where I can get it installed for cheaper? Sk: How do you access the 2 bezel screws? Do I need to remove the dash trim to get to these screws? How do you remove the trim? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 the bezel screws are behind the 2 little notches at the top/ underside of the bezl pop off the covers and there you will see 2 screws then it pull off don't forget you have to disconnect the bezel buttons harnesss for the reset and trip when you are pulling it out it is very easy to change a dash cluster a philips ( also called a star) scew driver and a flat head are all the tools needed and maybe 20 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Thanks Sk, also do you know if the mileage is built into the cluster or is the mileage stored elsewhere? Just want to know if the new cluster will automatically know my current mileage or not. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeta Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 the mileage is built into the cluster itself. or at least that's what i remember from old posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 ^^^^^^^^yah what he said :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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