1990LS400

Are the tiny 5 watt "city lights" in your headlight housings working OK? They should light up with the parking lights. Also, if the headlight switch is in the "Auto" position, does the bulb-out warning light come on when you start your car and release the parking brake? I think it is normal for the dashboard bulb-out warning light to come on if there is a problem only after the light switch is turned from Off to the parking light position. Recheck that you have used the correct bulb type in every socket. Seriously ... a frustrated friend almost dumped her Suburu when she had a similar problem before I found an incorrect bulb type she had installed in a rear bulb sockets. Perhaps check each bulb socket for corrosion or other obvious problem. Check the wires leading the socket to see if they are cracked. If doing all that doesn't find the problem, check for a problem ground wire in the trunk. It's been along time since I've had all the trunk trim out of a Lexus but I think there is at least one point in the trunk behind the trim where a ground wire for the tail lights connects to the car body. I'd tend to focus on the rear of the car. It could be something weird or silly. I had the bulb out warning light up on my previous Lexus LS for several years until I discovered that an installer had failed to firmly connect a trailer light wiring harness hidden behind the trunk trim. And I once -- a long, long time ago -- had the rear lights on a car messed up a bit by an unsecured beer keg.

A magnetic ski rack might work. I was challenged once by a ski shop employee to pry a magnetic ski rack off his display "car roof" and I couldn't make it budge at all.

Send a PM to dcfish -- maybe he can supply a replacement Nakamichi. Or try eBay. I don't know of any companies that repair Nakamichi radios -- I was told that parts are no longer available by the Florida company that repaired mine in 2008. The last time I asked my local Lexus dealer, I was told that Lexus no longer supplies replacement new or rebuilt Nakamichi components and that they were required to supply replacements for only seven years after the car was manufactured.

Get out your 14 mm socket wrench, open the hood, remove the bolt/nut holding the wiper arm to the shaft, remove wiper arm, reinstall wiper arm repositioning it slightly higher on the windshield, wrench the bolt/nut back on but be reasonably gentle so you don't strip the threads. Be careful not to close or let the hood drop until you are finished -- don't want to go trashing the arm.

Maybe find a locally owned "mom & pop" body shop and see what you can work out. Maybe you could do some of the prep work yourself to keep the cost down. I did that about 40 years ago with a then 13 year old convertible. I removed as much of the exterior trim as I could including insignia, grill, and bumpers and even the windshield -- not that you'll want to do all that on an LS! I removed the tail lights, headlights, turn signals, etc. I hand wet sanded the existing paint, did most of what little masking was needed and delivered the car to the bodyshop (with cans of paint in the trunk) in pretty much ready-to-paint condition. Part of the deal to let the guy work on it during the winter when he didn't have bigger fish to fry. He cut me one heck of a deal.

You can register up to six Bluetooth phones but only one can be active with the system at a time. It is explained in your navigation manual. If you didn't get a navigation manual with your car, it can be viewed in the owners section of http://www.lexus.com/ Instructions for pairing particular phones can be viewed at http://www.lexus.com/models/ES/accessories/bluetooth.html Bluetooth phones vary widely in how well they work with the Lexus Bluetooth system ... some very well ... some hardly at all.

Here is a thread that explains it: http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...583&hl=lens You probably won't be able to see the diagram in the link I provided without registering so I'll attach it. Bulb size? The official part number and description is "90981-12005 12V 8W" but you can buy them at any store that sells auto parts.

http://www.parts.com 88711-24120 Ac hoses, sc400, discharge $99.94 88712-24120 Ac hoses, sc400, suction $113.77

Yes, the windshield washer reservoir and washer pumps of most vehicles made by Toyota the past couple of decades is accessed through the wheel well after pealing back the inner fender liner. Repair manuals are available from Lexus although the sets I've bought for each of my Lexus LS cars have not been all that detailed and sometimes have assumed an advanced level of knowledge that only a Lexus trained mechanic would have.

Here is a short list of past threads I found by using the advanced search to search the 92-06 ES forum for the both the words "leak" (+leak) and "carpet" (+carpet): http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...Bleak+%2Bcarpet It's likely other relevant past threads could be found by searching for other words.

Instructions from Pro.Fit, a bracket company, describe how to remove the HVAC control/radio unit: http://www.pro-fit-intl.com/Adobe/LX-52-90.pdf Once the HVAC control/radio unit is removed, it should be obvious how to separate the HVAC control from the radio to install your new one.

The following thread has a couple of links to other forums that describe how to extract jammed CDs: http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...7&hl=jammed There are probably threads about the fog lights but I'll let you practice using one of the two forum search methods. :D The Search at the top right of a forum page gives the Google search of this forum. The Search at the bottom right of many forum pages (in the drop down menu) gives you a more advanced search with options. I assume the reason Toyota wires foglights to work only with the low beam headlights is that some countries and local governments prohibit the use of fog lights without the low beam headlights being on.

Register on http://www.toyodiy.com/ to get access to diagrams and part numbers for your 99 RX. There are too many vacuum tubes for me to understand what you need.

Some oil is left in an engine when its oil is changed -- same for a transmission. My 00 LS takes just under 6 quarts of oil when I change the oil and filter which you have verified is what the owners manual says it should take. Everythings fine.

I have a similar 00 LS400 so 6 quarts sounds right. Did you use an OEM oil filter or one that holds more oil than an OEM oil filter. Did have your car on a slight incline when you checked the oil level. Check your owners manual.

Your questions will likely be answered at http://www.lexusnavigation.com/faq.php Per the information on http://www.lexusnavigation.com/what_to_order.php , the navigation in your 02 RX is generation 2 and the most current version available for a generation 2 navigation system is Version 9.1; part number is PT219-GEN23-09 with an MSRP of $199.00.

Yeah, it was just a joke (perhaps a bad one). Jim is much appreciated as are you EUBT (as well as many others). On an earlier post, I ask 1990 where he got his info and he replied that he "made it up". Hey, I enjoy some good natured abuse. Besides, my wife says I spend too much time on car forums .... and maybe it's not a good idea to have a PC in the kitchen. I had planned to find a "real" job after I retired in 2008 but I almost hate to since so many people are out of work and really need a job. I'll be taking another break from this forum in a couple of months when I start my next and third full time temporary gig with the 2010 U.S. Census. Be sure to send in your Census forms (EUBT and other Canadians are excused) when they arrive this Spring or I'll come looking for you! I made a nice living, had a lot of fun and got to travel a lot, including to EUBT-land, during my 30+ year career as sort of an wandering tech support / training guy for a large auto dealer services company. People have told me that I'm pictured in the first two frames of the attached document. Keep having fun, y'all.

More than once I have had a battery test as being "good" but it wouldn't take a charge. The owner of the indie repair shop that does the more complicated maintenance on our Toyota and Lexus cars has a theory that the connections between battery cells separate and reconnect at random when a battery starts to fail allowing the battery to sometimes show being bad and sometimes good. I've had batteries test as being good when I've tested them with a hydrometer but they won't take a charge. I usually let my 30+ year old cheap Western Auto battery charger be the final judge -- it clearly indicates when a battery is shot. I think you are doing great if your original battery has lasted about 6 years. Neither of the original batteries in my two LS400's lasted that long and the aftermarket brand batteries I've bought - even the expensive ones - have had shorter lives than the original Toyota/Lexus batteries. I've generally gotten 3 to 4 years out of aftermarket batteries in one of my LS400's but I've had one fail after only a year. The wife's 98 Camry has lots less electronic equipment and its batteries last longer -- its original battery lasted about seven years so she insisted on another Toyota brand battery. There is a lot of info on the Internet about car batteries but here is one that seems particularly good and explains why batteries have a shorter life in newer cars: http://www.batterystuff.com/tutorial_battery.html

Very nice! Glad you found itl. I think I may have given you the wrong location for the HVAC blower relay. Was it in the interior fuse block instead of in the engine compartment fuse block?

I suggest buying the OEM rubber inserts for your wiper blades. I doubt that the Trico blades are better than Toyota/Lexus blades. Replacing the rubber blade inserts seems to be a challenge for some people but it is easy to do with practice -- about a two minute operation to install one rubber insert. I have never found it necessary to remove a wiper blade from its arm or the wiper arm from the vehicle to replace a rubber insert on any Lexus or Toyota vehicle ... and I have replaced rubber blade inserts 100+ times. Besides, discarding a wiper blade seems wasteful ... but that is just my opinion.

It would be good to get all the bulbs replaced with the right types -- that could be triggering the warning light. It's surprising how blackened the bulb glass can get after a few years. Wires in the harness at the left trunk hinge usually break or crack where they bend -- unwrap the tape from the harness and closely inspect each wire .... wiggle each wire to make sure the wire core inside the insulation hasn't cracked ... sometimes the wire core can crack but the insulation is still intact. I'm still guessing it is a bulb problem or perhaps a ground problem in the trunk. It's rare for the lamp failure module you mentioned to fail. It once took me a couple of years to find why the bulb failure warning light on the dash kept lighting up even though all the bulbs were OK -- turned out to be a loose connector in a trailer light harness that a hitch company had installed years earlier.

Attached is the document about this issue from the NHTSA website. 2006_2007_RX400h_steering_recall.pdf

There are a number of websites where you can view TSB's. Two popular ones are Chilton and ARRC, available through many public libraries. Many libraries allow access from outside the library premises through a library website using a userid and password. A school in the Toronto area "left its barn door open" and you can get to ARRC (Auto Repair Reference Center) and view TSB's and other information without a library userid and password: http://www.senecac.on.ca/library/resources/ebsco_arrc.html

I've spent a bit of time in both ES and RX loaner vehicles when my LS has been in for service and I also retired about two years ago. My idea of the perfect retirement/travel vehicle is not a Lexus at all but is still a vehicle made by Toyota Motor Company -- the Toyota Sienna van. You can get almost all the features in a Sienna that you can get in an RX or ES ... HID headlights, memory/leather seats, distronic cruise control, nav, bluetooth, backup cam, AWD, rear entertainment systems, sunroof, etc., etc. It's got the same engine as the RX and ES, carries lots of people and their luggage, and rides and handles very nicely. I love the dual power sliding, remote control side doors. It seems huge inside while, to me, the RX seems small and cramped. Maybe it's just me but the Sienna seems to handle better than an RX -- I was amazed. I particularly like the driving position of the Sienna -- a bit higher seating and large side windows like you used to get on cars. Both my wife and I have rented Siennas -- she on business trips and both of us together on vacation. It's our preferred rental vehicle and I hope to get a rental Sienna when we land at the San Jose airport in a few weeks to do a little sightseeing down the coast towards Monteray and San Simeon.

Diplomatically stated, my Canadian cousin.