jhadler

I am having a problem with the fog light switch on the light switch/turn signal switch. I can only assume this is the switch since when I turn the fog lights on, they come on, but if i just wiggle the switch at all they go off and on depending on the wiggle. does anyone know where to find one of these switches and how to replace it? any help would be much apprecaited! thanks, j

i did buy it used about a year ago, so that is very possible. jh

the bulb i pulled out of there was the philips. i just assumed that was stock. i will check the other one as well, although they looked identical when they were running. justin

SW03ES, thank you for all of your help, i really appreciate it. Jh

Ive had a similar experience and found that a wooden ground stake purchased at home depot is the perfect length from resting on top of the battery and hitting a part of the underside of the hood to hold 'er in place, i always have it in the trunk.

sorry, one more, here is a picture of a new bulb on philips site. http://www.eur.lighting.philips.com/automo...non_images.html

1) I think they do, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time the bulb has had to be replaced. 102k on the car. i was checking on Philips website and they said this bulb should last 3-5 times longer than a halogen bulb. 2) kind of, but i have not seen the new one yet either, looking on the website at a picture of a new one, my bulb looks burned out. the gas globe section is a brown color and the new one looks like a light grey/blueish color. 3) i dont know what the ballast is, but i assume this is where the bulb plugs in. i checked this last night as well, everything looked great on it? 4) shipping from germany is going to take 7 days, if you have an older lexus, it may be worth the $70 to have one on hand, i ordered two so i have one on hand when the other goes. 5) taking it out was a snap. this was the passanger side so i had to remove the airfilter to get at the light housing. unscrew the cap on the back of the light, remove a metal cap and finally unscrew the bulb. On the drivers side, i assume one would have to remove the battery to get at the housing from behind. 6) there was no warning, I would have guessed this would have come up in the information center as it did when i had a taillight go out last summer, however, last weekend is just went out. hope this helps and you let me know if I can be of further assistance. I will post again after the bulbs get here and I slam one in! over and out.

i should give a little more background. this light went out over the weekend and i thought, no biggie I'll just run down to Checker Autoparts and get a new one. The guy looked at me like I was insane when I showed him the old HID bulb. Said this is the first time he had even seen one of these bulbs. Told me there was no way I would find one other than the dealer. On my way home I thought I would contact my dealer to just see how much the bulb was. Well, my lexus dealer would not just sell me the bulb, they wanted $380 for the bulb and $100 for the install. Almost $500 and the wife may kill me. So i did some serious searching last night and here is what i found... this is part Philips D2R 85126. here are two websites that have 'em... http://www.autolamps-online.com/products/d2rcentre.htm $144 and http://www.xenonvalot.com/orderform.html $77us 70euro Over and out...

well, they are totally out now. for a short while though, i could turn my lights off, then turn them on right away and the bad one would light up for a couple of seconds. now it may be a really low flicker for 1/10 of a second and then it is out.

Anyone know about HID lights? My 98 ls came stock with these lights and one of them went out. my question is, when you turn on a bad bulb may it burn for just a little while, ie is there a little bit of gas left? or when a HID light is out, its out? thanks in advance for your response.

was just looking through these posts and ran into a problem with one of my bulbs tonight. i did find a two websites that have these, at least for a 98 ls400. this is part Philips D2R 85126. they are... http://www.autolamps-online.com/products/d2rcentre.htm $144 and http://www.xenonvalot.com/orderform.html $77us 70euro hope this helps. when yours went out, if you turned them off and on right away, did you get a little burn time before the bad light went out again? i would hate to spend $77 on a bulb to find out it is the wiring. email me if you would. justin_hadler@yahoo.com