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There haven't been too many recent posts on 98 ES problems. I noticed yours on the high-mounted stoplight and I wanted to see if you have experienced problems with hestitation and jerkiness at 40-45 mph while at cruise speed (not acelerating or decelerating). This started on mine at about 210,000 miles. I have 217,000 on it now. My mechanic said he can't find the reason. There were no codes and no lights. Any thoughts?

Unfortunately, I got my replacement bulb from Lexus. That was a Dumb-a** move. It cost me $45! Glad to know that in future I don't need a genuine Lexus part and can just go to Walmart.

Alright I'm writing this because I looked throughout the forum and couldn't find any CLEAR instructions or pictures to change a low beam bulb on a 1998 ES300 Lexus ... so I told myself if I figured it out I'll take pictures and here it is...

1. Buy an H7 bulb for your LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT

This can be found at Wal-Mart or Auto Zone...or wherever you choose...I choose the brand Sylvania it was the only choice... it ran $14.99 at Auto Zone I think I saw it at Wal-Mart for cheaper

2. Find the Low Beam area under the hood

It's the one with the rubber piece the other is for your high beams

3. Disconnect the wire...

Just pull it out it's pretty easy, think Legos

4. So now it should look like this...

7. Take the rubber piece OFF

There's a tab and you got to pull hard. It's kind of like a slip on so don't worry about pulling too hard. It's kind of like a cap on a Pringle's top, it's MEANT TO COME OFF...so just pull

8. There's a clip that holds the bulb in place all you have to do is take it off... if you look at the clip you push a certain direction it's no biggie...

9. Pull the bulb out and you have... DON'T THROW THIS AWAY

10. Pull apart the bulb... it's like a plastic piece and the bulb itself...it's again like Legos so just pull it apart and it'll look like...

11. Place the bulb you just bought back in the plastic piece.

12. Just reverse what I just said...

13. Try it out! I hope this helps a lot!

Anybody know the best oil change interval when using synthetic lubicants like Mobil One? The Lexus owners manual only mentions the normal interval of 7500 miles and severe duty interval of 5000 miles. Porsche recommends 12,000 miles with Mobil One for their vehicles. Surely, Lexus can't be that far off.

what about the change interval for synthetic lubricants like Mobil One? Does anyone know what Lexus recommends? I can't find it anywhere and their customer service just says its the same as for normal lubricants. This doesn't make sense.