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Lexus CT200H Lighting problems by year

8 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Lexus CT200H's lights. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Lighting complaints by model year

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Latest CT200H lighting complaints

2017 Lexus CT200HLights

Both low beam light suddenly go out at the same time.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11569821
2013 Lexus CT200HLights

LED headlights are pointed downward and is set with auto leveling to adjust. The distance you can see isn't far enough and these need to be higher. There is no way to adjust these LED lights. With the halogen bulbs you have a level option to raise or lower. You do not with LEDs factory fitted.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11466884
2012 Lexus CT200HLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 lexus ct 200h. The contact stated while driving 40 mph, the low-beam headlights turned off independently. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact continued driving with the hi-beams activated. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer and was diagnosed with needing low-beam bulbs to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred several times. The manufacturer had been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 43,000.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 11383686
2011 Lexus CT200HElectrical systemLights

Lexus is aware of a safety issue that has caused fires due to an improper wiring harness installed on toyota prius and lexus ct200h vehicles. I asked for this to be covered under the warranty enhancement program (i was not made aware of the existence of it till very recently, but it expired in october 2019). They refused, citing the fact that I did not spend enough money with lexus to service the vehicle. Now, even after lightbulb and fuse replacement, the low beam headlights in the vehicle are inoperable.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11299912
2015 Lexus CT200HElectrical systemLightsFire

Both headlamps went out with 1 week of each other. Replaced with sylvania h11 xenon bulbs as recommended by autozone website as compatible. Installed both lights, verified they worked, drove approximately .5 Miles to stop for lunch. Turned off car and entered restaurant. Approximately 5 minutes later, someone yelled a cars on fire. Front of my car was engulfed in flames. Fire department sawed hood off and distinguished flames. Car was a total loss. Lexus dealer service rep scolded me that I should never ut...

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after market bulbs in their cars, to which I pointed out that maybe their manual should state such a fact. I believe there is some surge issue that caused both my headlamps to go out in the first place and that the sylvania bulbs ran hotter than the oem bulbs which triggered the fire. Lexus will not share with me the pictures proving both bulbs were in stalled incorrectly and I have a hard time believing that since u have to insert and turn the bulbs - I would have seen if they weren't in correctly. The car has since been sold off but autozone came out and took the bulbs and wiring to their 'lab'. There's no other plausible reason for the fire other than the bulbs....

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11019923
2012 Lexus CT200HElectrical systemLights

Each time the fog lamps are used, seems the electrical system pops the fog lamp glass. This has happened 3 times on both driver and passenger side. Including piping of the factory fog lamps that came on the vehicle and then the replacements. The fog lamps cannot be used without popping.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10899409
2013 Lexus CT200HLights

The white running lights on the rear end of some lexus models are hazardous. White lights indicate an oncoming vehicle, so rear white running lights violate that rule. I have been driving behind these vehicles in fair weather conditions and had momentary confusion, so I imagine that in poor weather conditions, this could really cause a problem. Please consider prohibiting the placement of white running lights on the rear end of vehicles. Thank you. *Tr

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10780418
2013 Lexus CT200HElectrical systemLights

Design defect: turn signal fails to cancel after a sweeping turn (e.G., Right or left turn from 2nd lane, or a "corner cut" yield-type turn). Safety issue is that a non-cancelled turn signal can then cause other drivers tp believe you will be turning, when no such turn is contemplated. This vehicle employs "progressive steering", which means that steering wheel rotation is progressively magnified in the turn of the front wheels. It appears this minimal steering wheel movement required for a sweeping turn...

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was not contemplated in the placement of the turn signal cancellation mechanism on the steering column. Best solution would be to reposition the auto-cancellation tabs so that all turns would properly cancel. Secondary -- easier & cheaper -- remedy would be to add a profoundly audible interior signal for a signal left uncancelled for greater than (20?) Seconds. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10509313

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