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Lexus ES300 Lighting problems by year

26 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Lexus ES300's lights. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Lighting complaints by model year

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 92002 2003 2005

Year	Lighting complaints	Crashes	Injuries
2003	2	0	0
2002	9	1	1
2001	2	0	0
2000	1	0	0
1998	1	0	0
1997	2	0	0
1994	1	0	0
1993	5	0	0
1992	3	0	0

Latest ES300 lighting complaints

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights Body, doors & structure Acceleration & cruise controlCrash1 injury

I own a 2002 lexus es300 and am the original owner. I have enjoyed the experience of driving the car to around 175k miles in nearly 12 years. So far, I did not have any major problems with the car until recently. Last friday, aug 8, 2014, my wife drove the car to a friend's place and was parked in a parallel parking area. There were 3 cars in that parking area including my car in 5 car parking area. The two parking spots behind my car were vacant. My wife was trying to back up to a spot right in front of another...

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car which was parked there. While trying to backup, there was a sudden acceleration of the engine and hit the car right behind and that car went and hit another car that was behind that car. The impact was so much that there was significant damage to my car and another car that was right behind and minor damage to the third car. Not only the damage to one car right behind but displaced its position and direction that it was parked. The third car was pushed over to the curb and was about to hit the pedestrians that were nearby. There were eye witnesses and police were called to the accident scene and reported the incident. After the incident occurred, I was looking to see if there were any issues with sudden acceleration of the cars and any safety recalls. I did notice that there were quite a few complaints about the sudden acceleration and safety issues on 2002 lexus es300. I am kind of disappointed in the way the car malfunctioned and I want to know what nhtsa is doing about it and how it can help victims like me. Thanks and appreciate your response. *Tr

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 lexus es300. While driving various speeds the contact noticed that the turn signal volume was very low and could not be heard when it was activated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the vehicle could not be serviced for the failure. The contact had experienced the failure since the vehicle was purchased. The failure mileage was 3000 and the current mileage was 82000.

1998 Lexus ES300 Electrical system Lights

Headlights turn off by themselves intermittently while driving. This also occurs intermittently when you use the directional signals to signal for a right or left turn. This electrical failure makes this car unsafe to drive at night at any speed. Driving at night without headlights on could result in an accident with bodily injury or death to the occupants of this vehicle or other vehicles and/or property damage. The jm lexus' service department diagnosed this problem as a defective wiper switch assembly. *Tr

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights

My 2002 es 300 has headlight sensors which make it go up and down depending on what angle the car is parked/moving at. So going downhill, it should dip down to avoid oncoming traffic from glare and going uphill, it should make the light go farther. Somehow the sensor (or something else) got faulty. Lexus dealership made me drive at least 5000 miles (i used to live in fargo, nd and the nearest dealership with 225+ miles one way) before they could acknowledge that there was something wrong with the lights. I had to...

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make a video at night (as they denied test driving at night) to show them my safety concerns about the headlights. The distance I could see was very small and it got dangerous at night time, unless I turned my high beam on. Lexus acknowledged the problem, kept my car for one month, drove it for approximately 3000 miles. Engineers from chicago and la came (i was told) and the answer was: we could not find what exactly is causing this, but there is some magnetic field around the wire to the sensor which disrupts the functioning of the sensor. We have put the shielded wire around the wire and it should not happen again. I had not been driving this car much since then at night time due to safety concerns, till I moved to albuquerque. The terrain here is hilly and I don't see the lights to dip down or go farther while going downhill and uphill respectively. While making turns around canyons and cliffs , going uphill, it becomes dangerous as you can' see more than 30-40 feet (or less) on a freeway which is not a safe braking distance at 65-70 miles/hr and if you turn the high beam on it's not safe for the oncoming traffic. I urge that nhtsa investigate this issue and I am willing to provide my car for driving up to 300-400 miles. Even though I have put aug 22nd 2003 as the incident date, that is my purchase date from my uncle (the original owner) and it happens . Everytime I drive. Thanks for your time in this matter. *Tr

1993 Lexus ES300 Lights Electrical system

Dt*: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the speedometer gauge failed. The incident occurred without warning. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer who determined the instrument cluster panel needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was alerted. The consumer stated this was the second time this has happened. The first time it was replaced under warranty. Updated 12/05/06. *Jb

2003 Lexus ES300 Electrical system Lights

Dt: consumer states that at night there was a time delay in the headlights when being shut off. If the trunk was propped open only 1/8 of an inch the lights stayed on until the battery iwasdead. Took vehicle to the dealership and they unhooked the time delay. The battery died twice because of this only in the nighttime.*Ak

1992 Lexus ES300 Engine & cooling Fuel system Transmission & drivetrain Lights

Bought this car used, and what seemed to be very good condition with up to date maintenance records. I have had this car three months. All but about 1 week has been in the shop.. The instrament lights went out completely $1000 to fix,,, joke... The power steering pump amd sensors went out causing the radiator to fail caused the car to severly overheat,, caused the transmission to fail and the electrical harness failed to the fuel injector controls causing carbon buildup in the fuel injectors, in my opinion this is the biggest peice of junk I have ever owned.*Ak

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights

My 2002 lexus es 300, when driven at highway speed at night time, the headlights (hid's) keep coming closer and closer to the vehicle. After about one hour of driving the distance covered by the light is about half the length of a semitruck trailer. It is very hard to drive on corners on the freeway and I have to turn the high beam on. The other way to describe the distance covered by the light is to tell that I can see only two dotted points (the divider line on the freeway) at any given point in time. My...

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estimation is that the distance covered by the light at that time is about 15-20 feet at the max. The light gets so concentrated close to the car that if I turn the foglights on (which fall very close to the car) I can't even see any difference in the light intesity. Once I hit the brakes of the car, the headlights go back to normal for a few miles and the distance covered is definitely more than 100 feet. I did take my car to lexus dealership which is about 250 miles from my house twice, only to hear that this car has a special sensor which adjusts the distance covered by the light and all the sensors are working correctly. They say they can't test drive my car at night time as their dealership is closed and there is no way that they can confirm my complaint. I am afraid to drive this car at night because the distance covered by these so called special lights is very dangerous and the only option for me at that time is to turn the high beam on which is again not safe for the other traffic around. I am putting the incident date as aug, 2003 as I bought the car sometimes at that time and this complaint happens everytime I go for a freeway driving at nightime. Please help me deal with this matter and oblige.*Ak

2001 Lexus ES300 Lights

Vehicle is having a problem with light deception. Light visibility is only 15 to 20 feet ahead. Driver must use high beams to get distance vision. *Ak

2003 Lexus ES300 Lights

Problems with vehicle's turn signals.*Mr the consumer wanted the dealership to increase the sound of the turning signals when activated, and the signals turning off once the turn was completed. The dealership stated there was nothing they could do about the turn signals. *Ph *jb

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights

Suv behind us at a light with highly irritating bright lights that even our special rear view mirror didn't reduce very much. These lights are unnecessary and all our passengers complained bitterly that those lights should be outlawed.*Ak

1992 Lexus ES300 Lights

The needles on the vehicle's tachometer and speedometer are beginning to fade. Dealership only offered to pay 20% of the repair cost. *Mr *cb there was a 90 car accident due to fog/clouds, and trucks. *Scc

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights

The new blue lights in new cars create blindness when approaching at night. Even from behind in rear view mirror they create blinding distraction.

2002 Lexus ES300 Lights

On a sunny day and while in motion, consumer states the dashboard cannot be read, even with sunshades on. Dealer has been notified. Ts *jg

2001 Lexus ES300 Lights

We have had problem with our range of forward vision while using high intensity discharge headlights in low beam at night. The first 60 to 80 feet beyond the headlights are well lighted, but we can not see adequately beyond the lighted area. We have confirmed the problem by having other friends make the same observations. We are not sure if it is an illumination problem (i.E., Enough light beyond the well lit perimeter) or human eye problems (too much light in the foreground causing the iris of the eye to not adjust for beyond the lighted perimeter). We are very anxious about driving in the mountains at night. We suggest you look into the problem. Dt

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data