Lexus LS430 Lighting problems by year

On certain vehicles when the accelerator is operated quickly, a small piece of metal may separate from a retaining collar located in the inner part of the automatic transmission. This small piece of metal may become caught in the parking lock mechanism. Recall *tr

I hit a large dog while driving one night and busted my front bumper on the passenger side pertly good. Had bumper, fog lights replaced, car looks dam good. Since I am an older person, retired and drive mostly during the day, it was a while before I noticed my bright lights shine directly on the ground about 20 to 30 feet in front of the car . I have had the charleston sc lexus dealer try to eliminate the problem. They told me I would have to replace the headlight. I took it in to lexus of mobile on two...

Was traveling about 55 mph on dark country road when the afs sensor (as I later learned) went out on the left rear of vehicle. Lights on low beam dropped to about 20' in front of car leaving me virtually blind and unsafe to drive at anything over 20 mph. Because of the winding nature of the roads and customary speed, I was at serious risk of being rear-ended. In order to get home, I had to drive on high beam causing much consternation with on coming traffic. If you check the u-tube video on this subject, you will find over 14,000 views. This appears to be a very common problem with the lexus product line. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 lexus ls430. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, he noticed that the headlights were not angled straight and causing limited illumination of the highway ahead of him. In addition, the afs warning light was illuminated on the instrumental panel. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer and they advised him that he would need to replace the height control sensor. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that they would get back to him in five to seven days. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000.

A sensor failed (afs) on my 2004 lexus 430 that locked the headlights into a very low position - the effective lighting on low beam is such that visibility is only 20-30 feet. Upon searching the web I found out this is a common failure and required replacing a simple sensor on the rear axle costing app. $450 Parts and labor. I am looking to repair, but am concerned about the condition it was left defective - it appears the failure default position at low beam is dangerous. *Tr

When first driving the car after delivery may 22, 2006, it was noted that the low beam head lights were set dangerously low and provided unsafe lighting. They were immediately adjusted up to a reasonable level to provide adequate lighting of the road for safe driving on low beam. Consequently the high beams were projecting up in the air, and provided absolutely no light on the road surface, again causing unsafe driving conditions for rural roads and open highway where the high beams are necessary. I tried to get...

I would like to complain about the new "blue" hid headlights on some cars. The glare I experience from this is terrible. If one vehicle passes, the loss of sight is tolerable, but if 2 or more hid equipped vehicles come at me at night, the glare and subsequent loss of vision is totally unacceptable. *Jb

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

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

All xenon headlights should be banned. They blind oncoming drivers !!!

Complaining of the new bright headlights on some cars. I had one behind me at night and it really was hard for me to see because of the brillance in my rear view and side mirror. *Ak

The headhight only shines about 40 to 60 feet in front of the left headlight when on low beam, then it is completely dark from there on. Had lights checked and adjusted. Would like to know how far low beam should shine in front of a car.