1994 Lexus LS400

INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS DO NOT LIGHT ON COLD/COOL MORNINGS. THEY WILL COME ON AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME IN WARM MONTHS, THEY DO NOT COME ON AT ALL DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE 1994 LEXUS LS400. POSSIBLY A DEFECTIVE UNIT. DEALER WANTS 1200 TO CORRECT WHAT I BELIEVE IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THE INCIDENT DATE GIVEN IS DATE OF THIS SUBMISSION. THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS. *JB

I OWNED A LEXUS 1994 LS400 CAR. I HAD A SAFETY COMPLAINT AGAINST LEXUS FOR PRODUCING FAULTY INSTRUMENT COCKPIT. WHEN I START THE CAR IN THE MORNING, THE INSTRUMENTATION COCKPIT IS COMPLETELY DARK IE NO ILLUMINATION. I HAVE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITHOUT ANY IDEA ON SPEED, OR MILEAGE, OR FUEL TANK LEVEL OR WHATEVER INDICATORS. THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN DEFECT AND A LOT OF OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. *NLM

I OWNED A LEXUS 1994 LS400 CAR. I HAD A SAFETY COMPLAINT AGAINST LEXUS FOR PRODUCING FAULTY SEAT BELTS. MY FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT FULLY RETRACT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TENSION TO PROTECT THE SEATED PASSENGER IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. FORTUNATELY FOR ME, THERE HAD BEEN NO ACCIDENTS SO FAR. THIS HAD BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THE INCIDENT DATE. I DID NOT REPORT THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW THIS WONDERFUL WEB-SITE EXISTED AT THE TIME. *JB

1994 LEXUS MODEL LS400. INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL NOT LIGHT UP IN COLD WEATHER. CANNOT SEE SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES DO NOT WORK. THIS DEFECT DID NOT MANIFEST ITSELF UNTIL I MOVED FROM CALIF TO IOWA WHERE THE WEATHER IS COLD. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AND LEXUS WILL NOT ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM BUT SAY THEY CAN FIX IT FOR $2000+. I THINK THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *JB

INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL NOT LIGHT UP AT ALL. THE GUAGES WILL NOT ILLUMINATED, YOU CANNOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE, OR IF THERE ARE HAVE BEEN ANY TYPE OF ENGINE FAILURES, BRAKE FAILURES, ETC. THIS CONTINUES FOR DAYS TO WEEKS AT A TIME. THIS IS WORSE AT NIGHT, YOUR COMPLETELY IN THE DARK, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE WHAT GEAR YOUR IN - IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

I HAVE A '94 LEXUS LS400 ON WHICH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY DOES NOT FUNCTION AT LOW TEMPERATURES. IT WILL TAKE UP TO AN HOUR OF DRIVING BEFORE THE INSTUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP AND THE GAGES BECOME VISIBLE. ONE HAS TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEON-LIT INSTRUMENT PANEL WHICH WILL BE TOTALLY DARK DAY OR NIGHT WHEN THE LIGHTING DOES NOT WORK. THE USER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ANY WARNING LIGHTS, VEHICLE SPEED AND FUEL LEVEL. THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH "90 TO '94 MODEL YEARS AND POSSIBLY LATER ONES ALSO ( I PERSONALLY KNOW OF AT LEAST 10 CASES). LEXUS IS QUOTING $1,200 TO $1,600 TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT. BASED ON THE PRICE TAG, MANY PEOPLE WILL BE RELUCTANT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND CONSEQUENTLY THERE WILL BE MOTORISTS ON THE ROAD WHO WILL NOT KNOW WHAT SPEED THEY ARE GOING OR WHETHER THEY WILL RUN OUT OF GAS. I BELIVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE MANUFACTURER THROUGH A RECALL.