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Old 12-07-13, 06:14 PM
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On my dashboard, the tail light error pops up and every time I put in a new bulb, it works for a minute or 2 and again it messes up. Any ideas why? I took it to a regular mechanic who's no expert in electrical stuff and said its the sockets where the bulb actually connects to and would have to order straight from lexus. What do you guys think?
Old 12-07-13, 06:31 PM
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What do u mean by it messes up? The light stops working or the 'light out' in the dash comes back on?
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I think we have this happen w our car too the break light bulb out indicator comes on but the light it actually fine?
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what I mean by "messes up" is that the light bulb stops working. The light bulb out indicator comes on but the light is NOT fine. so when i replace the bulb, it'll work for a few minutes and burns out again.
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Ok, your all over the place dude and not clear at all In your post, the dash taillight indicator keeps going out? Or the actual taillight bulb keeps going out?

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Look for a short in the wiring..
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Originally Posted by GS400NYC
what I mean by "messes up" is that the light bulb stops working. The light bulb out indicator comes on but the light is NOT fine. so when i replace the bulb, it'll work for a few minutes and burns out again.
Ohh gotcha... Well the light bulb indicator is supposed to come on when the light bulb is not fine lol. U def got a short. That happend to me on my old gs400. I had to get the connector from lexus. The part was only 60$ good luck!
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