WaqMan22

Hi

My fathers 2013 GS350 was involved in an accident that requires a headlight replacement on the driver side.
This is a Canadian car that was equipped with AFS and NightView nightvision. New headlights are, as predicted, quite pricey so we were hoping to buy a cheaper alternative. However, most alternatives do not come with the NightView capability (as far as we understand, there are infared sensors in the headlight to allow for the NightView. We are quite OK with no NightView capability (rarely, if ever, used.)

Our questions are:
Is the wiring different for non-nightview headlamps (harness etc.)?
If we install a non-nightview light in this car, will it throw error codes?

We are looking for proper wiring diagrams as well and came across the TIS website. However, when looking in detail, the site says that wiring diagrams are not included. Can someone confirm this before we purchase it? This is what we gather from the site:

https://techinfo.toyota.com/techInfo...ary%20Contents

Thanks,
WaqMan22

SNiiP3R

iTrader: (3)

My car has luxury package with nighview as well. When I switched to LED headlights from 450h GS, everything was plug-n-play. The only thing that did not work was my nightview, because the new lights did not have the sensors. There were no lights on my dashboard. However, everytime I would start the car, I would see a brief 4 second message on my navigation screen about the nightview having some issues, but that is it. Mind you, the LED headlights were AFS compatible. I believe base model GS don’t come with AFS, so headlights from base and non hybrid GS models may throw some errors.

WaqMan22

Thanks so much for the info. Sounds like if we can find an AFS capable light, it will work and should only have the minor message on the screen (and no use of nightview).

eddie420

That is correct. Just find an AFS light from a junkyard, I'm sure there are quite a few. Check www.car-part.com, have bought some good stuff.

WaqMan22

Thanks for your help. Sorry to bump the thread, but is there a way to check on the physical light whether it is AFS or not? I'm trying to avoid a situation where it is labelled as AFS when in reality it is not.

peasodos

iTrader: (1)

Under the dash you will have an AFS off switch. I got the image off the forum, ignore the circled red part.


Also when you start the car if your low beam moves left right you have AFS.

np20412

I think he means on the actual headlight itself, not if the car is equipped. He doesn't want someone to sell him a headlight saying its AFS compatible if it in fact isn't. IDK if there is any functional difference in the headlight itself between AFS/non-AFS, but i imagine there would be.

peasodos

iTrader: (1)

If you open the cover/HID ballast behind the low beam light(what you would remove for a bulb change), if it has AFS you can move low beam left/right and not just up/down with your hand.
Otherwise you get the vin of the car headlights came from and check with a dealership if that car was equipped with AFS. There is no actual part number printed on the headlights themselves. I know because I upgrade my headlights to the led and sold my original ones.

Also you can tell from the plug, the afs have at least 13 pins, you would also have a few more for the night vision. If it's 12 or less it's not AFS.

WaqMan22

Thanks, that's good to know as well. But the point below is what I am looking for. Not sure if there is a motor or something visible?

peasodos

iTrader: (1)

Nothing is visible from the front of the headlight, you have to remove the HID ballast and check from the back side, see my last post.

WaqMan22

Thanks, did some more research with my brother based off what you mentioned and we think we came away with this (last picture is believe to be motor):




I can't say this is 100% accurate, but hope this helps someone as well.

peasodos

iTrader: (1)

Yes this is 100% the AFS headlight. The last picture has the motor that turns it left/right, you can already see it's partially turned. The pinouts you pointed out look correct, first one is 12 and second one is 14.