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Old 03-05-24, 08:28 AM
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Default Interior lights & Rear View mirror not working

I am running into an issue with my interior lights. Not a single one will turn on. Not even the OEM leds, so far I've followed this guide and have replaced everything suggested and still got nada,

https://www.clublexus.com/how-tos/a/...%20next%20step.

I've put in all new fuses under the hood, under both kick panels, replaced the door switches, and have a new battery. I currently have all of the LEDs removed from the car until I can figure out how to get the OEM leds working. Any thing else I anyone can recommend/suggest would be greatly appreciated.

And, with my rear view mirror, I get the green light to come on and also have the compass working but I cannot get the garage door functions to work. I've tried to do the rest with holding #1 & #3 down for 40-60 seconds, no response. Anything else I can try here?
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Led not working is either if you checked all the fuses and what not. As for the garage opener I had the same issue then I used a different garage remote that my wife’s uses to program it and it worked.
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Originally Posted by Patton6964
I am running into an issue with my interior lights. Not a single one will turn on. Not even the OEM leds, so far I've followed this guide and have replaced everything suggested and still got nada,

https://www.clublexus.com/how-tos/a/...%20next%20step.

I've put in all new fuses under the hood, under both kick panels, replaced the door switches, and have a new battery. I currently have all of the LEDs removed from the car until I can figure out how to get the OEM leds working. Any thing else I anyone can recommend/suggest would be greatly appreciated.

And, with my rear view mirror, I get the green light to come on and also have the compass working but I cannot get the garage door functions to work. I've tried to do the rest with holding #1 & #3 down for 40-60 seconds, no response. Anything else I can try here?
What year is your car? Wiring has differences based on which year, so researching this for a 2008 would possibly be different than researching it for a 2012.
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I kind of have the opposite problem... my flood lights decided to stay on and not turn off, even when the doors are closed and I put the car in drive. Ended up having to pull the Dome Light fuse, but now none of my interior lights are on (for that obvious reason).
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
What year is your car? Wiring has differences based on which year, so researching this for a 2008 would possibly be different than researching it for a 2012.
It's a 2008

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Led not working is either if you checked all the fuses and what not. As for the garage opener I had the same issue then I used a different garage remote that my wife’s uses to program it and it worked.
My actual remotes work just fine. When I go to program the mirror it does not engage. Even when I try holding #1 & #3 for over a minute, I cannot get the red light to appear showing it's been cleared or ready for new programming.
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Originally Posted by Patton6964
It's a 2008



My actual remotes work just fine. When I go to program the mirror it does not engage. Even when I try holding #1 & #3 for over a minute, I cannot get the red light to appear showing it's been cleared or ready for new programming.
I had the same issue that’s what I’m saying if you have another remote try using that to program it. I have two and the one I used didn’t work till I tried my wife’s remote and I did it outside the garage instead of inside and then it finally programed
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See the diagram below. Start with the relay (it is near the turn signal flasher behind the combination meter) and fuse. It sounds to me like the relay is not working correctly.
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
See the diagram below. Start with the relay (it is near the turn signal flasher behind the combination meter) and fuse. It sounds to me like the relay is not working correctly.
Do you have a part # for the relay?
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Originally Posted by Patton6964
Do you have a part # for the relay?
Should be this: 895A1-53010 or 895A0-53010
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Should be this: 895A1-53010 or 895A0-53010
Where is this relay location? Under the hood or in the cabin?
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Originally Posted by Patton6964
Where is this relay location? Under the hood or in the cabin?
Near the flasher relay in the dash.
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Near the flasher relay in the dash.
I replaced the relay, and still nothing. Any other suggestions?
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Did you do any checks on the connections to the relay? Was there voltage present on the input side? Did you short the pins that connect inside the relay to see if the lights come on?

There's a whole lot of possibilities here, but the biggest thing is it appears power is not present. You could have a bad ground, but there are multiple grounds, so you'd need to have all of them fail - super unlikely. So voltage is not present and you need to determine where it is stopping. If the relay has power at the pins for the contact and the lights come on, then the power to the relay coil is the problem.

Or just take a road trip to Atlanta, and we'll figure it out pretty quickly.
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Originally Posted by Patton6964
I replaced the relay, and still nothing. Any other suggestions?
Did you ever solve this issue? I am having the same one in my 250: dome lights, map lights, foot lights, puddle lights, vanity lights, garage opener, shifter light don't work; the locks don't activate when I go 25 kph, and the lights in the dash don't work unless the car is in run (lights like door ajar, etc).
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I replaced that brake controller thingy behind my steering column, the part number was 895A1-53010. It did not change a thing. I suspect mine is a ground problem. I will have to study the wiring diagrams to see what the various components that are not functioning have in common.


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