ok so i got this little issue i just found out about my 92 LS400 .... so when the headlights are off and i set on the brake the wedge part of the headlights go on and the inside: radio, air, ash tray... those lights go on too.

you also hear the sound of the gear shifter releasing so you can pull it from P to R

now when i turn the headlights on you hear the gear shifter disengage and i no longer have to push the brake to get it out of P.

does anyone know what would be causing this

thanks

 

9.5/10 times on a 1LS.

http://www.lexls.com/tutorials/lighting/bulbout.html

 

ummm i'll look into that ... i think i saw a video on youtube showing that ... but my reverse light does not come on.

so i think it might have to be something else ..... with the headlights.... like i mentioned when i turn on the headlights the mechanism for the shifter release goes on and off ... i do not have to use the brake...

 

check. it. first.

 

WOW thanks PureDrifter that was pretty much it .... though what i narrowed it down to was the top right back brake light bulb .... it was broke and was shorting out the whole system ....

i'm going to take it out tomorrow and run around with the headlights on just to make sure the electrical smell does not come back ... but i think a $2 light bulb was the culprit

 

This problem started on my way home from work yesterday. But I disconnected the corner tail lights cause I thought that's was causing the short and the reverse light didn't come on anymore. But now that I think about it the trunk was open when I was hitting the breaks. I did test it after I closed it and the lights and still didn't come on. I got in the car a hour ago and sropve down the street and I noticed that tranny doesn't shift now!? Even when I manually shift up is this the cause of that problem too?

 

have you checked those trunk hinge wires??

 

Yea I checked it and found a broken wire. I already soldered it back together drives fine once again

 

Update I drove around today after the fix and the radio was working fine. Now I just drive home and the radio is no longer working it cuts in and out when it wants to and when it is one it sounds like they're blown. I'm stumped