Threxx

I pulled the wood trim surrounding console/gear shifter up a couple of days ago to try and fix a creaking noise, and last night when I was driving I noticed that out of the four buttons directly in front of my center armrest, only the two seat heater switches and the "VSC Off" switch have a soft green lighting behind them. The "ECT/PWR/SNW" rocker switch has no lighting behind it so you can't see it at light.

Does this particular switch light up on y'all's GS300s/400s? I think mine did before, but maybe I'm just remembering wrong and I'm paranoid since I was messing with that area just a couple of days before.

If so, do you think I might can disconnected the cable to this light or busted the bulb? If I messed up the bulb, how in the world do I find a replacement bulb? Doesn't seem like one of those things they'd have at autozone on the shelf.

NT2SHBBY

if it's any concilation, mine never did

Threxx

So it's normal for it not to be on?

NT2SHBBY

that would be my assumption. my heated seats light only when activated, VSC light works when headlights are on.

LexFather

I want to say they don't light but I can't remember. As NT2SHABBY said, most everything lights up with headlights.

Fisher503

it is supposed to be lit

Threxx

Yeah I'm not talking about the bright light that comes on like with the heated seats when they are on... I'm talking about the soft green backlighting that is on all of the time.

Can somebody check tonight to be sure for me and let me know if the letters "ECT" and such show up in a soft green lighting for if they aren't lit up at all (whether or not that switch is actually on).

And if so, what is the part number?

BA_GS400

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I just checked man, there is NO light on that button. I even started the car and flipped the switch between power/middle/snow and there was never a light.

Now, on the DASH, dead center, I do get the green POWER indication lit up........

also as a confirmation, my heated seats did light up green, with the amber 'on' light, and the VSC lights up too.

Threxx

OK.. thanks very much for doing that for me!

Yeah, my dash light shows up fine... just the backlight for the button itself that was the issue.

You know it's just one of those things that I would have never even noticed except for the fact that I'd just removed that piece a couple days earlier and it started bugging me.

Now I can rest easy.

I just wonder why Lexus didn't put a backlight bulb for that button? Oh well.

LexFather

My guess, it shares with another car. Lexus shares parts too and has to cut costs, they just do it better than most anybody. I am sure that button can be found on other Lexus/Toyotas with no light as well.

For instance, lexus will cut costs sharing a button or two & no one will notice but Lexus will not do something ghey like import a RHD interior to America and tell us get used to it.

RayGS3

There should a ligh bulb behine that button. Mine was out and I have Lexus fixed that.

see pic.



Note: I don't have the heated seat buttons.

JacobT

My all 4 buttons lighted up when turn on the driving light. You need to replace the bulbs.

BA_GS400

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I double checked mine again as well, even though I was thorough earlier.

Lights on, engine running, I got no light on the power/snow button.


mine's a 99, perhaps there's a difference between the years......

TLW

have a 98 GS4

no lite for me either

NT2SHBBY

me too on my 2000 ....that just ain't right


My celica GTS had this same switch (I too thought it was a toyota "thing" just as 1SICKLEX stated) except in the celia, it was either PWR, ECT, or NRML instead of SNOW.

either way, neither car's switch lit...