ISThree

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Micaiah- u are right on this.
its not a single bulb but some (i think 6) LEDs.

Kurtz

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In the very posted you quoted he mentions he bought it CPO, which means he has a 100k mile warranty on it (and 3 yrs from whatever date he bought it, not the original in-service date)

nine3es

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holy **** you'd think Lexus wouldve learned from all the ****ty gauge needles in the early 90's. almost 20 yrs later and they still using the same busted tech....

gl with your needles man, i drove my es for years with needles out before finally gettin them rigged.

SGMIS3

They did learn. These are tiny LEDs inside. The first gen IS didnt even have LED's in the cluster.

mikez

Very nice, shows how much you know about technologies

vinconist

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you can also buy one off ebay for 100 bucks, some only have 10k on them

JUSROLLIN

My 92 ES300 did that back in the day. The speedo needle was completely dark and the tachometer needle flickered. Back then it was either replace the whole cluster, or find someone that had experience replacing the LED's. I recall something about it being very easy to fry the whole thing if you made a slight error while soldering...

Brandon

nine3es

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the tech may have changed slightly, but the needles still go out. wtf are you flaming me for when the outcome is the same. lexus needles still suck after all these years. they need to try another method all together. trolls get off my nuts, i was offering good luck wishes to the op, hope he finds an inexpensive solution.

MiiK350

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Mine go out simultaneously, my car is CPO'd. Covered?

LexFather

1. We don't need blind cursing in posts.
2. One example does not mean its the same tech. Its completely different and far superior.

nine3es please exit this thread. I also ask you start to capitalize your words and stop cursing in posts.

Lexitegra

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I have the same problem except that the middle part of my needle has gone out, the beginning and end tips still light fine.

It drives me nuts tooooo!!! But I can deal with it for now if the alternative is replacing the entire cluster. Is there a more affordable solution?

Jeff Lange

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Before the IS, Lexus did use the same type of needles on the ES, SC, etc. back in the early 90's.

This was extremely common on the older ES gauges, needles used to go out all the time. It's quite expensive to repair.

Lexus actually used to sell more parts for those old clusters than they do now. You could get some circuits, bulbs, pieces separate. On the new ones now, all you can get is either the entire thing, or just the glass. That's it.

It's actually not. It's very similar with multiple LED's illuminating the complete needle. It's not like other Toyotas/older IS300's where it's just incandescent bulbs illuminating the needle from behind. Also, apparently from reading this thread, the new 2IS setup is not that superior...

Jeff

itsmike177

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2006 IS350, and the tachometer needle was completely dead and the speedometer needle was dead in 2 out of 4 places. Out of warranty, and dealer quoted $1200 for a new cluster....

Purchased a used cluster on eBay for $200 and installed it on my own, literally plug and play.

I didn't have to go the dealer to get the "new" cluster reprogrammed because the new cluster was literally only 500 miles more than the old cluster.

felixsc300

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This is an exact replica of what happened to the clusters of the first-generation's SCs lol. It is irritating to look at, but I got used to mine.

Lawr

This happened to my needle too, about 6-7 months ago. I purchased a CPO'd 07 and they replaced the entire gauge cluster for me under warranty. Took a few days because they said they had to order the new gauge cluster programmed with my exact mileage and so the car could not move.