zexen

this is not cool. i've got my dad's 93 es 300 and the needles for the engine temp, tach, and speedometer went out. they actually went out a while ago, but my mom's finally willing to fix it. the guy i called said the needle's would be somewhere from $100-$200 each. if you have any information on gauge needles for the 92-96 years, that'd be awesome. thanks.

zexen

does anyone have ANY information? please?

r4z0r3ck

Go to a Lexus dealer for refrence it wouldnt hurt to ask there first. But u mite have probs wit the dash later if ur needles are out but its a common thing on electrolum dashes. So dont worry much about it.

jcboiz

Dude,
Mine had the same problem, Lexus told me the whole cluster would cost like 500 bucks, and that just the short needle would cost like freaking 100 bucks, so I did some research online and bought an old one from a salvage yard. And incredibly all the needles worked and it saved me lots of bucks! You can even try Ebay from time to time, I know some salvage yards do some auctioning of lexus parts.

j2tha0e

a hundred dollars each needle?!

gosh, i would hecka pay that for my fading gas needles.

when i called around, lexus quoted me $410. to change my gas needle.

$700 some change for the whole cluster.

Static911

Moved the thread for more visibility.

Ethan

maajr

There's a lot of talk on that forum. That has happened to alot of older SC's. My 92 has been that way for a few months. It doen't bother me anymore, I've actually grown to like it.

Those price quotes are pretty cheap. I've heard it costs over a grand. The dealerships claim that they can't replace just the bulbs and that they have to replace the whole cluster.

Good luck

PERRYinLA

Some possible fixes:

Painting the needles with reflective paint

Soldering in some new LEDs (but hard to find the correct voltage LED)

Using the short, cheaper Gas and Temp needles (which ARE sold seperately) on the Tach and Speedo dials.

As maajr said, if you do a search you'll get a lot of info on this.

Pianoman72

My needles have not died (yet) but one thing very few people have tried is to test the capacitors and see if one (or more) is not charging properly. You will see plenty when you take out the dash assembly.

Somewhere in the SC forum there is actually a picture of which caps to replace, and I think it mentioned replacing a transformer, too. Do some digging. I doubt the design is too different.

I hope this helps, good luck.