I have a 2000 Lexus ES 300, Platinum Edition. Both taillights are out. All other lights are correctly operating, i.e., brake lights, reverse, and 3rd brake light. I replaced the fuse and bulbs, but taillights are still out, and dashboard is illuminated indicating that the taillights are not operating. OBD scanner shows no errors.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

 

Hello,

How did the issue first begin?
Do the Taillights flash when you Lock or Unlock the car?
What's the behavior of the Turn Signals, how fast are they Blinking?

Try taking the Trunk Trim apart and accessing the Taillight Connector on either side, make sure that it is plugged in, if that's good, get a Test Light, put one end to Ground (any bare metal surface on the chassis), and the other to an arbitrary wire in the Connector, then start turning each Light that comes to the Taillight one at a time, checking the Test Light after each light, turn on Hazard Flashers, then the Corner Lights, then the Stop Lights, see if the Test Light will come On in any of those cases, if it does, move over to the next wire, until you find all the Wires for all the Bulbs in the Taillight.

If the Test Light would Come On for every Bulb, there is a problem between the Connector that you used for the test and the Light itself, like damage to the Wiring or corroded Contacts inside the Bulb Socket. If the Test Light will stay Off, you will have to look through the Entire Wiring from the Trunk to the Interior Fuse Box behind the Driver Kick Panel.

Hope this helps and best of luck!

 

Why did you replace a fuse was it blown?