I have a 2003 GS430 and I have noticed that the speedometer gauge is slightly dimmer thant the left and right gauges. Its not that big of a deal, but I was wondering what could be causing this and how I could go about getting it fixed. The car is a CPO....you think this is something I could get the dealership to do while its in for its 60k service?

Andrew

 

Same thing for me. Wish there was a way to keep them bright all the time

 

if its a cpo, take it back to the dealer to fix. you're paying good money for that GS! so everything should be good on it.

 

mine does the same thing.

 

Search is your friend... but here are 2 links that i have put together myself. I own a 01' 430, and for a long time i starred at the gauges and wondered the same thing, so i decided to disassemble them and find out...

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ht=disassembly

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ight=diy+gauge

My conclusion is that the reason why the tach is brighter is because it is a smaller area to light up, as well as in the fuel and temp side, you have a blockage of the light going through the plastic behind the gauges... and i think the speedo just is way bigger and has to have more light going through it... If you see my posts, you might understand a little better.

 

Im taking the car in Tuesday for its 60k service. Im going to bring up the low idle issue and the gauge dimness.

 

Let us know what the dealer says. They have to have this issue reported frequently. I also have a CPO and wouldn't mind getting this issue addressed.

 

My '03 GS3 lights are dim at night as well. Am I correct in reading that there is no fix in terms of using brighter bulbs? I don't care to change the gauges or colors.