I'm finally going to be installing my cluster in the next 10 days or so I'll reach the exact milage. Someone posted in another thread this questions. You have any idea?

In BMW world the vin# in the cluster EEPROM has to match the vin# in the DME (ECU) or a tamper dot (code) will appear and it'll show the cluster is tampered with. and that's on a 15 year old car. i'm sure lexus has something more sophisticated nowadays??

 

You people are nuts. It's worse.

 

Why is that.

 

So I did swap a base is250 with a 350 fsport instrument cluster. Everything works, but I get the warning lights turn on every time. Check for vgrs and pcs. I don't know how to remove these error as my car doesn't come with those system.

 

Did you get a 350 cluster from the same year as your 250? Do you know the part numbers of each cluster? Do you have a Techstream to check the codes?

 

I agree with you. As far as comments about it being prone to failure, I thought that might be the case, but I use the sliding function so rarely that I'm not really all that concerned about it.

 

Not yet trying to find a way to turn off the warning light. Other than that, everything else works fine.

 

The warning lights are on because there is a code in the system triggering the light.
If you can find out what the code is, it might give you an idea of what needs to be done to clear the light...or at least trick it into clearing.

Honestly if you had gotten the 250 F Sport cluster from a vehicle the same year as yours, then everything would have been fine...no lights.

 

Frankly, I'd probably rather have the traditional cluster. Have always had the dual gauges in all my cars... maybe just tradition, but it looks far more sporty instead of techno, imo.

 

 

Your wait it over!

That being said, I haven't driven with it at all, but it looks like you get things like the mini-map without having to slide the main gauge, and a lot of the other info given isn't all that necessary or important. Then again, maybe I'm just ooooold and stodgy...

 

 

Interestingly, it was maybe the one downside of F-Sport for me. The outside looks, seats, etc. are all better than base, although apparently things like rain-sensing wipers were only available on the base in 2014. That's also a thing to ponder -- while we obviously want a car pleasing to look at, in fact we spend a whole lot more time inside it than we do looking at it from the outside. But even if it had a "perfect" interior, the lesser looks would still bug me to no end.

 

It's a nice party trick for sure. Especially the moving ring.

But even in daily use, I like it. Very easy to read and bright. And I like being able to use it for a slightly clearer view of turn-by-turn nav whilst controlling music on the other screen... things like that.

 

I found that a great feature as well so you don't have to keep diverting your eyes, although I believe it is there on the standard gauges too and doesn't require changing the cluster either. Not having ever used them though, not sure how much functionality is lost versus the F-Sport.