Fuel Door sign on dash...won't go away...
 

My father noticed that the "Fuel Door" sign keeps popping up on the dash. It was unrelated to fueling up the car and won't go away even after we pop open the door and close it. Its not the most annoying sign as its white and blends in with the rest of the dash and doesn't beep but its irking...anybody have this problem?

You say it "Keeps popping up". Is it always on or intermittent?

I didn't know there was an indicator for that. I'll have to check it out tonight.

Sorry I meant to say its always on...its more near the right side...if the dash was quadrants it would be the upper right...

I actually have that as well. I was curious to know if that only indicates when the door is open.

The "Fuel Door" indicator in the dash is always on. There's an arrow adjacent to it, which points to which side of the car the filler cap is located.

Just Lexus trying to help us if we forget which side the filler is on. Now if they could just devise something to help us remember what all the dash indicators mean and whether we remembered when we last really looked at them!

I don't see any fuel door indicator light. I have a fuel door arrow and label above the gas gauge that simply says the door is on the left side, but no light that illuminates when the door is open. My owners manual says the same - no indicator when the door is open. Is this something that was added in 2006?

I see Jay beat me to the punch.

I drove with my fuel door open on my way to work and no lights came on anywhere. I don't think you have a problem, maybe you're not driving the LS, but rather a SL (Merc) :)

I'm sure the light was not always on...we're going to take the car for service in a few weeks so I'll ask the dealer and report back unless anybody else knows...

instrument panel image
 

are you referring to this icon on the instrument panel? I really doubt there is a light behind it. As mentioned before, it simply provide the drive with the information that the fuel door is located on the left side of the car. Are you referring to some other indicator?

My Fuel Door and arrow illuminate when the instrument panel is illuminated. My car is an 04 UL.

^yea thats the one...I feel like an idiot, but I guess my dad should because this is his daily driver he said it started showing that last week and I only really noticed it after he mentioned it...I won't tell him I should let him worry about it...

Tell your dad that it's all good. He needs to go see the dealer if the arrow points in any other direction than left.

Unless this steering wheel is on the right side!