Front headlamps fill with moisture reducing night visability to next to nothing. All years of this sc400 model have the same problem. The dealer wants $500.00 per light and labor. This is a safety defect!!!. A seal should be made available and installed by the dealer at no cost. Spending 1k every few years is a rip off. The front dash splits at air vent. The am radio does not work properly. *ak the cd player does not work properly. There are many factory defects not addressed by the manufacturer and lives at stake with a headlamp problem. Just one person getting injured or dieing is too much. I need to drive my car at night!
1992 Lexus SC400: headlights failing or too dim
5 of the 30 complaints about the 1992 Lexus SC400 describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 17%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Headlights failing or too dim by model year
- 19991
- 19981
- 19931
- 19925
What owners say
Headlamp lens fog up, reducing illumination dramatically and causing a saftey hazard when driving at night. Have noted much newer models with the same problem, so it is obvious to me that this is a manufactuer's defect and not normal wear and tear. Other issues include premature: speedometer needle light failure, cd changer failure, and cracked dash air vent frames.
Cd changer has been replaced twice, for the same problem of errors and the bad part is that there is no solution for adapters to get new units. The dealer is the only place to get a unit from at horrible prices $700. For a new one and around $450.00 for a refurbish one that will probably fail in a year right after the warr. Go by www.clublexus.com and go by the sc or any of the forums this is a major problem.. The headlights hold condinsation that blurs vision at night, the pwer steeringpump if leaks some directly on the alternator causes premature failure my alt. Has been replaced before and I just found out why it has been failing by a lexus techician. And the dash vent cracks without a cause on many of the cars and the price to replace that center ABS peice is $460.00 only from lexus. Why is it cracking in the first place? Many cars have this problems.... Older and newer... .
Moisture accumulation in both low beam assemblies has reduced light output to unsafe level.
Low beam headlights condense large amounts of moisture,making low beam lumination inadequate.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1992 Lexus SC400 headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 1992 Lexus SC400?
5 of 30 owner complaints about the 1992 Lexus SC400 (17%) mention headlights failing or too dim. The model year with the most reports is 1992.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1992 Lexus SC400?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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