1993 Lexus LS400 Exterior lighting Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 5%of 65 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 115,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the exterior lighting of the 1993 Lexus LS400, 5% of the 65 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 115,000 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“To whom it may concern: I have a '93 Lexus LS400. Apparently, 80% of these cars in this year have faulty instument panels. The speedometer and tach needles do not work, gas gauge is hardly responsive, and at night the lights fail to turn on leaving the driver in a dangerous situation. This of course is a safety issue and I believe is a direct result of a factory design flaw, which Lexus should help resolve. The problem has been lingering for over 6 years now because Lexus has quoted me at $1500 to replace the circuit board!!!! How can they get away with this??? …”
NHTSA complaint #10067776, filed 2004-04, 65,000 miles“While traveling on the interstate at night-time, the lighting on the instrument panel went completely dark and it became impossible to read any of the cars instrumentation such as vehicle speed and warning indicators. At various times since then the gauges in the instrument panel have also become unreliable, these include the fuel level gauge, the speedometer, and the tachometer. At times they will not move from their 0 setting, such as when the vehicle is powered off, until they warm-up or you bang the dash with your hand and at other times they will not work at all. …”
NHTSA complaint #10583571, filed 2014-04, 150,000 milesExterior lighting: other model years
Other parts of the 1993 Lexus LS400
42 complaintsFuel system
6 complaintsBody and structure
5 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsInterior lighting
4 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
4 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsOther or unknown
2 complaintsTires
2 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsElectronic stability control
1 complaintsEngine cooling
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 1993 Lexus LS400
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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