Consumer Complaint Detail

LEXUS / ES300 / 1992

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999090244 Incident Date: Dec, 31 1998
Consumer's City: WESTERVILLE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Toyota Motor Corporation
Model Name: ES300 Model Year: 1992
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JT8VK13T9N0 Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 19 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1991
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Lexus uses electroluminescent needles on dashboards. these needles indicate speed and other functions. when the needles fail, the speedometer and other gauges cannot be read. lexus indicated this is not an infrequent occurence. no accident resulted, but the system is unsafe in that the vehicle operator cannot read the instrument panel. this is an instrument panel failure, and is not related to maintenance of the vehicle.