2007 Lexus ES Lighting Problems

THE ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING WITH MY 2007 LEXUS ES 350 IS WHILE IM IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY OR STREET BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF. I HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF THEN ON AGAIN AND THATS WHEN THEY WILL COME BACK ON, IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WILL TURN OFF AND THE RIGHT STAYS ON AND VICE VERSA FOR THE RIGHT OR BOTH. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I NEEDED THE HEADLAMP REPLACED BUT ONCE I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE I REALIZED THERE ARE NUMEROUS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVING THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH HAVING THE HEADLAMPS REPLACE THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS THE HEADLAMPS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY INHIBITING THE VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THIS. IVE REPLACED HEADLIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES AND IT STILL HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE!!!

BOTH HEADLIGHTS GO OUT BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. THE DASH INDICATOR LIGHT SHOWS THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. MANUALLY TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS OFF AND ON GETS THEM ON AGAIN. VERY FRIGHTENING AND UNSAFE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE NO HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE APPOINTMENT WITH LEXUS TO FIX, BUT SHOULD BE A RECALL SAFETY ITEM.

THE HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF RANDOMLY. SOMETIMES IT'S THE LEFT HEADLIGHT AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT AND OTHER TIMES IT'S BOTH HEADLIGHTS. IT HAPPENS AT NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY. NO WARNING NO INDICATION ONLY THAT THE ROAD GOES BLACK. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING IT HAPPENS SUMMERTIME AND WINTER TIME. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM ON IS TO TURN THEM OFF AND ON. THE PROBLEM OCCURS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS IN THE ON OR AUTO POSITION. PROBLEM IS CONTINUAL.

THE ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING WITH MY 2007 LEXUS ES 350 IS WHILE IM IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY OR STREET BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF LEAVING THE STREET COMPLETELY DARK PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK FOR AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE TO MANUALLY TURN THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH OFF THEN ON AGAIN AND THATS WHEN THEY WILL COME BACK ON, HOWEVER THIS CAN HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN MOTION DURING ONE EXTEND DRIVING PERIOD. SOMETIMES THE LEFT HEADLIGHT WILL TURN OFF AND THE RIGHT STAYS ON AND VICE VERSA FOR THE RIGHT OR BOTH. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I NEEDED THE HEADLAMP REPLACED BUT ONCE I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE WITH THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE I REALIZED THERE ARE NUMEROUS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVING THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH HAVING THE HEADLAMPS REPLACE THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS THE HEADLAMPS SHUT OFF COMPLETELY INHIBITING THE VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000. MA 08/10/15 UPDATED 10/06/2017*CN

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO TRACK WITH THE DIRECTION OF MY I FRONT TIRES. FOR THE PAST 2+ YEARS MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE SPORADICALLY BEEN TURNING OFF. SOMETIMES IT WILL BE ONE LIGHT, OTHER TIMES IT WILL BE BOTH. I AM FORCED TO TURN ON MY BRIGHTS. USUALLY, I CAN IMMEDIATELY SWITCH BACK TO MY LOW BEAM AND THEY WILL COME BACK ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP SO THEY COULD CHANGE THE LIGHT BULBS. AFTER INSPECTING THE LIGHTS, THEY FOUND THE PLASTIC MOUNT WAS DISINTEGRATING. THE HEAT FROM THE HALOGEN LIGHTS WAS DETERIORATING THE PLASTIC. AS A RESULT, THE MOUNT WAS UNABLE TO TRACK. THEY DID NOT WANT TO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE THE BULBS BECAUSE THE WHOLE UNIT WAS TOO FRAGILE.

PULLED OVER IN DEC 2012 AND GIVEN VERBAL BY POLICE BECAUSE DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT OUT/WHILE TALKING TO POLICE CLICKED LIGHTS ON AND OFF AND HEADLIGHT STARTED WORKING. HAD BALANCE CHANGED. 29 SEP 2013 PULLED OVER BY POLICE BECAUSE DRIVE SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT OUT/CLICKED LIGHTS ON AND OFF AND LIGHT WORKING/RECEIVED TICKET FOR IMPROPER HEADLIGHT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND BOTH HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT AT 70 MPH. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH ONE LIGHT THEN THE OTHER WITH NO REASON. YOU CAN SWITCH THEM ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIME AND THEY USUALLY COME BACK ON BUT WHEN THEY BOTH WENT OFF AT THE SAME TIME AT 70MPH THEY RESTORED A 8 TIMES! I TOOK THE CAR THE DEALER AND INSTANTLY THEY START TALKING ABOUT WHAT I NEEDED TO PAY. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR MANUFACTURES DEFECT. AS MANY MANY 2007 ES 350S ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THERE NO RECALL. THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DO NOT HAVE A CASE OPEN WITH THE LEXUS CORPORATION BUT THEY ARE SINGING THE SAME SONG AS THE DEALER. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIE LIKE ES350 THAT HAD THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM TO PAY ATTENTION. VERY SAD. *TR

MY RIGHT HEADLIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER AND DID SO FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, THEN THE LEFT ONE STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING. NOW THEY BOTH COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHEN I'M DRIVING. I NEED TO TURN THEM ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY COME BACK ON. THIS IS NOT ONLY FRIGHTENING, BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MAKES ME AFRAID TO DRIVE AFTER DUSK. TO ADD TO THE MATTER...... RECENTLY, MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FELL OFF OF THE TRACK. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE WINDOW TO GET IT TO STAY UP...BUT NOW I AM UNABLE TO USE THAT WINDOW. THIS WEEK MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAS DONE THE SAME THING. WHEN A WINDOW FALLS OUT OF IT'S TRACK IT IS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND CAUSES A MAJOR DISTRACTION...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO YOU ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE! ONE MORE ITEM...... NOW MY SIDEVIEW MIRRORS CHANGE POSITION WHILE I'M DRIVING. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN I WAS DRIVING I COULD NO LONGER VIEW VEHICLES IN THE LANES NEXT TO ME AND THEN I REALIZED MY MIRRORS HAD CHANGED. AGAIN, A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE NOW I NEED TO READJUST MY MIRRORS WHILE I'M DRIVING. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE QUALITY OF A LEXUS! WHAT'S NEXT???? *TR

LOW BEAM XENON HEADLIGHT ON DRIVERS & PASSENGERS SIDE INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF. AT TIMES BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY CAUSING NO VISION AT NIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE SWITCHED OFF THEN BACK ON THEY WORK ONCE AGAIN BUT USUALLY FOR A FEW MINUTES ONLY. PULLED OVER BY COPS AND WHEN. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A KNOW PROBLEM AND LEXUS DOES NOT WANT FIX IT!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. I TURNED THEM OFF AND ON QUICKLY AND THEY CAME BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I GOOGLED TO SEE IOF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM AND I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE SO MANY. I WAS ALSO SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THE DEALERS WANTED TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS BEFORE CHECKING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR COMPUTER. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TONIGHT AND I PLAN ON CONTACTING MY LOCAL LEXUS DEALER TOMORROW MORNING. *TR

THE LOWER BEAM HID LIGHTS WENT OUT INTERMITTENTLY (SOMETIMES LEFT, SOMETIMES RIGHT FRONT-LIGHT). AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, THE LIGHTS COME ON AGAIN AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE. A FEW TIMES, BOTH LIGHTS TURNED OFF AT THE SAME TIME, SO THAT I WAS COMPLETELY IN THE DARK AND I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE CAR. AFTER I REPLACED THE BULBS, IT IMPROVED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTH. AFTER THAT, THE SAME PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN THIS CREATED SOME VERY SCARY SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAPPENED WHEN I DROVE AT NIGHT ON A DARK FREEWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND AT HIGH SPEED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. THEY BEGAN TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACE BOTH HEADLIGHT BULBS. *KB

MY LEFT HEADLIGHT STARTED GOING OUT,IT WOULD COME BACK ON, THEN MY RIGHT STARTED AND NOW BOTH LIGHTS WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING. SEEING MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE. *TR

ON MY 2007 LEXUS ES350 THE HEADLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING; FIRST THE DRIVER SIDE WOULD FADE OUT AFTER DRIVING A WHILE AND THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE WENT OUT. CAR ONLY HAS 75K MILES. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT HID LIGHTBULBS CAN GRADUALLY GO OUT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING LIGHT COMES IN THE VEHICLE. COST TO REPLACE 2 LIGHTBULBS WAS $460! SEEMS VERY UNSAFE TO HAVE HEADLIGHTS GRADUALLY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT! *TR

07/LEXUS/ES350/4DR FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS, MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF. SOMETIMES WHEN I DRIVE AT NIGHT, THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OUT. THEN I AM LEFT TO DRIVE IN THE DARK. SOMETIMES IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF THEY MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK ON AGAIN. IF THEY COME ON, IT IS ONLY BRIEFLY. THEN THE PROBLEM STARTS AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I AM FINE AS LONG AS IT IS DAYTIME, BUT AT NIGHT, THIS IS QUITE SCARY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $500 DOLLARS TO REPLACE BOTH LIGHTS AND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP BEFORE DETERMINING IF THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THE PRICE IS OUTRAGEOUS JUST FOR A HEADLIGHT BULB WHEN THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE ASSIST ME WITH GETTING RESULTS BEFORE I AM INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

07/LEXUS/ES350/4DR FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS, MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN GOING ON AND OFF. I CAN BE DRIVING AT NIGHT, AND THE LIGHTS WILL JUST GO OUT. THEN I AM LEFT TO DRIVE IN THE DARK. SOMETIMES IF I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF AND THEN BACK ON AGAIN, THEY WILL COME BACK ON, BUT ONLY BRIEFLY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I AM FINE AS LONG AS IT IS DAYTIME, BUT AT NIGHT, THIS IS QUITE SCARY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST $800 DOLLARS TO REPLACE BOTH LIGHTS. THEN THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $400 TO REPLACE THEM WITH LESS THAN STANDARD BULBS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE - JUST FOR HEADLIGHT BULBS. PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THANK YOU *TR

HELLO, I BOUGHT A 2007 LEXUS ES 350, SEPTEMBER 2009, AND DROVE IT A FEW NIGHTS SINCE THEN. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED IN MY GARAGE BECAUSE I CAN BARELY SEE WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS WHICH ARE HID AFS HEADLIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATE ABOUT 4 OR 5 FEET IN FRONT OF THE CAR . LUCKILY I HAVE A SECOND CAR TO DRIVE, BUT WOULD PREFER DRIVING MY NEW CAR. WE WERE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH NO OTHER LIGHTS AROUND AND WE DROVE IT IN THE CITY THE NEXT NIGHT. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE WE CAN BARELY SEE WITH THEM AT NIGHT. IT'S WORSE OBVIOUSLY OUTSIDE CITIES, BUT ALSO DIFFICULT EVEN WHERE THERE ARE STREET LIGHTS. WE CAN SEE CLEARLY A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF THE CAR, BUT THEN THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT. ABOVE THE LINE IS WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A BLACK WALL. THIS MAKES YOU OUT DRIVE YOUR HEADLIGHTS CONSTANTLY, LIKE DRIVING BLIND. THE HEADLIGHTS APPEARED TO BE SO LOW THAT YOU COULD BARELY SEE THE BOTTOM THIRD OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. THE AFS ARE TURNED OFF. SO THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. I AM SCHEDULE TO VISIT THE LINDSAY LEXUS DEALERSHIP LOCATED IN ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA, TOMORROW 11/13/09 AND ASKED IF THEY COULD ADJUST THE HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE CALLED THE LEXUS 1-800 CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER TODAY AND HOPE THEY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM AT NO COST TO ME. I'VE SINCE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM IN THIS CAR. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY TO HAVE MADE IT HOME SAFELY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHTS ARE BEAMING TOO LOW TOWARDS THE ROAD, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. ***NO INCIDENTS AT THIS TIME*** I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH THIS MATTER. *TR

HID HEADLIGHTS ON 2008 ES350 ARE AIMED TO LOW FOR SAFE DRIVING. I ALMOST STRUCK A FAMILY OF 4 ON SEABROOK ISLAND AS THEY WALKED CLOSE TO THE SHOULDER. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS THE LIGHTS ARE COMPUTER CONTROLLED BUT "THEY ARE WORKING ON IT" THIS IS AN UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT MUST BE CORRECTED PROPERLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 LEXUS ES350. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS HEADLIGHTS WERE BEAMING TOO LOW AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT BE OF ASSISTANCE OR CHANGE THE HEADLIGHTS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20.