Greetings. I had the front turn signal bulb burn out on my 2003 GX recently. I started researching the fix on this board and found that this bulb seems to blow frequently. I also discovered that people had a wide variety of solutions that seemed to be mostly expensive and some difficult. My local Lexus service rep told me that "things have to be removed in order to get to it. It will take about 45 minutes and will cost about $55." I didn't believe him so I spoke to a different service rep at the same dealership. She told me that if you laid on the ground beneath the car you could change the bulb from there. I bought the bulb at Lexus for $12.

Luckily the dork at the parts counter gave me the wrong bulb. Frustrated, I went to my local Schuck's Auto Parts and did some homework. Turns out this is a very common bulb, the 1156A (for Amber) and I got 2 for about $3.50. I swapped the bulb out in about 3 minutes myself in the driveway, on my back, from under the front bumper. Very easy. Needless to say, the $12 bulb is returning to Lexus today.

Anyway, hope this helps others with the burnt bulb issue.

Bill

Bill,
You must be my savior

Thank you sooooooooooo much. My bulb/blinker also blew this weekend; I did go and purchase the bulb from the auto part store. However, when I opened my hood (for the first time) this morning I was thinking there is no way.............I was going to call and make an appt at the dealer today and thought to check here first for great people like you
So now I know what to do..........I LOVE THIS FORUM, IT'S SO USEFUL FOR little girls like me

Kim

Funny, I just had to replace my turn signal as well. I went in from the top, after removing the plastic cover. It tool me about 10-15 minutes. My dealer offered to do it for $55, but I can't possibly drink enough coffee, bottled water and diet coke to make it up...not even if I ate more pretzels and biscotti.

As for frequently blown bulbs, you may want to research LED replacements; the supposedly blow less frequently.

Simeone else tried that on another forum, the LED buld was not quite as bright as the factory one.

Bill,
Thanks for this post. My bulb blew two days after I brought my GX in for service and I really don't want to bring it in again for such a small repair. Thanks for the tips. Take care.

I had the dealer turn off the DRL's so I imagine it will be quite a while before those bulbs burn out. Never did like any vehicle with DRL's.

Awesome fix. I went to Auto Zone and they dont carry the 1156NA, only the 1156 which is clear , so I went to another local parts store and $3.24 later my two turn signal/running lights are fixed. Both accessible from under the hood. Two gray light housings just twist out , swap the bulbs, twist back in and its done!!!!

seatown says you have to get to it from on the ground, ghartran says under the hood - is it different for different individual vehicles? Maybe you have to have small hands to reach the housing from under the hood?