95 Ls400 " Lights Out "

[Malc1]

Yesterday a little disconcerting .  happily driving along, quite normal, no rain or owt like that ......  .  going for morning coffee and cake .....  and the dash lights just vanish, all goes black .  indicators too .  BUT  the cigarette lighter / phone charger was still working ok at the front 

Power steering still working too .......  parked up and then re-started her and all ok ....  tried it a few times and still all now ok .......

is it just old aged electrics taking their toll one wonders !

Malc

[Razor61]

That sounds suspiciously like the ignition switch issue which can affect the MK4 LS400.

[Malc1]

then it's a "new" fault .....  intermittent .... .  I'll keep an eye on it and if it happens again in this next .  erm  !!  ...... 28 years  ...... I'll just have to knuckle down to sort it out 🤔

Malc

[hockeyedwards]

A while back mine did the whole ensemble, dash lights, headlights, radio backlights etc, of course at night on a backroad, luckily half a mile from home. Was alternator for me as the good ol power steering pump had been weeing its content onto it 😂

[Malc1]

34 minutes ago, hockeyedwards said:

Was alternator for me

My first and only replacement alternator was at about 205k miles I think !  a few years ago now !

My pas was ok and it's all back to normal .....  fingers xd

Malc

 

[BigBoomer]

Is your LS fixing itself again Malc? 

[Malc1]

maybe ...........  at nearly 28 years young and me treating her like a 10 year old, well, anything is possible 😅

Malc