1992 Lexus SC400 review from North America

When I bought the car the speedometer needle was burnt out, but that seems to be a chronic problem with this model. also the air conditioning unit backlight was burnt out along with some buttons backlight. this is also a chronic problem with this vehicle, a minor thing that requires 10 a bulb and instructions to replace it yourself on the net is fairly simple. lexus recommends you "recondition" the unit which is a waste of money if the AC unit still works, but needs bulbs. A very strange thing is the lock mechanism keeps unlocking it's self like I'm pushing the door unlock and keeps clicking, not sure what causes this, but when I disconnected the driver side controll panel, it still did it, but it does it sponteneously. the routers needed replacement at about 155k, but that was because they were spun, got rid of the vibrations. one of my breaklights went out, the leather has lasted and was in good conditon considering the age of the vehicle, but it seems that it is "peeling" a small layer on the back seats, I'm not sure if it is because of the conditioner I'm using or if someone used a coverup spray to make the leather look good (dealers will do anything for a quick fix) the brakes squeak, but I think its because they are cheap (dealer again) and the trunk lid doesn't stay up very well. the hand brake cover has begun to fall apart and the Cigarette ligher doesn't work (no cell phone charging)

Besides the minor anoyances like lights that go out this car is very supurb. I love the powerful acceleration and the fact that it has a power switch as to save gas. I'm not sure what the gas mileage is on this car, but it isn't as bad as I've seen considering it's a sport coupe with a v8. The sunroof works and doesn't leak the ABS is good. I paid 10k for this vehicle a year ago and was scared because it has 145k on it. I won't doubt lexus/toyota anymore because this car runs, drives and is absolutely reliable. I would definetally buy another one and am currently thinking about buying an IS 300 because I'm 6feet tall and would like to carry my friends around sometimes. the back seat isn't very comfortable for anyone other than children, thought I drive in pairs so I don't care much. Id highly recommend this car! it's way ahead of it's time for being a 92.