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Lexus GS300 1998–2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin AC00101 · NHTSA communication 616648 · issued Jan 12, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1998–2000
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

Owners of some vehicles equipped with the lexus naivgation system may notice that the air conditioning system temperature display is blank on some occasions when starting up the car. In addition, the other climate control indicators will not illuminate, though the climate control system will operate properly. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.