The owners manual (page 319) says 'Do not try to replace the light bulbs (parkers) by yourself. You may damage the vehicle. 'Is this for real?? I took one out to replace before I read this. What could possibly go wrong??
For pretty much all of my DIY work, I use the PradoPoint forum as my owners manual. Owning a 2006 model (not sure what model you own yourself?), I find that someone else has already had the same problem, so it is easy to find information for a fix.
I wasn't aware that replacing the parkers could "damage my vehicle" - I have replaced them myself previously, and what do you know - The next day the car wouldn't start, and a few seconds after attempting to crank the engine, the fuel tank burst into flames...!!!
Keep calm folks - That was just my poor idea of a joke...
In all seriousness though Doug, I have replaced my parkers previously (in a 2006 GXL petrol), and there were no issues. I hadn't read the manual though, so I suppose ignorance is bliss?
My guess is that this is an ass-covering tactic that Toyota have employed, I'm not sure of their reasoning though? Hopefully someone out there will be able to offer some more info.
My opinion, in short: Toyota wants your money - I can't see any issues with you doing it yourself.
Thanks Dan, LOL! I'm glad my fuel tank won't explode :-D It's good to hear that you didn't have issues. The manual details how to change all the other globes. Just the parkers get that warning. I can't imagine why. It's such a simple job. Anyway, thanks for your reply.
Rgds
Doug
I replaced a parking light only a few weeks ago. The indicators stopped working and when I had an auto electrician look at is and after he had replaced the flasher unit he said he had seen the problem before. He burnt his fingers on the flasher unit trying to remove it and said that was the clue to the problem. The parking light was shorting out because I had inserted it incorrectly and it had blown the turn indicator unit. $225 later!
Terry
Canberra
2008 Prado 120 D4D and 2010 Jayco Swan Outback
The only issue I had when replacing them was I had to remove the battery to get to the off-side one. Sod's law dictated that when I replaced the battery the LED globe was the wrong way round, necessitating a repeat of the process to put the globe in the correct way round.
Well, I finally got around to replacing my parker globes. No dramas with the globes....it doesn't matter which way round they go but I had to remove the battery to access one side. After the job was done, the pwr windows didn't work :-( A quick google told me that there was a quick fix..... http://www.batterycentralbrisbane.co...power-windows/
All good now :-) No other problems that I'm aware of (yet).
Thanks everyone for your replies.
Well, I finally got around to replacing my parker globes. No dramas with the globes....it doesn't matter which way round they go but I had to remove the battery to access one side. After the job was done, the pwr windows didn't work :-( A quick google told me that there was a quick fix..... http://www.batterycentralbrisbane.co...power-windows/
All good now :-) No other problems that I'm aware of (yet).
Thanks everyone for your replies.
Hi Dougsshed,
when you removed the screw from the parking light, how did you get the lense off to replace the bayonet globes?
The owners manual (page 319) says 'Do not try to replace the light bulbs (parkers) by yourself. You may damage the vehicle. 'Is this for real?? I took one out to replace before I read this. What could possibly go wrong??
It did concern me that the manual showed how to replace all the other globes but advises the owner to take the vehicle to aToyota dealer for replacement of the Parker lights. At least my car hasn’t blown up yet!
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