NHTSA Complaint #10567878 — 2006 LEXUS GS

MY VEHICLE HEAD LIGHT FLICKERS ON AND OFF. WHEN IT FLICKERS OUT, IF YOU TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON, IT TURNS THE LIGHT BACK ON. THE LIGHT MAY STAY ON OR FLICKER BACK OUT WITHOUT KNOWING. I HAD THE LIGHT BULB REPLACED, COSTING $275.00 THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. WEEKS LATER, I WAS NOTIFIED BY A RANDOM PERSON THE SAME LIGHT WAS OUT. AGAIN, TURNING THE SWITCH ON AND OFF, ALLOWED THE LIGHT TO TURN ON, BUT LATER FLICKERING OUT AND ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO LEXUS, THEY FIRST SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE THE LIGHT BULB WAS BURNING OUT, BUT LATER IDENTIFIED IT AS A COMPONENT INSIDE THE LIGHT HOUSING. TO REPAIR THIS, IS A COST AROUND $1,800.00 PARTS AND LABOR, PART IS ABOUT 1,350.00. AN ISSUE WITH UNSTABLE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD HAVE TO RECALL A PART WHICH SHOULD LAST ON AVERAGE TO ANY OTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE COST TO REPAIR IT, MAKES IT EVEN MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT REPLACE THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, IF YOU CAN JUST TURN THE LIGHT SWITCH OFF AND ON TO START THE LIGHT WORKING AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENS ONE MINUTE THE LIGHT IS ON, THE NEXT IT IS OUT? LEXUS, SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THIS IS A STABLE COMPONENT OF THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, NOT THE CONSUMER! *TR