2017 Toyota Tundra Lights Problems

PURCHASED TRUCK NEW IN NOVEMBER 2016..ABOUT A YEAR LATER STARTING HAVING ROUGH STARTS AND HAVING TO CRANK TRUCK SEVERAL TIMES AT COLD START. MASSIVE RECALLS FOR ECM AND FUEL PUMP HOWEVER 17S NOT INCLUDED...ALSO RECENTLY HAD FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TURN SIGNAL/RUNNING LIGHT REPLACED AND STILL DIDNT WORK. HAVE READ ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ALSO. LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO FIX EITHER PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 TOYOTA TUNDRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, WHEN HE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHT BULB WAS MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER TOYOTA ON NICHOLASVILLE LOCATED AT 2100 LEXINGTON RD, NICHOLASVILLE, KY 40356, (859) 887-4200, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,508.

WHEN DRIVING AROUND AT NIGHT AND USE THE TURN SIGNAL, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF AND INTERIOR DASH LIGHTS AND RADIO LIGHTS WILL DIM, AS IF IT IS DAY TIME. IT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN THE MORNINGS WHEN IT'S COLD OUT.

THE VEHICLE'S INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS VERY DARK AND HARD TO READ DURING THE DAY. ESPECIALLY ON CLOUDY DAYS OR WHEN WEARING SUNGLASSES. AS A RESULT, READING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TAKES SIGNIFICANT EFFORT, WHICH MEANS MORE TIME OF EYES NOT ON THE ROAD AND IT MAKES CONTROLLING SPEED HARD. ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTING DOES NOT COME ON UNLESS THE HEAD AND TAIL LIGHTS ARE ON. WITH LIGHT SWITCH SET TO "AUTO", HEAD & TAILLIGHTS AND THUS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS WILL BE OFF DURING THE DAY. WITH THE LIGHT SWITCH SET TO ON, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS WILL BE ON, BUT THE MAXIMUM OUTPUT IS NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH TO BE EASILY VISIBLE IN DAYTIME DRIVING. LIKE MOST VEHICLES IN TEXAS, MY TRUCK CAME WITH LEGAL AND MODEST SIDE WINDOW TINTING FROM THE DEALER. THIS REDUCES LIGHT FALLING ONTO THE MOSTLY BLACK INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND REFLECTING OF THE THIN WHITE LETTERING. HENCE, IT TAKES EFFORT TO READ. THE PROBLEM IS EXACERBATED WHEN WEARING SUNGLASSES (A MUST DURING SUMMER IN TEXAS) OR WHEN DRIVING ON CLOUDY DAYS.

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ON SR5 OPTION ARE AMBER IN COLOR AND NOT ALLOWED EXCEPT AS PARKING LIGHTS UNDER CO TRAFFIC REGULATIONS. TOYOTA IS APPARENTLY AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT STANDARDIZED HEADLIGHT OPTIONS