hi i have a 1996 gs300 sport i have just bought and the only thing that is not working is both front heated seats inop and switches do not light up seams to be a common fault do i need new switches or is there an electrical fault could anyone help please.

Not heard of that being a common fault. Check fuses first I would guess, followed by voltage checking at the switches and seat connectors. Mind you, they are not exactly quick on the warm up on mine, so not a whole lot of use anyway.

[quote name='TigerFish' post='707226' date='Feb 1 2010, 03:46 PM']Not heard of that being a common fault. Check fuses first I would guess, followed by voltage checking at the switches and seat connectors. Mind you, they are not exactly quick on the warm up on mine, so not a whole lot of use anyway.[/quote]
heated seats dont work and the switches dont light up.was going to buy new switches.but will wait till few more replies first dont want to spend money for nothing.looking at gs300s for saleon ebay and most of them have this problem.

[quote name='kevinsgs300' post='707279' date='Feb 1 2010, 08:26 PM']looking at gs300s for saleon ebay and most of them have this problem.[/quote]

OK, I'll take your word for it....lol.

[quote name='kevinsgs300' post='707279' date='Feb 1 2010, 08:26 PM']heated seats dont work and the switches dont light up.[/quote]

Only GS I found on ebay which mentioned a heated seat/switch problem said the heating worked fine, just the bulb didn't light. So a different fault to yours.
You don't say if you have checked the fuse?

There are these switches for sale on ebay.
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LEXUS-GS300-HEATED-SEAT-SWITCHES-GS-300_W0QQitemZ310171389743QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item4837a7cf2f"]switch[/url]