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Well, problem solved...rodents! Chewed through wiring. Still not a cheap fix once they'd taken the engine bay apart, but a lot cheaper than a new inverter which is what the diagnostics said was the problem.

I had this come up today on my rx400h when I drove through a fairly shallow puddle, maybe just coincidental, more mud than water. The manual says "stop as soon as possible" - anyone know if this is really necessary? At the same time the message "Check VSC system" came up. I've already done another 20 miles or so.

Ah, at last we're getting somewhere. Some useful suggestions. This is my first post, I was drawn to the web site solely because after 8 years ownership of a succession of Rx models, I am still staggered by how useless the reversing lights are. I was hoping to find some easy mods on here to improve things. I live in the country, the only light at night is provided by the moon if it's out, my drive is long, edged by trees and has a 90 degree bend on the blind side that has to be negotiated in reverse. I can assure the disbelievers on this forum that it is a very real problem on an otherwise excellent vehicle (hence my loyalty to the product). I use a combination of brake and fog lights to assist, oddly the yellow hazards seem to have no effect, must be something to do with the colour recognition of the camera. I would add that the head in the sand response from Lexus beggars belief. And before anyone starts name calling again, my credentials are that I am a fleet manager with a wide experience of many car and commercial vehicle types over 30 years, I have driven (and reversed!) everything from cars to 52 tonners across most countries throughout the US, Europe and Asia and in my spare time I race cars and restore classics. Drawing on this experience I can confirm that the reversing light/camera/dark glass combination on the Rx is indeed the most useless I have ever come across, I have a 50 year old Jaguar whose single 21w reversing light is vastly superior.