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Postby adept777 » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:21 am

Hey guys I bought a 2000 Toyota Solara with 57,000 miles last night. I am totally new to the Toyota world .. the Solara has extended 4/48000 warranty and I would appreciate anyone coming fwd who knows about Solara or Toyotas in general to tell me what I should have checked out, maintained, or fixed. Thanks a lot hope to start learning more about Toyota Solara.
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oh.. BTW, the only problem that I realized last night was that the dash board light/dash & climate control bulbs is not luminating entirely.. I see that the speedometer but not the odometer, it is very very dim. Any advice is appreciated
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Postby JoeB » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:58 am

Congrats and welcome. It sounds like you just need to replace 1 of the lights in the dash. There are several #194 and a couple #74 lights in there. We have lots of information in the tutorials section on dash lights and interior lights in general. Even info on white-faced reverse glow gauges. -JoeB
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Postby adept777 » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:01 am

Thanks a ton.....
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Postby adept777 » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:04 am

ohh and anything else that you guys recommend I do.. or check.. cause it has 57k ... previously the car was owned by a guy who was leasing it.. I am the second owner..
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Postby Sap Z » Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:55 am

welcome bro...


i dont think u will have to change a lotta stuff...just get it checked by a mechanic..but besides tht the timing belt n pump etc wont need to be change until 80K
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Postby SleeperSolara » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:42 am

Welcomee man.
Yeah just oil change and maybe tranny fluid flush, and possbily a radiator coolant change if it not Toyota RED.
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Postby DatSRBoi » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:05 pm

Welcome.. From what i think, try turning the knob on the left side steering wheel to see if the light control is on max. Its a knob.. If it isnt then you got a burnt bulb or so.
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