ThomasV

I have had this 99 es300 for 2 months and since the engine light first came on along with the trac off light - switched to brand nee oiland coolent, replaced thermostat, transmission oil and gasket, i replaced the alternator, oxygen sensors, and coolent temperature sensor
my car still has not came out of the safe mode it is in for some reason with 130000 miles i know the transmission is fine i need to know how to reset or something to make this car go into normal operating please someone help me!!🙏

harrisbaig

mine was doing the same thing. a knock sensor change in one of the banks fixed the problem.

ThomasV

so yours did not shift into overdrive ? Was the cel on or off? Mine was on for almost a month and it was telling me both knock sensors were ****ed and i have both new sensors i just havent put them in yet because that is extremely difficult but i have a friend coming to help me do that today or tomorrow and your saying you think that is the issue? I am just confused because my bluedriver obdii scanner is not giving me knock sensor codes anymore since i replaced the vvt solenoids last week i forgot to mention that in the list of **** i replaced forgive me.
So now givin everything i just tried to put together what do you think? Both knock sensors for sure?
And also it is telling me today the fuel system status is too lean do you have any suggestions?
Last but not least i have to ask what the live data should show me what each o2 sensor is supposed to read [voltage&fuel trim] and short term and long term fuel trim should say for some reason i have not been able to find that info

Steelfan

If you aren't going into OD, I'm betting it's the knock sensors. Only replace them with the OEM ones, otherwise, you will just have to do the job again with the correct sensors. And if you are like me, and you make sure the shop uses OEM sensors, they still may be bad and you may still need to redo the job (at the shops cost, thankfully). Just do a search on here for P0325 or P0330 codes or knock sensors and you will find several threads here and in the RX forum. Clean your MAF sensor too, if you haven't already done that.
Good luck.

harrisbaig

agree with steelfan.