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Old 06-29-09, 03:36 AM
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Hello I have a 99 GS400 and I have started to here clicking and churping sounds comming from the dash area on the driver's side. the noises are present with the air off and the car sitting still, should I be worried?
Old 06-30-09, 10:15 PM
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I have this too..I'm lead to believe these are your a/c stepper motors. I would not hazard a guess as to how to fix it, but I wish I knew??
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i have the same problem. i thought it was my aftermarket nav. it only comes on once in a while when the weather is hot
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The servos are making noise...
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when was the last time you changed your cabin air filter? I had the same issue with my 2k GS 3 haven't heard it since i changed it and it was really filthy.
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I have the same issue.....I have a factory navi. So you think its the air filter?
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i don't have factory navi but the noise was like there was a crab crawling around in there it wasn't all the time just sometimes specially after getting off the fwy I haven't heard it today since i changed the cabin air filter.
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Originally Posted by Smittro1
Hello I have a 99 GS400 and I have started to here clicking and churping sounds comming from the dash area on the driver's side. the noises are present with the air off and the car sitting still, should I be worried?
no dont be worried....just the a/c servos. check out my DIY
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...vo-motors.html


Originally Posted by Bombsquad
I have this too..I'm lead to believe these are your a/c stepper motors. I would not hazard a guess as to how to fix it, but I wish I knew??
they are called servo motors, NOT stepper motors

Originally Posted by swat1727
i have the same problem. i thought it was my aftermarket nav. it only comes on once in a while when the weather is hot
a/c servo's

Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
The servos are making noise...
yup....they are on there way out

Originally Posted by melarainc
when was the last time you changed your cabin air filter? I had the same issue with my 2k GS 3 haven't heard it since i changed it and it was really filthy.
its not a cabin air filter....its the a/c servo's

Originally Posted by nanotech
I have the same issue.....I have a factory navi. So you think its the air filter?
i have nav.....its not a filter.

Originally Posted by melarainc
i don't have factory navi but the noise was like there was a crab crawling around in there it wasn't all the time just sometimes specially after getting off the fwy I haven't heard it today since i changed the cabin air filter.
best described as a computer hard drive clicking/whirring
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thanks for the feeback.!!!!! i was looking for this info!!! i hate that damn noise haha
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Originally Posted by Adam2562
thanks for the feedback.!!!!! i was looking for this info!!! i hate that damn noise haha
your welcome. i think we all hate that noise....its a common prob on the gs like the door actuators are
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