GS - 3rd Gen (2006-2011) Discussion about the 2006+ model GS300, GS350, GS430, GS450H and GS460

what could the problems be?

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Old 11-24-11, 11:15 AM
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Thanks a lot Steve for the info. I will call my service advisor tomorrow and let him know about the battery. I will keep you guys posted
Old 11-24-11, 01:35 PM
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very curious also LMK
Old 12-10-11, 06:43 PM
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I'm still car less during this holiday. Car has been at the dealer for two weeks now and still can't figured it out. This MAJOR problem sucks
Old 12-10-11, 07:28 PM
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if it says lost communication with power steering ecu then check wiring under the battery to the ecu..
if there is milk, then its blown,,, just replace had it once on mine and it was just wiring after replacing te battrey i smashed the connector to the ecu

here what i got
Old 12-11-11, 01:53 AM
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skip the diagnostics. it's a bad battery. btw most battery have 3 year warranty
Old 12-11-11, 09:15 AM
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From my knowledge of cars that's ur alternator 99%
Old 12-12-11, 07:18 PM
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this just happen to me last year. I ran sounds in my ride... dont know if it was that.. anyways.. it was the batt... after getting a new batt everthing back to it self.. hope it just ur batt.
Old 12-15-11, 02:35 PM
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Thanks for helping me guys. I will let my advisor know about this problem
Old 12-21-11, 07:04 PM
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finally got my car back! the problem was a loose wire on the navigation/rear camera harness. that one wire cause a chain reaction full of lights which cost me 1700 bucks. well at least i got my car back and thankful that there isn't any more problems.
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Originally Posted by steviej
This was the problem with my 2006 GS. The battery was leaking gas that affected the power steering ECU which then set off a chain reaction of computer failure. All steering related items failed and the associated lights lit up, CHECK VSC showed up, CHECK 4WD,........everything but the check engine light. I was able to get the car to Lexus with the lights on and they were able to read the CAN-BUS codes (different from usual OBD coded associated with emissions and check engine light). In addition to my problems, the computer failures basically caused the ECUs to throw up. This in turn caused some "odditiies". My speedometer worked but the temperature guage dropped to C, the light behind the gear selector went out and the outside temperature would read "E".

When the battery was load tested, it failed. It had enough juice to always start the car, but it would heat up and emit a gas that affected the steering ECU and then start a chain reaction of computer related issues. The steering ECU is located directly under the battery case. Lexus is aware that there is a problem with the original Panasonic batteries.

Have your battery load tested and replaced if necessary.

steviej
when you changed the battery was everything back to normal? I have my temp reading E, ill have to check my battery and the ecu computer under it. thanks
Old 01-16-12, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 08lexus350
when you changed the battery was everything back to normal? I have my temp reading E, ill have to check my battery and the ecu computer under it. thanks
The battery was swapped out on 10/18/2011 and I haven't had a single trouble light or incident since.

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