Battery - questions, concerns, and/or problems
05-16-13, 04:24 PM
#16
Okay thanks, when I couldn't find one that worked, I went with an Interstate battery.
05-17-13, 12:34 PM
#18
12-17-13, 11:46 AM
#19
Dead GX :-(
So, I left my 2012 GX in my parents garage in NH while I was visiting for Thanksgiving and it hasn't been started since 11/30. My mother wanted to use my GX today and went to start it and she told me it was dead. She told me she tried both FOB's, I only left one there! (She has an ES) So I figured out after a long and confusing conversation that she tried both of her FOB's and didn't try mine. I told her where I left my FOB and she calls me back and says the battery is dead in the GX. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me that it would be dead after sitting for 3 weeks and not being started? She said lights don't work, seat doesn't move and pressing the FOB button does nothing. It has 21k on it and I've had it for 1.5 years. Any ideas? Just doesn't sound normal that the battery would have gone dead while just sitting for 3 weeks.
Thoughts?
P.S. The closest dealer is 1.5 hours away.
Thoughts?
P.S. The closest dealer is 1.5 hours away.
12-17-13, 12:26 PM
#21
My mother is 67 and doesn't even know how to open the hood. BUT, my father went out and checked the battery, it has 2 amps of a charge in it. He put a trickle charger on it and will leave it overnight. He said he looked at it and no lights or anything is on now that it's hooked up to a charger and even if something was left on I thought the computer automatically shuts everything off in 20 minutes or so? They can't use jumper cables to start it because it's in the garage and no way to get cables to it when it's nosed in to the garage and Dad is 70, Mom 67, they aren't pushing it out and I'm 400 miles away in NJ until next week.
12-17-13, 12:42 PM
#22
I had the same thing happened to me with a 2012 Camry with keyless entry/ignition. Left it for 2 week and when I got back the battery would not take a charge. I think there is some circuit running even with the car off.
12-17-13, 12:42 PM
#23
[QUOTE=Craig B;8285207]You might have a bad battery, the battery in my 2010 had a bad cell and had to be replaced. There are a lot of electronics on these vehicles that can run the battery down if left for weeks without a battery maintainer. I leave a battery maintainer on my LS 460, it sits around in my garage more than I drive it. The battery is under warranty for 4 years or 50,000 miles. Mine was replaced for free under warranty on my 2010.I would have the battery tested when you get a chance even if it takes a charge.
12-17-13, 03:25 PM
#24
My old Sequoia had remote start, and it used to kill the battery somehow when it was left to sit for weeks. It was definitely the remote starter that did it.
12-17-13, 04:42 PM
#25
Yeah, my C6 Corvette does the same, I keep a maintainer on the battery if it sits for more than 2 weeks. Not sure but I was thinking the relays for the LED DRL's and or the relay for the HID fogs I put it could be having a drain on the battery. I know if I take it to Lexus they will blame it on that. I'll be back in NH in a week so I'll check it out then.
12-17-13, 07:22 PM
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My mother is 67 and doesn't even know how to open the hood. BUT, my father went out and checked the battery, it has 2 amps of a charge in it. He put a trickle charger on it and will leave it overnight. He said he looked at it and no lights or anything is on now that it's hooked up to a charger and even if something was left on I thought the computer automatically shuts everything off in 20 minutes or so? They can't use jumper cables to start it because it's in the garage and no way to get cables to it when it's nosed in to the garage and Dad is 70, Mom 67, they aren't pushing it out and I'm 400 miles away in NJ until next week.
Maybe perhaps things are different here in Calfornia. Over the years I have call triple A to come and get me started at home.
~ Cap
12-17-13, 08:15 PM
#27
12-18-13, 05:55 AM
#28
I would just call Triple A and they would come to the house and get it started. Your parents probably have road service on their car insurance.
Maybe perhaps things are different here in Calfornia. Over the years I have call triple A to come and get me started at home.
~ Cap
Maybe perhaps things are different here in Calfornia. Over the years I have call triple A to come and get me started at home.
~ Cap
12-18-13, 08:37 AM
#29
Lexus Test Driver
In todays electronic world of vehicles, 3 weeks is a lifetime to be sitting without starting ANY car. I'm not surprised at all and I'm sure your battery is fine, I would suggest installing a trickle charger next time you are gone for more than a couple weeks 
12-18-13, 12:25 PM
#30
They don't have AAA and getting it started isn't really the reason I posted this. I'm suprised that the battery went stone dead in 3 weeks time, I'm just concerned that there might be an issue like a draw someplace. I've never left it sit that long and probably won't again, I needed a larger vehicle so I borrowed my fathers Tahoe for the month, otherwise the GS is my daily driver. It has a trickle charger on it now and I expect it will start today, I had my father trickle charge it as a slow charge is better for the battery than jump starting it. They don't need to use it so it's not a rush that it gets started.