Lexus..Reliable? Not quite
08-19-06, 01:30 PM
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08-19-06, 01:49 PM
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I can easily say it's unreliable.. It left me stuck home.. lol. Ok what happened was the car was left on the "On" setting, but I've done that before on older cars for even longer periods of time and it was never completely dead. Also, remember my battery has barely been used, I never just sit in the car and listen to the radio while the car is off, plus my car has only 2,500 miles and was always kept in a heated garage..For this amount of money, the car should shut itself off after a certain amount of time..
08-19-06, 02:07 PM
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thats why people should lock their doors no matter what. I even lock my doors in the garage, just in case someone crazy breaks in... (never happened, hopefully it wont in the future either). If a door isnt shut all the way, at least you'll know with that long as* annoying beep when you try to lock the doors.
Back on topic ... Did you leave the trunk popped over night? I noticed that my headlights will not turn off automatically if the trunk is popped.
08-19-06, 02:22 PM
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I can easily say it's unreliable.. It left me stuck home.. lol. Ok what happened was the car was left on the "On" setting, but I've done that before on older cars for even longer periods of time and it was never completely dead. Also, remember my battery has barely been used, I never just sit in the car and listen to the radio while the car is off, plus my car has only 2,500 miles and was always kept in a heated garage..For this amount of money, the car should shut itself off after a certain amount of time..
08-19-06, 02:32 PM
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For this amount of money, the car should shut itself off after a certain amount of time..[/QUOTE]
Wow!!! are you serious? You expect that the car should have known that you did not mean to leave it in the on position??
I for one would not want the car to decide for me what it thought I wanted. If I put it in the "on" position, it damn well better stay on until I decide to turn it off!!
Wow!!! are you serious? You expect that the car should have known that you did not mean to leave it in the on position??
I for one would not want the car to decide for me what it thought I wanted. If I put it in the "on" position, it damn well better stay on until I decide to turn it off!!
08-19-06, 02:36 PM
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For this amount of money, the car should shut itself off after a certain amount of time..
Wow!!! are you serious? You expect that the car should have known that you did not mean to leave it in the on position??
I for one would not want the car to decide for me what it thought I wanted. If I put it in the "on" position, it damn well better stay on until I decide to turn it off!!
Wow!!! are you serious? You expect that the car should have known that you did not mean to leave it in the on position??
I for one would not want the car to decide for me what it thought I wanted. If I put it in the "on" position, it damn well better stay on until I decide to turn it off!!
08-19-06, 03:06 PM
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I can easily say it's unreliable.. It left me stuck home.. lol. Ok what happened was the car was left on the "On" setting, but I've done that before on older cars for even longer periods of time and it was never completely dead. Also, remember my battery has barely been used, I never just sit in the car and listen to the radio while the car is off, plus my car has only 2,500 miles and was always kept in a heated garage..For this amount of money, the car should shut itself off after a certain amount of time..
08-19-06, 03:51 PM
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But back on topic.... I always leave them on ON... and they always go off after a min. Also get in the habbit of locking your door... if you left a door open or something it will beep at you telling you something is up.... No little safety valve....
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08-19-06, 04:50 PM
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Did you take the key fob with you when you left the car? I'm surprised it would stay in the "on" position without a key fob within range.
If you left the car in the "on" position AND left the transmitter in the car, then Lexus should overnight you a trout to slap yourself with.
If you left the car in the "on" position AND left the transmitter in the car, then Lexus should overnight you a trout to slap yourself with.
08-19-06, 05:06 PM
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As far as leaving a door open- I've experienced that the dome lights and everything shut off after about 15 minutes when the doors are open...happened to me while I was detailing my interior. Pretty neat feature
08-19-06, 06:19 PM
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Did you take the key fob with you when you left the car? I'm surprised it would stay in the "on" position without a key fob within range.
If you left the car in the "on" position AND left the transmitter in the car, then Lexus should overnight you a trout to slap yourself with.
If you left the car in the "on" position AND left the transmitter in the car, then Lexus should overnight you a trout to slap yourself with.
The fob was not left anywhere in the garage.. To answer Kensteele's question, No I don't think any other cars have this feature, where they shut
down to conserve power when the battery level is nearing low. (that I've ever heard of).. I'm surprised by that.
08-19-06, 07:43 PM
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all i've heard of is cars with a reserve battery so when you main battery dies, you flip the switch on that battery and you now have access to the reserve.