Lexus..Reliable? Not quite
08-19-06, 07:54 PM
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I have been working on cars of all makes professionally for over 20 years now and have yet to see this on any vehicle short of a motor home or a big rig. Most of todays modern cars have the ability to shut off anything that is left on after a period of time goes by, there are even alot of cars that will start shutting off non essential systems if the vehicles voltage falls below a certian point while the vehicle is operating.
08-19-06, 08:24 PM
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Actually the car does shut itself off after awhile. I know cause it has done this to me on a couple of ocasions while washing the car with the stereo on, it usually take about two hours. Then I start the car and let it run for about 30min to recharge the Batt. Never had a problem with it not starting though.
08-19-06, 08:27 PM
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I have been working on cars of all makes professionally for over 20 years now and have yet to see this on any vehicle short of a motor home or a big rig. Most of todays modern cars have the ability to shut off anything that is left on after a period of time goes by, there are even alot of cars that will start shutting off non essential systems if the vehicles voltage falls below a certian point while the vehicle is operating.
08-20-06, 01:47 AM
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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..
08-20-06, 05:59 AM
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/mi...TE=Dec+1,+1999
however I can't find one single place to buy it at. I don't think the idea ever really took hold and personally I would think that the fumes from the battery would eat up the computer circuit inside of the battery, but kind of a cool idea nonetheless
08-20-06, 08:44 AM
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08-20-06, 09:28 AM
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This is a laim A$$ post. I guess we are all suckers for buying Lexus cars that are not reliable. Ill start a petition on a total recall of all Lexus IS models for lack of reliability, or better yet......i want want my money back.
This is an outrage!
This is an outrage!
08-20-06, 10:45 AM
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Ok guys, this is a joke, I guess you didn't see the sarcastic tone and my LOL'S.. Obviously, after I found out that there wasn't any electrical short
and that the battery was just drained, It turns out to be my fault.. However,All expensive cars should be able to go into a low power standby mode, when left on after a few hours, IMO..I doubt it would be an expensive
feature to have put in by the car makers.. After all I'm sure it's happened to
us all at one time or another.. Its happened to me a few times with other cars
but the battery still had enough juice left to get her started. Now calm down everyone...
and that the battery was just drained, It turns out to be my fault.. However,All expensive cars should be able to go into a low power standby mode, when left on after a few hours, IMO..I doubt it would be an expensive
feature to have put in by the car makers.. After all I'm sure it's happened to
us all at one time or another.. Its happened to me a few times with other cars
but the battery still had enough juice left to get her started. Now calm down everyone...
08-20-06, 11:25 AM
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i once left my car for a day (business trip) and when i got back i decided to press and hold the unlock key on the fob to open all the windows and sunroof. well after i did that and tried starting the car, the car stuttered when attempting to start the engine. it failed the first time and i freaked out. i tried again and it worked the second time. since then ive never used that feature of opening all the windows anymore...
08-20-06, 01:17 PM
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i once left my car for a day (business trip) and when i got back i decided to press and hold the unlock key on the fob to open all the windows and sunroof. well after i did that and tried starting the car, the car stuttered when attempting to start the engine. it failed the first time and i freaked out. i tried again and it worked the second time. since then ive never used that feature of opening all the windows anymore...
08-20-06, 01:53 PM
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I think perhaps you have been sniffing too much of "that new car smell". Something like this is nine times out of ten, driver error. Get back to us if they find anything wrong with the car.
08-20-06, 02:17 PM
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I'm not sure if you actually have an IS, but in case you don't, You should know these cars have no keys, so there's no way I could of known what the problem was until power was restored. Then I saw that the dashboard lights where on, and then posted what had happened right away. No more comments from the peanut gallery, please...
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