New car already having problems.
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So I just bought a 2009 IS250 yesterday, brand new, 24 miles at delivery of the vehicle.
Drove the car maybe 40 miles total yesterday, basically down the highway home and back to dealership this morning.
This morning when I started the car the check engine light and traction control lights were on and the car was very jerky when I backed out of the garage. I don't know alot about cars but seems like a transmission problem.
It ran ok to the dealership, but thats all I know right now. They are looking at it.
Kind of scares me to start out this way. 70 miles on the car and already having issues.
What would you guy do in this situation?
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Jason
Drove the car maybe 40 miles total yesterday, basically down the highway home and back to dealership this morning.
This morning when I started the car the check engine light and traction control lights were on and the car was very jerky when I backed out of the garage. I don't know alot about cars but seems like a transmission problem.
It ran ok to the dealership, but thats all I know right now. They are looking at it.
Kind of scares me to start out this way. 70 miles on the car and already having issues.
What would you guy do in this situation?
Thanks,
Jason
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So I got a call from the service guy and he told me a bunch of stuff I don't really understand.
He said they think maybe a piece of casting material was stuck on the nozzle cause the VVTI to get out of timing or something like that.
He said after they reset the check engine light and the timing the car is running great now, but they are going to keep it over night so they can crack it cold in the morning and see if that makes a difference.
No idea what all that means, but hopefully thats all it was is a little piece of something that he said as the car runs will get filtered out into the oil filter.
He said they think maybe a piece of casting material was stuck on the nozzle cause the VVTI to get out of timing or something like that.
He said after they reset the check engine light and the timing the car is running great now, but they are going to keep it over night so they can crack it cold in the morning and see if that makes a difference.
No idea what all that means, but hopefully thats all it was is a little piece of something that he said as the car runs will get filtered out into the oil filter.
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That seems plausible although highly unlikely to me. If it was big enough to block off the valves and throw off the timing, it's big enough to cause some damage if it gets inside the cylinders. Don't have too much experience here, so maybe someone else can chime in and give their slice of pie.
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Did you refill the gas and didn't tighten the cap? My check engine light came on after I filled up my tank but forgot to tighten the cap. Tightened it and the light went away.
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