Is my transmission going out?
11-06-16, 12:05 AM
#16
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Well guys , Terrible news. It was NOT the alternator... Apparently I got a short somewhere that is blowing out a fuse in my car. Now I gotta take it to Lexus and see if they can figure it out. I'm incredibly disappointed in my car and Lexus/Toyota. I'm hoping this is an easy fix but I'm starting to think it's a sign that I should just scrap my goals for this car , fix it, and be rid of it. So much money, time and attention on this car and then this happens...
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
11-07-16, 11:43 AM
#18
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You know at first I thought no. But now that I think of it, the previous owner had installed a navigation bypass switch in the car. Could that possibly be the reason? Although I've had this car since May of 2014. I also have the Spec D tails too for about 1 months but I doubt those could be causing the problem right? I mean no one else with Spec D lights has had this issue...
11-07-16, 11:46 AM
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I'm gonna give this one more shot before taking it to the Stealership. This week (hopefully) I'll need taking my car to a well known mechanic not too far away from home. He's know for working on generally complicated cars such as BMW , Mercedes , etc. And has a good reputation for his work. Hopefully I can get my car there without completely dying on me and I can just leave it there for them take care of it..
Wish me luck guys
Wish me luck guys
11-07-16, 02:47 PM
#21
Well guys , Terrible news. It was NOT the alternator... Apparently I got a short somewhere that is blowing out a fuse in my car. Now I gotta take it to Lexus and see if they can figure it out. I'm incredibly disappointed in my car and Lexus/Toyota. I'm hoping this is an easy fix but I'm starting to think it's a sign that I should just scrap my goals for this car , fix it, and be rid of it. So much money, time and attention on this car and then this happens...
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
I think you are over reacting. You don't even know what is causing the issue yet, or who is at fault for the issue.
I would start by tracking down why that fuse is blowing.
11-07-16, 07:17 PM
#22
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Well guys , Terrible news. It was NOT the alternator... Apparently I got a short somewhere that is blowing out a fuse in my car. Now I gotta take it to Lexus and see if they can figure it out. I'm incredibly disappointed in my car and Lexus/Toyota. I'm hoping this is an easy fix but I'm starting to think it's a sign that I should just scrap my goals for this car , fix it, and be rid of it. So much money, time and attention on this car and then this happens...
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
11-08-16, 04:16 AM
#24
Well guys , Terrible news. It was NOT the alternator... Apparently I got a short somewhere that is blowing out a fuse in my car. Now I gotta take it to Lexus and see if they can figure it out. I'm incredibly disappointed in my car and Lexus/Toyota. I'm hoping this is an easy fix but I'm starting to think it's a sign that I should just scrap my goals for this car , fix it, and be rid of it. So much money, time and attention on this car and then this happens...
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
Doesn't speak well to me of Toyota quality and only proves a point that any car can completely do a 180 and become a useless brick. I should have just bought something else, or just got a warranty if I knew this would happen. But nooo, it's a Toyota I thought to myself , it'll be fine. And yet my 91' Honda accord has been holding up better than this. Hell even the airbags in my car don't work.
Maybe I'm just over reacting , but right now I am one unhappy Lexus owner.
11-23-18, 07:06 AM
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Hey guys, so I took my car downtown earlier today when I went to get a haircut, and upon leaving I noticed something odd. On the cluster where it says PRND and S , the little green backlight wasn't turning on. Also upon putting the car into Drive, it felt as if the transmission Jerked kind of hard. I was worried and tried again to see if it goes away but nope , every time I go into Drive the car Jerks. Also my car no longer tells me what gear I'm in, won't let me use manual mode (it only lights up the "S" for a second then goes dark again) and even my turn signals don't function for some odd reason. Ever stranger is that the hazards (which use the signals ) work just fine ? ? ?
Upon getting home I didn't notice anything different about the transmission feel, it's feels perfectly normal as far as I can tell. All gears feel like they are working okay and there was no slip or grind as far as I can tell over a 8 mile drive. Only issue is putting it into drive... Where it once again jerks.
I also got the check engine light for the first time in my 2 years of ownership
Any clue what this can be? My mechanic buddy said it might be something electrical like a sensor but that was just an over the phone "diagnosis " . Any help guys ?? I'm super stressed about this. Thanks
Upon getting home I didn't notice anything different about the transmission feel, it's feels perfectly normal as far as I can tell. All gears feel like they are working okay and there was no slip or grind as far as I can tell over a 8 mile drive. Only issue is putting it into drive... Where it once again jerks.
I also got the check engine light for the first time in my 2 years of ownership
Any clue what this can be? My mechanic buddy said it might be something electrical like a sensor but that was just an over the phone "diagnosis " . Any help guys ?? I'm super stressed about this. Thanks
11-30-18, 07:22 AM
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That rectangular grey box has a bunch of fuses inside which you can't remove and no way to test if they work either (not that I know of) so I called a Lexus and asked if I can buy one of those and they shipped it to me 2 days later. It only took me about 3 hours to replace it.
11-30-18, 01:34 PM
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Same thing happened to me 2 months ago. I just replaced a grey box from one of the fuseboxes which is the one right in front of the battery.
That rectangular grey box has a bunch of fuses inside which you can't remove and no way to test if they work either (not that I know of) so I called a Lexus and asked if I can buy one of those and they shipped it to me 2 days later. It only took me about 3 hours to replace it.
That rectangular grey box has a bunch of fuses inside which you can't remove and no way to test if they work either (not that I know of) so I called a Lexus and asked if I can buy one of those and they shipped it to me 2 days later. It only took me about 3 hours to replace it.
12-06-18, 05:48 AM
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