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Old 02-29-16 | 10:13 AM
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This sucks and it's incredibly disappointing, wife has a 2014 garage kept and uses it everyday except Sat- Sunday's. Two years old now and this morning for the third time dead battery. BS LEXUS! Major fail.....service it's on it's way
Old 02-29-16 | 10:23 AM
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Have you had your Gateway ECU replaced yet? This fixed my problem and has been discussed heavily on the forum.
Old 02-29-16 | 10:52 AM
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I'm glad you mentioned this, I'll tell him now
Old 03-01-16 | 02:33 PM
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I kept having the same problem and i thought it was because of my air, even when i removed my air it kept dying but lexus ended changing it for free
Old 03-01-16 | 03:13 PM
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Gateway ecu? Is there a tsb? Where is the thread and how does it relate to the battery?
Old 03-01-16 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Brokenis
Gateway ecu? Is there a tsb? Where is the thread and how does it relate to the battery?
I don't believe there is a TSB, however my dealer knew the issue and took care of it with no queations asked.

Enjoy the read. The gateway discussion is tot wards the end of the thread.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...d-threads.html
Old 03-01-16 | 11:17 PM
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Well he changed it no question but ask me to please get it check out
Old 03-02-16 | 12:23 AM
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Question here,

Is it bad to not start the car for a while? Its been about 2 week, I left my car back at home. Since I moved back to my school. (gonna drive it back to school this weekend)
Old 03-02-16 | 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by nathantse
Question here,

Is it bad to not start the car for a while? Its been about 2 week, I left my car back at home. Since I moved back to my school. (gonna drive it back to school this weekend)
If everything is working properly in your car then there should be no issue with leaving your car sit for a couple/few weeks. This battery drain issue was completely random. Sometimes people complained of it happening after sitting for a few days, others it happened to them after running out to the gas station.
Old 03-02-16 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 39RN
If everything is working properly in your car then there should be no issue with leaving your car sit for a couple/few weeks. This battery drain issue was completely random. Sometimes people complained of it happening after sitting for a few days, others it happened to them after running out to the gas station.

Ohh okay. My car is still pretty new. I was afraid of not starting it for a couple weeks would drain the battery..
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