"Need help" Parasitic drainage on 95' Lexus LS400
02-22-21, 11:48 AM
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02-22-21, 11:50 AM
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02-22-21, 11:53 AM
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02-22-21, 03:28 PM
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It sounds like an ECU problem. Any cars in a hot clime region at that age would be vulnerable to heat. Heat is the culprit for a whole lot of electronic mayhem in a car of that age.
You can have a chat with this guy.....Josh Beaumont, Lexus ECU & Dash Cluster, Repair Service.
You can always find him on Facebook too.
http://www.relentlessmotorsportstexas.com
https://relentlessmotorsportsllc.com/
You can have a chat with this guy.....Josh Beaumont, Lexus ECU & Dash Cluster, Repair Service.
You can always find him on Facebook too.
http://www.relentlessmotorsportstexas.com
https://relentlessmotorsportsllc.com/
02-22-21, 04:17 PM
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It sounds like an ECU problem. Any cars in a hot clime region at that age would be vulnerable to heat. Heat is the culprit for a whole lot of electronic mayhem in a car of that age.
You can have a chat with this guy.....Josh Beaumont, Lexus ECU & Dash Cluster, Repair Service.
You can always find him on Facebook too.
http://www.relentlessmotorsportstexas.com
https://relentlessmotorsportsllc.com/
You can have a chat with this guy.....Josh Beaumont, Lexus ECU & Dash Cluster, Repair Service.
You can always find him on Facebook too.
http://www.relentlessmotorsportstexas.com
https://relentlessmotorsportsllc.com/
02-23-21, 12:16 AM
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[QUOTE=Leximum;10999236]It sounds like an ECU problem. Any cars in a hot clime region at that age would be vulnerable to heat. Heat is the culprit for a whole lot of electronic mayhem in a car of that age.
You can have a chat with this guy.....Josh Beaumont, Lexus ECU & Dash Cluster, Repair Service.
You can always find him on Facebook too.
http://www.relentlessmotorsportstexas.com
Thanks I'll check him out
You can have a chat with this guy.....Josh Beaumont, Lexus ECU & Dash Cluster, Repair Service.
You can always find him on Facebook too.
http://www.relentlessmotorsportstexas.com
Thanks I'll check him out
02-23-21, 11:25 PM
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Wesley,
Yamae! sounds like a martial art referee, eh?
ECU or BCM, both are the same animal but different names though! I don't know why the two names are not even close, but they are the same real McCoy!.
I am not a mechanic, but my engineering training and experience tell me that there cannot be so many different issues popping up all at once. Some of them are not even electrically related, such as the FOB and your seat memory which is controlled by your ECU. ECU or ECM or BCM basically is a computer masterminding the entire car. I am told there are capacitors, many of them in an ECU, some get fried because of the heat. If you get a chance to chat with Josh, he would tell you many horrible things that'd turn you off from buying a refurbished unit from eBay. I read some of his write-ups on FB. A Japanese luxury car needs capacitors made in Japan and not any look-a-like capacitors. Apparently, he knows the source from Japan.
Yamae! sounds like a martial art referee, eh?
ECU or BCM, both are the same animal but different names though! I don't know why the two names are not even close, but they are the same real McCoy!.
I am not a mechanic, but my engineering training and experience tell me that there cannot be so many different issues popping up all at once. Some of them are not even electrically related, such as the FOB and your seat memory which is controlled by your ECU. ECU or ECM or BCM basically is a computer masterminding the entire car. I am told there are capacitors, many of them in an ECU, some get fried because of the heat. If you get a chance to chat with Josh, he would tell you many horrible things that'd turn you off from buying a refurbished unit from eBay. I read some of his write-ups on FB. A Japanese luxury car needs capacitors made in Japan and not any look-a-like capacitors. Apparently, he knows the source from Japan.
02-24-21, 12:50 AM
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Wesley,
Yamae! sounds like a martial art referee, eh?
ECU or BCM, both are the same animal but different names though! I don't know why the two names are not even close, but they are the same real McCoy!.
I am not a mechanic, but my engineering training and experience tell me that there cannot be so many different issues popping up all at once. Some of them are not even electrically related, such as the FOB and your seat memory which is controlled by your ECU. ECU or ECM or BCM basically is a computer masterminding the entire car. I am told there are capacitors, many of them in an ECU, some get fried because of the heat. If you get a chance to chat with Josh, he would tell you many horrible things that'd turn you off from buying a refurbished unit from eBay. I read some of his write-ups on FB. A Japanese luxury car needs capacitors made in Japan and not any look-a-like capacitors. Apparently, he knows the source from Japan.
Yamae! sounds like a martial art referee, eh?
ECU or BCM, both are the same animal but different names though! I don't know why the two names are not even close, but they are the same real McCoy!.
I am not a mechanic, but my engineering training and experience tell me that there cannot be so many different issues popping up all at once. Some of them are not even electrically related, such as the FOB and your seat memory which is controlled by your ECU. ECU or ECM or BCM basically is a computer masterminding the entire car. I am told there are capacitors, many of them in an ECU, some get fried because of the heat. If you get a chance to chat with Josh, he would tell you many horrible things that'd turn you off from buying a refurbished unit from eBay. I read some of his write-ups on FB. A Japanese luxury car needs capacitors made in Japan and not any look-a-like capacitors. Apparently, he knows the source from Japan.
02-24-21, 08:39 AM
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Wesley,
Yamae! sounds like a martial art referee, eh?
ECU or BCM, both are the same animal but different names though! I don't know why the two names are not even close, but they are the same real McCoy!.
I am not a mechanic, but my engineering training and experience tell me that there cannot be so many different issues popping up all at once. Some of them are not even electrically related, such as the FOB and your seat memory which is controlled by your ECU. ECU or ECM or BCM basically is a computer masterminding the entire car. I am told there are capacitors, many of them in an ECU, some get fried because of the heat. If you get a chance to chat with Josh, he would tell you many horrible things that'd turn you off from buying a refurbished unit from eBay. I read some of his write-ups on FB. A Japanese luxury car needs capacitors made in Japan and not any look-a-like capacitors. Apparently, he knows the source from Japan.
Yamae! sounds like a martial art referee, eh?
ECU or BCM, both are the same animal but different names though! I don't know why the two names are not even close, but they are the same real McCoy!.
I am not a mechanic, but my engineering training and experience tell me that there cannot be so many different issues popping up all at once. Some of them are not even electrically related, such as the FOB and your seat memory which is controlled by your ECU. ECU or ECM or BCM basically is a computer masterminding the entire car. I am told there are capacitors, many of them in an ECU, some get fried because of the heat. If you get a chance to chat with Josh, he would tell you many horrible things that'd turn you off from buying a refurbished unit from eBay. I read some of his write-ups on FB. A Japanese luxury car needs capacitors made in Japan and not any look-a-like capacitors. Apparently, he knows the source from Japan.
02-24-21, 09:03 AM
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Well, thank you for the update. It's always good to have a 2nd opinion on all matters in life. I learned something new today. It has been an educational discussion. Good luck with your solution search.
03-05-21, 05:25 PM
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Update on my parasitic drainage
I solved my parasitic problem. 2 problems at once with my car. 1st problem was that I brought a new bad battery, and the other problem was my radio was blowing fuses because it was burnt. Getting back to the battery it was able to hold a charge for a day or two but it was still bad but thing was autozone kept saying it was good because it held a charge, until 1 day I charged my battery up and went to start my car and after the second crank it went dead. Walmart confirmed it. So I solved that problem; now I'm trying to get my key remote to work. Thanks to everyone who reached out to me to help, I greatly appreciated it.
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