Navigation DVD Reader fix? 2002 LS-430
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About a month ago I started the car and got an error message on the navigation screen. After researching threads that exhibited my issue, I came to the conclusion the DVD Reader from the trunk was bad. Does anyone have any experience in fixing these? They're almost $1000 on ebay!!! I hate to go Garmin
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I have the same problem, seems the laser is burnt out in the Nav unit. Several hundred bucks for a used one on ebay, but can't bite the bullet when my iPhone does the job. It would be nice to be able to fix it myself...
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Does it happen at start up? I noticed when I start my car and wait a few seconds for the nav unit to boot up before hitting the "I agree" the problem does not appear. i would get the disk error occassionally when I started the car and hit the button immediately.
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Yes it happens at start up. If I press the agree button immediately or after some time has lapsed the same issue occurs. I've taken the reader out of the car and removed the housing from the reader. I read that the brass rod that the laser moved back and forth on sometimes gets stiff and needs to be greased. I don't have the knowledge to do this. I'd imagine a little WD40 is NOT recommended. Given the regularity of this issue, I can't believe there isn't someone who can button up whatever is causing the issue.
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Its a thread on here somewhere where you can ship the nav unit and they will fix it. Mines been errored up for like 2 years all of a sudden 2 days ago its been workin fine lol. I don't think they like warm weather!!
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Well Merry Christmas! I sure hope to hell that happens to mine too...
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it seems that this is a common issue with the nav units. I sure Hope lexus gave an updated part to my 05, otherwise I might wind up experiencing this issue too. i do remember about 6 months ago, when my friend had this problem, a google search popped up a place that would fix the reader to the tune of 400.00. Instead, he hijacked my garmin that I had in my Maxima.....Eh, that's what friends are for I guess. LOL..
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Well, in that case I'm going to install the reader tonight! Its been in dining room for a few months. The day I got the error message for the first time the temperature was over 90 degrees. I was getting tired of seeing the error message. By removing the unit all Nav features are disabled, however climate and audio still work via the screen.
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I have had the error for several moths. I found only 2 places on the internet for places that fix these. One east coast and one west coast. I sent it east coast. They told me it was the laser and that they didn't know how long it was going to take to get the replacement in. A week later it was done. Except the unit didn't work at all when I received it back. After a shipping round trip back to the shop I re-installed it only to have the same disk reading error occur. They refunded my cost, but I ate the shipping. I called the West Coast place and he stated it was most likely the board, $750. I posted under classified for a WTB a broken one figuring I would try the PC board change. Good luck.
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About a month ago I started the car and got an error message on the navigation screen. After researching threads that exhibited my issue, I came to the conclusion the DVD Reader from the trunk was bad. Does anyone have any experience in fixing these? They're almost $1000 on ebay!!! I hate to go Garmin ![Frown](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
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As of last two weeks this does not work either. My guess is laser has gone boom.
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