There are lots of ways to tell if the doorjamb switches are bad. A good way is to open one of the doors and see if the "open-door" indicator in the dash illuminates red. You should check all doors, one at a time. And you should also check the trunk as the trunk is part of this logic. The most common failure mode is for the car to not sense when a door is open - in other words, most commonly, the indicator would not illuminate when the door is open. These switches can be intermittent and it can be difficult to intercept an improper operation so it's a good idea to open the door several times while observing the indicator to see if it always works. The dash indicator should work whether the engine is running or not, ignition on or off. You can let us know if this helps and if not I will give you some more information that could be helpful.

 

My battery was replaced 9/15. Yesterday it just failed and left me stranded. It is still in full replacement warranty. Lexus is going to replace it free. Free is no good if the battery only lasts about 2 years. Is there a battery out there that will hang in at least 4 years?

 

Dredging this thread back up because the Napa The Legend 8424 I bought in December 2016 (in this thread) got dead TODAY. I called napa. No more Napa The Legend 8424. The next closest battery (which I think is the exact same with different stickers, another East Penn Mfg battery) is a "AAA" battery, part number (get this) blah blah blah 8424AAA. So yeah, same battery ... less warranty. 72 months instead of 84 months. $159.99 versus $108 back then.

It's been only 54 months on an 84 month battery. I just called NAPA, and I get $67 of warranty toward the new one. Am I upset? Heck no. After taxes, I should be in the $100 zone.

Do I think it's a good battery. Meh, it's ok. Certainly not the battery the original Panasonic was. The Panasonic never failed in 7 years. It even sounded weak, giving me a clue, but never conked out. This one just went CLUNK and gone. I charged it up, but it still said CLUNK when I pushed the button.

Last fall, I bought a serious high performance vehicle, which is what I'm going to use to haul the batteries back and forth. My little truckster. 45 - 50 mpg. A 2020 Mitsubish Mirage 5 speed. 1.2L 3-Tapper. I call it a 3-Tapper, because it doesn't make enough hp to bang. It only makes 78 hp. But I just love the little toy. It is fabulous. It is one of the last off-the-grid, simple as they come, true manual transmission cars. That's part of the reason my 460 only has 56k miles. But when I get in the 460, the sound system brings tears to my eyes. The Mirage has a decent "radio." Nothing comes close to the ML. I don't feel guilty slamming gobs of miles on this $11,000 car (brand new). And when gas hits $5 to $10 a gallon, well at 45 - 50 mpg, I still be able to afford blackjack ... and hookers. (J/K).


7milesout / Oliver Enterprises

 

If your close to Costco, just under a $100 for an Interstate...hell of a deal.

 

Have you seen Doug's review of the Mirage ?


Talk about as simple as they come...LOL

 

Yeah - His video is what inspired me TO BUY A MIRAGE! He's such an idiot. "There's a plastic piece on the floor, I don't even know what it is." "There's space around the engine..."

He's an elitist snob who really doesn't know cars ... he knows how to buy them and drive them, but he is far from an expert. He reviews the Mirage as if it is supposed comparable to a luxury sedan or a sports car. It was conceived, designed, and built to be INEXPENSIVE in every aspect a car can be (purchase, gas, tires, oil, insurance, 100k mile powertrain warranty, etc). And it meets that mark admirably while also being almost Toyota reliable.

I'm loving mine. And just love slamming miles on it! I can set the cruise on 80 mph and pulls all the hills without slowing down, and getting ~40 mpg doing that 80 mph cruise.

 

Wonder if it would be advisable to disconnect one of the battery cables if one is leaving an LS at airport parking for a week or so.

 

New battery last night, starts mighty good again.

As for leaving the cables disconnected. It would preserve the battery. But there may be other issues that could outweigh the advantages. For one thing, the alarm would not work if it were being broke into and/or stolen. Course it would have to be flatbedded to be stolen I would assume. And, it's not the easiest battery to access.

A good thought, just not sure it's worth the trouble unless you think the battery is near end of useful life.

 

Agreed - Tis a helluva deal. We've just never joined Costco.

 

Not too late to join. Basic membership fee is $60 I believe. You'll get that back very quickly as it's very tough to beat their prices on anything. .

 

Something in me gives me a feeling of Wall-E, and the "Buy-N-Large" mentality, to go shopping at Costco or Sam's Club. Plus, if I were to go to buy that much crap at once, I'd feel obligated to bring The Warden. Why would I want to ruin my day by doing that? I got a Sam's Club membership when I needed to buy ~$850 worth of golf cart batteries. Saved more than the membership on that purchase, but never went back.

I don't know, it's just not for me. To buy a 50 gallon drum of cheese ***** to save fiddy cents, and so on and so forth. I just want a little bit at a time. Sort of like auto manufacturers with the J.I.T. efforts. Just In Time. They hold barely more inventory than they need to build. Therefore they need less space to hold stuff, stuff doesn't get broken, misplaced, wasted, etc. I prefer that type of home life ... to a degree.