Few questions regarding the RX 300
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I had the same thing happen to me around 2 months ago... my blue screen didn't show any info about the climate control. It was a warmer (70-ish) day, in the afternoon.
My climate control worked - I just didn't know what I was setting the temp for... :-)
When I stopped the car to run into a store, it worked fine when I started it, and has been fine ever since.
My battery is around 5 years old, and I will be keeping an eye on it with winter coming. It hadn't even dawned on me that the battery may have been the cause for the "blue screen of death:... but makes sense I guess.
My climate control worked - I just didn't know what I was setting the temp for... :-)
When I stopped the car to run into a store, it worked fine when I started it, and has been fine ever since.
My battery is around 5 years old, and I will be keeping an eye on it with winter coming. It hadn't even dawned on me that the battery may have been the cause for the "blue screen of death:... but makes sense I guess.
Forgot to do that last night and had a thin layer of frost/ice on the windshield this morning. I tried punching buttons and twisting ***** in a vain attempt to get either the temp or the fan to kick on without success.
A weak battery does sound reasonable to me since I don't have any problems with subsequent starts during the day. (Again, I'm going on limited knowledge about all things mechanical/electrical, etc.)
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Fortunately, this is a very uncommon occurrence for RX but once in a while due to software gremlins, things end up in la la land. Reset/reboot is required and typically the ignition off -> on does that. Other things that are hot all the time, like remote transponder etc, need a battery disconnect to bring them back.
A weak battery tends to amplify the problem.
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A weak battery tends to amplify the problem.
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Now the new battery is in, we can eliminate that as a culprit [a bad new battery is a possibility too, but chances are low].
Fuses typically pop and do not correct themselves. Now it can be a bad connection, or bad ecu. I can only suggest take it to the dealer. Other places my charge you less per hour but they may end up taking more time to debug.
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Fuses typically pop and do not correct themselves. Now it can be a bad connection, or bad ecu. I can only suggest take it to the dealer. Other places my charge you less per hour but they may end up taking more time to debug.
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