Habious

Yes, he is!!

He even made the pilgrimage to the Daytona 500 several years ago with a friend of his!

mrblister

I am commited to a 250 mile motorcycle ride tomorrow up to Lawn Pa. Its not bad enough I have so little time for my toys now I am taken away from driving the sc to sit on a buzzing bee for 4 hours. AH SO MANY TOYS SO LITTLE TIME..

I will be available next week end .

Buddy

Habious

I....am...a...God.

Nailed it on the head...and fixt it!

Now we just gotta get the ORIGINAL problem fixed!

mrblister

Johnny & Tom

So you found the video switched ? How could that of happened. When the luxlink was taken out
did the dealer remove the entire harness ? This seems like a real mystery!!

Buddy

Habious

JohnnyCake/Tom gave me an additional clue today. He went to pick his car up before (a few days ago) from the dealer, but the top didn't work.

Well, now it makes sense...the NavTool (and switch) are in the trunk...right next to the folding top computer!

They must've been mucking around back there and hit the switch.

-Greg

mrblister

What was wrong with the top ? Did they fix [ break ] that to

JohnnyCake

It is a story for the ages, destined to be handed down from father to son. But I assure you, it is all true.

It was so sad, but the Nav Lady had breathed her last breath. The priest had given her last rites (which took three weeks). All that was left from her robust "YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION" was a pitiful "Deet, Deet." Her normally colorful display had been reduced to simple wavy noise. So sad to see a lady just four years old die like that. The CLOSED button was pressed, one last time. A tear was shed.

But wait! Habious, not even seeing the Nav Lady, just hearing about her condition over the Internet, opines, "Sounds like the NavTool got switched to the secondary video input."

Specialists are summoned and, after several hours of contemplation while watching Jimmy Johnson royally screwing himself at Dover (and every fan in the process), the surgeon's tools are deployed. The trunk floor is removed and patient is carefully examined.

Just a sweet iced tea later, the Nav Lady is back, just as good as new. Yes, it's true. Habious is a god, Santa Claus and the tooth fairy, all rolled into one.

As Habious disappeared into the night, all that could be heard was a sexy woman's voice in the distance: "SETTING HOME AS DESTINATION."

mrblister

I said it probably was something simple. Glad you got the Nav lady back. Save her voice and use the french Nav lady. Now to the luxlink [ I am sure your dealer loused this up also ]

Buddy

JohnnyCake

In the event someone is searching "horn" / "steering column controls" in the future, here's an update.

While I was beside myself that they kept the car for three weeks, I couldn't get mad at them or make demands because I didn't know what cards I was holding. If it WAS the LuxLink and it caused the initial problem, the Nav problem, and the top up/down problem, then I needed the dealer on my side to write this up as a warranty item. If I'm pissing them off, that's not gonna happen.

On the last go-round, the dealer pulled the LuxLink completely out and shipped it to Steve for testing. Steve said it was completely fried like he'd never seen before.

The original problem remained. The Luxlink was in California. Obviously not the problem.

I had previously told them about this thread where several people had this problem and it was the spiral cable. I found another thread on the Internet which indicated that if you can turn the wheel and the problem disappears, that is another indication of spiral cable problem. Sure enough, turning the wheel 90 degrees in either direction solved the problem.

The service writer agreed that we should replace the spiral cable -- in fact, he thought that was the problem on day one but the tech thought otherwise. Took it in today and, 45 minutes later, problem completely solved.

My service writer is actually a pretty great guy and was pretty sheepish given this nightmare. He said to submit a bill for the LuxLink and installation (he had no problem with my not wanting them to do it) and he'd see what he can do. So hopefully, this will have a happy ending, although that awaits re-installation of the LuxLink.

Thanks for all the info and support.

Habious

Son-of-a-gun!!!

We've been saying it's the spiral cable from day 1!!!

Tom,

You have got to be so relieved to have this fixed! I know this problem has kept you up nights.

mrblister

Great news. How was steve able to replace the lux link. I thought he said he was not making any more. If the unit was fried what do you suppose caused it. It sounds to me that when Lexus Dealer was trouble shooting your initial problem that now seems to be the spiral cable. He in fact may have fried the luxlink himself. THe luxlink is protected by a fuse. Was the fuse blown for the Luxlink? . If not the only way it could get fried would be from something else going wrong. The fuse is supposed to protect it at how it gets its voltage from. A short downstream would of caused perhaps the frying. I would make sure that when it gets re-installed that all of the connection wires are re-checked. You never did tell me if they simply unpluged the luxlink from the harness or did the remove the luxlink harness or disconect it from the cars system. I would have the wires checked to be safe. Did they also remove the hidden key module and remove the igntion connector that interfaces the lux link with the ignition switch { T connector ] for the remote start .

Buddy

Keep me in the loop

VVTiBob

Yes....YES... YES please keep us up-to-date on the Luxlink... I to am interested in having one installed in my 02...

TEXAS83

For what it's worth, I have had my Luxlink installed on my 2002 for 3 years now, and not a single problem yet! Jason at JPI in Dallas did the install, and he's a pro.