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Bren Fallon

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    Bren
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  • Lexus Model
    LS400
  • Year of Lexus
    1994
  • UK/Ireland Location
    Cheshire

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  1. Local Auto Electricians price to renew brushes, slip rings and rotor, wash out and re-assemble alternator is £75 + VAT. He tells me the rest is fine and probably get another couple of years at least, so it could last either me or the car out. POS O ring is £3.04 from Lexus, so it's a cheaper job than anticipated. When I called local Toyota dealer for the O ring (Tues afternoon) he told me "If you order it now it will be in Thursday morning, but if you order it in the morning it will be here the same day" Needless to say the suggestion he take the details and then order it the following morning was lost on him.
  2. A further add to this I've just remembered, any information on disabling the radio security code would be gratefully accepted before disconnecting battery. On looking through the posts I see a lot about leaking PAS fluid on to the alternator which is something I have had for a while so my thoughts are leading in that direction
  3. During normal driving today my '94 LS400 abruptly developed a drastic electrical fault. All electrical systems gave the impression of a very nearly flat battery, the engine did remain running and the following things happened: The display went from normal to dim. Most of the warning lights came on (battery, oil, engine warning etc) Outside temp display reading went haywire. Wipers very slow. Lack of power. External lights dim. Obviously this points to a flat battery as you would of course say, but the fault started immediately and while driving. The car has always started normally, is in regular use and has had no prior battery problems. I was able to continue driving to a safer place to stop, when I did and put it in Park the idle speed was hunting up and down around the 1500 rpm range. Checked belts and all visually O.K, I limped home (anxiously before rush hour and darkness) with signs of the battery growing flatter all the time. I have never encountered a battery collapse happening while in use so I'm wavering between that or an alternator failure and the fault becoming apparent when the system voltage dropped below a critical point. Has anyone experienced a similar fault?
  4. Mine is a '93 LS400. The light is on due to getting the cluster out, although the keys were in the ignition to keep the column down we did NOT switch it, even to the acc position. I am taking advantage of an M.O.T station who told me yesterday that airbag light on is not a failure, although we know it actually is. I have the usual panel light problem and successfully got the needles illuminated and the fuel gauge operating again the final bit looks very likely to be beyond the limited equipment I have here. Ebay or breakers is likely but with a the grace of 12 month ticket. I made up a small box with green lights fitted in it that is velcro attached to the bottom of the shroud, shining light on the speedometer, it doesn't look too out of place and can be switched off when the panel lights stop playing silly games and eventually decide to do a bit of work Also the bridging of the battery terminals didn't work at all, could be due to differences between U.K and U.S specs, I found the information on one of the American sites. Or it could have more to do with the majority of people over there being insane.
  5. After having no success with the 'wire dance' to reset my air bag light I found a topic on an American Lexus site advising someone to disconnect both battery terminals and clamp them together for at least 10 minutes, this (they said) resets all the computers and clears the fault codes. Whilst it will do no harm, and before I waste time doing it, has anyone done this with good results?
  6. Welcome to the Lexus forums Bren Fallon :)

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