Weird Stuff Happens To Car When Its Cold Outside

[cheva01]

when it is cold and it gets cold in ma, my lexus does some weird stuff. first off the drivers side door will not shut if not that then the car will not go into drive from park and lastly the panel goes completly black.. now i have never had all of these problems happen at once but they do happen individualy. once the car is driven for a while the panel lights up other wise i let it idle with the heat on and after a few minutes the door will close and the car will go into drive....weird

[Malc]

when it is cold and it gets cold in ma, my lexus does some weird stuff. first off the drivers side door will not shut if not that then the car will not go into drive from park and lastly the panel goes completly black.. now i have never had all of these problems happen at once but they do happen individualy. once the car is driven for a while the panel lights up other wise i let it idle with the heat on and after a few minutes the door will close and the car will go into drive....weird

I don't know about the door shutting and the drive issues but i do think that the dash lights are a very common problem with this age car.

The panel lights need fixing and the cost is OK with a guy both in the States and in the UK able to do the repair.

Mine in the Uk was done by Vince ( he's on here somewhere ) and cost me about £75 at his place and waited while he took it out of the car and sodered it up.

Then it will last forever !

malc

[Manc]

when it is cold and it gets cold in ma, my lexus does some weird stuff. first off the drivers side door will not shut if not that then the car will not go into drive from park and lastly the panel goes completly black.. now i have never had all of these problems happen at once but they do happen individualy. once the car is driven for a while the panel lights up other wise i let it idle with the heat on and after a few minutes the door will close and the car will go into drive....weird

I don't know about the door shutting and the drive issues but i do think that the dash lights are a very common problem with this age car.

The panel lights need fixing and the cost is OK with a guy both in the States and in the UK able to do the repair.

Mine in the Uk was done by Vince ( he's on here somewhere ) and cost me about £75 at his place and waited while he took it out of the car and sodered it up.

Then it will last forever !

malc

hey malc, did your fuel gauge go slow after the dash repair? mine did.

the black dash is fairly cheap to fix thro this site (dont go to dealers, its ten times the cost for this job)

i got the door problem too when it was -7 earlier this year - both front doors wouldnt catch when closing, f'kin right nightmare late at night, tied one up with the seatbelt and the bit of wood i use to hold the bonnet open :winky: i then made a brew and held the cup to the doors meachanism, and 2 mins later it shut (just)

are you sure it wont go into drive? there is no need to press the brake to get it in gear on these early LS, so i cant understand why? has yours got that lock button to lock the stick (not the finger clutch button!) Think it says shiftlock and presumably stops the kids knocking it into reverse at 80mph?

[SteveLS400]

when it is cold and it gets cold in ma, my lexus does some weird stuff. first off the drivers side door will not shut if not that then the car will not go into drive from park and lastly the panel goes completly black.. now i have never had all of these problems happen at once but they do happen individualy. once the car is driven for a while the panel lights up other wise i let it idle with the heat on and after a few minutes the door will close and the car will go into drive....weird

I don't know about the door shutting and the drive issues but i do think that the dash lights are a very common problem with this age car.

The panel lights need fixing and the cost is OK with a guy both in the States and in the UK able to do the repair.

Mine in the Uk was done by Vince ( he's on here somewhere ) and cost me about £75 at his place and waited while he took it out of the car and sodered it up.

Then it will last forever !

malc

hey malc, did your fuel gauge go slow after the dash repair? mine did.

the black dash is fairly cheap to fix thro this site (dont go to dealers, its ten times the cost for this job)

i got the door problem too when it was -7 earlier this year - both front doors wouldnt catch when closing, f'kin right nightmare late at night, tied one up with the seatbelt and the bit of wood i use to hold the bonnet open :winky: i then made a brew and held the cup to the doors meachanism, and 2 mins later it shut (just)

are you sure it wont go into drive? there is no need to press the brake to get it in gear on these early LS, so i cant understand why? has yours got that lock button to lock the stick (not the finger clutch button!) Think it says shiftlock and presumably stops the kids knocking it into reverse at 80mph?

Hi "Shiftlock" is to enable it to be moved from park to neutral say to push the car. I use it when cleaning the car.