Had an is200 for just under a year now, and the malfunction indicator lamp had appeared a few times...each time it appeared, the acceleration would fail. until the car was turned off then restarted a while later..
took it to the dealers (lexus croydon) for a service,,,where they informed us, this light coming on is a serious problem, and needs to be resolved by replacing the throttle sensor. we bought this part privately, n lexus croydon agreed to sort out the problem along with our mot.
after trying to reprogram the sensor n failing, they said it was not the sensor that was the prob, its actually the throttle body which will set us back approx £1000!!! Something I am not happy about!
Since then i have scoured the internet and as per budgetary constraints have had to purchase a used throttle body from a salvaged/write off vehicle that has apparently done under 15,000 miles.
Just want to know if this was a bad move n will deal with the problem? my car has done 91,000 miles 2000 (w reg) Automatic. current faults include: the idle is present but is now in emergency throttle (under 25 mph).
generous amount of responses appreciated!
