JSeaman

Well the sensor seems to work OK and it is still flashing the AFS light - is anyone able to take a picture of the angle of the bracket to make sure I haven't done anything crazy? I'm particularly interested in how far round the sensor is rotated in the normal position Thanks James

Thanks Herbie, I found those last night and will work through them. Due to it being fully functional before the rod replacement I'm assuming it's angled indirectly or the sensor is at fault, will have a play later

Hi all, My wife got a flashing AFS light on her RX400 the other day and a quick look under the rear revealed a snapped linkage. I ordered a replacement, measured it to be the same as the old one and fitted it but the light continues to flash. I checked the sensor per this thread: And it is reading correctly, between 0.4 and 4 Ohms as the sensor moves Is there some kind of initialisation to perform on the sensor in case it has slightly moved? Does anyone know the default value in Ohms for the sensor in the resting position? Thanks James

Agreed - it seems to be the first thought for anything wrong with a hybrid system and, whilst it would work for the short term, it most definitely isn't the fix.

Found it, the seal behind the door card was not well stuck at the bottom. A new liner and some butyl tape are on order! Thanks for the tip

I was intrigued so wedged the door and poured some water in, driver's side (the good side) just came out the drain holes. Passenger side (the one I suspected) came through the door card! I'm not sure quite what the cause is but you're onto something for sure!!

Thanks, do you mean pour water between the outside of the window and the seal? I'll give that a try and check the door card Yes quite easy to get to the plugs although there must be about 30 10mm nuts/bolts to remove, nothing complicated but just lots of them. If you can take the seats out then you can easily get the drain plugs out, just be careful around the HV stuff!

Hi yes all good thank you for checking - I cleared out about 9 grommets. After a day drying it out it hasn't misbehaved since. I took the boot apart and it was pretty dry there, I think there is a small leak from the rear lights but it is the front that is coming in the most. I took both front seats out and cleaned underneath and but no obvious sign of ingress yet

Thanks Chris, exactly that - per the first post it was at 10V. I think all were spin offs from that Just been for a half hour or so at a toasty 27 degree cabin temperature! I also used a hairdryer to get rid of the few damp bits in the rear. I have put the hybrid battery covers all back on (I think they used half the world's supply of bolts on that!) and peeled the carpets back a little towards the front seat - sodden! I popped both grommets out and that's draining away now. Next will be front seats out and lots of hairdrying! Once I've dried out the front I will whip the boot carpet out and check out under there, I think there are probably multiple points of ingress at this stage

I think the solar is just because it's cloudy today but I'll take your advice and try a long drive then code read/clear. Hopefully that will get things back on track, appreciate the input

The battery is about 6-8 weeks old

OK after a night charging I was greeted with all these codes this morning: I noticed I didn't get the dreaded beep "Check hybrid" but cleared the codes and it fired right up no problem. So whatever was wet it wet no longer, I guess I'll just dry everything out as much as I can and put it back together to go leak huntin

OK a little more info, I ran a health check and just had the solar sensors and C1259 under ABS/VSC/TRC Just as I double clicked on this the battery died: I left it on charge for an hour after getting it trailered back and I had a suite of codes: I think this is because of the battery, I managed to get more on the C1259 as follows: Is the Detailed Freeze DTC of 150 the value you were after? I'm going to leave things on charge over night and then try again in the morning James

Thanks for that, I'll report back soon, still waiting for flatbed

Thank you - will give that a go shortly, going to pop out in 30 mins and recover it on a flatbed, might be able to report back this evening but if not tomorrow From what I'm reading this might link to the skid control ECU. I have recently change the lower wishbone and did discs and pads, not sure if that can in any way upset anything. Also reading about linear solenoid valve initialisation, not sure if that's worth pursuing yet. I'll get the detailed code and report back either way