Hello all,
This is in regards to my dad's car but since he's in his 80s now I have to try and help out.
He has a 2002 RX300 which has done 160k miles. Recently (unbeknownst to me) it's started to develop a judder at lower revs which became less apparent at higher speeds revs. On Friday the car failed completely, with the car having no drive. It happened at about 30mph but the drive disengaged and the car just revved as if in neutral. The car now has no drive at all.
I rather fear total gearbox failure - perhaps a main shaft or something - but that's just a guess. Is there anything relatively inexpensive we can try before throwing the car away?
I have read that sometimes an oil and filter change can help but I can't see that doing much with complete loss of drive. A replacement gearbox is a non starter as it's probably twice the value of the car. I suspect a gearbox rebuild is probably a similar situation.
Any suggestions (or commiserations) gratefully received.
