Paul-B

Hi Folks, I had battery issues yesterday which you helped me fix so hoping for the same again today. The problem yesterday was the battery was dead and I couldn't get the car to start ( I had assumed the worst and thought it was the car anti-theft system as I had been messing around with the back wheel and putting the car in neutral). I called the AA and they came and put a charge on the battery and it started up straight away. I let the car run for a while to charge the battery and took it around the block a few times and I noticed that the drivers window doesn't stay up when I hit the auto close button. The window will go up to the top and straight back down to the mid position. All other windows operate as they should. I am guessing this may have something to do with the dead battery I had yesterday as the window was perfectly fine before that. Any ideas what caused this and how I fix it? Cheers, Paul

Yeah that was it. Quick charge in the battery and it fired straight up! Cheers!

Is that the battery in the boot?

****, that sounds serious, is there any other way around it? Thanks for the offer but I'm in Ireland 🙂

Hi Folks, I seem to have somehow engaged the security/immobilizer or anti theft system on my 2014 IS300H. I had the back wheel off to inspect a stone caught in the break disk and I needed to spin the back wheel to check if the noise was gone so I turned the car on and put it into neutral and took the foot break off. The keys were inside the car and driver and passenger doors open and I could hear the car making beeping noises like it does when the car door is open and keys inside. I was busy inspecting the wheel so I didnt do anything about the beeping noise or keys being inside the car and the noise eventually stopped. I suspect this is what caused the car to go intoi shutdown mode but unsure. I refitted the wheel out the car back into Park and foot break on and closed the doors (not locking them with the key fob) and after a while got back into the car to try start it and the car wouldn't start. The key fob doesnt open or close the doors remotely either. I got the 2nd key fob and tried that and the car screen said the key wasnt not recognized so I changed the battery in the key fob and placed the key up to the start button while pressing the start button to try sync the key fob again and start the car but it didnt work. I have tried a number of times with 2 different key fobs to start the cat but to no avail. When I get into the car and press the start button with the break pedal pressed down the car dash says "depress break pedal and press start button to start ignition” (or something to that effect) but when I try this nothing happens and the security / immobilizer symbols flashes on and off. Any suggestions on how to reset this please?