Good afternoon everybody, I've been the happy owner of a Lexus IS220D for almost two years after picking up an 09 plate model from a local garage with only 36,000 miles on the clock and one previous owner who apparently used it to drive to a golf course and back. Up to now it's been absolutely fine in terms of reliability and I couldn't fault it (apart from the MPG...). On Tuesday afternoon I tried to start her up and a warning flashed up on the dash saying 'oil maint reqd', fine, it was booked in for an oil service next Wednesday anyway and does have oil in the engine. I pressed the start button and it spluttered and nothing happened. Switch off, try again and this time there was no splutter from the engine, but all of the electrics conked out. No interior lights, no central locking, no light on the start button; it's completely dead!
I've replaced the battery as the old one was in a pretty sorry state apparently, but this hasn't made any difference. I've read through various other threads about what seem like similar failures which point to fuses, but having very little mechnical knowledge I'm not sure where to start. I've located the fusebox next to the battery and had a flick through manual to learn there are another three fuse boxes dotted around the vehicle. Before I go through them all one by one, does anybody have any suggestions about what may have caused it and where I should look first, or will it be a case of checking each individual fuse until I hopefully find an inexpensive fuse that needs replacing.
Other threads also pointed toward the fobs, both have new batteries. As for trying to hook it up to a diagnostic device, my understanding is that with no power this won't work, so I've no way of using OBD or similar to identify the fault.
Thanks in advance for the time taken to read this, and for any assistance offered!
