Hello everyone so I have a Lexus SC 430 2003 with about 229,000 miles… here we go…. So this car has been having issues with going into reverse and going into drive. In the summer it works better, it goes into drive right away but it won’t go into reverse unless you drive the car on the road. In the winter time the car has problems going into drive. The way I do it in the winter time is turn on the car and put it on drive straight away for it to work and then sit on drive gear to warm up the car. If you let it warm up for 5-10 min on park and then put it on drive, it won’t go into drive and you’ll have to wait 10-20 min while being in drive gear for it to kick in and go. The reverse is worse, it will go in reverse if it’s warmed up with driving more then 5 minutes on the road preferably hitting 60mph. If you drive in a parking lot for about 5-10 and try to park it there’s a good chance it won’t go in reverse even though it was driving on the road like 10 minutes ago. Last winter it wasn’t this bad but it’s getting worse. Also when you accelerate it, it will lag shifting into gears. It has a new battery that’s been changed last year as well, I just heard people having transmission issues with a bad battery.
