sanjsanj

hi everton, as far as i know the warranty only covers u upto 5yrs or 100,000miles so u could try what i did, it's pretty much detailed in my post just before yours. --- "the car needs to be on, turn the stereo off then look under the bonnet on the front passenger side and there should be the fusebox, on the inside of the fusebox cover the fuse's will be marked, just take the radio no.1 fuse out and put it back in, after which the cd shuttle does a complete reset and spits out your clogged up plastic." --- otherwise i know there are other msgs on this board and in the workshop section of this site that could possibly help. best of luck.

to answer my own question, yes the car needs to be on, turn the stereo off then look under the bonnet on the front passenger side and there should be the fusebox, on the inside of the fusebox cover the fuse's will be marked, just take the radio no.1 fuse out and put it back in, after which the cd shuttle does a complete reset and spits out your clogged up plastic. but since lexus won't cover my cd changer under warranty anymore i bought a new in-car mp3 with hard-drive as it costs the same as repairing the built-in cd system. so i now have a spare IS200 tape/tuner/cd and rear speakers, is it worth trying to sell these on ebay or something?

i called my local dealer to have them repair my cd player on a car which is 4 yers old but has 110,000 miles and was informed that the warranty is valid for upto 5 years and 100,000 miles only, not an unlimited mileage warranty. this was unfortunately confirmed by lexus customer service :( can i just ask; removing the fuse; do u remove it and put it back in and then start the car, or start the car with the fuse out and then put the fuse in while the car is still running?