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Ok all three of these have been on the past few days. The car itself hasen't really been acting up, until recently I noticed some very rough idling which happens pretty rarely, but when it does the engine seems to be vibrating and rumbling as I looked under the hood and felt the engine.
No idea of the cause but there were a few things before the warning lights appeared. I drove the car really hard around the neighbourhood, I drove with the gas light low the next day (was still within the lowest mark, but gas warning was on), plus I had my LED lights tapping into the fuel injectors (had this for a few weeks already though). I noticed the dash lights were on the next day or two outta nowhere. So I suppose it could possibly be one of these three.
I'm not sure but the search function keeps returning fatal errors now but I've read about running the gas low and the VSC warning lighting up, I did pull the battery as suggested in one thread (I was installing a new deck) and the light went away but came back pretty quickly. I have set an appointment with a Toyota dealership monday as its still under warranty to hopefully have this checked as well as my tranny flare. But it would be nice to get some prior info if possible.
Hey man ,the same lights have been on on my car too. i took it to a dealer and they said it was a some kind of sensor(i forget the name).And i was driving rough too.Could be from that.
Hey man ,the same lights have been on on my car too. i took it to a dealer and they said it was a some kind of sensor(i forget the name).And i was driving rough too.Could be from that.
Interesting, so it was fine after the dealers looked at it? Thats good it doesn't sound like anything too serious in your case then.
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Must be an Canadian thing..........
Your Owners Manual says to take it to the dealer, right?
Well I already said I have an appointment booked for monday and unfortunately I'll be driving to and from work it in the meantime. I'm also having problems with my other car the 3000gt which is the sad part because this would be the perfect time to drive it again.
Yes it was fine. And they said it was not dangerous to drive it that way while they get the sensor.
Yea thanks for the info, lets hope its not. There was a few times the car idled really rough though, the engine rumbled very noticeably so that has me worried, its something that came and went once or twice so far.
Hmm had some odd problems with the search but looks like I finally found the right thread.
the night those three lights came on,
i was taking curves a little fast, but nothing out of the ordinary..
only think i remember was slamming on my brakes when a deer jumped out in front of me (1am driving)
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The service guy said since i do not have a speed sensor and if one of my wheels spin out, it will throw off the sensor. The reasonf or this is the tranny can't catch up with the wheels.
Sounds pretty similar, so hard driving causing wheelspin may be the culprit, I definitely did this just prior to my warning lights. Was having a hell of a time keeping up with my brother IS250, lots of tight turns so I couldn't get full power out of the V6, hes smart enough to know I'd smoke him in a straight line.
Yea thanks for the info, lets hope its not. There was a few times the car idled really rough though, the engine rumbled very noticeably so that has me worried, its something that came and went once or twice so far.
Hmm had some odd problems with the search but looks like I finally found the right thread.
From the thread
Sounds pretty similar, so hard driving causing wheelspin may be the culprit, I definitely did this just prior to my warning lights. Was having a hell of a time keeping up with my brother IS250, lots of tight turns so I couldn't get full power out of the V6, hes smart enough to know I'd smoke him in a straight line.
There you go ,you have nothing to worry about until you take the car to a dealer.
Lol yeah for sure he couldn't keep up with you.
There you go ,you have nothing to worry about until you take the car to a dealer.
Lol yeah for sure he couldn't keep up with you.
Well hate to say it but driving around today was really rough, when it gets really bad (noticed it happens when I push the car hard and the check engine starts flashing) thats when the car vibrates but only on the lower revs or idling, although I was driving on the freeway and I think I could feel the rumbling as something felt off. Doesn't feel very safe to be honest when this happens so there may be more to it in my case perhaps. She'll be with the dealership tomorrow morning so I guess we'll see. I haven't even mentioned the check lights to them, this was already set up to get my transmission rechecked/replaced so I'll let them know when I drop it off.
Oh and my car died in the carwash prior to this, I left my cars newly installed stereo running for like 10-15 mins as I washed my car, and I tried to start it but no good, after asking 4-5 people none had booster wires except a taxi which charged 15 bux, I decided to try again and surprise, it started. No idea if this is related but I did'nt expect my battery to die so quickly.
Yea but I was fairly impressed, bros under powered rwd IS250 did get through those turns pretty good, my tires were squealing the entire time lol. Pretty sure when I lower it, get new wheels, and the rear sway bar it will be a different story. Not that I lost, just I had to push my car harder than I'd like to keep up, hence these three warning lights
if i were you id tap those lights into something less vital to your cars performance. Like the headlights or something. Also, try disconnecting your battery for the night, and then reconnect it. Might reset them sensors you through out of wack. And hey, my car don't have TRAC, or STB. So i can beat the hell out of it without them systems failing. Ive spun her tires mannnnny times
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Well hate to say it but driving around today was really rough, when it gets really bad (noticed it happens when I push the car hard and the check engine starts flashing) thats when the car vibrates but only on the lower revs or idling, although I was driving on the freeway and I think I could feel the rumbling as something felt off. Doesn't feel very safe to be honest when this happens so there may be more to it in my case perhaps. She'll be with the dealership tomorrow morning so I guess we'll see. I haven't even mentioned the check lights to them, this was already set up to get my transmission rechecked/replaced so I'll let them know when I drop it off.
Oh and my car died in the carwash prior to this, I left my cars newly installed stereo running for like 10-15 mins as I washed my car, and I tried to start it but no good, after asking 4-5 people none had booster wires except a taxi which charged 15 bux, I decided to try again and surprise, it started. No idea if this is related but I did'nt expect my battery to die so quickly.
Yea but I was fairly impressed, bros under powered rwd IS250 did get through those turns pretty good, my tires were squealing the entire time lol. Pretty sure when I lower it, get new wheels, and the rear sway bar it will be a different story. Not that I lost, just I had to push my car harder than I'd like to keep up, hence these three warning lights
Its not good when your check engine light is flashing,it means you MUST NOT drive the car, if it is just on its ok, but no flashing(thats what dealer told me).
Not sure about you battery, just let the dealer check everything for you while you are there.Good luck.
if i were you id tap those lights into something less vital to your cars performance. Like the headlights or something. Also, try disconnecting your battery for the night, and then reconnect it. Might reset them sensors you through out of wack. And hey, my car don't have TRAC, or STB. So i can beat the hell out of it without them systems failing. Ive spun her tires mannnnny times
Yeah I disconnected them a while ago, but haven't noticed any difference. I will definitely try to find an alternate power source. I don't think I'm liking all those safety systems intervening, I read about them dulling the experience and I think I know what they mean now, but still can't complain with 270 hp on tap.
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Its not good when your check engine light is flashing,it means you MUST NOT drive the car, if it is just on its ok, but no flashing(thats what dealer told me).
Not sure about you battery, just let the dealer check everything for you while you are there.Good luck.
Yea it would intermittently flash occasionally, I usually noticed when I pushed the car hard or take a hard turn it would flash for a bit then just go back to staying on. I was pretty sure I had it worse than you unfortunately, that rumbling sensation was hard to ignore :P
The dealership called me and they say they need an extra day with it as they appear to need more time to properly diagnose it.
This is just about the worst time in my life regarding cars, both my cars are out of service, my 3000gt wont even boost on cuz I took it out to drive it around to get the fliuds running and I left it out due to electrical problem, now I cant get it back in the garage, then this and on top of that I just opened up an envelope with a speeding ticket on my birthday lol.
Alright $450 dollars and 3 days with the dealership later I have my car back with no check lights. They had a hell of a time finding the problem (they kept underestimating the time & costs), but they finally traced it to a faulty ignition coil. Instead of getting me a brand new one they installed one from a "new Camry" in the dealership because the wait would be another 3 days.
Should this not be covered under engine/powertrain warranty? they state on the bill a "faulty" ignition coil causing the engine to misfire, the whole thing cost $450 so it wasn't exactly cheap. Any ideas of possible causes?
About the transmission, they reflashed it again refilled transmission fluids and then proceeded to fix the check lights ran the car again and assumed this aided in fixing the transmission flares because it diden't come back. But they already flashed it last time and the fix only lasted a couple weeks, sure enough I already noticed it flare once again, so far its only been that one time though.
Anyways thats my story... Hopefully my car won't have to see the dealership anytime soon again although I have a feeling my tranny flares aren't over yet.
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