07 Gs350 check engine light blinking..
01-17-16, 08:45 AM
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07 Gs350 check engine light blinking..
Ok, I'm new so if I do/ say something wrong, I apologize in advance.
Just bought 2007 Gs 350 in Dec 2015 with 60k miles. The other day I filled up with gas and drove to work. On the way home check engine light started blinking, check VSC appeared on display screen and traction light came on, car ran rough, and wouldn't accelerate. Got home and searched the net.. So I removed gas cap... No change.. Then removed neg battery cable for 10 min. Fixed problem for about 10 min. Then it all happened again. Next morning took it to Lexus dealer. The rep called and said it gave misfire cylinder 3. They said they checked valve springs and they are good, exchanged coil pack with different cylinder and still misfire #3. He said has to be injector so they want to replace injector $856..
Any advice is appreciated... Thank you.
Just bought 2007 Gs 350 in Dec 2015 with 60k miles. The other day I filled up with gas and drove to work. On the way home check engine light started blinking, check VSC appeared on display screen and traction light came on, car ran rough, and wouldn't accelerate. Got home and searched the net.. So I removed gas cap... No change.. Then removed neg battery cable for 10 min. Fixed problem for about 10 min. Then it all happened again. Next morning took it to Lexus dealer. The rep called and said it gave misfire cylinder 3. They said they checked valve springs and they are good, exchanged coil pack with different cylinder and still misfire #3. He said has to be injector so they want to replace injector $856..
Any advice is appreciated... Thank you.
01-17-16, 04:10 PM
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I don't know.. Just didn't make sense that injector work after I disconnected the battery.. Makes me think it's electronic... Is it possibly a bad gas cap. I read that somewhere. Should I buy a new one?
01-17-16, 05:12 PM
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The gas cap shouldn't cause misfires in your engine.
From my observation of what they said and what's going on so far, it could still be a bad injector, just when it does go faulty the car goes into limp mode and it stays there for the safety of the engine.
When you reset it, he car goes back to normal and runs on the faulty injector until it happens again.
What I would do is, if you have a spare car to roll on, remove that injector and take it to a shop for testing to see if it is faulty or not.
GL!
From my observation of what they said and what's going on so far, it could still be a bad injector, just when it does go faulty the car goes into limp mode and it stays there for the safety of the engine.
When you reset it, he car goes back to normal and runs on the faulty injector until it happens again.
What I would do is, if you have a spare car to roll on, remove that injector and take it to a shop for testing to see if it is faulty or not.
GL!
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