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Transmission intermittently does not engage into drive for 6 seconds

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Old 03-21-12, 06:41 PM
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Default Transmission intermittently does not engage into drive for 6 seconds

I have had an issue with my GX470 almost since I bought it in 2008.

It will sometimes not engage in drive after backing out of a parking space.
It usually happens when it is warm and the car has been driving for awhile then I park for lunch or an errand.
I come back start up the car put it into reverse backout of the car space and nothing for a good 5-6 seconds. Seems a lot longer when cars are waiting to take your space and honking.

Anyway I have been reporting it to Lexus at every service and getting a no trouble found.
Over time it is occurring more regularly and it even happened at the dealership but of course I was the only one in my car at the time.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

Thanks!
Old 03-23-12, 07:40 PM
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I'm having the same issue with our '07. I actually got Lexus to replace the transmission at 65k miles right before the warranty expired. After replacement the same issue started up again and they replaced the shifter cable. Now we have 101k miles so not sure they will consider it warranty work. It's very intermittent and sometimes does it from P to D now as well.
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